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Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels
Canadian Producer
Born: Nov 17, 1944
Always Comedy Los Los Angeles People You
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One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how you use your time. Lorne Michaels
Time You Focus Important Being Busy Nice Busy About Makes How Being Use Your Nice Things Things
People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh. Lorne Michaels
Lion People Monkey Laugh Scary Bear Like Because Makes Go Intense Zoo
Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns. Lorne Michaels
Sometimes Slowly Wheel Turns
Could I get a friggin' Hot Pocket around here? Lorne Michaels
Pocket Could Hot Around Get Here
'Saturday Night Live' has always been, you know, non-partisan - whoever's in power should probably be challenged. Lorne Michaels
You Power Live Know Always Been Should Whoever Challenged Saturday Saturday Night Saturday Night Live Night
The only show I ever really wanted to do was 'SNL.' It was some sort of merging of my talent and my metabolism. It suited who I am and what I do really well, though whatever I was thinking it was, it kept mutating and growing. At first, I didn't even know that the cast would be the thing everybody talked about. We thought it would be the hosts. Lorne Michaels
Thought First Whatever Thinking Everybody Suited Though Would Would-Be Some About Only Cast Hosts Merging Talent Know Well Talked Sort Metabolism Am SNL Wanted Really Show Who Even Growing Ever Thing Kept
There are things in low comedy that make people uncomfortable, and there are things in high comedy that make people bored. Lorne Michaels
People Comedy High Bored Uncomfortable Make Low Things
When Sinead O'Connor tore up the picture of the Pope, you could hear a pin drop. I didn't know it was coming, obviously, because at dress, she had held up a picture of Balkan orphans, which I thought was really meaningful and what she wanted to do. Lorne Michaels
You Thought Drop Picture Dress Could Had Know Obviously She Because Coming Pin Hear Up Wanted Which Meaningful Held Really Pope Orphans
There's nothing that sells stuff like television. Nothing. Lorne Michaels
Nothing Television Stuff Like Sells
I grew up in a time where on things like 'The Red Skeleton Show' or even to a certain extent on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' people wrote in the breakouts or ad-libs. They were scripted to look spontaneous. So I always had a dislike of that kind of thing. Lorne Michaels
Time People Carol Carol Burnett Kind Had Red Like Spontaneous Look Wrote Always Were Up Where Grew Burnett Skeleton Scripted Dislike Certain Certain Extent Show Show People Even Thing Things Extent
All saints are selfish. Lorne Michaels
Selfish Saints
All babies are ugly unless they're your baby. Lorne Michaels
Ugly Babies Baby Unless Your
I'm always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people laugh, or they don't laugh. It's involuntary. I'm not saying it can't be scrutinized, it's just that they take the enjoyment out of it. Lorne Michaels
Saying People Comedy Laugh Out Fearful Take Clear Involuntary Academics Always Very Get Just Scrutinized Thing Enjoyment
We make fun of our leaders. Lorne Michaels
Our Leaders Make Fun
You can't be perfect for 90 minutes. Lorne Michaels
You Minutes Perfect

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