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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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