Lorne the man who invented Saturday Night Live
"Ever since its debut in the fall of 1975, Saturday Night Live's impact on the culture has been lasting and profound. It has been a breeding ground for our brightest comedy stars, launching the careers of John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Am...
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New York :
Random House,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Part one: Monday. Toronto the Good
- Two-man comedy
- On the assembly line
- Retreat
- Part two: Tuesday. The coast
- The music changed
- New wine in old bottles
- Going on the board the ark
- "A crypto-ballsy guy"
- Sketches, not skits
- Not ready for prime time
- Part three: Wednesday. Live from New York
- The friendship economy
- Foxhole writing
- Talk of the town
- The show itself speaking
- Bicentennial
- Starmaking
- Avant-garde v. garde
- Respectable
- Part four: Thursday. The fifth year of college
- In the wilderness
- Faking virginity
- The restoration
- Hands off, hands on
- Mentors, mentees
- Head-crushing
- Spinning off
- The Make-Fun-of-Lorne Show
- Part five: Friday. Saturday night dead
- "Is he doing me?"
- Interference
- The rules of coming and going
- "Can we be funny?"
- The big tent
- Not tonight
- The Trump bump, the plague year
- Part six: Saturday. Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Photo credits
- Index.
