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	Lorne Michaels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lorne Michaels CM, LL.D (born November 17, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television producer and writer best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it.
		Michaels was born Lorne Michael Lipowitz to a Jewish family in Toronto; he moved to Los Angeles from Toronto in 1968 to work as a writer for Laugh-In and The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show.
		Michaels was identified as the anointed successor to Green.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lorne_Michaels (605 words)

	Lorne Michaels
		Michaels was the straight man, Pomerantz was the wacky one, and they eventually wrote and performed for a Canadian radiocast called Five Nights a Week at this Time.
		Michaels maintains a strict rule against ad-libs, because the show's timing must be exact -- if one skit ran 30 seconds too long, then a subsequent skit would need to be shaved by thirty seconds, and that would be dicey on live television.
		In the show's early years, drug use was rampant, and although Michaels denies it, some reports suggest he supplied some of the chemicals, and had a guard stationed outside the studio to alert cast and crew if police came on the premises.
	www.nndb.com /people/621/000024549 (1808 words)

	Lorne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lorne Calvert (1954—), premier of Saskatchewan, Canada, as of 2005
		The courtesy title for the (Scottish) Duke of Argyll's eldest son and heir is Marquess of Lorne (after Lorne, Scotland).
		The current Marquess of Lorne is Archibald Campbell.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lorne (151 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Movies / Kennedy Center fetes SNL's Lorne Michaels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lorne Michaels, who launched "Saturday Night Live" and generations of stars who brought their irreverent talent to his stage, picked up one of the nation's top comedy honors Monday, the 2004 Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center.
		WASHINGTON -- Lorne Michaels, who launched "Saturday Night Live" and generations of stars who brought their irreverent talent to his stage, picked up one of the nation's top comedy honors Monday, the 2004 Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center.
		Michaels is also executive producer of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and has produced specials with Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Flip Wilson and the Rolling Stones.
	www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2004/10/26/kennedy_center_fetes_snls_lorne_michaels (421 words)

	NBC.com > Cast Biographies > Lorne Michaels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lorne Michaels is the creator and executive producer of “Saturday Night Live,” the longest-running and highest-rated late night television program in history.
		Michaels recently was presented with the prestigious Order of Canada, the country's highest honor for lifetime achievement.
		Michaels began his career in Toronto, where he attended the University of Toronto and worked as a producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
	www.nbc.com /Saturday_Night_Live/bios/Lorne_Michaels.html (419 words)

	Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Lorne Michaels
		Lorne Michaels is the creator and executive producer of "Saturday Night Live," the longest-running and highest-rated weekly late night program in history.
		Michaels' film credits include "Three Amigos" (which he produced and co-wrote with Steve Martin and Randy Newman), "Wayne's World" (and its successful sequel), "Tommy Boy," "A Night at the Roxbury," "Superstar," and the WWII drama "Enigma," which he produced with Mick Jagger.
		Michaels' past television credits also include the series "The Kids in the Hall" and "Night Music", as well as specials with Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Paul Simon, The Rutles, Flip Wilson, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Randy Newman, Neil Young and Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park.
	www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=11574&source_type=A (252 words)

	Lorne Michaels @ Filmbug
		Lorne Michaels is the creator and executive producer of 'Saturday Night Live," the longest-running and highest- rated late night television program in history.
		Michaels himself was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1999 and recently received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
		In 1997, Michaels was named Chairman of the newly formed SNL Studios, a production company formed to create programming for NBC as well as devel op and produce feature films through a partnership with Paramount Pictures.
	www.filmbug.com /db/35622 (504 words)

	The Canadian Conspiracy, 'eh?
		Trudeau saw the potential in Greene, and his naked ambition, and knew that Lorne Greene would be the man to lead the Canadian Conspiracy to conquest.
		The Lornes had a hit on their hands and a perfect launching pad for several of their up and coming talents.
		Lorne Michaels was crowned the new monarch of the Canadian Conspiracy and moved swiftly to prove himself.
	www.magicalmouse.com /conspiracy (2179 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Lorne Michaels : Biography
		A native of Canada, Michaels earned an English degree from the University of Toronto and proceeded to leave the country for a stint as an automotive salesman in England.
		In 1975, Michaels was approached to create a pilot for a late Saturday night spot that had been airing reruns of The Tonight Show.
		Michaels stayed with the show until 1980, left for five years, and returned in 1985 at the request of Brandon Tartikoff, then the NBC chief of programming, in order to save what had since become a failing show.
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/90814/bio.jhtml (461 words)

	"SNL" Stews Over XFL - Feb 13, 2001 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels, who waited in the show's booth for the game to end, was described as enraged by the turn of events that preempted his baby.
		Michaels was reportedly so angry with NBC that he considered scrapping the show and telling the network to replace it with a rerun episode.
		Michaels isn't talking, but the Times reports he told friends and associates over the weekend that he was "despondent and enraged" by what had happened.
	movies.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,7814,00.html (510 words)

	Lorne Michaels will receive Twain prize - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Michaels won his first Emmy as a member of the writing staff for the 1973 TV special "Lily," starring Lily Tomlin.
		Michaels is also executive producer of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and has produced such movie hits as "Wayne's World" and "Mean Girls" -- a comedy starring Lindsay Lohan and "SNL" writer Tina Fey, who also wrote the screenplay.
		Michaels' past television credits include the comedy-sketch series "The Kids in the Hall," as well as specials with Tomlin, Martin, Newman, Paul Simon, The Rutles, Flip Wilson, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, and Simon and Garfunkel in New York City's Central Park.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20040617-031411-5291r.htm (767 words)

	Mr. 'Saturday Night' (washingtonpost.com)
		It was 1975 when Michaels and NBC executive Dick Ebersol, now in charge of sports and such monumental undertakings as the Olympics, got permission from NBC President Herbert Schlosser to create a 90-minute late-night program to fill the space left when Johnny Carson insisted that reruns of his "Tonight" show vacate the premises.
		Michaels, verging on 30, was perhaps getting a late start, but he made up for it with five dazzling years of the funniest live TV since Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
		Michaels and almost everyone who'd worked with him left, and five years of infamous failure followed -- one of those years redeemed by the returning Ebersol and a cast that included such big names as Billy Crystal and Martin Short (plus Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Larry David, who'd both later work on "Seinfeld" in the '90s).
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A54011-2004Oct22.html (798 words)

	USATODAY.com - Lorne Michaels, American Humorist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		What really touched Michaels about the event, taped last fall in Washington and being broadcast Wednesday on PBS (9 ET/ PT, check local listings), was the turnout of SNL cast, alumni and hosts from its 30-year run.
		Michaels, 60, notes that some people working on the show today weren't alive when it premiered in 1975, but they reflect SNL's pervasive cultural influence.
		Michaels follows such performers as Richard Pryor and Lily Tomlin as the seventh Twain recipient.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2005-03-01-lorne-michaels_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA (325 words)

	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
		Michaels is the creator of a sociological institution — an irascible thing that is sometimes brilliant, sometimes juvenile, sometimes achingly funny, and always, apparently, just about indestructible.
		Michaels is also, of course, a very funny guy, if in a sort of dry, low-key way.
		Michaels' rare melange of comic skills, people skills, and nice-guy skills is never more in evidence than in that weekly moment of controlled chaos between the SNL dress rehearsal and the show itself, when writers, directors, guest host and actors all sardine into his office on the 9th floor at 30 Rock.
	www.emmys.org /awards/halloffame/lornemichaels.php (2530 words)

	Sketch Artist (washingtonpost.com)
		Naturally Lorne Michaels, the great impresario of sketch comedy, waited until the last minute to write his acceptance speech.
		Backstage before the show the words about Michaels were not so jocular, but rather genuinely appreciative, and not just because, as Darrell Hammond put it, "Lorne gives people money and fame." Hammond said Michaels had been patient and supportive during his struggles with drugs and alcohol.
		Throughout, Michaels sat in his box seat, no doubt mentally editing the proceedings, looking for mistakes, anticipating disasters, making notes about who would no longer be invited to guest host his show.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A63180-2004Oct26.html (886 words)

	Variety.com - Award Central 2004 - Lorne Michaels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Michaels has helped turned the latenight NBC comedy sketch show into an American institution that has launched careers, spawned featurefeature films and introduced characters that have earned a permanent place in pop culture.
		Michaels' producing achievements aren't limited to "SNL." He's produced more than a dozen feature films, including "Mean Girls," written by "SNL""SNL" cast member and scribe Tina FeyTina Fey, which just wrapped production.
		Michaels' long-standing success proves he qualifies, but the industry vet says he isn't working for the accolades.
	www.variety.com /ac2004_article/VR1117898462?nav=pga&categoryid=1654 (415 words)

	Saturday Night Live
		Lorne Michaels tells the story, in his introduction to the "I Must Be In Love" film.
		From urbanlegends.com: During the first season of "Saturday Night Live," (April, 1976) producer Lorne Michaels parodied the multimillion dollar offers for a Beatles reunion by publicly offering the "generous" sum of $3000 live on the air.
		These included: a second plea from Michaels (where he upped the offer to $3200), the launch of the Rutles on SNL (October, 1976), and joking asides from Michaels to both George Harrison (November, 1976) and Paul McCartney (February, 1993) when they appeared as musical guests.
	www.neilinnes.org /python/late70s.htm (1498 words)

	CTV.ca - Lorne Michaels to get top U.S. comedy prize- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		— Lorne Michaels, a Canadian-born comedy writer who created Saturday Night Live and produced Wayne's World, Tommy Boy and other movies that showcased its stars, will be awarded one of America's top comedy prizes.
		Michaels, 59, has won 10 Emmys as a television writer and producer.
		Michaels also serves as executive producer of Late Night with Conan O'Brien and has produced specials with such stars as Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Paul Simon, Flip Wilson and The Rolling Stones.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1087348352511_166?hub=Entertainment&subhub=PrintStory (294 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Screens: TV Eye
		The young man was Lorne Michaels, and the rest is, as they say, history.
		Live From New York is as much a tribute to Michaels -- although not always a tender one -- as it is an insider's view of how this once iconoclastic program was launched, proved itself against the odds, and radically changed the face of late-night television.
		Though he resisted at first, Lorne Michaels agreed to invite the legendary comedian Milton Berle as a guest host ("How could we not?").
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2002-10-04/screens_tveye.html (894 words)

	PBS Previews \| On Stage: The Mark Twain Prize 2004
		Comedy writer and producer Lorne Michaels, creator of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," the longest-running and most highly rated weekly late-night television program in history, is honored in ON STAGE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER "The Mark Twain Prize." The special airs on PBS Wednesday, March 2, 2005.
		Lorne Michaels is the seventh recipient of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
		Michaels was presented a copy of an 1884 bronze portrait bust of Mark Twain, sculpted by Karl Gerhardt (1853-1940).
	aolsvc.pbs.aol.com /previews/onstage_twainprize (942 words)

	Canada's Walk of Fame: Lorne Michaels, television producer, Saturday Night Live (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Most recently, Michaels and the show were honored with a 2002 Emmy for "Best Writing in a Variety/Comedy Series".
		Michaels' past television credits also include The Kids in the Hall and Night Music, as well as specials with Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Paul Simon, The Rutles, Flip Wilson, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Randy Newman, Neil Young, and Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park.
		Michaels began his career in Toronto, where he attended the University of Toronto and worked as a writer and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
	www.canadaswalkoffame.com /inductees/03_lorne_michaels.xml (329 words)

	Saturday Knight: A TV Guide Interview with Lorne Michaels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When the Saturday Night Live season is in full swing, Lorne Michaels, the show's creator and executive producer, is so busy he barely has time to eat.
		Last spring, the 53-year-old Michaels finally sat down for dinner (sushi, served with silverware and paper napkins) and an initial chat in his elegant office at 10:30 on a Friday night.
		As the NBC show begins its 24th season on September 26, with high-profile host Cameron Diaz and musical guests the Smashing Pumpkins, Michaels talked about the highs and lows of the last year, including the birth of his daughter, the deaths of SNL alumni Chris Farley and Phil Hartman, and new competition from Howard Stern.
	www.saturday-night-live.com /snl/news/1998/september/saturday-knight.html (1282 words)

	On Stage . The Mark Twain Prize 2004 - Lorne Michaels . About Lorne Michaels \| PBS
		Lorne Michaels is the creator and executive producer of "Saturday Night Live," the longest-running and highest-rated weekly late night television program in history.
		Over the past 29 years, "SNL" has won countless Emmy Awards and was honored with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and cited as "truly a national institution." Most recently, Michaels and the show were honored with a 2002 Emmy for Best Writing in a Variety/Comedy Series.
		Michaels has personally won 10 Emmys as a writer and producer in television.
	www.pbs.org /weta/onstage/twain2004/lorne.html (199 words)

	'SNL's' Killer Contract: a 'New York Observer' Article (Managers, NBC, & Lorne Michaels Speak Out) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Michaels himself, has a three-movie option that would pay the star a set $75,000 for the first film, $150,000 for the second and $300,000 for the third.
		Michaels said he feels this is a lot of hullabaloo over nothing.
		Michaels, the new contracts came about during a network reevaluation by Mr.
	www.saturday-night-live.com /snl/news/1999/august/killer-contracts.html (1139 words)

	CBC Arts: 'Saturday Night Live' creator Lorne Michaels wins humour prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lorne Michaels arrives at the Kennedy Center in Washington (AP Photos)
		He added that for many cast members, the test of success was to make Michaels break out laughing.
		At the end of the gala — and true to the format of Saturday Night Live — current and former cast members assembled onstage to hug and congratulate Michaels, who was also honoured with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2003.
	www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2004/10/26/Arts/michaelshumourprize041026.html (481 words)

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