Fan Request: Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels | David Letterman

[@tonydevenyi5287]

I was at this taping. I was 18 and already a huge fan of the show. Dave’s pre show banter, while standing in bleachers with the audience, was the best part. I felt like he was speaking directly to me but we probably all felt the same way 😆

[@rockturtleneck]

Great interview. Lorne & Dave are probably the two most consequential comedy-related people of the past 50 years.

[@gazzamacca9813]

I loved watching this show for many years, Dave is a unique entertainer.

[@amity797]

Fan Request: all the times Bill Maher was bumped!

[@MichelleUS66]

Yeah, I can definitely hear Dr. Evil in Lorne’s voice…

[@Studeb]

I was just thinking how little he sounded like him here in comparison to most later interviews.

[@cactaceous]

@@StudebAgree. This is the least Lorne Michaels caricature voice he’s ever sounded.

[@AnthonyP73]

Riiiiighhhht...

[@will5150]

the details of my life are quite inconsequential...

[@JayDeeIsMyName]

Wow, what a great request. Thanks 'Dan G', who of course has absolutely nothing to do with the much respected Don Giller, also known as TheDonz. He's called Don. This was clearly from a Dan. Thanks Dan. 🎉

[@Mangioninc]

250th anniversary!? Wow! :)

[@Dee-x9f]

Wow, Lorne is so well-styled here. That sportscoat works with his hair.

[@gmartin167]

We owe this guy for generations of laughter. He went above and beyond his duty and pay. Gave us Conan, too.

[@andyrose5616]

I learned something in this interview: why you didn't see Lorne panel on talk shows very often.

[@toriless]

It was never actually live on the West Coast until the last couple of years. I prefer to record the original 8:30 PM version. Rather then the network edit.

[@user-ellievator]

Well, uh, you see, uhhhhh, whatdoyoumean? Hmmmm, uhhhh, I think he talks like, ummmmm, a perfectly ordinary, ummmmm, person, heeeeeeeeeere.

[@brianmoore5498]

behind the scenes look at michaels comedy logic and protocol. I probably watched this back when it first came out but appreciate it even more now. This was a couple years before he took over again at SNL until present day so I wonder if something was in the works parallel to this appearance. not a fabulous guest but very intriguing content and I have a renewed respect for how shrewd Mr. Michaels was and is.

[@cshifty85]

He was producing HBO’s The Concert in Central Park that was happening 2 days later. And then he would work towards The New Show, a pre/recorded sketch comedy show on NBC.

[@jribakove]

"Oooh, a interview with Lorne Michaels." -Homer Simpson

[@CharlieTWilbury]

Great interview. Dave 100% should be at the SNL 50th shindig. No one got it better and was doing similar stuff than he was. @10:58 he sees exactly where it's going and couldn't agree more. Good stuff!

[@KMC706]

Lorne was 38 here.

[@doderiolarkisso4038]

Damn

[@toriless]

So, 182 now?

[@eljoh]

Request from early nbc years. Dave, you used to make phone calls from the desk and Barbara, you would sometimes come onset w phone book and sometimes yell out from behind the set. I remember one show where you called the Soviet embassy ?? Any tape of that sequence? Thanks -long time fan here.

[@dongiller]

I’m told that all of those clips are available on another YT channel.

[@davidsthubbins176]

I like how Dave and Lorne have a production meeting in the middle of the segment. 😝

[@chris55sanchez]

Fan Request: This is a deep cut and an obscure one, so I realize I’m likely alone wanting to see this, but here goes. I have a vague memory of a throwaway bit where an R&B act is performing and the camera cuts to Dave’s desk. It’s dark so all you can see is his silhouette. He’s standing on his desk dancing. It’s a double dancing impressively. As far as I recall there was no or very little mention of it, as if Dave’s just always dancing on his desk every performance but perpetually off camera, so we’re never get to see it, which I think is an equal parts stupid and brilliant conceit. It’s one of those silly, dumb bits that I found hilarious. To this day I think of it from time to time and it still gets me. I’ve never been able to find it, either because it’s not online or it’s too difficult for me to search as I’m not clear enough on the details. I think it was Boyz II Men performing, but not positive. It may have been on the show they actually performed or a later episode where they showed the performance clip with the edit. This would’ve been in the CBS days. Full disclosure: It’s conceivable the ravages of time have distorted my memories of this bit and it was in fact a different late night host like Conan. I only saw it the one time late and night and never again and it’s been decades. I’m reasonably confident it was Dave though. I’d love to see the clip again because (1) I think it’s hilarious in its absurd simplicity and (2) I’d love to know if it actually happened or if it was just some fever dream.

[@waxwax8781]

Nope - After they finished, Dave said "Where's the snipers?" - No visit with the fakers.

[@chris55sanchez]

Thanks for the info. I’m a little confused though. Are you saying the clip I remember actually happened, but at the end Dave made a sniper reference that today would be considered inappropriate, so it’s unlikely the clip would ever be reposted? I don’t even get what the sniper reference was about. Guess you had to be there. 🤷‍♂️

[@AdamDonaldson7272]

All i hear in my head is Dr Evil's voice

[@lisamalone5219]

SNL 1983 Wow! Thanks Dave 😁

[@davebushmediadesign]

The lede was buried. Bill Maher was bumped and he's never gotten over it.

[@slapstock6641]

Villain origin story

[@bodyslamhimjeff]

Lol, good

[@badad0166]

Let's review how the word "lead" is spelled.

[@davebushmediadesign]

@@badad0166 A quick review of a dictionary will make you regret that.

[@davebushmediadesign]

@@badad0166 Please consult a dictionary. "Lede" is the correct word.

[@FadersAnd]

Thought that was Benny hinn in the thumbnail

[@fisherbird1739]

The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour

[@badad0166]

It's fun to see him fumble around a bit. He is now the Master of Considered Comment after all. But, he will never outrun Hart's Beaver. I met Wayne and Shuster at the CBC 4th flr VTR! I'm valid! I know people!

[@siggylloyd3566]

I like the e-mail in the description somehow insinuating that this upload would be somehow more "legal" than any other upload also featuring this appearance by Lorne. Boy do we have some armchair keyboard warrior lawyers out here on KZbin. 😂🎉

[@TheGreatAtario]

Legal as in having copyright permission/ownership to post it, I assume.

[@thejwproject7593]

Wish Dave would’ve been able to host SNL during his time at NBC.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

1983!

[@marvinegreen]

Al Frankin and "Ooooooh Noooooooo", Mr. Bill

[@flyingwithjojo]

I heard all of this in the Lorne-ism voice

[@KungEMuller]

Wow! Lorne Michaels was actually on Dave's show! That's a surprise.

[@pauld.172]

Exactly. I have never seen or heard of this particular interview before.

[@KungEMuller]

@@pauld.172 Well, that did air in 1983.

[@toriless]

never saw this episode thus watching

[@KungEMuller]

@@toriless I understand. I think that I saw the entire episode with that interview before.

[@dongiller]

@@pauld.172I’m told it was uploaded on another YT channel years ago.

[@darshanr2369]

Actually, he looks a hell of a lot like Benny Hinn at this point.

[@JoeLeonardo]

Wow I see why he doesn’t do much interviews. Lorne seems very nervous.

[@SayWhatAgainMF]

Bill Maher got bumped due to the ramblings of Lorne Michaels. Hilarious! (Also, it's NOT SNL's 250th Anniversary coming-up.)

[@toriless]

50 does not equal 250, except in Republican math they will do to feel better in a month and a half.

[@mrsj1417]

Is Maggie Smith the one celebrity who was never on Dave? We would've seen her video by now. RIP.

[@cactaceous]

Jack Nicholson was never on. Neither was Marlon Brando. Two celebrities way bigger than Maggie Smith.

[@mrsj1417]

@@cactaceous It was a rhetorical question Killjoy.

[@MrEvans1973]

What’s interesting is that Lorne wasn’t running SNL at this point.

[@mcboltron]

Lorne sounds like Jeff Goldblum

[@toriless]

Not crazy enough

[@thessalymeteora3789]

You forgot to ask him if he likes fried bologna sandwiches Dave.

[@fisherbird1739]

Hart Pomeranz was his partner

[@MrDan11422]

Wondering what the former cast of SNL thinks about this?

[@ryanellis4474]

Letterman is a genius. Michaels is a genius. I am a genius. Genius genius genius.

[@jimfritz2087]

Modest too .

[@ryanellis4474]

​@@jimfritz2087 - Very. Stating the truth is not bragging. Note that I did not label myself a supergenius, and I neglected to call anyone stupid You think great men are not great enough to know if they are great? Greatness does not preclude the ability to notice greatness. You do not think brilliance is measurable? If brilliance is not measurable, then standards aren't either, making all things "equal" in their worthiness. You watched this video, because you considered it better than other videos. You yourself use standards, so accept my use of them too.

[@jimfritz2087]

@@ryanellis4474 🥱 Yawn .

[@toriless]

and a stable genius you are, Donald

[@toriless]

@@jimfritz2087 as modest as DJT

[@cdnJGSL]

Anybody care to count how many uhhh uttered?

[@RickfromVermont-rx7nn]

What a mensch

[@David-uy2xl]

Monte python

[@Hmoo424]

RIB

[@daveminion6209]

0:55 - "Opening Gambit......"

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

RIP lorne Michaels. Can’t believe he passed

[@toriless]

He did not you are being reported for misinformation, DJT

[@toriless]

More like until 2025 and later. He has lost his hair over the past 44 years.

[@erttttt21]

died?

[@AhPhoey]

Dead

[@SurLaMer_]

He'll turn 80 on Nov 17th

[@julesmarkey2631]

New SNL movie out

[@bluebear1985]

​@@julesmarkey2631 A new season is starting this week as well.

[@TTM9691]

....and it says right in the title: FAN REQUEST.

[@Victor-s6i8l]

Lorne is very boring.

[@David-uy2xl]

Uhhhhh😂

[@toriless]

Google translated "Uhhhhh😂" to "Uhhhhh😂" in English, so smart their AI is. 🙄

[@dontworrydon]

Lorne....worst hair ever....is that a hair piece?................probably the style of the times.

[@rodneypratt4324]

Are you okay?

[@thessalymeteora3789]

I like his hair.

[@toriless]

and DJT comb around is SO realistic.

[@toriless]

@@rodneypratt4324 Not likely, what are the odds that a 30 year old might lose some hair by 80. He is an angry nutcase.

[@toriless]

He clearly has a receding hairline and is now bald, take you medication.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Bill Maher got bumped. lol

[@jeffcarling4860]

pretentious

[@scolew]

unfunny king of comedy from kansas with a mid-Atlantic accent