Lorne Michaels

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

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Tv & Film, Music, Music Interviews, Arts, Performing Arts, Film Interviews

4.4 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2012

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Lorne Michaels is one of the most influential figures in American entertainment. Alec goes to Rockefeller Center to visit Michaels in his office – the same office he’s had since 1975, when he created Saturday Night Live.

Michaels went on to launch the careers of some of the biggest names in comedy: Belushi, Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey … the list goes on and on and on.

“The only way you can manage creative people is with very loose reigns,” says Michaels. He says he works with “people at the point of their career where nothing matters but the work … people just completely devote themselves to the show.”

Lorne Michaels is the rare producer in that he’s truly involved in all aspects of production, yet he says when he does his job right, he leaves no fingerprints.

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0:00.0	I'm Will Daly. For years I've been on the road playing shows and seeing America through live music.
0:05.0	This summer I'll hit the stage with Season 2 of Sound of Artown.
0:09.0	Ten cities, 12 episodes, every other Thursday.
0:12.0	We explore the live music venues and culture of a new American city with each new episode.
0:17.0	Our tour continues into the kind of venues you want to get to when you land in Detroit.
0:21.0	Providence, Denver, or Seattle.
0:24.0	Listen to Sound of Artown on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	This is a story of a man who's fascinated me.
0:34.0	His name was Sweet Daddy Grace, and that's a name you don't forget.
0:39.0	He was a visionary who built a fortune as a black man during Jim Crow, during the Depression.
0:45.0	But today, not many people know about him.
0:49.0	I'm Grace, sort of wiped out and I wonder if this was done intentionally.
0:54.0	Listen to Sweet Daddy Grace on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:01.0	Hi, I'm Srir.
1:03.0	And I'm Arthie. We have spent the last 20 years building and working at some of the largest companies in the world.
1:09.0	We worked with some remarkable people, Rob McAllini.
1:12.0	When I see the people of Rexson, I grew up exactly like them.
1:15.0	Check out the Arthie and Sriram show.
1:17.0	That is A-A-R-D-H-I-N-S-R-I-R-A-M show.
1:24.0	Listen to the Arthie and Sriram show on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:31.0	I'm Alec Baldwin, and you're listening to Here's the Thing.
1:34.0	Lauren Michaels is one of the most influential figures in American entertainment.
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