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Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

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Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

Over the 50 years that Lorne Michaels has been at the helm of “Saturday Night Live,” he has become a revered and inimitable presence in the entertainment world. He’s a tastemaker, a mogul, a withholding father figure, a genius spotter of talent, a shrewd businessman, a name-dropper, a raconteur, the inspiration for Dr. Evil, the winner of more than a hundred Emmys --- and, essentially, a mystery. Generations of writers and performers have spent their lives trying to figure him out, by turns demonizing and lionizing him. LORNE will introduce you to him, in full, for the first time. With unprecedented access to Michaels and the entire “SNL” apparatus, Susan Morrison takes readers behind the curtain for the lively, up-and-down, definitive story of how Michaels created and maintained the institution that changed comedy forever.

Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
by Susan Morrison

  • Publication Date: February 18, 2025
  • Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
  • Hardcover: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Random House
  • ISBN-10: 0812988876
  • ISBN-13: 9780812988871