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Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
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ISBN10: 0812988892
ISBN13: 9780812988895
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: Feb 17 2026
Pages: 672
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.66 Width: 6.07 Depth: 9.14
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780812988895
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: Feb 17 2026
Pages: 672
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.66 Width: 6.07 Depth: 9.14
Language: English
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America's most beloved comedy show The kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers, canonical authors and world-historical scientific geniuses.--The New York Times (Editors' Choice) Readers are treated to the Holy Grail for any journalist hoping to crack the show: a warts-and-all week in the life of SNL, where Morrison gets to see the real process of putting the thing together.--Variety
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, The New Yorker, Elle, Kirkus Reviews, Denver Public Library Over the fifty 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. He's Obi-Wan Kenobi (Tracy Morgan), the great and powerful Oz (Kate McKinnon), some kind of very distant, strange comedy god (Bob Odenkirk). 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. Drawn from hundreds of interviews--with Michaels, his friends, and SNL's iconic stars and writers, from Will Ferrell to Tina Fey to John Mulaney to Chris Rock to Dan Aykroyd--Lorne is a deeply reported, wildly entertaining account of a man singularly obsessed with the show that would define his life and have a profound impact on American culture.
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