Lorne Michaels is not done with Saturday Night Live.
The man who created NBC’s long-running comedy series has flip-flopped over the years about his potential exit from the show.
But today, two days ahead of the 50th anniversary of the show, Michaels said, “I may be wrong. But I don’t feel I’m done.”
Michaels doesn’t do much press these days – he didn’t even take part in any of the four documentaries about SNL on Peacock – but he did speak to his old friend Maureen Dowd in the New York Times ahead of Sunday’s live, three-hour show.
Asked whether he wants the show to finish in suttee, the ritual in which a Hindu wife is immolated upon her husband’s funeral pyre, would he prefer that SNL ends with him? “I’m not that guy,” he replied.
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But he admitted that the 50th show will be an emotional affair. This is no surprise given the list of stars returning to Studio 8H including Adam Sandler, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Chevy Chase, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Fred Armisen, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Jason Sudeikis, Jimmy Fallon, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Kristen Wiig, Laraine Newman, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon, Pete Davidson, Seth Meyers, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Will Ferrell and Will Forte.
“There’s going to be a lot of emotional things of seeing people who I last saw when they were 25,” he said.
Michaels also revealed the one star that turned him down. He said that Gilda Radner, who was on the show from its start in 1975 through to 1980, was a big fan of Clint Eastwood. “We offered it to him. He didn’t do it,” he said.
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