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whereas "snl," right from the gate and through the '80s, was this big enterprise. >> after five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. >> well, there was a real question of whether "saturday night live" would continue at all, whether it would just die. >> the press hadn't been very overly kind. >> yeah, write that stuff. is "saturday night live" "saturday night dead"? >> my favorite is "vile from new york." >> that's funny, that's funny. >> they were having a hard time. and then came the man to save the show, eddie murphy. there was buzz about him so you tuned in. and there was this kind of explosion of talent in front of your eyes. ♪ >> it really kind of rejuvenated
>> put it in the fridge. >> you were rooting for the show and the characters they created. there was something you got behind. whereas "snl," right from the gate and through the '80s, was this big enterprise. >> after five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. >> well, there was a real question of whether "saturday night live" would continue at all, whether it would just die. >> the press hadn't been very overly kind. >> yeah, write that stuff. is "saturday night live" "saturday night dead"? >> my favorite is "vile from new york." >> that's funny, that's funny. >> they were having a hard time. and then came the man to save the show, eddie murphy.
okay? >> in "saturday night live" you'd have an idea and sometimes it wouldn't even be an idea that you had a lot of faith in. and then carpenters come in and they start building and costumes are made. and it's scary. but if it works, the payoff is so exhilarating. >> guess what? i gotta fever. and the only prescription is more cow bell. >> tv's been on for 70 years, and snl's been on for 45 of them. that's incredible. >> lon michaels is a mantastic comedy curator. he has a great eye for talent. that's self-serving because i was on the show. when you leave the show and you see how many new fantastic comedy performers you go there has to be some common element. that's lorne. >> lorne got first look at everybody coming up. these people came from all over the place. second city and groundings,
night live. on another level, though, "saturday night live" was a whole new era. >> boom-baa-boom. >> the tone of the show was very much influenced by younger people. so now we had our music on, stuff we liked. >> let's go, jets, let's swing. >> lorne had made the show hip, he made america less square with "saturday night live," it was just the time. it was time for it. we hadn't had anything like it. >> it was just talk shows you watched as you fell asleep. this was the idea that late night was a place where you could do things that might get you in trouble with standards earlier in the day. >> captain, the enemy star ship is within electro scanning distance. >> what does it look like? >> their ship is not as big as we had hoped. >> the one rule we had was let's
and the characters they created. there was something you got behind. whereas "snl," right from the gate and through the '80s, was this big enterprise. >> after five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. >> well, there was a real question of whether "saturday night live" would continue at all, whether it would just die. >> the press hadn't been very overly kind. >> yeah, write that stuff. is "saturday night live" "saturday night dead"? >> my favorite is "vile from new york." >> that's funny, that's funny. >> they were having a hard time. and then came the man to save the show, eddie murphy.
and the characters they created. there was something you got behind. whereas "snl," right from the gate and through the '80s, was this big enterprise. >> after five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. >> well, there was a real question of whether "saturday night live" would continue at all, whether it would just die. >> the press hadn't been very overly kind. >> yeah, write that stuff. is "saturday night live" "saturday night dead"? >> my favorite is "vile from new york." >> that's funny, that's funny. >> they were having a hard time. and then came the man to save the show, eddie murphy.
ridiculous on the face of it and would never hold up in the supreme court, never. >> do you think, lorne, that this sheds any light on the president's attention to pardoning people hieves were treated unfairly? >> i think the pardoning this week, i know a lot of were trying to say something like because of the timing of these particular pardons and discussion of it, that he was laying the groundwork for something maybe possibly for himself regarding the mueller investigation, i don't really think we should read that much into it to be honest. i don't think he should pardon himself. you saw a lot of gop lawmakers out this weekend, kevin mccarthy this morning saying he shouldn't do that. i think chris christie said it would be a political problem. i think it would absolutely be a political problem and like bill said, i think as americans we can all agree that no american is pof tabove the law. i don't think he should pardon
mueller, how did this cameo come to be? >> well, i was talking to lorne and said if there is anything you want to -- i think you can think about you can play, and i spoke to my wife and said let's play mueller. and i said how about mueller? and that's how it came down. >> is this going to be a recurring thing or a one and done? >> i hope there's a couple where i interrogate him and then i arrest him and escort him to jail. >> you mean, trump? >> who do you think i mean? >> sean: the rant didn't stop there. at the opening of the tribeca film festival he slammed trump as a low life in chief. de niro needs to focus on acting. maybe not. maybe -- whatever. we have a big show tomorrow
gate and through the '80s, was this big enterprise. >> after five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. >> well, there was a real question of whether "saturday night live" would continue at all, whether it would just die. >> the press hasn't been very overly kind. >> yeah, write that stuff. is "saturday night live" "saturday night dead"? >> my favorite is "vile from new york." >> that's funny, that's funny. >> they were having a hard time. and then came the man to save the show, eddie murphy. there was buzz about him so you tuned in. and there was this kind of explosion of talent in front of your eyes.
whereas "snl" right from the gate and through the '80s was this big enterprise. >> after five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. >> well there was a question of whether "saturday night live" would continue at all. or whether it would just die. >> the press hasn't been overly kind. >> yeah, i read that stuff. "saturday night live" is saturday night dead. >> oh, come on. >> from yucks to yacks. >> and my favorite is vile from new york. >> it is funny. it's funny. >> they were having a hard time. and then came the man to save the show, eddie murphy. ♪ wookie pa nub >> there was buzz about him so you tuned in and there was this kind of explosion of talent in