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Lorne Michaels, the man behind the curtain at ‘Saturday Night Live,’ has been minting comedy gold for nearly 50 years

  • Written by Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
Lorne Michaels, the man behind the curtain at ‘Saturday Night Live,’ has been minting comedy gold for nearly 50 yearsLorne Michaels holding one of his Emmy Awards in 2022.Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

On April 24, 1976, Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of the late-night NBC comedy program “Saturday Night” – it had not yet changed its name to “Saturday Night Live” – appeared on camera in...

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