Lorne Michaels
Full Name: Lorne Michaels
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Profession: Television Producer
Why Famous: Created and produced "Saturday Night Live".
Michaels has also been the producer for "Late Night" on NBC since 1993 and "The Tonight Show" on NBC since 2014.
Born: November 17, 1944 (74 years old)
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Married Life
- 1971-10-05 Television producer Lorne Michaels (26) weds comedy writer Rosie Shuster (21)
- 1981-09-13 Television producer Lorne Michaels (36) weds model Susan Forristal
Historical Events in the Life of Lorne Michaels
- 1975-10-11 "Saturday Night Live" created by Lorne Michaels premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host
- 1975-10-18 Simon & Garfunkel reunite on "Saturday Night Live", sing "My Little Town"
- 1975-12-13 1st time "Saturday Night Live" uses a time delay, Richard Pryor hosts
- 1976-11-20 George Harrison appears on "Saturday Night Live"
- 1977-01-15 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"
- 1979-10-20 Bob Dylan appears on "Saturday Night Live"
- 1980-05-17 Paul & Linda McCartney appear on "Saturday Night Live"
- 1981-02-21 Charles Rocket clearly says "fuck" on "Saturday Night Live"
- 1982-11-20 Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts "Saturday Night Live"
- 1984-12-08 Ringo Starr appears on "Saturday Night Live"
- 1986-11-15 2nd time "Saturday Night Live" uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts)
- 1989-05-20 Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on "Saturday Night Live"
- 1990-05-12 3rd time "Saturday Night Live" uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
- 1990-05-12 Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott "Saturday Night Live" to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting
- 1990-06-22 Adam Sandler joins "Saturday Night Live"
- 1992-10-03 Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live"
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