On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> This was a surprisingly good episode. I was indifferent to Michaels > before. I thought he was remote. He came across as warm and funny. I would > call myself a Lorne Michaels fan now. > The most surprising comment is when he said the strength of the show's > viewership is middle America. > Having spent time in Middle America, there are many there who still look to the coasts for what is "cool" (or whatever the modern slang term is). SNL has always been a place to go for a quick glance at what is popular or trending in America. As Lewis Black often says about Super Bowl Halftime shows, if you find yourself waking up from a long coma and need to see where America is at that moment, just watch. I listened to the WTF episode as well. I wasn't as impressed with Michaels as Steve was, though it was a decent interview. There were times that Michaels was obviously humoring Maron as Maron strove for closure from his botched SNL audition. And a couple times when he asked Lorne the usual questions about the early days of SNL, Lorne's sighs were quite loud, and eventually Marc even noted that he would try to focus on more original topics. I suspect that had the interview been two solid hours instead of two individual hour-long interviews over two days, Michaels would have lost his cool. But in the end, Maron is an SNL fanboy who wanted to know what a lot of fanboys want to know. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
