Episode 653 - Lorne Michaels

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2015

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

In the history of WTF, Lorne Michaels is talked about more than any other person. Now he is finally a guest. The man behind SNL goes through it all, from the reason he started the show back in 1975 to the reason he keeps doing it. Meanwhile, Marc tries to get some closure on the meeting he had with Lorne 20 years ago that has haunted him ever since.

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0:00.0	F**k the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:10.6	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fuck in ears, what the fuck
0:14.2	tuckians, how's it going?
0:17.2	I am Mark Marin, this is my show WTF Welcome.
0:20.2	Welcome to you newcomers, to you first timers, to you regular visitors.
0:25.3	Thank you for joining me today.
0:26.8	This is a big day, it's a big day people.
0:31.5	We've been leading up to this day for a while now.
0:35.8	Yes, yes today is Lauren Michaels Day.
0:39.5	Lauren Michaels is my guest on WTF today.
0:42.9	And then those of you who listen to this show, know that's a pretty big deal.
0:49.7	Some of us, myself included, I didn't know if it was ever going to happen.
0:54.2	But it happened, oh it fucking happened people.
0:57.1	And also I want to tell you this, there's a companion piece to this episode.
1:01.5	If you have a howl premium account, you can get a special WTF episode called Lauren Stories.
1:07.1	It's available now and it's two hours of stories from throughout the history of WTF with
1:11.8	more than 20 past and current cast members of SNL telling their best stuff about Lauren
1:18.2	to me because I asked.
1:21.2	Why did I ask? Because I have or had, I'm going to put it in the past tense now, a slight
1:28.0	obsession with a meeting that I had with Lauren Michaels in 1995.
1:34.2	All right, so if you have a howl subscription, you can get this special episode.
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