Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels (b. 1944) has been the executive producer of Saturday Night Live off and on since the first season premiered in 1975. He has also been a writer on the show. When launching the series, Michaels was responsible for the involvement of Jim Henson, and The Land of Gortch segments from that first season.
Jim Henson spoke well of Lorne Michaels, as noted in this excerpt from an interview by Judy Harris:
In a 1999 interview on CNN, Michaels discussed the process of adding the Muppets to the show:
==References==
*Cookie Monster thanks Michaels during his goodnight address in "Cookie Monster Auditions for Saturday Night Live."
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