• Albert Brooks Claims He Came Up With The Format For Saturday Night Live

    11 days ago - By Slash Film

    As the old saying goes, "Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan." NBC's "Saturday Night Live," a highly successful show that's been around so long it can accurately be labeled an institution, is no exception to that axiom. While it feels a little absurd to attribute the success of SNL to any single person given how many comedians and celebrities have greatly contributed to its longevity, it's generally presumed that creator Lorne Michaels is the show's guru. However, Michaels did not come up with the concept for SNL out of whole cloth, at least not according to...
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