Pete Davidson, Lorne Michaels

Pete Davidson Asked Lorne Michaels to Fire Him After First ‘SNL' Season; Michaels Said ‘It's Going to Suck for Three or Four Years'
After just one season of “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson wanted out. In the new “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” docuseries, the comedian revealed that he asked series creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels to cut him loose.
Pete Davidson Asked Lorne Michaels to Fire Him After His First Year on ‘SNL'
Pete Davidson is revealing he previously let his imposter syndrome get the best of him. The stand-up comedian recalls a time when he asked his former boss Lorne Michaels to fire him from Saturday Night Live.
Pete Davidson says he asked Lorne Michaels to fire him from 'Saturday Night Live' after his first year
Beyond Saturday Night," former cast member Pete Davidson recalls wanting to leave "SNL" after his first season.
'SNL' show creator Lorne Michaels donates archive to University of Texas
Live” creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of Texas
Lorne Michaels Archive Going to the University of Texas
Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” has donated his papers to the university’s Harry Ransom Center.
Lorne Michaels Is the Real Star of “Saturday Night Live”
He’s ruled with absolute power for five decades, forever adding to his list of oracular pronouncements—about producing TV, making comedy, and living the good life.
Lorne Michaels Gives Personal Archives to University of Texas
Collection features "rehearsal notes and sketches to annotated scripts and personal correspondence" and provides behind-the-scenes history of SNL
'Saturday Night Live' comes to Austin: Lorne Michaels donates archives to UT Ransom Center
Lorne Michaels gifts his Saturday Night Live archives to the UT Austin, offering researchers and fans unprecedented access to the show's history.
'SNL' creator, producer donates personal archive to UT Austin
Michaels has no official ties to UT or Texas, but he's the latest of a group of entertainment bigwigs to select the Ransom Center to host personal archives. Robert De Niro donated his archive in 2006, and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner also donated the show's archive in 2017 .
SNL creator Lorne Michaels donates archive to Harry Ransom Center in Austin
The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin received a collection donation from “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels.
'SNL' creator Lorne Michaels entrusts UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center with historic collection
Lorne Michaels, creator of NBC's “Saturday Night Live", has donated his archive to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center.
Lorne Michaels Told Bill Hader, Who Was 'Prone to Anxiety Attacks,' to 'Calm the F--- Down' Before Hosting SNL
Bill Hader was "prone to anxiety attacks" during his time on 'Saturday Night Live', and, according to an excerpt from Susan ...
How ‘SNL’ nearly got canceled during this ‘f – – k up’ season — that Tom Hanks called ‘painfully obvious’
Tom Hanks said that his first time hosting “SNL” in Season 11, he noticed, “The division between what worked and what didn’t ...
Bob Odenkirk recalls Chris Farley getting "mind-fucked" by Lorne Michaels
Fair play, it seems, because it sounds like Michaels could be a dick a lot of the time, too. The New Yorker references in a ...
Lucy Lawless Says She Begged Lorne Michaels to Cut Her 1998 Stevie Nicks “SNL” Sketch: 'I Didn't Think It Was Funny'
The 'Xena' star spoofed Nicks in a sketch that went on to become a cult favorite If Lucy Lawless had had her way, her cult ...
Ex-SNL star Vanessa Bayer reveals why she lied to family about joining hit show: ‘You cannot tell a soul’
Comedian Vanessa Bayer heard “horror stories” about other cast members revealing they were cast on SNL before an official ...
Donald Trump loves to hate 'Saturday Night Live.' But did 'SNL' help elect him?
Donald Trump has had a rocky relationship with NBC's “Saturday Night Live, ” the sketch-comedy show he accused of ...
Ben Stiller Reveals What Lorne Michaels Said to Him When He Quit “SNL” After Only 4 Episodes
He was like, ‘Okay,’ ” Stiller recalled, imitating Michaels’ voice. “ ‘Ben’s gonna do what Ben’s gonna do.’ ” “It wasn’t great, but I knew that I couldn ...
‘SNL' Taps Timothée Chalamet to Serve as Both Host and Music Guest, First Non-Pro Singer in 30 Years
In the 50-year history of NBC's Saturday Night Live, only 41 people have ever been invited by Lorne Michaels to serve as both ...