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I was born in Toronto and now live in Meaford Ontario. I remember going to the CBC studio on Yonge St. in Toronto to see a programme called "Night Cap" and I have always felt "Laugh IN" was a take off of this show. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Alec Baldwin's interview with Lorne Michaels. Thank you for opportunity.

Enjoyed the interview tremendously. I was a freshman in college when a professor mentioned a performer named Chevy Chase and this new show. I tuned in and was hooked. At parties in the mid 70's things would come to a complete stop as everyone gathered around the tv to watch SNL. Since that time SNL has, to varying degrees, been a part of my life. Fascinating to hear Lorne talk about the creative process. Alec did a great job of getting him to open up, but I agree with Betsy, it is little frustrating when Alec talks over the interviewee.

This was the first podcast I ever listened to and It was AWESOME!Lorne and Alec are two people who I admire and am a fan of,so this was just amazing.Also,it was a good interview-nice to hear about Lorne´s earlier days before SNL etc.

Alec,
Great interview. You captured a Lorne that not too many people could have.
He was at ease and candid. Loved it!
Would love to get YOU on my show , a video podcast where we interview the greatest creative minds of the nation.
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Please let me know how to reach someone on your support team & and keep up the awesome interviews!!

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This is the 3rd or 4th interview I've listened to - I'm a big fan of A.B. - I like the people being interviewed - but I get frustrated and annoyed when A.B. talks over the interviewee. I've noticed it a lot but... I don't see any other listeners commenting on this. maybe it's me.

This is the third or fourth of Mr. Baldwin's podcasts that I have listened to and I find them to be uniformly informative, civil, entertaining, and excellent. And ADULT! My gosh! Though I'm not much of an SNL fan, I do enjoy learning about people of achievement, and Lorne Michaels is certainly one of those, as is Mr. Baldwin; the conversation was a real pleasure. Please keep them coming.

There's a lot on how Lorne put "SNL" together, and the roller coaster ride of triumphs and tribulations of the early years, in the just e-published "Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live," the critically acclaimed history of the show's first 10 years. Excerpts, including one about Lorne quickly establishing himself as SNL's "Fearless Leader," are at The SNL Book facebook page http://tinyurl.com/7fhhjr6

It's a great show, Alec. I'd almost forgotten what two intelligent people talking sounds like. So far, I appreciate the balanced stance you take with your guests, guiding and probing but never provoking. But I suspect/hope that, as you become more and more comfortable with this format, you'll push back a little bit with the appropriate guests/subjects. But please... keep the shows coming.

I am always shocked by how much he sounds like Dr. Evil.

Listened for the first time tonight! I really enjoyed the interview with Lorne. It was great learning about his time with the CBC and his time spent in California. His comments regarding how he learned to "be a boss" when he returned to SNL were quite enlightening. It is relieving to know that a person of his caliber once had the same problems that so many, including myself, have had as far as making the transition from having the ability to lead to being able to handle the more painful elements of letting someone go when it isn't working out.

Mr. Baldwin's interviews are top notch. Not only does he excel in al types of acting. His skills as an interviewer has shown me personally that he excels at anything he does what out Charlie Rose.

I just listened to your interview with Lorne Michaels on www.SyndicatedNews.net. Excellent. I particularly enjoyed learning some of the parameters of producing you both talked about and Mr. Michaels evolving from a leader to a boss. More and perhaps most importantly for me, I learned again something I think I have intuitively known all my life... creativity comes with boundaries, such as, and I quote Mr. Michaels "a song is fourteen lines." I enjoyed learning about the process of bringing SNL to air and will be listnening again when you bring "Here's the Thing" to Syndicated News.

What a thrill it was to be there with you, in Lorne's office. Wildly inspiring. Thank you!

This is your best interview yet. You got some real insight out of Lorne Michaels - loved the discussions around the creative process.

Great interview...

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A good interview with Lorne Michaels. Alec is as professional as any journalist. Lorne talked about a lot of things I didn't already know.

Awesome interview! two of my favorite quotes:

"If you look around the room, and you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room"

"There is creativity in confinement."

I love these interesting, laid back interviews and Alec's soothing, intimate voice, a lovely way to alleviate the stress of navigating the tube every morning on my way into the city!

This was a great show (even better than last time I heard you, in Thomas the Tank Engine). It was very interesting to get Lorne's backstory and the process that produced SNL and so much great comedy.

Alec....
Please grow up. I can tolerate your antics with your ex. I can tolerate your antics on a plane. I wish I could tolerate your antics with your child. But, now I have to tolerate your antics with Elizabeth Warren.

She is amazing and walks through life with dignity and grace. You can still "promptly admit when you are wrong". Come on....remember "made a list of all persons we had harmed and were willing to make amends...

come on you can do it...Suit up show up and learn some humility

Totally enjoyable, delightful interview with Lorne Michaels. He is a very interesting man as are you, Alec. Very well done interview. Thank you! I highly recommend it for everyone to listen to and enjoy! Just Great!

Wonderfule interview-insightful,funny,and honest.

Excellent interview - thanks. You can see the writer side of Lorne in the way he composes and condenses his own answers.

Utterly fascinating interview with Lorne Michaels. Thank you. "Here's The Thing" is getting better and better with every show.

Wonderful interview. As an SNL fanatic, this is one of the greatest podcasts Ive heard. Thanks Alec

Me like it!

Very good interview...Gets to the point, engaging, funny and certainly an education to learn about this great man!

Thank you for spending so much time on Lorne's early career in Toronto and in Burbank. The SNL histories that I have read tend to only devote a few paragraphs to those first 10,000 hours.

Great interview. It felt you were talking to him as a friend, not a subject, and I respect that. But I would have liked to have heard his take on the criticism of SNL that the public spews every sunday morning after the show (examples: "The writing sucks").

Very engaging talk with Lorne, and thank you for it, Alec.
In your next chat with Lorne Michaels, I would like to hear his thoughts on the changes in American satire over thirty seven years; changes in the audience and writers and why so often today's SNL's are flat, silly, puerile and without edge. Occasionally though, as with the Timberlake/ Ga Ga edition it the show does regain something like its former flash and kick. What accounts for the unevenness? Mostly the hosts?

Brilliant, insightful, and thought provoking are only a few words, which describe "Here the Thing."