the guy who plays me, fred armisen. andy samberg. and the creator. they are here from the set of one of the late night's longest running shows. if you don't know what "saturday night live" is, you're not from this planet. next on "larry king live." >> larry: tomorrow night, "saturday night live" will celebrate the beginning of its 36th year on nbc at 11:30 eastern time. we have five outstanding cast members and the executive producer with us. we're in the studio, this famous studio, studio 8 h, 8th floor of 30 rock. our guest is lauren michaels, producer of "saturday night live." amy poehler former cast member will host the show tomorrow night. she's the three-time elm jmmy a nominee. seth meyers is the writer. kristian wiig you know her as nancy pelosi or the target lady. fred armisen, you know him as me or president obama or joy behar. and finally andy samberg the emmy-winner best known for his digital short. how did this idea get conceived? >> i think it got conceived because herb who was then running nbc felt production should be back in new york

fred armisen, you know him as me or president obama or joy behar. and finally andy samberg the emmy-winner best known for his digital short. how did this idea get conceived? >> i think it got conceived because herb who was then running nbc felt production should be back in new york and he had a strong affection for live programming in the glory days of new york television. >> the "tonight show" had been on, right? >> the "tonight show" was downstairs in 6-b with johnny carson. they just wanted a new show. >> on saturday? >> on saturday. the time period at that point was carson, the best of carson, which reruns of the "tonight show," and i don't think johnny was happy with those shows. they decided to do a new show and dick ebersol was hired as director of late night. left sports. >> what were you doing at the time? >> at the time i was working with lily tomlin on producing and writing on her shows, both at cbs and abc. i had done one or two -- i had begun at nbc with the phyllis diller show and laugh-in. but all in california. >> larry: "saturday ni