and george davidson, the president of the california academy of sciences and george madera, an astronomer, who showed him what saturn looked like through a small telescope, were some of the factors that convinced him that a scientific monument that would make great discoveries was the right way to go. so he decided he wanted the superior toescope any in existence constructed as

and george davidson, the president of the california academy of sciences and george madera, an astronomer, who showed him what saturn looked like through a small telescope, were some of the factors that convinced him that a scientific monument that would make great discoveries was the right way to go. so he decided he wanted the

what light did you find that pete davidson was able to shine, or i should say, you know -- yeah, that gil and georgeine on it? >> ironically, you would wonder like what does a 26-year-old kid from staten island who truly had no idea how princess diana died or that she died at all or really knew anything about her to begin with? but what pete did bring to the table was what it was like to be hounded by the paparazzi >> seth: ah. >> in a weird way, pete was in fact the most useful guest on the podcast, to give a sense of what it was like for princess diana, because, you know, i would say that "saturday night live" -- and i know you're a former cast member and writer, but they're kind of our royalty. >> seth: oh. >> when i think about "saturday night live" and royalty, i think about you because you're obviously the king and you wouldn't say this, but i think it's obvious i've seen in writing, you're the king of "saturday night live." >> seth: thank you >> and you're the king of my heart. and -- are you in the attic right now? where are you? >> seth: i am in an attic right now. yes. >> so your wife and

and george davidson, the president of the california academy of sciences and george madera, an astronomer, who showed him what saturn looked like through a small telescope, were some of the factors that convinced him that a scientific monument that would make great discoveries was the right way to go. so he decided he wanted the superior toescope any in existence constructed as his memorial and gave about $700,000 of his fortune to form the lick observatory and this telescope is his monument. the construction of this observatory took quite a long time and actually started in the 1870's. mount hamilton was an unoccupied mountain. there was no road to the top. so they convinced santa clara county to build a first-class road to the top of mount hamilton and that started in 1876. by 1888, the road construction was done and they could finally start building this building. and then, by 1886, they finally knew how big the telescope would be. the lenses were done being made and ground to their final figure so they could start constructing this dome. and this dome is large diameter. i do not know