and the authors are james andrew miller and tom shales. mr. miller, what was the point of this book? >> we had written a definitive -- we wanted to be a definitive hoyt of "saturday night live," ended in 2002 and decided to update it. and turns out the last 12 years of "saturday night live" were very busy and there's a lot to write. we added another 200

and the authors are james andrew miller and tom shales. mr. miller, what was the point of this book? >> we had written a definitive -- we wanted to be a definitive hoyt of "saturday night live," ended in 2002 and decided to update it. and turns out the last 12 years of "saturday night live" were very busy and there's a lot to write. we added another 200 pains. >> tom shales you're a long-time tv critic. what was your contribution. >> i encouraged jim to keep working. go back to "saturday night live's" dawning. i was there not for the first show but i used to go to new york and hang around and make a nuisance of myself because i was immediately attracted to it. something both new and old and then went week in dives live tv, which i remember from being a kid and also broke all kinds of new ground in terms of what you could say and do and what subjects you could cover on television so the show has dear to my heart since the beginning 4 , years you. >> did cast members talk to you for the book? >> essly, mostly to jim. we both worked on the first