. >> loren michaels, this canadian comedy producer, was given free rein. >> hi.rov comics. >> rehearsal and warmup, let's do 28 face slaps. come on. slap. come on. pick a hand. >> george carlin was the first host. wanted to be permanent host. >> nice to see you. welcome and thanks for joining us live. >> there were a lot of names bandied about in terms of permanent hosts. >> that's one of those tv rules you mustn't break, until you do. then you realize, why don't you have a different host every week? but it was the cast that finally won people's hearts. >> come on, who is this? >> andy-gram. >> you cut your own steaks. we give you the sauce. >> i'm barbara wawa. >> thank you, thank you very much. you're beautiful. you're beautiful. thank you. >> you were drawn to the tv set, because you knew something insane might happen. >> live, live. >> live from new york! >> partly because it was live. partly because you knew television was now in the hands of the television generation. ♪ >> and these were kids in quotes who just might do anything. >> yes, having sex with wom

. >> thanks to loren michaels, man. is the real deal. so the rest of the movie -- it just had to be authentic. and also, you can't -- just the lighting alone in "saturday night live", the cost of havingt to re-create ase lights in the ceiling. >> jimmy: yeah, of course. but why did you choose "saturday night live"? >> oh, that's good question. i didn't want to do a montage of her rise. like, i just didn't want to --th like is her extension. >> jimmy: yeah, it's hard coming out in different ou yits and stufh. montage. >> so it was like, what could be the moment where you're like, "oh, okay, she's arrived." there is no other place than "saturday night live." it's like, if you're going to be the musical guest at the season finale of "saturday night live," some stuff has changed. >> jimmy: that was great. >> yeah. >> jim it.nd alec introduced >> and alec was kind of a a character. yeah. >> jimmy: dude. i mean, again, i'm a fan of yours.t but i forgots you. i'm watching the movie, and i go, "this is jackson." >> oh, man. tha