and i remember the skirt was kind of long and lorne michaels came in during the dress rehearsal and heas like maybe you should just shorten that skirt a little, you know just shorten it, which was a really good idea. >> smith: yeah, it was. >> shannon: because, so yes, so lorne -- i think lorne really knew that it was going to be different. >> smith: do you feel good about him? looking back. >> shannon: oh my good. he is fantastic. >> smith: because again you know that he's this figure of great mystery. people think about him and say god he's tough to work for, was he a jerk? was he great? >> shannon: oh no, he was great. >> smith: you love him. >> shannon: yeah, i really love him. he's very loyal. he's really intelligent and deep thinking and, i mean, he's the most amazing producer in television. he's the best, he's so smart and just a really good person. and we're very close. >> smith: and responsible for a lot of careers. >> shannon: oh my god, he's the best. >> smith: yeah. >> shannon: he's the greatest. and he -- i think it's hard though because so many people need stuff from him

ends up this is lorne michael, and he is going to the clubs in new york looking for writers for this new show called "saturday night live" that was going to premiere in the fall. i go home to long island and a type of what i believe for a 1100 of my best jokes. two days later, i have to go back to the city for my meeting with lorne. i was so nervous. what should i wear? well, hip new show. i will dress hip. i put on my father's marroon polyester leisure suit. i looked like a big blood clot. i went to the city. he was staying at the plaza mattel. my meeting was like at 2:00 p.m. i do not want to be late. i was really nervous. i got there like at 7:00 a.m. in the morning. i see a pay phone, 1975, no cell phone. i went to the pay phone and call billy crystal. he had been talking to lorne about the possibility of being on this new show. i said, do you have any hints you can give me so i can have a leg up in this meeting? he said, well, he used to write for woody allen. he used to produce monty python specials. oh, and he hates mimes. lorne hates mimes.

ends up this is lorne michael, and he is going to the clubs in new york looking for writers for this new show called "saturday night live" that was going to premiere in the fall. i go home to long island and a type of what i believe for a 1100 of my best jokes. two days later, i have to go back to the city for my meeting with lorne. i was so nervous. what should i wear? well, hip new show. i will dress hip. i put on my father's marroon polyester leisure suit. i looked like a big blood clot. i w

lorne michaels is like, "[ bleep ]. here we go." >> jimmy: i couldn't help it.u've hosted three times since then. >> three times "snl" host. >> jimmy: that's a good fit, you and that show, man. >> i love that show. >> jimmy: you work great together. >> love that show. >> jimmy: well, you're just great at that stuff. you can sing, i mean, as you do in this movie as well. you can act. >> thank you. >> jimmy: you're good at comedy. i mean, and you're a good looking dude. the ladies love you. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. >> jimmy: see, a lot of people may not know this, but you're a third generation professional wrestler. >> third generation. >> jimmy: i mean, your -- >> my grandfather wrestled for vince mcmahon's dad, vince mcmahon, sr. in the wwe back in the '70s. my dad, rocky johnson, wrestled for vince mcmahon in the '80s. i came along -- yeah, thank you. i came along in the late '90s. so, i've got an amazing lineage that i'm so proud of. and especially here in new york city. when i was 5 years old, you'll appreciate this, i was at

tmz reports lohan wanted to do the show so badly, she reached out to lorne michaels herself. >>> tacoazy dish, doritos loco tacos, paired with door eat oh corn shell. they have a count down for the event, 16 days away. >>> it was supposed to be a pre-match press conference. in germany, two boxers started the fight a little early. check out all of the cameras going down during the press conference. one of the men mocked the other over a poor performance. >>> that wraps up this hour of "jansing & company." i'm kris jansing. happy president's day to all of you, if you have the day off, enjoy it. thomas roberts up next. see you back here tomorrow. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. [ male announcer ] ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now, that's a pill worth

tmz reporting that lindsay wanted to be on "snl" so badly she actually reached out to lorne michaels,s executive producer, personally. she also expressed her excitement over the news over the weekend after nbc revealed an on-air promo and nbc tweeted about the fact she'd be hosting the march 3 episode. sl! snl ! i love nbc! her publicist confirmed she would be hosting the show, saying she is looking forward to putting on a memorable show. and the last time we saw lindsay, we really saw lindsay. it was that december issue of "playboy" magazine. she was on the cover, inside, reportedly paid $1 million to do that. and that has also been reported to have been a record breaker. so, kyra, clearly "snl" banking on lindsay to bring lots of eyeballs to the show when she makes her big return on march 3. >> aj, thanks. >>> and stick around. beyonce and jay-z show up on "saturday night live," sort of. aj will be back next hour to explain. >>> and it's mardi gras. beads, booze, and the big house. no surprise. at least 170 kids arrested. we'll explain. >>> it looked like the curfew worked in new or