when i was at "saturday night live" i would often have lorne michaels, you know, the creator of "snl,ah. they'd be like we're calling from lorne michaels' office, we'd like to make a reservation for vanessa bayer or whatever, and it sounded very official even if they didn't know who i was, they knew that was a thing. so now i pretend to be my own assistant. when i call to make dinner reservations. but i don't want them to recognize my voice. so i'll use an accent. i've tried like southern but it's very like hey, y'all, i want to make a reservation for vanessa bayer. and then they're like oh, that's vanessa doing a bad accent. i mostly do british. because i think then it sounds like i have a very dignified assistant who's like, ello, i want to make a reservation for vanessa bayer. and it's maybe -- but just to be safe, then when i get to the restaurant i don't want them to be like oh, that sounds like the british woman who called. so i'll try to just not talk a lot once i'm at the restaurant. table. food. >> jimmy: i hope you never have to let your fake assistant go because that could

and i would just be like -- it was like the end of "usual suspects" where i'm like, "lamp -- lorne michaelsne i was like -- i forget, i was like, we're -- we're baristas, but we're babies. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> and then the host would be like, "oh, how would that work?" i'm like, "i'm never going to write this. this is my way of saying hello, were never going to write this." >> jimmy: oh, no. that's the worst when they bust you out and they go, i want to hear more about this. what's this baby thing? >> what's the baby barista? and i'm like, were not -- it's a dumb idea. it's dumb idea, i'm never going to write this. >> jimmy: no, but tell me, what would we do? >> we're not going to do it. dude, it's dumb. it would never work. baby barista is dumb idea. >> jimmy: yeah, but i like that. i like the baby baristas. [ light laughter ] >> i'm going to have to write baby baristas, great. now, i'm a baby barista. >> jimmy: we just had a -- my drunk stories. hashtags. do you have any drunk stories where you were too drunk? >> um -- no. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wow. >> no, i had -- actually, i

the person happiest is alec baldwin and lorne michaels, it will boost their ratings.s fine if you're a private citizen at the top of your gold-drenched penthouse in manhattan. he's my president. and we have real threats and real problems. we have just barely buried all the children and teachers murdered in florida and that's what i want him focused on is our economy. our security. and not picking fights with movie stars. >> paul begala, alice, appreciate it, good to see you both. and we'll pick up that discussion on monday. >> thank you. >>> we're keeping a close watch on the markets. at this hour, you see down just about a percentage point, triple ditht digits, the president announcing upcoming tariffs and declaring trade wars are good. more details ahead. >>> but first, in just two weeks we begin a new season of cnn heroes. everyday people changing the world. so where and how do we find these remarkable individuals? well, we do a lot of it with your help. today, we want to introduce you it a woman who successfully nominated her personal hero to be a cnn hero. thanks

ten minutes later, lorne michaels called. that was it. >> oh my god, mr.your biggest fan! i'm telling you, i'm feeling the bern! >> that's all right. >> caricatures are fun because you don't have to give the back story, you can get right to the punch line. you know what donald trump is. >> i'm going to start this debate in the quiet els voice possible. in the past, i have been big and loud. but tonight, i am a sweet little baby trump. >> i think when it's done well, it's funny, it's entertaining. "snl" is a topical show where they deal with what people are looking at. in an election cycle that's what people are looking at. it just seems to make sense. >> our first question is for you and it is about reproductive rights. >> they're ripping babies out of vaginas! >> trump's fun because trump's just rubbish. hillary's a little shifty. it's not just a person doing a great impersonation, it's a person able to impersonate. >> "snl" is a depolitical branding of political candidates. has "snl" ever really changed somebody's vote? that's a question that i think abo

. >> gilda radner, john bellucci and -- >> lorne michaels pitched it as a cross between "monty pythons." he said, it's going to work. >> as outstanding variety or musical series, nbc's "saturday night." >> i'd like to thank the city of new york for the correct combination of rejection and alienation which keeps the comedy spirit alive. >> when something really revolutionary happens, when you first see it, it should look wrong. "saturday night live" when you first saw it, what is this? >> rule number one, if you do parody, you better have somebody who can deliver it, both in the writers' room and on stage. >> hey, norton? >> hey. >> what made "saturday night live" different is this phenomenon that happened in the '60s was this youth culture and the youth market. our show was the first one to really have a voice for a younger generation. >> land shark. still the cleverest species of them all. >> it was the first time our generation was allowed to do tv and be on tv and write tv. so, we were parodying things that carol burnett show didn't parody. >> your momma eats kitty litter. >> nobod

lorne michaels. based on the strength of that special, the lily special, he got the pilot for "saturday night live". >> dear roseanne! >> i don't know where you get it, how you get it, or who actually milks the dogs and i don't care. >> hi! >> "saturday night live" definitely early on, amazing that right out of the gate, it was loraine newman and jane curtin and gilda radner. >> now, candy. candy? >> they could definitely hang with the guys, they were just as important and hilarious. >> hey, stud muffins, want to make bouncy, bouncy? >> they had three female performers, and three female writers. which if you look at the comedy landscape at that time, is unheard of. >> what made "saturday night live" different from those other shows was our show was the first one to really have a voice for a younger generation. >> then the man -- >> eww! >> eww! >> yuck. >> that's disgusting. >> and then you scream, and then he screams, and then it's over. >> the early days of "snl" were a tale of two worlds. because