so we open with lorne michaels at 10:00 p.m.oking for andy kaufman. a stray shot roller coaster in the last line of the movie is, live from new york, it's saturday night. >> that's fantastic. and the inspiration. how long has this been on your mind? to do this? >> back in 2008, right after i directed a movie called "juno" my agent asked me what i wanted to do next. i said, i have two dreams as a kid. one is to be a director and the others to do saturday live. they said i could be a guest writer here. that's what started. >> that's crazy. corey, it's hard to really remember now. but chevy chase really was the center. he was the star. he was the guy that, you know, that's really carried the first season for the most part. before all of these other iconic names follow through. talk about chevy chase and sort of stepping into that role. >> he had the benefit of being the only caster that could say his name. so he was every day introducing himself to the audience, saying, i'm chevy chase. he was sort of granted this authority and ide

now he's starring as lorne michaels in the new movie "saturday night," which is in select theaters nowto the show. >> thank you for having me. >> jimmy: thanks for coming back. your first big role, you got to play a young steven spielberg. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and now you're playing young lorne michaels. >> it's weird. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: it's a great film. it's called "saturday night." i want to know everything about it. how did you first hear about the role? >> i first heard about it -- i met jason at the premiere of "the fabelmans," actually, in london. >> jimmy: jason reitman. >> jason reitman, who directed the film. >> jimmy: great job, by the way. >> he's -- he's a genius. and he wanted to get coffee. and he pitched it to me of like, "yeah, you know, i'm" -- he was there shooting the last "ghostbusters" movie. but he's like, "i'm just trying to meet some young actors, get a vibe of who to cast for this." and i was like, "okay, i'll -- if he's thinking of me i might be in the background or something." and then it wasn't for, like -- that was in january of '23. and then it w

during the conversation, lamorne told the snl alum to call the show's creator, lorne michaels, to askan episode together. garrett said that lamorne should host it by himself. so far, neither actor has received an official invitation to host. we will keep you posted. in fact, a lot of you probably waiting for saturday night live to start and you'll know, like we all do at that time, right? right now, rob mayeda is going to talk about blue angels and flights drizzle tomorrow morning, low clouds. we'll be watching the pivot right around mid afternoon to see some clearing around the inner bay. inland areas too will have that cloudy start. mild temperatures midweek, few midweek showers and then dry and warmer and potentially breezy late week into next weekend. and the announcement today came around 3:00. a game time decision literally. so you got to be there waiting and we'll see what happens. potentially could be the same. yeah. all right rob thanks and thank you for joining us. saturday night live is next. good night. the city hall insiders spend record high budgets. but our problems get

. >> hello, lorne michaels? just kidding. see?, the media will lop you a softball question and that is when you charmed the pants off them by insinuating that you have a dark side. >> why would people in wisconsin want to have a beer with you? >> [laughs] well, i guess -- i guess they want to have a beer with me because i actually do like to drink beer and i probably like to drink beer a little bit too much but that's okay. i'm sure the media will -- >> boom. he could have just said "i'm a regular guy." boring. instead he left you wondering, is this guy a high-functioning alcoholic robot? that is interesting. check plus mate equals check please. ♪ ♪ the thing about being likable is it is always a work in progress. even i, the master, need to practice to stay sharp. hey, benches, ha? >> what? >> is your hair real? wow. [screaming] [whimpering] that wasn't too bad. i'll try that one out next week in wisconsin. you know, it is really so rewarding seeing one of my peoples out of the world using the lessons i taught him and watching th

. >> do you hear this laughter, lorne michaels? why did you cut this? [ cheers and applause ] >> think about that. >> seth: look i'm on board for unicorn mountain. >> okay, you got to find that five-minute song. >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] we'll dig it up out of the archives. you also had one of my favorite bits in my time at "snl," which is your office was next to -- >> oh, yeah. >> seth: maya, spivey, amy. >> yeah, yes, yes. >> seth: can you explain for everybody thurman and the role of thurman? >> yes, let's see. will i get canceled for this? [ light laughter ] no. >> seth: you're safe. >> no, no, no. so, maya, amy, and emily spivey, maya and emily spivey were over there all the time. we had these giant big windows here in 30 rock. and i made this little character 17 floors up who would knock on their window, and he was perverted. he was a creep. >> seth: it was a very crudely drawn face on cardboard attached to a long pole. >> yeah, yeah. [ light laughter ] >> so, you'd go outside your window -- >> yeah, and i would do th

and lorne michaels is that way too. just calm.like -- someone would be like, "this actor doesn't want to do it." i would be like, "oh [ bleep ]." i'm so sorry! sorry, sorry, sorry. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: mom, dad, mom, dad, get out of here. just get out. just get out of the building. >> see, i can't do it. >> jimmy: yeah, you gotta send them on vacation. >> but yes. >> jimmy: your daughter's fantastic in this. and you all see how great. i want to show a clip. here's rachel sennott in "saturday night." take a look at this. ♪ [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> sorry, lorne. >> hey, i heard john doesn't like the bee costume. you know anything about this? >> it's not a costume problem. he thinks he's brando. >> he's better than brando. >> lorne. >> i'm working on it. he's better than brando. he's more important even, he'll be studied. >> they will study his -- john is better when he's angry. >> rose, do you understand that in an hour there's a television program? i made a covenant with the national broadcasting -- >> a covenant? >> yeah, a covena

it's told from the point of view of the creator and producer lorne michaels putting out one fire after the first show ever went director jason reitman captures this funny origin story with cast of up and coming. comedians playing the original. not ready for prime time players. it's a dean's list b plus, hope you have a great weekend in chicago. >> dean richards. >> okay. well, now take a look at this. the el dorado county sheriff's office releasing some new video. i would incredible rescue in south lake tahoe earlier this week. so a hiker somehow gotten so stuck on the side of a steep granite face. look how narrow the ledges that they're standing on. pretty incredible. this was near the and lakes on monday, the search and rescue teams were able to track him down. and then with the help of that helicopter crew hoist him off of that cliff and to safety returning him to the ground. what a terrifying experience that must have been. all right. let's get over to the weather center. we've got john travel with a look at what we might expect here as we head into the weekend. and fleet week star

you stand in front of lorne michaels and you have to do a bit. >> i didn't make it that far.g i for. i said okay. i re-send it and no reply. yeah. >> have you gotten any feedback from the snl crew? do we know what we think so far? >> i spoke with rosy shuster in toronto. she is at the film festival. and i met lorraine newman at a screening in l.a. and both of them just had the loveliest things to say. and they were both so agasp with how well jason, our director, captured the chaos of it all and -- >> the adrenaline. >> and the adrenaline and the nerves and the fear. >> speaking of, i mean, it all kind of lead up to the last "live from new york," it's saturday night. >> who got to say the iconic words? >> i got to say it. it was an accident. when we were doing that -- you know, we were going through the scene. the guys fall in a -- >> wait. could you do us a favor. could you just do it. >> tight shot. here we go. >> go ahead. hit it. >> live from new york, it's saturday night! >> boom! >> he even got the zoom. well done. i'm impressed. >> look at this. it looks like we're her

michaels i'm the producer and creator of "saturday night." we are excited because there's never been a television show like this. >> okay. but what kind of show is it, lornee harnessed electricity? >> who are you in metaphor? >> chevy chase. >> gilda radner. >> and -- how do you pronounce this? >> joining us now the director, producer and co-writer of "saturday night" four-time oscar nominee jason rightman, also corey michael smith, ella hunt takes on the role of the late icon gilda radner. good morning to you all. >> good morning. thanks for having us. >> as huge fans of "snl" we are excited about this. i should point out it was called "saturday night" is a point before it later added the live which is the name of this film as well. jason, just for people who are wondering what to expect when they see this, is this the history of "snl"? what is this exactly? what part of the story story do tell here? >> this starts 90 minutes before the first episode of "saturday night live." so we open with lauren michaels at 10:00 p.m. on 50th street right outside this building looking for andy kaufman, just a straight shot roller coaster, and the last live of the movi