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Poll Suggestion: Lorne Michaels — Saturday Night Live (SNL) Creator

Lorne Michaels (born 1944) is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director.

He created and produced Saturday Night Live and produced the Late Night series and The Tonight Show.

He has received 24 Primetime Emmy Awards from 112 nominations, holding the record as the most nominated individual in the award show's history.

Which is your favorite movie produced by Lorne Michaels?

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IMHO, the introduction is lacking by not mentioning his failures and his involvement with The New Show (1984), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995), Sunday Night (from 1989 to 1990) and the year ranges, as well as, including the fact he has success with different casts and different host (an incredible feat to keep recreating that magic in a bottle and to last fifty plus years). It is not really on topic when everything is speaking to his television work and the question is about his film work.

  • Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, since 1985)
  • The New Show (1984)
  • Sunday Night (from 1989 to 1990)
  • The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995)
  • The Late Night series (since 1993)
  • The Tonight Show (since 2014)

Also, the title shouldn't be Lorne Michaels — Saturday Night Live (SNL) Creator as his involvement with SNL is common knowledge and the question is about his movie producing and includes projects outside the SNL realm, so the title and the question are not connected other than the Lorne Michaels part. If you want to limit the answer pool to partnerships with former or current cast members, I could see mentioning Saturday Night Live in the title then, but again the question doesn't ask about his SNL work exclusively as stated.

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