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from new york city. we just happen to have the producer of the program, members of his company. what should we look for on your program? anxiety. sepinwall: lorne michaels, this canadian comedy producer, was given free rein. hi. i m lorne michaels, the producer of saturday night. sepinwall: .and he ultimately winds up hiring a bunch of improv comics. rehearsal of warmups. let s do 20 face-slaps. come on. slap. come on, make it hurt. george carlin was the first host, and wanted to be a permanent host. nice to see you. welcome. and thanks for joining us live. there were a lot of names bandied about in terms of a permanent host. shales: that s one of those tv rules that you mustn t break until you do, and then you realize, why don t you have a different host every week? but it was the cast that finally won the people s hearts. come on, who is this? man: candygram. aah! no! you got that? you cut your own steaks! we give you the sauce! i m barbara wawa. thank you. thank you. thank you ver