Good afternoon, good evening and goodnight, New York! Jim Carrey is coming to 'SNL'.
"I honestly don’t think of them as celebrity cameos. I think that’s the sort ofapproach to thinking about things," Michaels says of the guest actors."Alec Baldwin’s probably done the show 25 or 30 times. He’s just part of an extended group... It’s the same way with Maya -- you saw what she brought to it. So, I don’t think of it that way."
"With this election, it’s not an original thought or statement to say that there’s a lot at stake. Going back to Ford/Carter, we’ve had a voice, and we will try as hard as possible to maintain that voice," Michaels says. "If anybody talks about 'truth to power' or any of that, it’s tedious, because everybody says they’re doing it, and power seems to be unaffected by it entirely. So, we’ll give our point of view.
"Laughs are the clear indicator. That’s why the audience is so important," he says."Because you just can’t come out and express your political opinions. There has to be something, something that gets close to the truth that you’re doing and that’s honest. And that’s where the laughs come from.", but the show is working closely with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office to ensure they can have people in-studio during their shows.
Despite the challenges of putting on a live show amid a pandemic, Michaels has opted to air five live shows consecutively beginning Oct. 3 Though all of the cast members from last season are returning, their time onscreen may be cut due to unexpected work projects after things were pushed due to the pandemic.
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