Lorne Michaels says SNL remote episodes were not an option this season: 'I need an audience'
"I think [returning to the studio] was all I talked about all summer," says the show's creator and gatekeeper.Speaking with Willie Geist for the upcoming episode of, the sketch show's creator and gatekeeper said remote episodes, like those done last season due to the pandemic, were not an option.
"I think [returning to the studio] was all I talked about all summer," Michaels tells Geist in a preview."And leading up to it, it was, 'I need an audience.' Because, we're taking big swings, and they're hard jokes. When you don't hear any sound, it throws the timing off. The thing that the audience does is it is the plug that makes the circuit work.
"I don't think the final version of it got to dress rehearsal. Most often, we don't even attempt until Friday," Michales said of political sketches.right now, Michael responded they do."I just think it's our job and that's what we do," he said.
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