Uh, gentlemen, how long have you been standing there? Long enough. Lorne, we need to let...
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[the affiliates, led by NBC executive Dave Tebet, have walked in on Garrett Morris performing "Gonna Kill Every Whitey I See"]
Lorne Michaels: Uh, gentlemen, how long have you been standing there?
Dave Tebet: [deadpan] Long enough.
Audrey Dickman: Lorne, we need to let the audience in.
Dave Tebet: [to Audrey, without looking at her] No, you don't.
[to Lorne, almost consolingly]
Dave Tebet: Perhaps you kids aren't quite ready for prime-time.
Lorne Michaels: What-- what are you talking about?
Dave Tebet: You haven't locked a script. Your actors are missing. Your crew is in open rebellion.
[chuckles]
Dave Tebet: They'd be laughing at you in Burbank.
Rosie Shuster: Burbank? Excuse me, this is New York fucking City.
Dave Tebet: Who's she?
Lorne Michaels: She... It's...
Rosie Shuster: It's... I...
Lorne Michaels: It's complicated. W-We have a hell of a show. We have two bands. We have seven of the brightest comedy minds alive.
Dave Tebet: Do you even know where they are?
Lorne Michaels: Uh, most of them. Yes.
Dave Tebet: Maybe we'll just try again next Saturday.
Lorne Michaels: Don't do that. Come on. No. Everybody in this room has been killing themselves to make something special.
Dave Tebet: I know.
Lorne Michaels: To make something innovative and actually good, for a change.
Dave Tebet: [offended] "For a change"?
Lorne Michaels: Don't tell me that you've been doing this so long that you can't even recognize the potential for greatness when it's right in front of your face.
Dave Tebet: Do you even know what this show is? Tell me.
[Lorne pauses, looks back at Rosie and then back to Tebet]
Lorne Michaels: It's an all-nighter in the city. It's catching Richard Pryor at a drop-in or finding Paul Simon strumming in the back of a dive bar. It's meeting a girl outside a bodega and getting lucky in a phone booth. It's... it's everything you think is going to happen when you move to the city. That's our show. That's "Saturday Night".
Dave Tebet: Show me.
Lorne Michaels: Show you what?
Dave Tebet: Show me "Saturday Night"
Lorne Michaels: Uh, gentlemen, how long have you been standing there?
Dave Tebet: [deadpan] Long enough.
Audrey Dickman: Lorne, we need to let the audience in.
Dave Tebet: [to Audrey, without looking at her] No, you don't.
[to Lorne, almost consolingly]
Dave Tebet: Perhaps you kids aren't quite ready for prime-time.
Lorne Michaels: What-- what are you talking about?
Dave Tebet: You haven't locked a script. Your actors are missing. Your crew is in open rebellion.
[chuckles]
Dave Tebet: They'd be laughing at you in Burbank.
Rosie Shuster: Burbank? Excuse me, this is New York fucking City.
Dave Tebet: Who's she?
Lorne Michaels: She... It's...
Rosie Shuster: It's... I...
Lorne Michaels: It's complicated. W-We have a hell of a show. We have two bands. We have seven of the brightest comedy minds alive.
Dave Tebet: Do you even know where they are?
Lorne Michaels: Uh, most of them. Yes.
Dave Tebet: Maybe we'll just try again next Saturday.
Lorne Michaels: Don't do that. Come on. No. Everybody in this room has been killing themselves to make something special.
Dave Tebet: I know.
Lorne Michaels: To make something innovative and actually good, for a change.
Dave Tebet: [offended] "For a change"?
Lorne Michaels: Don't tell me that you've been doing this so long that you can't even recognize the potential for greatness when it's right in front of your face.
Dave Tebet: Do you even know what this show is? Tell me.
[Lorne pauses, looks back at Rosie and then back to Tebet]
Lorne Michaels: It's an all-nighter in the city. It's catching Richard Pryor at a drop-in or finding Paul Simon strumming in the back of a dive bar. It's meeting a girl outside a bodega and getting lucky in a phone booth. It's... it's everything you think is going to happen when you move to the city. That's our show. That's "Saturday Night".
Dave Tebet: Show me.
Lorne Michaels: Show you what?
Dave Tebet: Show me "Saturday Night"
Full Transcript
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Uh gentlemen how long have you been standing there
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Long enough
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Lorne we need to let the audience in
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No you don't
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Perhaps you kids aren't quite ready for prime time
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What are you talking about
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Look around Lorne
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You haven't locked a script
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Your actors are missing
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Your crew is
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in open rebellion
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They'd be laughing at you in Burbank
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Burbank Excuse me This is New York fucking City
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Who's she
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She It's It's I
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It's complicated We have a hell of a show
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We have two bands
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We have seven of the brightest comedy minds alive
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You even know where they are
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Most of them Yes
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Maybe we'll just try again next Saturday
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No No no no Don't do that Come on No
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Everybody in this room has been killing themselves
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to make something special I know
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To make something innovative and actually good
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for a change For a change
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Don't tell me that you've been doing this so long
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that you can't even recognize the potential for greatness
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when it's right in front of your face
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Do you even know what this show is Tell me
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It's an all nighter in the city
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It's catching Richard Pryor at a drop in
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or finding Paul Simon strumming in the back of a dive bar
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It's meeting a girl outside of a bodega
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and getting lucky in a phone booth
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It's everything you think is going to happen
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when you move to the city That's our show
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That's Saturday Night
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Show me
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Show you what
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Show me Saturday Night
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Movie Summary
At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live (1...
