It was the show that launched a thousand catch-phrases, dozens of comedy legends, and hype so outsized it engendered feelings of inadequacy long before its original cast left the premises.
How does one get a handle on Saturday Night Live?
If you are Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad, you start at the beginning, with an aging talk show host who wanted to rest his show on weekends, a declining broadcasting network left with a large hole in their programming, and a hungry young producer named Lorne Michaels who wanted to make TV for Baby Boomers like himself.
