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Podcast: Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL Podcast
Episode: Season Eleven (1985-86): Lorne Returns, Builds an Entirely New Cast, Then Burns it All Down
Description: NOTE: You likely are seeing this email a second time. We are having Substack issues which necessitated a second post of this episode. Our apologies for clogging your inbox.The eleventh season of Saturday Night Live started entirely from scratch, save the return of the show’s original creator, Lorne Michaels. With producer Dick Ebersol and big-name cast members like Billy Crystal, Martin Short, and Christopher Guest out the door, Michaels brought in a number of Hollywood stars with almost no sketch comedy experience. And their presence was met with a torrent of negative media criticism....