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Podcast: Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL Podcast
Episode: Season Twelve (1986-87): Carvey and Hartman Usher in a New Golden Age
Description: This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wasntthatspecial.comIn Season Eleven, Lorne Michaels tried something new with Saturday Night Live: he brought in a cast full of movie stars who hadn’t previously performed sketch comedy. And the results showed.Michaels famously ended the season with a sketch that trapped the cast and writers in a burning room, with only Jon Lovitz escaping the fire. As Season Twelve begins…