Comments on: The Wisdom Of Lorne Michaels http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mrs. Tarquin Biscuitbarrel http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-124119 Mrs. Tarquin Biscuitbarrel Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:40:58 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-124119 Lorne Michaels has given the max, $2,300, to John McCain. Just sayin'. Lorne Michaels has given the max, $2,300, to John McCain. Just sayin’.

]]> By: Boronx http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-123012 Boronx Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:24:00 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-123012 Night at the Roxbury wasn't a hit? That movie is a classic. Hitting on the Maid of Honor at the alter of your own wedding will never grow old. In any case, if you run a show, you generally say nice things about your guests unless you can be sure of destroying them. Night at the Roxbury wasn’t a hit? That movie is a classic. Hitting on the Maid of Honor at the alter of your own wedding will never grow old.

In any case, if you run a show, you generally say nice things about your guests unless you can be sure of destroying them.

]]> By: Repack Rider http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122982 Repack Rider Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:02:32 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122982 "No one ever lost money by underestimating...yatta yatta." “No one ever lost money by underestimating…yatta yatta.”

]]> By: bryan http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122968 bryan Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:06:46 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122968 Bruce, I liked coneheads too. Bruce, I liked coneheads too.

]]> By: Nels Nelson http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122935 Nels Nelson Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:34:14 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122935 Hmm, I bet you that collectively those movies, as bad as they were, made money. Lorne Michaels is in the business of making money, not making art. Hmm, I bet you that collectively those movies, as bad as they were, made money. Lorne Michaels is in the business of making money, not making art.

]]> By: KXB http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122921 KXB Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:47:46 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122921 Hey - The Ladies Man made a find rental. How can you speak ill of a movie that has a half-nekkid Tiffani Amber Thiessen? Besides, Michaels is in show business, they're supposed to kiss up. Hey – The Ladies Man made a find rental. How can you speak ill of a movie that has a half-nekkid Tiffani Amber Thiessen?

Besides, Michaels is in show business, they’re supposed to kiss up.

]]> By: Duros Hussein 62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122918 Duros Hussein 62 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:29:49 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122918 I thought she looked <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1203/1100364046_01978279a9.jpg" rel="nofollow">familiar.</a> I thought she looked familiar.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122916 Nimrod Gently Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:28:34 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122916 I liked Stuart Saves His Family. Of course I saw it late on a Friday night on BBC2, but that's its natural habitat. Anyway yeah the best SNL films have been the ones where he hasn't been involved. I liked Stuart Saves His Family. Of course I saw it late on a Friday night on BBC2, but that’s its natural habitat.

Anyway yeah the best SNL films have been the ones where he hasn’t been involved.

]]> By: Roschelle http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122910 Roschelle Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:51:25 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122910 McCain agrees with <a href="http://roschellenelson.blogspot.com/2008/10/mccain-agrees-with-murth-in-moon-pa.html" rel="nofollow">Murtha</a> in Moon, PA McCain agrees with Murtha in Moon, PA

]]> By: Jack H. http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122909 Jack H. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:51:11 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122909 Isn't Lorne's point that she'll get her own show, because she sure isn't going to be VP? Isn’t Lorne’s point that she’ll get her own show, because she sure isn’t going to be VP?

]]> By: Lorne Michaels: Palin Could Have Future in Entertainment « POP CULTURE http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122907 Lorne Michaels: Palin Could Have Future in Entertainment « POP CULTURE Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:41:27 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122907 [...] http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/ [...] [...] http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/ [...]

]]> By: Joe Bourgeois http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122906 Joe Bourgeois Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:33:31 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122906 Don't forget that <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287967,00.html" rel="nofollow">Dr. Evil</a> was essentially Mike Myers's Lorne Michaels impression. Don’t forget that Dr. Evil was essentially Mike Myers’s Lorne Michaels impression.

]]> By: anotherbozo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122905 anotherbozo Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:29:00 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122905 Possible program name: The View from the Bridge to Nowhere Possible program name: The View from the Bridge to Nowhere

]]> By: anotherbozo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122901 anotherbozo Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:21:21 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122901 Lorne is just agreeing with Arianna Huffington. On Larry King she opined that Sarah has a great future in entertainment, "on a talk show, for example." I'm with Arianna. Put her opposite Rachel Ray. Lorne is just agreeing with Arianna Huffington. On Larry King she opined that Sarah has a great future in entertainment, “on a talk show, for example.” I’m with Arianna. Put her opposite Rachel Ray.

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122898 midderpidge Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:18:06 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122898 She could get herself a jacket covered in dollar signs and have an infomercial selling books about living on the state of Alaska's dime. $10,000 for airplane tickets! A nice per diem for staying in your own home! Act now and also get Sarah Palin's "secrets of the $150,000 GOP- funded wardrobe! Act now. She could get herself a jacket covered in dollar signs and have an infomercial selling books about living on the state of Alaska’s dime. $10,000 for airplane tickets! A nice per diem for staying in your own home! Act now and also get Sarah Palin’s “secrets of the $150,000 GOP- funded wardrobe! Act now.

]]> By: megamoze http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122895 megamoze Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:10:14 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122895 She HAS had a huge impact. I don't think there's any denying that. She has been largely responsible for cratering McCain's campaign. She HAS had a huge impact. I don’t think there’s any denying that. She has been largely responsible for cratering McCain’s campaign.

]]> By: canadian bacon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122893 canadian bacon Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:58:00 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122893 Connecting with people is a prerequisite to being good in politics. Look at Obama's success and McCain's failure. I would take Lorne's observations as a warning. Connecting with people is a prerequisite to being good in politics. Look at Obama’s success and McCain’s failure. I would take Lorne’s observations as a warning.

]]> By: Bruce Henry http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122890 Bruce Henry Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:48:24 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122890 Maybe I'm unsophisticated but I thought Coneheads was funny. Maybe I’m unsophisticated but I thought Coneheads was funny.

]]> By: iamnotstarjones http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122887 iamnotstarjones Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:44:35 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122887 If having her own show means she won't be near national policy, I'm all for it! She can sing and dance and interview people without doing any research. If having her own show means she won’t be near national policy, I’m all for it!

She can sing and dance and interview people without doing any research.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/22/the-wisdom-of-lorne-michaels/#comment-122885 Quaker in a Basement Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:40:56 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10763#comment-122885 He's only saying that because they're both white. He’s only saying that because they’re both white.

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