‘I was picked because I have gray hair and glasses’
Lorne Michaels turns to Steve Martin — and shows he’s out of ideas. PLUS: Keeping ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ unspoiled, and the ‘Saturday Night’ trailer goes live.
We might be entering the slowest part of summer, but there’s still some news to discuss in this Friday edition of Popculturology. Hopefully you’re having a better week than the astronauts who might be stuck on the International Space Station until 2025.
There’s also a chance I might put out a special edition of the newsletter on Friday or Saturday, depending on what kind of news Disney breaks at D23 this weekend, so keep refreshing those inboxes ...
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“Our current lack of comedic imagination”
Lorne Michaels is out of ideas.
I know that sounds like a ridiculous thing to say. Lorne Michaels created Saturday Night Live, an iconic TV show that established him as a foundational figure in modern comedy. And I’m a guy with a newsletter.
But would a guy with new ideas go back to Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris? Would a guy with new ideas chase Internet buzz and offer the role of Tim Walz to Steve Martin?
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