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Lorne Michaels, born Lorne David Lipowitz on the 17th of November 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, is a Canadian-American television and film producer who created Saturday Night Live in 1975. He also created and produced The Kids in the Hall, Late Night, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, among many other productions.
Lorne Michaels has received 24 Primetime Emmy Awards from 112 nominations. His 112 nominations make him the most nominated individual in the history of the Emmy Awards.
During the first season of Saturday Night Live, Michaels appeared on screen and offered The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on the show, later raising the offer to $3,200. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were in New York City that night, saw the program, and considered showing up as a joke but decided against it. George Harrison appeared on the episode airing the 20th of November 1976 and tried to claim the money, but Michaels told him the offer required all four Beatles.
Lorne Michaels founded Broadway Video in 1979. The company has produced Saturday Night Live since 1981 and has been the production entity behind many of his other television and film projects.
Michaels received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center in 2004, the Presidential Medal of Freedom on the 22nd of November 2016, a personal Peabody Award in 2012, and Canada's Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2006. He was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2002 and promoted to Companion of the Order on the 11th of May 2018.
Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers films was based on Michaels's mannerisms and speaking style, created by SNL alumnus Mike Myers. Alec Baldwin's character Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock was also inspired by Michaels, as Tina Fey acknowledged in a 2008 interview.