Q: I can’t let you go without asking you about this because recently here, the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas unveiled the Lorne Michaels collection – Lorne’s papers.
I know you were a writer on SNL for a while. Any thoughts on Michaels and his impact on comedy?
Q: Well, the impact is enormous and I feel like it was kind of fun, about the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, is we got to pay tribute to him a lot.
But I’m breaking into the Ransom Center at night and seeing if there’s any inter-office memos about me. I just wanna find a piece of paper that says, you know, “John’s my favorite writer” and then I’ll steal it and I’ll be content with myself for life. But I can’t wait to break in and loot the papers.
Full text of this interview: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/john-mulaney-mister-whatever-tour-texas-dates/
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