Live from New York

The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests

De: James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales

Narrado por: Christina Delaine, Paul Woodson

Duración: 28 h y 18 m

Resumen del Editor

When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, Live from New York was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a dazzling galaxy of trail-blazing talents recalled three turbulent decades of on-camera antics and off-camera escapades. Now a fourth decade has passed - and best-selling authors James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales have returned to Studio 8H. They raucously and revealingly take the SNL story up to the present, adding a constellation of iconic new stars, surprises, and controversies.

©2002 Thomas W. Shales and Jimmy the Writer, Inc.; material new to the 2014 edition copyright 2014 by Jimmy the Writer, Inc.; preface to the 2015 edition copyright 2015 by Jimmy the Writer, Inc. (P)2017 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Great insights to the whole SNL, but...

The whole book is made up of quotations from everyone involved, credible but no point of view. Very interesting story, lots of anecdotes, and a sense of the timeline and highs and lows of the arc of the show and it’s varied casts that you miss even as a longtime viewer. The stories of the cast members, shows and characters is the best, but a third of the book and especially the last chapters spends way too much time trying to figure out the enigma that is Loren Michaels. Excellent, but a third too long.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Saturday Night Live and Lorne Michaels

Once I got used to the format of bits of interviews from many people throughout the history of the show , I enjoyed it. There were anecdotes, including details about every performer from the beginning. It also delved into the personality of Lorne Michaels, which was very revealing and interesting.

A book that covers the entire 44 years so far.

Great book with interviews from writers and performers and guest host. A long but very good interesting read.

great book

This book was really interesting. I learned a lot about the history of SNL. It takes time to go through all the era's. SNL is 1 of my favorite shows of all time! great voice narration too

What a fun listen

I got this book in 2002 or 2003 and listening to it again in audio form was an absolute blast. What a great listen and adventure. The performers are great and do a great job differentiating without doing poor imitations.
Thank you

Excellent

Great read (listen) for any fan of SNL/pop culture. My only complaint is that because it’s essentially snippets from various cast members, writers, and execs, it can be confusing who is talking/sharing their experience (a lot of rewinding...there’s a dated term 😂). Highly recommended!

Great For SNL Fans

Everything you could possibly want to know about SNL. Inserts from cast past and present. Mostly a collection of quotes from and by cast about experience, other cast members and host.

Flags a bit at the end, but good overall.

The narrators are good, and the stories from the early days are great. I was beginning to lose interest in the stuff from 2000 on, but I enjoyed my time with it, all told.

so in depth

the entire story is so in depth chronicling the beginning through 2014 or so, so you have 40 years of stories and anecdotes. I appreciate how it isn't all flattery and also includes some issues cast and crew have had. ot is a really balanced look.

Abridged Version Probably Sufficient

Lot of padding using general feelings and not enough specifics or great stories. No mention of 40th anniversary Celebration and very little mention of the 25th.