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"Live from New York": An Uncensored Story of "Saturday Night Live" as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests (Hardcover)

by Tom Shales (Author), James Andrew Miller (Author) "Lorne Michaels arrived in my life before puberty, let's put it that way ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 566 pages
Publisher: Imported Little, Brown USA titles; 1 edition (6 Nov 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0316781460
ISBN-13: 978-0316781466
Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.1 x 4.7 cm

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Drawing on dozens of interviews with and reminiscences of the stars, crew, writers, and guests, an authorized oral history of Saturday Night Live celebrates the ground-breaking television show's twenty-five-year history with dozens of behind-the-scenes anecdotes, profiles of its cast members, storie

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4.0 out of 5 stars History, Schmistory. It's Gossip!, 19 Feb 2003

By	Patrick Burnett "penngos" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

I was sucked into "Live from New York" within a few seconds and didn't let go until I was done. It appears that other reviewers have mixed feeling about this book, which consists of outtakes from numerous interviews with the producers, cast and crew of "Saturday Night Live" arranged in a roughly according to theme, citing other books that do the job better, but I liked this one just fine.

Perhaps it's my own personal trashy streak that makes me love it so. I love dirt. I love behind-the-scenes action. I love knowing the story that few people ever get to see. There's a lot of that sort of thing here. Dirt on guest hosts, dirt on the cast. Who were the favorite guests? Who were the worst? Which cast members messed up onstage and had to be fired? It's all here.

The beauty of this book, as compared to a straight history, is the fact that the editors (calling Tom Shales, and James Andrew Miller "authors" is being way too generous) do not strive for truth. Alternate versions of each story are told by concerned parties and observers alike, so the book resembles a huge comedy-themed "Rashomon". We may never know the truth, but it's enormous fun sifting through other people's memories.

One flaw I noticed was the fact that the book is fairly bottom-heavy; the early years are covered in minutes depth and detail, while the most interesting years on the show (the "lost years" of Charles Rocket, Randy Quaid, Julia Louise Dreyfuss, Anthony Michael and Janeane Garafalo) are barely touched upon. And the current cast is noticeably silent, perhaps because the fear repercussion or reprisal.

If you like gossip and Saturday Night Live, this book mixes them together beautifully.

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