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Show The Salt Lake Tribune BOOKS Sunday, December 29, 2002 DT ‘Live From New York’: Ready for Prime Time em Sale starts Monday, Dec. 30th thru Saturday, Jan. “4th Thedeep dish on Chevy, Gilda, John and Janeane Live From New York An Uncensored of ‘Saturday Night Live’ as Told by Its Stars, Writers and Guests By Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller; Check www.robertscrafts.com unpaidwriter.” Andvice versa. Little, Brown; 594 pages; $25.95 . “Store Wide Sale The “SNL”cast and writers are more fluid in their on-camera/off-camera roles than anywhere else on television — only David Letterman's “Late Show” comes close. As Gilbert Gottfried (class of 1980) says, “Basically on that show they hire you as a performer andexpect you to be an As with any uncensored tell-all, Live From New York is best whenits characters dotell all. Chris Elliott dumps on Joey Buttafuoco as host; Tom Arnold takes it on the chin, as does Andrew TES BY MELINDA MILLER Dice Clay. THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Laraine Newman shares “diet secrets,” as in Yes, the first cast was all sleeping together. Exceptfor the ones whoweren't. Andyes, they were on drugs lotof the time, especially the ones you really know were on drugs because they eventually wentinto rehab ordied becauseofit. Butthere is muchthatis new, and even more being at Gilda’s house, “and I would be snorting ieroin and she would be eating a gallon of ice ream...” and then the bulimic Gilda would ae herself throw up. An unexpected extra is the final chapter, which ee notbe readfirstbutalso should not All Floral Stems All Stickers Packaged & Roll All Green vee All 8-1/2" x11" Printed Scrapbook Paper be missed. It is called “Lorne,” and it is every- one’s take on Lorne Michaels, the man who,as they say, madeit all happen. Live From New York,a doorstop of a book about Much ofit is straight, serious, considered, the landmark television series puzzled: Lorne keeps youwait“Saturday Night Live.” ing, but it is worth it; Lorne Washington Post television AM URCTMBGRTD HISTORY OF doesn’t communicate, but his critic Tom Shales and co-author SATUROAY HOUT LIVE praise is worth gold; Lorne the James Andrew Miller, who was rich, Lorne the inscrutable, once special assistant to Sen. Lornethe caring friend. thatis explained in the voyeurishly entertaining Howard Baker, got those who knowall to tell all about “SNL,” and then Shales andMiller organized those interviews into a chronological narrative ofjuicy soundbites. It is a thick book, but not a heavy one:It is the kindof book that shouldfindits way into time capsules to explain something — we can de- cide later what — aboutlate 20th-century America. Today’s reader can be more casual and feel free to dip in anywhere andstart dishing. Begin at the beginning, and find out how much everyone loved LIVE FROM 4% TOLD By (Ta STARS. add NEW YORK ‘Yom onauce « JANESANDREW MULLER Gilda, hated Chevy and worried about John, (That’s Radner, Chase and Belushi.) ‘Try the Dick Ebersole years of “SNL”(early *80s), which introduced America to Eddie Murphybutdidlittle else of note. Remember the season with Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall and Randy Quaid? Neither does anyoneelse. (It was 1985-86.) Readyfor a real rant? Look up all the notations for “Janeane Garofalo.” Find out that nobody “got” Adam Sandler’s humoratfirst and that Lisa Kudrow was deemed not ready for Not Ready for Prime Timeatall. Shelatersettled for becoming oneofthe friends on “Friends.” ‘ Then there is Danny DeVito, who cuts to the heart of Michaels’ mystique: “What makes’ Lorneso good as a producer? I think it may be the popcorn. . He alwayshasbig, big bowls of fresh popcorn [in vAeae his office], and I think that helps. ... And anotherthingis, he doesn’t really care if it drops onthefloor.” And Tom Hanks, who has All Fruit & Vegetable Decor hosted the show many times starting back in his “Bosom Buddies” days, gives a unique peekinto his own lifestyle when tryingto explain Michaels: “You know howa lotof times you'll meet royalty and they're kind of boring? He’s not.” As Hanksgoeson to praise Lorne, readers maystill be tryingto recall the last time they metroyalty. “Ohyeah,yeah. That's just howitis a lot of time .. boring.” Unfinishes Timeless Frames & shadow Boxes But mostly,the toneof the show is summed up as Mike Myers sums uphis complete denial that his Dr. Evil character in the “Austin Powers” films was based onhis former “SNL” producer andfellow Canadian. “T would be happyto state very clearly that I do notfeel Lorne Michaels is evil,” Myers quips. “That's a for-the-record type statement.” As is the rest of the book. Andthat, for the record, is what makesil such treat. 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