Saturday Night Live invigorated viewers because it represented so many departures from the safe, the sane, and the expected. One of Michaels’ rules was, no groveling to the audience either in the studio or at home. In those first five years especially, SNL writers were not pleased when a studio audience applauded some social sentiment or political opinion in a sketch or “Weekend Update” item. The writers wanted laughs, not consensus.
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