Bill Hader's First Meeting with SNL Creator Lorne Michaels

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Published 2018-03-20

Bill Hader talks to Sam Jones about the first time he met Lorne Michaels and why he has Megan Mullally to thank.

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All Comments (21)

@Craig496 5 years ago

Hader's Lorne Michaels impersonation is the best I've heard.
@geinikan1kan 6 years ago

"This is crazy, let's see what happens." Love it. Hader has a great attitude, and he was damned lucky.
@gregboam8474 6 years ago

I actually looked up the video of Tofer Grace's monolog in 2005 and when Jason Sudeikis asks a question you can see a white dress shirt figure in the background.
@justinbehrenshausen1653 6 years ago

I can’t even properly explain how happy I am to have found this channel
@TheMidnightPhil 3 years ago

But y'know, how lucky were the REST of us? We got Bill Hader! Years and years of absolute comedic brilliance from that man, and to hear him tell it things just as easily could've gone the other way.
@soph7480 6 years ago

Stories like his make it really hard for me to believe that destiny isn't a thing. Like c'mon. That's wild.
@editboy23 6 years ago

Bill's laugh is the best
@everydayashley2272 3 years ago

this gave me so much encouragement. Literally, so cool to see normal people with gifts and talents be recognized and plucked into their destiny.
@blank_canvas3391 3 years ago

“That must have been ~wild~ “
@1976JMR 5 years ago

SNL would have sucked without Bill.. god i miss him on the show.. I get excited when he's when hosting the SNL , just love that man...
@rabbisidneyapplebaum1451 2 years ago

immediately went to the topher grace episode to check for him and not only can you see him but when he’s in the background jason sudeikis is asking a question and at that time i’m pretty sure he wasn’t in the cast yet he was still a writer
@MarxistKnight 3 years ago

I love that he seems to be someone that still can’t believe he’s famous and successful. Like, he’s still star struck talking about famius people that he’s worked with.
@johnburn872 4 years ago

Wait, so Lorne was testing Bill with a bad story and Bill didn't fake a laughing reaction. That was Lornes test, right?
@A-small-amount-of-peas 6 years ago

Now I love Megan Mullally even more. Damn foxy lady too. Nick Offerman I tip my cap at you sir
@JulianKable 6 years ago

Great Interviews man, you have a very calm and genuine vibe!
@shawnf764 2 months ago

He's one of my SNL favs. He's hilarious, and still humble.
@dancollins4755 3 years ago

I just discovered this ! Thank you!
@TrumbullComic 4 years ago

I love that Bill just threw in a random Ellen Cleghorne reference at 2:25.
@theoriginal1971 3 years ago

I think a lot of people have no idea how utterly impressive it is that he was doing improv just for a YEAR and someone noticed that he's good enough to make it to fucking SNL. Some people take years just to be noticed. Yes some of it is luck, but majority of it is because of his sheer talent. It's mind-boggling that on his first episode he already debuted his Pacino impression to raucous applause. In his fifth episode he's already debuting his Vincent Price (along with Kristen Wiig's Judy Garland, who's in her 2nd ep). He was just a feature player back then and you can already see how much he can bring to the table.
@therealarien 5 years ago

His Stefon character is hilarious. I love how he breaks every time