Lorne Michaels delivers emotional Chris Farley tribute as ‘Saturday Night Live’ wins at Emmys |
‘s Emmy win tonight was hardly unexpected, but the show’s usually stoic creator Lorne Michaels delivered a surprisingly emotional acceptance speech, taking the time to deliver a touching tribute to the late Chris Farley.‘s massive 72 total wins over the last 44 seasons – Michaels noted that the episode submitted was the Adam Sandler-hosted episode that included Sandler’s tribute to his old pal Farley.
“This means a lot,” Michaels said. “The show we submitted was the show Adam Sandler did. He came back to host 24 years after he left, and in middle of the show he did a tribute to Chris Farely, and the crew and the cast and everyone who was in that studio, most of whom worked here when Chris Farley and Adam Sandler were young men, it’s rare that you see a camera man tear up or the boom crew crying. It was a very chilling moment, and very powerful.
It was a sweet moment, undermined only a bit by the Emmy directors cutting to a wider shot that showed a grinning Kenan Thompson taking cell phone pictures of the audience as Michaels spoke.also won the Emmy for Outstanding Directing, with director Don Roy King, who helmed the submitted Sandler episode, accepting. With the two wins, SNL’s total over its long run climbed to 72.
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