Lorne Michaels

That’s according to Baldwin himself, who reflected on his friendship with the SNL honcho on last night’s episode of his TLC reality series, The Baldwins. [via Us Magazine]

This week on our Inside Late Night podcast, Mark Malkoff is joined by the author of the New York Times bestseller Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live.

As JM McNab writes, SNL‘s 50th might have been even more of a superspreader event if Michaels had had his way.