In Popular Culture
Mark McKinney of the comedy team The Kids in the Hall has stated that his character, Don Roritor, the president of Roritor Pharmaceuticals in the film Brain Candy, is based on Lorne Michaels.
Michaels was played by Ari Cohen in the 2002 TV movie Gilda Radner: It's Always Something.
Michaels has been mentioned on three episodes of The Simpsons (every time as the butt of jokes).
In a 2008 interview with Playboy, as well in various other interviews, Tina Fey admitted that Alec Baldwin's character Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock is inspired by Michaels. In a different interview on NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" radio show, Baldwin stated some of his inspiration for Donaghy was drawn from Michaels.
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