 DATE: Lorne Michaels (qv) played himself in several scenes. The  movie depicted Michaels as the producer of  _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) in 1982, when the infamous vote  to ban Andy Kaufman (qv) took place. Michaels left SNL in real  life in 1980. In reality, current NBC Sports President  Dick Ebersol (qv) was the producer of the show at that time.  Michaels did not return to SNL until 1985.