 Lorne Michaels (qv) appears as himself in scenes regarding  _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv). Michaels was depicted as the  producer of "SNL" during the infamous 1982 vote to boot  Andy Kaufman (qv) from the show. In reality, Michaels had left SNL  in 1980, and did not return until 1985. Dick Ebersol (qv) was the  executive producer at the time.