John Gruber on Nostr: I suspect Lorne Michaels doesn't hate it so much as he knows that's it's only ...
I suspect Lorne Michaels doesn't hate it so much as he knows that's it's only actually funny when it can't be helped, so a policy of his supposedly hating it, to minimize it, makes the actual occurrences so delightful.
I.e. if he didn't hate it, it would happen a lot more, and we, the viewers, would be the ones who hate it.
https://mastodon.social/@kottke/113914172029601710Published at
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