Oct 31, 2024 · Garrett Morris says that Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels isn’t racist — though he did hire racist writers and didn’t think that America was ready for a Black doctor in 1975.

Nov 4, 2024 · “I will say to the end of my days: Lorne’s writers had a lot of racism going on,” Morris told The Guardian recently, referring to “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels. “Lorne himself? Zero...

Oct 31, 2024 · Original Saturday Night Live cast member Garrett Morris says Lorne Michaels had "zero racism," but the writers "had a lot."

Nov 3, 2024 · During his five-year run on the show from 1975 to 1980, Morris pushed back at attempts to pigeonhole him into stereotypical Black roles. “It really threw me when we were going through the first...

Nov 1, 2024 · Original cast member Garrett Morris recently illustrated that as he candidly explained that while he faced "zero racism" from his boss, Lorne Michaels, not everything about his time in...

Nov 1, 2024 · Morris claimed that Lorne Michaels did not have a racist bone in his body. It was a different story when it came to the original team of SNL writers, apparently. He was the first African...

3 days ago · Garrett Morris was a 37-year-old Julliard-trained actor and playwright when he joined the inaugural cast of Saturday Night Live in ... "Garrett, Lorne Michaels wants to see you in the green room."

The original goal for NBC's Saturday Night was to be a 90-minute variety show for late-night audiences, and Lorne Michaels worked on its development during the mid-1970s. The show was finally ...

Garrett Morris says that Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels isn’t racist — though he did hire racist writers and didn’t think that America was ready for a Black doctor in 1975.

He has spoken at length about his SNL tenure, and the respect he has for SNL boss Lorne Michaels. During a recent interview with The Guardian, however, Morris admitted that he was not as chummy with Michaels' writing team. Morris claimed that Lorne Michaels did not have a racist bone in his body.