SNL Writing Process

Fred describes the SNL writing process where Andy Samberg gets his skits written.



On Wednesdays we do a table read. This is right before piles of scripts are set in front of the cast, producers, writers, and crew. That seat right there in the middle is where Lorne sits.



There's Jorma Taccone (Andy's friend and a member of The Lonely Island).


This is the rewrite table on Thursday. It's after the sketches have been chosen. The writers go through, piece by piece, changing what didn't work at the table read, making cuts, that kind of thing. I'm making it sound work-y. It's actually really fun being around this part of it.

From:
http://blog.nbc.com/fred/2009/03/tim_mcgraw_with_ludacris_and_t.php

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