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Anyone watch SNL on 10/30? They just skewered Ashley and her performance, and not just once either.



Last night CBS's "60 Minutes" program had an interesting segment.

Since SNL is approaching 30 years old, "60 Minutes" had decided to do an investigative report into "how do they put together and pull off a live show every week?

Guess which week they just happened to choose?

Perfect.

So they had people filming backstage as Ashlee stormed off, pictures of angry cast members looking around going "what the hell is going on" and an interview with Lorne where he doesn't say nice things about Ms. Simpson.

Of course, to be fair, they also have footage of the dress rehearsal earlier in the day (also in front of a live audience) -- where Ashlee's group decides to cut it short because her voice is really hoarse, and they thought it would be better if she saved it for the live broadcast.

Fortunately, "60 Minutes" was still able to cover what they originally
went in to report on. Quite interesting.

Apparently the entire cast and the writers (including Lorne) pull an all-nighter every Tuesday night. Then they cut the skits down from 36 to 11 on Wednesday, work like crazy on sets and costumes for three days, and do the dress rehearsal in front of a live audience, after which, they do some final tuning depending on what does and doesn't work.
Then a few hours later they go live....