Doug Abeles

On Sunday, they would do shows, live shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade.

But in terms of production, the week begins on Monday.

Monday we come in and there is a meeting that takes place every Monday.

And Lorne Michaels, he's the executive creator of SNL, the executive producer.

He hosts the meeting in his office, which is...

a moderate-sized office, getting everybody, all the writers, cast members, and production people in there is quite something.

People are literally sitting on every square.

How many writers are there in there?

you know, it varies from season to season, but it, you know, 15 writers, it's a lot.

Is that fair?

No, I think you're right.

My theory is that those hours...

they harken back to the beginning of their show when everybody was doing coke and whatever and it's like yeah yeah well that's it yeah but you're not now stay up all night yeah yeah but no one you know when i was there it's pretty it is broke why fix it yeah yeah yeah it's sort of the hours are the same but without the cocaine so that's

The schedule has just remained the schedule, yeah.

My first season was Will Ferrell was there, Anna Gasteyer, Chris Kattan, Will Parnell, Tracy Morgan.

It was a...

rachel dratch it was an an amazing oh my god really talented you're wedged in a room with them all that's mad yeah sorry i just wanted to picture it all in my head sorry yeah

Yeah, it's usually Monday afternoon, that meeting.

And then, and the host, whoever the host of the show is for that week is there.

Yes.