“In the 1970s, this is the beginning, we had Desi Arnaz on the show,” Michaels, 80, told him. Though Arnaz was “getting up there,” the producer said, he was still an “icon” in part ...

In the ‘70s, this is the beginning, we had Desi Arnaz on the show,” Michaels, 80, told Black. “And he was getting up there, he was in his 70s. And I wanted him on, because I just thought ...

Lorne Michaels had some legitimate fears when Jack Black hosted Saturday Night Live in April 2025. During a recent guest spot on the Fly on the Wall podcast, Black told hosts Dana Carvey and David ...

Jack Black opened up on the Fly on the Wall podcast about a story Lorne Michaels told him about I Love Lucy legend Desi Arnaz when the Minecraft star hosted Saturday Night Live in April After Black ...

Arnaz died of lung cancer in December 1986 at age 69. His daughter, Lucie Arnaz, told PEOPLE in 2022 that he got sober with the help of her brother Desi Arnaz Jr. a year before he died.

The story involved I Love Lucy actor and producer Desi Arnaz, who hosted Saturday Night Live back in 1976. Michaels, concerned about Black’s physical effort during the performance, shared the ...

Lorne Michaels had some legitimate fears when Jack Black hosted Saturday Night Live in April 2025. During a recent guest spot on the Fly on the Wall podcast, Black told hosts Dana Carvey and David ...

Black went on to explain that Michaels eventually feared for Arnaz's life. "Then he looked closer on the screen and he's like, 'Desi's lips started to turn blue' and he started to worry like ...