Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests: Newly Updated and Expanded for SNL's 40th Season - Tapa dura

"Pulls back the curtain on the last 12 years of Saturday Night Live."--NPR "[An] invaluable oral history tome."--Kristopher Tapley, HitFix "Adding a constellation of stars, controversies, and surprises, this edition is even better than the original. The authors assemble and celebrate what has made SNL a beloved series: the manic energy, breakneck pace, outrageous personalities, backstage rivalries, and the sketches that kill."--Daniel Solzman, Flicksided "The SNL book."--Bill Hader, New York Times Book Review "The definitive history of SNL."--People "Refreshing....Shales and Miller paint a detailed landscape portrait of what has become an American cultural icon, one that will guide any attentive reader to a fuller understanding of comedy, TV, and the culture itself."--Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune "Tremendous fun."--Rob Walker, Newsday "A guilty pleasure of the highest order....Live From New York shines."--Lev Grossman, Time "What Hollywood is reading."--Mike Allen, Politico "An extensive update of the 2002 best-seller."--Lisa de Moraes, Deadline "An incredible read."--Vulture "A dream journal of epic proportions. This is what lifelong fans had been clamoring for: an oral history of its birth and reception, production and creative process, and celebrity and political machinery, as told by the people who were there.... If you've devoured either of the previous editions, you'll exult about more than 200 new pages.... It is as compelling to loyalists, reminiscent to occasional viewers, and educational to show novices as any book about this institution is likely to attract."--Ben Siegel, Buffalo News "Live From New York is the most complete history of Saturday Night Live, and the 40th anniversary edition is bigger and even better than the acclaimed original, adding a new constellation of stars and controversies."--Alan Petrucelli, Examiner "As comprehensive [a] behind-the-scenes look of the iconic NBC show as you'll ever find.... If you're even a casual fan of Saturday Night Live, there's some nugget of information you'll appreciate within the book's pages.'"--Kelly Konrad, ChicagoNow "A patchwork of backbiting, humor, intelligence, backbiting, gossip, backbiting, and backbiting."--Newsweek "A sharp-clawed, incisive account of how nearly three decades' worth of comic talent has emerged from a single television show."--Janet Maslin, New York Times "Required reading for any Saturday Night obsessive."--Entertainment Weekly

When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, LIVE FROM NEW YORK was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a dazzling galaxy of trail-blazing talents recalled three turbulent decades of on-camera antics and off-camera escapades. Now a fourth decade has passed---and bestselling authors James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales have returned to Studio 8H. Over more than 100 pages of new material, they raucously and revealingly take the SNL story up to the present, adding a constellation of iconic new stars, surprises, and controversies.