New book on 'Saturday Night Live' creator Lorne Michaels touches on Chris Farley's time in Alabama trying to get clean
- NYPD arrested Michael Branham, 48, on April 2 for allegedly threatening to bomb the Saturday Night Live studios.
- Branham's arrest stemmed from a text message sent to a Connecticut college administrator on Monday afternoon.
- Branham's message stated his intent to bomb the SNL audience, where Colin Jost, Scarlett Johansson's husband, works.
- The text read: "THE NEXT TIME YOU HERE FROM ME I WILL BE ON CNN FOR EXPLODING A BOMB IN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AUDIENCE".
- Branham faces charges; a judge issued orders of protection, though the bomb threat was not deemed credible by officials.
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New book on 'Saturday Night Live' creator Lorne Michaels touches on Chris Farley's time in Alabama trying to get clean
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) -- A new book on Lorne Michaels, creator and producer of the long-running variety show "Saturday Night Live," touches on one of the show's biggest stars going to Alabama in an attempt to get clean. In "Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live," author Susan Morrison writes about the television producer's life and his connection to the show he has, with the exception of a few years in the 80s, run since 1975 on NBC.…
Suspect arrested for threatening to bomb 'Saturday Night Live' studio, police say
A man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to bomb the "Saturday Night Live" studios after he messaged the threat to a Connecticut college and an administrator at that college told police, two people briefed on the matter tell NBC News.
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