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That, and Lorne Michaels thinks he’s a viable commercial commodity. According to the SNL book, Michaels threatened to pull out as producer of Late Night if Jimmy didn’t get the job (NBC wasn’t sold on him because all they saw were his movie flops). So he had a friend in a high place who was motivated to promote him.