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Lorne Michaels

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File No. 721747  ·  Adjudicated

Lorne Michaels

Director — Saturday Night Live, Mean Girls, 30 Rock

Born
1944
Birthplace
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Citizenships
CA

Canadianness Score

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria

Designation

Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁

Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.

Scorecard

Path A — born on Canadian soil
I. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Ontario
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically

The verdict

Born Lorne Lipowitz in Toronto, Ontario, Lorne Michaels created Saturday Night Live in 1975 and has run the most important comedy launchpad in American television ever since. He has exported more Canadian comedic talent south of the 49th than any person alive — while remaining thoroughly, quietly Canadian himself. A Toronto man pulling strings behind American television for fifty years. Very on-brand.

Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org