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SNL - 50 Years of American Satire

  • Guild Hall 158 Main Street East Hampton, NY, 11937 United States (map)

HAMPTONS INSITUTE AT GUILD HALL x THE COMMON GOOD

SNL - 50 Years of American Satire

Featuring SUSAN MORRISON
&
SNL SPECIAL GUEST (to be announced)

Saturday Night Live has been responding to American politics for five decades lampooning Presidents from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump. Susan Morrison, author of the bestselling book Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live and the articles editor of The New Yorker joins SNL special guests to talk about the longest-running and most relevant comedy show on television.

Book Signing to follow.

Please note, you will be redirected to the Guild Hall website page to RSVP


ABOUT HAMPTONS INSTITUTE

The Hamptons Institute, established in 2010, returns to Guild Hall this summer, featuring leaders in their fields discussing ideas that shape our community and the world. The 2025 installment is guest-curated by Ellen Chesler, author and Hamptons Institute co-founder (with Guild Hall late Chair, Mickey Straus), and Patricia Duff, founder of the nonpartisan non-profit, The Common Good, dedicated to civic participation, civil dialogue, and finding solutions and common ground. Each evening will explore a single topic from the perspective of multiple professionals, followed by a Q&A.


ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Susan Morrison is the articles editor of The New Yorker and the author of the New York Times-bestselling biography "Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live."  

She is the former editor-in-chief of the New York Observer and an original editor of SPY magazine. She lives in New York City.

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