‘The Wall Street Journal’s Profile of ‘SNL’s Cue Card Guy Is Eye-Opening

“In the history of the show we’ve only had to shoot the cue-card guy twice.�

-Lorne Michaels in a Wall Street Journal profile of Saturday Night Live’s cue card guy Wally Feresten, who’s been with the show since 1990. The profile gives a behind-the-scenes look at SNL from an unusual perspective, and it delivers logical answers to questions like “Why does SNL still use cue cards?�, “Why not just use a teleprompter?�, and “Seriously, it’s 2012. What gives?�