Jim Henson spoke well of Lorne Michaels, as noted in this excerpt from an interview by Judy Harris: “I'd be really interested to see what Lorne said, because I really respect Lorne. We talked a number of months before the show ever went on the air. He described the show and I really loved it. I saw what he was going for and I really liked it and wanted to be a part of it... ” In a 1999 interview on CNN, Michaels discussed the process of adding the Muppets to the show: