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Besides watchingSNLas a kid,Studio 60was the main way Bargatze engaged with the television-sketch institution.
Dude, this is just likeStudio 60.
And Michaels did was he has done for decades: ignore a random thing a nervous celebrity said.
It bombed at the table read on Wednesday and generally didnt have much momentum going for it all week.
So Michaels moved the sketch from the maybe column to the very end of the dress-rehearsal rundown.
The rest is history and over 17 million views on YouTube.
Back in MichaelssStudio 60esque office between dress rehearsal and the live show, Michaels asked what Bargatze was thinking.
Dont worry about it.
He was nervous to ruin its legacy.
Its just about the George Washington character.
People just want to see that character come back.
And they did the video for Washingtons Dream 2 currently has more than 7 million views.
It prompted such a positive response that Bargatze wont need to be persuaded about future installments.
When asked if there will be more, he said, After the second one, yeah.
