With the show having been shot at 8G from 1985-1995, I wonder if Lorne Michaels actually saw Phil Donahue in person. He was next door to the SNL stage.
12:45 OK now I want you to look at this they are still walking with his microphone across the screen with his microphone now listen closely to the horn so you’ll listen to the horn blowing and Phil is walking around with his microphone and his papers in his hand and he walks around smiling in the camera then he walks up really close to the camera and then that’s the Phil Donahue theme song
