United Kingdom, April 15 -- Lorne Michaels wants the UK version of Saturday Night Live to be "cooler" than the US equivalent.

The 80-year-old comedian created the hit TV show in the mid-70s, and he's now revealed his vision for the UK version, which launched in March.

Speaking at a question-and-answer event in Los Angeles, Lorne explained: "My design for it was that it would be the cooler of the two shows, and it would be the thing they beat us up with that. That it's smarter, funnier, more original, and it had to be that.

"It had to be its own thing. It couldn't be an imitation of what we do."

Lorne talks "all the time" with UK producer James Longman and head writer Daran Jonno Johnson. However, he ultimately wants the UK show to bui...