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[TomAz]

[HotHamWater]

I know there's a lot of love for Eddie Murphy, and rightfully so, but I think Phil Hartman is the best cast member SNL has had.

[stuporfly]

By the way, if you've ever had any interest in SNL, this is a pretty good read. I think it would even meet TallChris' lofty expectations.

Agreed. An excellent book, though I do wish they'd been able to convince Eddie Murphy to participate.

[TomAz]

I know there's a lot of love for Eddie Murphy, and rightfully so, but I think Phil Hartman is the best cast member SNL has had.

Sacrilege. Belushi.

[chairmenmeow47]

i can't find a good gilda radner clip, but as a little girl i remember loving her girl scout bits. RIP

[TallGuyCM]

The odd thing about the show over the past 5 or so years isn't that the cast is to blame for the show being bad. They've actually had several talented, diverse cast members. It's the writing that's been god awful. Seth Meyers should have been fired a long, long time ago.

[TomAz]

i can't find a good gilda radner clip, but as a little girl i remember loving her girl scout bits. RIP

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4148

[GuyInTucson]

Seth Meyers should have been fired a long, long time ago.

I agree with this. I used to enjoy weekend update, but Seth Meyers is awful. Almost as bad as Colin Quinn was.

[TallGuyCM]

I agree with this. I used to enjoy weekend update, but Seth Meyers is awful. Almost as bad as Colin Quinn was.

But did you ever watch Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn? It was hilarious!

[Miroir Noir]

Fuck all of you for making me point out that Chevy did it first and did it better than anyone else.

[Miroir Noir]

Also, a sign of progress that the 2012 version of Obama will not wear blackface. Or be a comedian as unfunny as Fred Armisen.

[Mugwog]

just one fucking apostrophe

This is the place where you are faulted for anything, such as existence.

[TomAz]

Fuck all of you for making me point out that Chevy did it first and did it better than anyone else.

and then never did anything funny again ever in his entire life.

[Miroir Noir]

Caddyshack. The first Vacation.

[caeden]

are you saying National Lampoon's Vacation isn't funny?

edit: mitch beat me to it

[chairmenmeow47]

IT'S LIKE NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN CHRISTMAS VACATION

[Gribbz]

The first Vacation.

Most of the Vacations are funny IMO.

[Vasoline Groove]

Dont forget Fletch.

Looking forward to the premiere this weekend. I was watching the Mic Jagger one again last weekend and that shit was hilarious. Sympathy for the Devil..Sympathy for the Devil.

Oh, and Bill Hader is firmly establishing himself as another great SNL cast member. He's pretty great in everything that he does.

And I agree on Seth Meyers. He's killing WU.

[HotHamWater]

Sacrilege. Belushi.

Belushi is definitely up there. I just think Phil Hartman was a little more versatile, and I preferred his dry humor.

As much backlash as he seems to take nowadays, Will Ferrell was one of the best cast members. I can't really think of a great cast member since he left.


Edit: In response to the Bill Hader comment above, I think he actually does a good job with his characters on Weekend Update. None of his sketches really stick out to me, though.

[Miroir Noir]

Fletch. Of course. Chevy deserves forgiveness for the entire decade of the 1990s on the strength of Fletch alone.

[HotHamWater]

Best host, Alec Baldwin?

[TomAz]

Steve Martin in a tie with Baldwin..

[Boourns]

John Belushi as Joe Cocker was one of the single funniest things ever created by anyone.

Absolutely.

[Miroir Noir]

Steve Martin in a tie with Baldwin..

A triumvirate with John Goodman.

[HotHamWater]

Steve Martin in a tie with Baldwin..

Yeah, good call.

A triumvirate with John Goodman.

I'll allow it.

[Vasoline Groove]

Belushi is definitely up there. I just think Phil Hartman was a little more versatile, and I preferred his dry humor.

As much backlash as he seems to take nowadays, Will Ferrell was one of the best cast members. I can't really think of a great cast member since he left.


Edit: In response to the Bill Hader comment above, I think he actually does a good job with his characters on Weekend Update. None of his sketches really stick out to me, though.

Will Ferrell is definitely in the top ten and might even be in the top five.

Hader always nails it as the crazy talk show host, but there aren't alot of reoccuring sketches nowadays.

[A-Ron]

I've always found Hader hilarious in most of his sketches, and I've been waiting for years for him to make it big in movies. It seems like every role he just plays average white guy with a funny line or two, he really hasn't had anything to work with on the big screen.

[ThatGirl]

Has she ever created anything ever?

Only fury in your heart it would seem.

[malcolmjamalawesome]

God, Steve Martin is the anti-funny.

Jon Hamm is far and away the best contemporary host.

[TomServo]

I watch every episode of this show, and nobody in my lifetime has made this show for me like Eddie Murphy.

Maybe it's a generational thing - he was coming up as I was learning what "funny" meant - and he was so much funnier than anybody else on TV at the time - not just SNL, TV as a whole... but man, he just crushed it. Too bad he's such a weird dude that he can't keep being funny and getting along with people in real life.