What is your dream SNL cast?

[TheMojoPin]

So, SNL sucks balls these days...this is the first election season in my lifetime I can think of where they have completely dropped the ball and have ZERO heat going with their political humor. None. Nobody gives a shit about their election sketches or characters outside of Fey playing Palin, who is basically an SNL character herself. In the spirit of these sad times, I got into a discussion with some friends over who we would pick as our perfect SNL casts. Here are the rules:

You can pick up to 8 cast members.

They have to have been regular cast members. No hosts or repeat "special guests."

You need to include at least one woman.

Here are mine:

Phil Hartman - the dude is the Glue. He can do anything: broad, precise, impressions, political, satire...he's the rock you can build any sketch around.

Will Ferrell - say what you will about his post-SNL work, the man killed consistently on the show for years in sketch after sketch. Basically a more absurdist Phil Hartman, he could also play aperfect straight man to any insanity around him.

Eddie Murphy - it's sad that the old SNL episodes aren't shown on TV that much, if at all, these days, because I think we all need to be reminded of how amazingly funny Eddie was before he went insane with douchebggery. He also singlehandedly saved the show from being cancelled. Beylond that, he "controled" the show like no other...when he was on stage, he basically had total commad of the audience. Maybe the best all-star the show ever had.

Bill Murray - so very drrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy one second and then so nuts the next. Young Bill or old, it doesn't matter.

Rachel Dratch - the comedy sexist in me can't stand almost all the women in SNL's history, but I think Dratch is hysterical.

Chris Farley - I debated between having him or Belushi on as the funny fat guy, but I think Farley ultimately fits the format of the skecth show much better. Belushi struck me as a better comedic actor as opposed to a sketch comedy performer...he did much more with his silent asides in films in terms of making me laugh than anything he did on SNL. Farley, on the other hand, was just a force of nature. He was going to make you laugh if it was the last thing he'd do, and he put every inch and ounce of himself into it. He was made for insane skecth comedy.

Gilda Radner - love Gilda. There's something so enjoyable about watching her...it's hard to describe what it is. It just seems right.

Jon Lovitz - Loviz fuckin slays me. He's abrilliant smartass, but it's better that he's a shlubby, gross smartass. It's much more fun that way. He can do deadpan absurdity better than almost anyone.

I kinda look at my ground as a weird family...Gilda and Phil are the parents, Will, Bill and Jon are the wacky uncles, Rachel and Chris are the goofy kids and Eddie is the sassy friend from around the neighborhood.

Who would you all pick for your casts?

[Chigworthy]

8 suicide bombers.

[TheMojoPin]

8 suicide bombers.

I don't get it.

[Chigworthy]

I don't get it.

You said pick up to 8 cast members. I carefully selected 8.

[TheMojoPin]

You said pick up to 8 cast members. I carefully selected 8.

I still don't get it. Do you hate the studio audience? Too much guitar-face by G.E. Smith and you want him to pay?

[grlNIN]

Can't have Farley without Sandler, they are PB&J.

Phil Hartman
Tracy Morgan
Rachel Dratch
Will Ferrel
Molly Shannon


and i can't think of the 8th unless you let me have Christopher Walken or Alec Baldwin.

[underdog]

I think I pretty much agree with your top 8, only I think I'd swap Radnor our for Norm McDonald. That way I'd have someone to read the news.

[Chigworthy]

I still don't get it. Do you hate the studio audience? Too much guitar-face by G.E. Smith and you want him to pay?

I don't know. I was trying to insinuate in a clever RF.net way that I don't like SNL. As per the norm, I must have failed miserably.

[underdog]

I don't know. I was trying to insinuate in a clever RF.net way that I don't like SNL. As per the norm, I must have failed miserably.

I got it. I think Mojo is just being difficult.

[TheMojoPin]

I don't know. I was trying to insinuate in a clever RF.net way that I don't like SNL. As per the norm, I must have failed miserably.

Come on, you've never liked anyone or anything over the entire run of the show?

[Jughead]

8 suicide bombers.

Jimmy Norton ... Louis Ck ...... Rodney Carrington ...... Patrice Oneal ............ Nick Dipaolo ............. Jeffrey Ross .............. Mike Barbiglia ............................ Chris Rock..............Ok make fun of me again but that's what i think.

[jennysmurf]

I still don't get it. Do you hate the studio audience? Too much guitar-face by G.E. Smith and you want him to pay?

Oh man! I forgot how much I hated G.E. Smith!!!

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Grrrrrr......

[Phishman40]

ok here ya go.

dan akroyd.

bill murray

chevy chase

chris farley

adam sandler

tina fey

gilda radner

chris rock

[TheMojoPin]

Oh man! I forgot how much I hated G.E. Smith!!!

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:VWZVUMR8t19yFM:http://bp1.blogger.com/_4GrieWD9lPw/Rq6O2_0SupI/AAAAAAAAAM0/hzn9oCKjiRg/s320/IMG_6411.JPG

Grrrrrr......

And that stupid bass player with the Amish beard.

[GreatAmericanZero]

8 snl people with 1 woman is the premise?

Norm MacDonald, Bill Murray, Dana Carvey, Tina Fey, Mike Meyers, Will Forte, Phil Hartman and Jay Mohr

possible Adam Sandler and Farley too

[TheMojoPin]

Jimmy Norton ... Louis Ck ...... Rodney Carrington ...... Patrice Oneal ............ Nick Dipaolo ............. Jeffrey Ross .............. Mike Barbiglia ............................ Chris Rock..............Ok make fun of me again but that's what i think.

OK, now I'm really confused.

[Phishman40]

ahh dana carvey....dana carvey prolly more versatile then chris rock. because hes white. so i guess id have to replace dana with rock. thats tough

[grlNIN]

Oh shit, i forgot Mike Meyers.

He is my eighth.

[GreatAmericanZero]

let me make a controversial statement

if you were to judge an SNL performer on only their work on SNL..Norm MacDonald would be the best person ever on that show



of course im not going to say Norm is better than say, a Bill Murray, but Murray is more loved for his stuff outside of SNL. Norm was the funniest person in the SNL format

[Jughead]

OK, now I'm really confused.

Im sorry I did not read the rules let me try again.....Go Bears....I really should leave this board.........

[TheMojoPin]

let me make a controversial statement

if you were to judge an SNL performer on only their work on SNL..Norm MacDonald would be the best person ever on that show



of course im not going to say Norm is better than say, a Bill Murray, but Murray is more loved for his stuff outside of SNL. Norm was the funniest person in the SNL format

Love Norm...the only reason I left him off is because he aways talked about how he fucking hated the sketches and really only wanted to do the news. Too bad, too, because you look at the few impressions he did...Letterman, Tarantino, Dole, Burt Reynolds...and they all fucking slayed without fail. In the end, however, I had to leave him off because he ultimately didn't want to do anything but Update. My dream cast WANTS to do the sketches, goddammit.

[jennysmurf]

And that stupid bass player with the Amish beard.

Oh yeah! I need to change the answer I put on the "What would you do if you we're suddenly rich..." thread. I would use all my money and/or power to destroy them in an elaborate shceme involving sharks with laser beams on their heads.

[grlNIN]

My dream cast wants to perform in a cut out of an actual T.V. set.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeird.

[Jughead]

Seth Myers
Tracy Morgan
Jimmy Fallon
Gilda
Eddie Murphy
Martian Short
Garrett Morris

[Grim Tim]

Jimmy Fallon and a firing squad of 7.

One female.

[GreatAmericanZero]

now if a castmember portrayed potential after they left the show that they didn't portray on the show, can we add them to our dream cast being that the funniness we know they have would now benefit the show better?

For example, Chris Rock and Jay Mohr weren't SNL superstars when they were on. But since they left, they have proved themselves to be Comic Genius and if they were to return it would be amazing. Are we judging Post-SNL Rock/Mohr or SNL-era Rock/Mohr?

[Fallon]

Laura Kightlinger
Chris Kattan
Ellen Cleghorne
Nancy Walls
Finesse Mitchell
Tim Meadows
Michael McKean
Ana Gasteyer

[GreatAmericanZero]

Laura Kightlinger
Chris Kattan
Ellen Cleghorne
Nancy Walls
Finesse Mitchell
Tim Meadows
Michael McKean
Ana Gasteyer

if you remove Mike McKean you can have a list of the worst people ever on SNL

[TheMojoPin]

now if a castmember portrayed potential after they left the show that they didn't portray on the show, can we add them to our dream cast being that the funniness we know they have would now benefit the show better?

For example, Chris Rock and Jay Mohr weren't SNL superstars when they were on. But since they left, they have proved themselves to be Comic Genius and if they were to return it would be amazing. Are we judging Post-SNL Rock/Mohr or SNL-era Rock/Mohr?

Personally, I wouldn't pick either. Rock is amazing, but he's a pretty shitty actor. I don't think his comedy really elnds itself to skteches. Same with Mohr, though he is a good actor. Funny comedian, bt just doesn't seem suited to sketch comedy outside of the impressions.

[TheMojoPin]

if you remove Mike McKean you can have a list of the worst people ever on SNL

McKean did suck on SNL. I totally did not expect him, Chris Elloiot and Janeane Garofalo (fuck you all, at the time she had killed on The Ben Stiller Show and Larry Sanders) to all be so miserable and horrile that year they were on.

[GreatAmericanZero]

Personally, I wouldn't pick either. Rock is amazing, but he's a pretty shitty actor. I don't think his comedy really elnds itself to skteches. Same with Mohr, though he is a good actor. Funny comedian, bt just doesn't seem suited to sketch comedy outside of the impressions.

if Mohr's impressions where tended to correctly..he could be a great skit actor. And Rock is such a stand up genius in his post-SNL career that i can't imagine him not being on a whole other level if he was on SNL today (and he has given interviews where he admitted he wasn't working at his full potential during his SNL time)

[GreatAmericanZero]

McKean did suck on SNL. I totally did not expect him, Chris Elloiot and Janeane Garofalo (fuck you all, at the time she had killed on The Ben Stiller Show and Larry Sanders) to all be so miserable and horrile that year they were on.

i LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED that year. it was my favorite year in SNL history. Even though Mike McKean wasn't up to Mike McKean potential...anyone who knows anything knows he is an amazing talent

[Phishman40]

ill defend my Rock choice, you might want to keep mind that that even if theyre subpar on screen u need ur dream 8 to be great writers too. it doesnt always have to translate to brilliant acting to work, seinfeld anyone?

[TheMojoPin]

if Mohr's impressions where tended to correctly..he could be a great skit actor. And Rock is such a stand up genius in his post-SNL career that i can't imagine him not being on a whole other level if he was on SNL today (and he has given interviews where he admitted he wasn't working at his full potential during his SNL time)

True, but he just can't act. At all. Outside of sketches like Nat X where it was just him doing almost all of the talking, he stunk. Unless he did nothing but monologues, I don't see Rock knocking it out as a sketch actor.

Mohr just strikes me as "too" Jay Mohr...I like him as an actor, but he's always "playing" Jay Mohr. Even when he does impressions, he's still Jay Mohr. The guy's got an ego...not a slam on him, but it doesn't seem like he's willing to "lose himself" to any degree in a role.

[Landblast]

Tina Fey
Molly Shannon
Kristen Wiig
Cheri Oteri
Jan Hooks
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Will Ferrell

[TheMojoPin]

i LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED that year. it was my favorite year in SNL history. Even though Mike McKean wasn't up to Mike McKean potential...anyone who knows anything knows he is an amazing talent

Dude's seriously funny, but everyone besides GAZ HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATES that year, and he was awful!

What an insane season...almost all the returning vets were established movie stars and the hired guns were almost all recognizable names, too.

[drusilla]

My dream cast wants to perform in a cut out of an actual T.V. set.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeird.

i just pictured that




mike meyers
dana carvey
phil hartman
chris farley
adam sandler
rachel dratch
chris kattan
jan hooks
fred armisen

[tele7]

The list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_cast#Started_1975_-_1979

[underdog]

McKean did suck on SNL. I totally did not expect him, Chris Elloiot and Janeane Garofalo (fuck you all, at the time she had killed on The Ben Stiller Show and Larry Sanders) to all be so miserable and horrile that year they were on.

Did you hear Janeane's Unmasked? She talks about that year on SNL and why it was so awful.

[Jujubees2]

The original Not Ready for Primetime Players (though I perferred the cast when Chevy Chase left and Bill Murray joined them).

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/ap/nyet33112051552.hmedium.jpg

[Reephdweller]

Hartman
Farley
Belushi
Murphy
McDonald
Wiig
Meyers
Ferrell

If we get to add featured players I'm adding
Dratch
Sandler
Fey
Morgan
Nealon
Oteri
Carvey


Bonus alumni, guests
Steve Martin
Alec Baldwin

[TheMojoPin]

Did you hear Janeane's Unmasked? She talks about that year on SNL and why it was so awful.

Yeah, read the book, too. That year was a mess for the show, but she didn't make it any easier on herself or anyone else by constantly crying to the hosts and the press about how much it sucked while she was still on it. By her own admission she didn't want to be there after the first week, and she essentially just gave up and made things as difficult as possible.

I was surprised to find out what a prick Chris Elliot was during that year, too. Given his amazing run with Letterman, I figured he would have been into the writing part of SNL, but he had zero desire to do that when he was made part of the cast. He was fully expecting to just come in and do the jokes someone else wrote and that's it.

[TheMojoPin]

I do not get the Kristen Wiig hype at all. Everything I've seen from her, including the much vaunted and God-awful "Surprise Party" seems straight out of MadTV. I was actually convinced that she had been on MadTV, but it turns out that was a different tall, unfunny brunette named Mo Collins doing the same wacky voice, bug-eyes schtick a few years ago.

[epo]

My eight:

1. Eddie Murphy. SNL needs a star and Eddie definitely fills that role. When he was on SNL the man was a giant.

2. John Belushi. I need a funny big man and as much I find Farley to be likable, I've always thought that Belushi was the best. His face had the ability to tell a story.

3. Phil Hartman. Not only was Phil a comedic genius, he also was a great utility player. Best glue guy ever.

4. Tina Fey. I need a strong female that can do sketches and the news. I've always thought that snark from the desk is best done by a female and Fey did that. Although Jane Curtin was good there too.

5. Mike Myers. Every great cast needs a "lovable player" and Mike definitely filled that role. Ohh, he was damned funny too.

6. Dana Carvey. A very versatile player that was not only damned funny but could do the impressions that topical skits need.

7. Jan Hooks. I need some more balance in terms of gender than just 1 female and this pick was actually pretty hard. Gilda, Amy Poehler, Victoria Jackson and Nora Dunn would have been great too for different reasons...but Hooks was a really great member of the cast and could play a strong or weak character well.

8. Bill Murray. I must admit that Bill always cracks me up and could actually play a variety of roles...including the slimier characters well.

[MagillaGorillaz]

Chevy Chase
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Anthony Michael Hall
Jon Lovitz
Colin Quinn
Bill Hader
Andy Samberg
Jim Breuer

Are we talking about them as a cast today? Or when they were on. I think it would have been neat to see Clark and the first Russ Griswold doing the show together. I would want a young Anthony Michael Hall, not an old one.

[TheMojoPin]

Chevy Chase
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Anthony Michael Hall
Jon Lovitz
Colin Quinn
Bill Hader
Andy Samberg
Jim Breuer

Are we talking about them as a cast today? Or when they were on. I think it would have been neat to see Clark and the first Russ Griswold doing the show together. I would want a young Anthony Michael Hall, not an old one.

It probably makes sense to pick them as they were when they were on SNL, so no post-Austin Powers Mike Meyers or anything like that. This is based on how good they were on SNL.

My big what-if is Robert Downey, jr.: not terribly good the year he was a cast member...but then again, he's RDJ.

[drjoek]

Anyones list that does not include John Belushi is immediately eliminated.
Belushi Murray. Gilda. Eddie Murphy Hartman Fey Chevy for weekend update. Ferrelor Martin short(really just Ed Grimley). Host Baldwin or Steve Martin. Musical guest. The Spinners

[cougarjake13]

phil hartman
mike myers
tina fey
chris farley
david spade
darrell hammond
kristin wiig
amy poehler
will ferrell
bill murray



had sandler originally but ferrell had in my opinion more funny skits/characters than sandler

[fezident]

DRATCH: She's quirky, funny, fearless and... most importantly, she's prepared. She very rarely stares at the cue cards.

FERRELL: He's funny as hell but also reeeally strong as the "straight man". He was perfect for that show.

FARLEY: I miss that fat fuck. He was dependbly funny and also kinda vulnerable.

MURPHY: Funny is funny. And he's funny.

MYERS: Great at characters and also the physical stuff.

SAMBERG: I love his stuff. I love what he writes and I love what he brings to the sketches that others have written. And, the digital shorts are brilliant. "I Ran" is the greatest pre-produced thing that SNL has ever done. Easily.

SANDLER: He really did his own thang on that show. Great energy.

WIIG: My absolute favorite female cast member in this history of the show. I think she's the closest thing we'll ever have to a female Hartman.


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HONORABLE MENTION:
SUDEKIS: I think he's the best ACTOR the show has ever had. Of all the comics that have ever been on SNL, I truly think he's the only one that could be a truly respected movie star. In the future, he'll be on that Tom Hanks level of success & respect. He's not quite "slummin' it" on SNL but... he's definitely above it. He should be acting. I think he's a true talent.

[FezsAssistant]

I honestly wish they would just end the show. Last night's show was absolutely horrible.
I watch every week and root for them and hope that it's funny, but it's sooooo bad.
Can't they find ANYONE to write ONE funny skit?
The musical guests are terrible. The hosts are terrible.
The SNL band is good. That's all they have.

[MacVittie]

No one has mentioned Ana Gasteyer. She may not have the looks but I would definitely put her ahead of Molly Shannon in terms of comedic talent.

[GreatAmericanZero]

No one has mentioned Ana Gasteyer. She may not have the looks but I would definitely put her ahead of Molly Shannon in terms of comedic talent.

i hated her. she had the worse voice ever. I would put her as least funniest castmember, even below Melanie Hustle

[Fallon]

No one has mentioned Ana Gasteyer. She may not have the looks but I would definitely put her ahead of Molly Shannon in terms of comedic talent.

I mentioned her in my allstar cast.

[lleeder]

Dana Carvey
Mike Myers
John Belushi
Bill Murray
Eddie Murphy
Norm McDonald
Chris Farley
Gilda Radner

I grew up watching alot of SNL in the 80's and early 90's so that cast is the one I identify with the most. I've watched all the stuff before that and realize that that cast was the strongest. In the last 10 years I might have seen a dozen sketches total. I never found any of them funny nor understood why people like to see any of those cast members in films.

[Ritalin]

let me make a controversial statement

if you were to judge an SNL performer on only their work on SNL..Norm MacDonald would be the best person ever on that show



of course im not going to say Norm is better than say, a Bill Murray, but Murray is more loved for his stuff outside of SNL. Norm was the funniest person in the SNL format

WHAT? Over Ackroyd?

Crazy talk.

[TheMojoPin]

WIIG: I think she's the closest thing we'll ever have to a female Hartman.

That you say this AND don't pick Hartman makes me question the existence of a higher power.

[TheMojoPin]

No one has mentioned Ana Gasteyer. She may not have the looks but I would definitely put her ahead of Molly Shannon in terms of comedic talent.

That's like a solid shit being ahead of the runs.

[badorties]

phil hartman
wil ferrel
fred armisen
bill murray
amy pohler
tina fey
eddie murphy
dan ackroyd

[fezident]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/tucker71/snlcastme.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

Good Lord, is that the current cast?!?

*Weeps*

[fezident]

Me and the original NR4PT players are in my sigpic. An even split.

[Ricky24]

ok here ya go.

dan akroyd.

bill murray

chevy chase

chris farley

adam sandler

tina fey

gilda radner

chris rock

WOW! Just fucking terrible. Chevy Chase and Chris Rock?!!?

[TooLowBrow]

tim meadows and darrell hammond would show up even if they weren't picked

[TheGameHHH]

Belushi, Gilda, Murphy, Ferrell, Hartman, Murray, McDonald & Sandler

[TooLowBrow]

Belushi, Gilda, Murphy, Ferrell, Hartman, Murray, McDonald & Sandler

only one woman?

no fey?

[Gvac]

To those who did not include John Belushi on their list: go back and try again.

Thank you.

[Don Stugots]

To those who did not include John Belushi on their list: go back and try again.

Thank you.

exactly. what is wrong with young people today?

[Gvac]

exactly. what is wrong with young people today?

They're morons.

They firmly believe the world did not exist until 1987. Have a sense of history, for Christ's sake.

[Don Stugots]

i hate young people.

[Gvac]

Who doesn't?

[Don Stugots]

I dont think that Blowhard does. He embraces all the things young people enjoy.

[AKA]

gilda radner
bill murray
eddie murphy
phil hartman
jan hooks
mike meyers
will ferrell
amy pohler

[TheMojoPin]

They're morons.

They firmly believe the world did not exist until 1987. Have a sense of history, for Christ's sake.

I weighed including Belushi, but in the end I thought he was a much better comedic actor than sketch performer. If the show was nothing but those short films starring him, great, but for the most part his work on the live show is mostly a scattershot mess. Sure, he's got his great moments that stand out, but for me, to take his run as a whole, there's a LOT more clunkers weighing it all down.

[Kevin]

My eight:

1. Eddie Murphy. SNL needs a star and Eddie definitely fills that role. When he was on SNL the man was a giant.

2. John Belushi. I need a funny big man and as much I find Farley to be likable, I've always thought that Belushi was the best. His face had the ability to tell a story.

3. Phil Hartman. Not only was Phil a comedic genius, he also was a great utility player. Best glue guy ever.

4. Tina Fey. I need a strong female that can do sketches and the news. I've always thought that snark from the desk is best done by a female and Fey did that. Although Jane Curtin was good there too.

5. Mike Myers. Every great cast needs a "lovable player" and Mike definitely filled that role. Ohh, he was damned funny too.

6. Dana Carvey. A very versatile player that was not only damned funny but could do the impressions that topical skits need.

7. Jan Hooks. I need some more balance in terms of gender than just 1 female and this pick was actually pretty hard. Gilda, Amy Poehler, Victoria Jackson and Nora Dunn would have been great too for different reasons...but Hooks was a really great member of the cast and could play a strong or weak character well.

8. Bill Murray. I must admit that Bill always cracks me up and could actually play a variety of roles...including the slimier characters well.



Are you creating a sports team or a SNL cast?

Oh yea.. I refuse to participate in any good list that has Jimmy Fallon in it.

[Ricky24]

I weighed including Belushi, but in the end I thought he was a much better comedic actor than sketch performer. If the show was nothing but those short films starring him, great, but for the most part his work on the live show is mostly a scattershot mess. Sure, he's got his great moments that stand out, but for me, to take his run as a whole, there's a LOT more clunkers weighing it all down.

In your opinion, am i still too, "Jay Mohr"?

[hammersavage]

I'd want a Jim Downey guest spot or voiceover too.

[TheMojoPin]

In your opinion, am i still too, "Jay Mohr"?

You lost me.

[Snoogans]

You lost me.

http://i15.tinypic.com/403weg6.jpg

[Ricky24]

You lost me.

You said this about me. You weren't lost, you were just surprised at my tenacity. face.

Mohr just strikes me as "too" Jay Mohr...I like him as an actor, but he's always "playing" Jay Mohr. Even when he does impressions, he's still Jay Mohr. The guy's got an ego...not a slam on him, but it doesn't seem like he's willing to "lose himself" to any degree in a role.
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[Gvac]

You said this about me. You weren't lost, you were just surprised at my tenacity. face.

Mohr just strikes me as "too" Jay Mohr...I like him as an actor, but he's always "playing" Jay Mohr. Even when he does impressions, he's still Jay Mohr. The guy's got an ego...not a slam on him, but it doesn't seem like he's willing to "lose himself" to any degree in a role.
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I couldn't agree more.

[ToiletCrusher]

can we get chevy chase back?

[hammersavage]

Mr. Hollywood face.

[Ricky24]

I couldn't agree more.

i think he sucks.

[TheMojoPin]

You said this about me. You weren't lost, you were just surprised at my tenacity. face.

Mohr just strikes me as "too" Jay Mohr...I like him as an actor, but he's always "playing" Jay Mohr. Even when he does impressions, he's still Jay Mohr. The guy's got an ego...not a slam on him, but it doesn't seem like he's willing to "lose himself" to any degree in a role.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about that. And yes, that's exactly why I wouldn't pick you for my SNL dream cast.

[Ricky24]

I wouldn't pick me for a semi dream cast. Not even in AAA.

[TheMojoPin]

What if we do a dream cast of featured players? My vote goes to David Spade's Mullet.

[Tenbatsuzen]

I wouldn't pick me for a semi dream cast. Not even in AAA.

Don't worry. You make the Anthony Michael Hall All-Stars, for those who had a visible career after leaving the show without movie vehicles.

[grlNIN]

Can you get me 200 Cigarettes on DVD?

Everywhere i look it says it has been discontinued.

[Tenbatsuzen]

And for those who asked:

Anthony Michael Hall All-Stars:

Franken
Shearer
Gottfried
Louis-Dreyfus
Jim Belushi (sad, but the dude has worked)
Lovitz
Miller
Stiller (honorable mention - dude became a bigtime movie star without Lorne's help)
McDonald
Garafaolo (borderline - she is working on 24 though and gets gigs)
Cox Mohr

[TheMojoPin]

And for those who asked:

Anthony Michael Hall All-Stars:

Franken
Shearer
Gottfried
Louis-Dreyfus
Jim Belushi (sad, but the dude has worked)
Lovitz
Miller
Stiller (honorable mention - dude became a bigtime movie star without Lorne's help)
McDonald
Garafaolo (borderline - she is working on 24 though and gets gigs)
Cox Mohr

No Robert Downey, jr.?

No Randy Quaid?

No Damon Wayans?

No Joan Cusack?

[Tenbatsuzen]

Jay, I'm really, really not kissing your ass here, but the Walken Psychic Friends Network always gets me, especially with the shot of Walken staring at the phone and murmuring "No one... will know."

[hammersavage]

I can't wait til they put out the 'Ricki Lake Show' sketches on DVD so I can watch that goodness every night.

[Tenbatsuzen]

No Robert Downey, jr.?

No Randy Quaid?

No Damon Wayans?

No Joan Cusack?

I was debating them being in there or not. I think all four of them should be on there, but the Anthony Michael Hall all-stars for for more TV success than movie success. They "work", but they aren't A++++ list like Farrell, Mike Myers, etc. (compartively speaking to the rest of the SNL cast)

Downey shouldn't be on there, Quaid should, Wayans should - Cusack only gets work when her brother does.

[grlNIN]

I'm not trying to kiss your ass either, i just can't find this movie on DVD anywhere.

[ToiletCrusher]

I wouldn't pick me for a semi dream cast. Not even in AAA.

dreamcast still not as good as genesis. poor sega.

[Tenbatsuzen]

dreamcast still not as good as genesis. poor sega.

Dreamcast ruled. Plus it was easily hackable.

[Tenbatsuzen]

a google image search for James Barone SNL pulled this:

http://img202.imagevenue.com/loc222/th_47238_ll_snl_007_122_222lo.jpg

[Tenbatsuzen]

I'm not trying to kiss your ass either, i just can't find this movie on DVD anywhere.

It's on Amazon, I just checked.

[grlNIN]

Yeah but it's used.


I don't want a washed up DVD just like you guys don't want a washed up comedian on your dream SNL lists.

[Ricky24]

Jay, I'm really, really not kissing your ass here, but the Walken Psychic Friends Network always gets me, especially with the shot of Walken staring at the phone and murmuring "No one... will know."

That was a fun one. Lot's of long pauses. "look, I could be in your garage....waiting...for YOU.......why wont you call?"

[TheMojoPin]

Here's a tangent...what would be people's "nightmare" casts?

[hammersavage]

All Finesse Mitchell, all the time.

[grlNIN]

Horatio Sans with Chevy Chase.

[Gvac]

Here's a tangent...what would be people's "nightmare" casts?

Garrett Morris
Janeane Garofalo
Victoria Jackson
Chris Kattan
Ellen Cleghorne
Jay Mohr

[Snoogans]

My dream SNL cast would just be Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscapo doing Sinatra and Stevie Wonder for 90 straight minutes





Life's an eskimo pie, Let's take a bite

[Ricky24]

Garrett Morris
Janeane Garofalo
Victoria Jackson
Chris Kattan
Ellen Cleghorne
Jay Mohr

why you breaking my balls?

[TheMojoPin]

why you breaking my balls?

Gvac is like when Dana Carvey would play the grumpy old man on Weekend Update.

[Ricky24]

Gvac is like when Dana Carvey would play the grumpy old man on Weekend Update.

No, seriously, GVAC, why are you breaking my balls? Do you have a problem? if so, drop me a pm.

[hammersavage]

GVac bought a ticket for Cherry Falls. Can't blame him.

[Tenbatsuzen]

No, seriously, GVAC, why are you breaking my balls? Do you have a problem? if so, drop me a pm.

Jay, having your balls broken by Gvac is kind of like a RF.net Bar Mitzvah. Mazel tov, you are now a man.

That being said, here's my nightmare cast:

Denny Dillon
Victoria Jackson
Ellen Cleghorne
Kazurinsky
Terry Sweeney
Brad Hall
Garafaolo

[grlNIN]

GVac bought a ticket for Cherry Falls. Can't blame him.

HAhahahahahhahaha

[TheGameHHH]

i heart jay mohr...

just so he'll quote me

[TooLowBrow]

up for contention in the 'worst cast' category

...i think he was the first to curse live on air
...then he committed suicide by cutting his own head off...


...i dont remember his name

[Pestz4Evah]

up for contention in the 'worst cast' category

...i think he was the first to curse live on air
...then he committed suicide by cutting his own head off...


...i dont remember his name

Charles Rocket

[Ricky24]

GVAC? Hello?

[Snoogans]

GVAC? Hello?

sorry, Jay. Gvac is really old and sometimes he forgets where he was in conversations or has to wait for his diaper change

[Gvac]

GVAC? Hello?

Yes Jay?

[pennington]

Yes Jay?

I can almost hear the music starting in the background...

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c4/c23782.jpg

[CofyCrakCocaine]

I wish Jay and Greg would reconcile their differences and become Voltron's left and right leg again. Ba-boom.

[AKA]

Chevy Chase
Denny Dillon
Tim Kazurinsky
Kevin Nealon
Chris Rock
Colin Quinn
Jimmy Fallon
Horatio Sanz

Garrett Morris
Janeane Garofalo
Victoria Jackson
Chris Kattan
Ellen Cleghorne
Jay Mohr

POPPYCOCK!

Garrett Morris - Chico Escuela - President of the New York School for the Hard of Hearing

Janeane - wasn't on long enough to count

Victoria - with the exception of her SNL appearances, was never great but she was always good enough for Toonces to drive over a cliff.

Chris Kattan - so very annoying, but still had some really strong moments where you'd laugh despite yourself

Ellen Cleghorne - she's no Danitra Vance, but I love Ellen

Jay Mohr - who?

[TheMojoPin]

Chris Kattan - so very annoying, but still had some really strong moments where you'd laugh despite yourself

Gay speedskating Hitler and the Terrible Re-enactments on Weekend Update were always winners.

[WampusCrandle]

with great hindsight, MY ultimate cast:

Jay Mohr
Colin Quinn
Tracy Morgan
Tina Fey
Amy Poehler
Norm MacDonald
Jon Belushi
Gilda Radner
Joe Piscopo
Jon Lovitz
Phil Hartman
Chris Farley
Michael McKean
Maya Rudolph
Andy Samberg
Jason Sudeikis
Jan Hooks
Jim Breuer

that's it, it's long and i don't care damn it. it's my cast.

worst cast:
jane curtain
al franken
billy crystal
denny dillion (specifically because i have never seen her in one sketch, but is always on E! or VH1 for talking about the greatest moments in SNL history; she is in NONE of them)
nora dunn
mike myers
Tim Meadows
Janeane Garofalo
Jimmy Fallon
most of the cast from 2001 on

[Gvac]

Can you all please stop kissing Jay's ass merely because he posts here?

It's getting kind of creepy.

[fezident]

Here's a tangent...what would be people's "nightmare" casts?

NICE!

Darryl Hammond. Not funny. Impressions are weak, diluted, and inconsistent. F that guy.

Jeanenenen Garararafololo. Bad fit.

Jeff Richards. "Drunk Girl". Big deal. Come up with some new material, college boy.

Colin Quinn. Brought NOTHING to the table. And he does far far too many "savers" after his crappy jokes during WU die on the vine. Which is every f'ing joke BTW.


Ya know what? This is too much work.
Here:
http://www.areavoices.com/attic/images/thumbnail/snl2.jpg

[tele7]

Here's a tangent...what would be people's "nightmare" casts?

Nora Dunn

Top of the shit pile for me.

[TheMojoPin]

http://www.areavoices.com/attic/images/thumbnail/snl2.jpg

On paper, that's arguably one of the best casts. Whoops....

Melanie Hutsell is my personal least favorite. Everything she did involved her doing some variation of a really bad Valley Girl character and flashin her gigantic teeth and rolling her eyes.

I'm a admitted comedy sexist, so along those lines most of the women who have been on the show drive me bonkers with their unfunniness. I'm baffled by the love for the obnoxious, braying, one-note Kirstin Wiig. Out of the original cast, I think Lorraine Newman and Jane Curtain are all but useless.

[fezident]

I admit that Wiig (and to a lesser extent, Oteri) are one trick ponies BUT... that trick has a value.

I usually rant about how Jack Nicholson is a horrrible actor because he is always always always that same calm, playboy, psychopath with a hint of a sense of humor. Always.
And then somebody pointed out to me "you're right but, when ya need one of those kinda characters... Jack's the man for the job". And, he was right.

Wiig is the same nervous, talky, quirky, hyperactive chick in 90 percent of her skits but, that's what those skits are about. They call for that... and she delivers. It's not like she's shoehorning that nervous character energy into other skits (like, say.... Jimmy Fallon would). She's writing skits -perhaps too many- that are actually about these highstrung characters.

[TheMojoPin]

I admit that Wiig (and to a lesser extent, Oteri) are one trick ponies BUT... that trick has a value.

I usually rant about how Jack Nicholson is a horrrible actor because he is always always always that same calm, playboy, psychopath with a hint of a sense of humor. Always.
And then somebody pointed out to me "you're right but, when ya need one of those kinda characters... Jack's the man for the job". And, he was right.

Wiig is the same nervous, talky, quirky, hyperactive chick in 90 percent of her skits but, that's what those skits are about. They call for that... and she delivers. It's not like she's shoehorning that nervous character energy into other skits (like, say.... Jimmy Fallon would). She's writing skits -perhaps too many- that are actually about these highstrung characters.

That cliche about Nicholson is applicable to most of his films over the last 25 years, but the guy definitely bucked that in a lot of roles over the years.