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Did you know these actors were SNL cast members at one time
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:54 am
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:54 am
Billy Crystal
Joan Cusack
Jim Belushi
Robert Downey, Jr.
Brian Doyle-Murray
Chris Elliott
Jeanine Garofalo
Gilbert Gottfried
Christopher Guest
Anthony Michael Hall
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Michael McKean
Randy Quaid
Chris Rock
Paul Shaffer
Harry Shearer
Martin Short
Sarah Silverman
Ben Stiller
Damon Wayans
I had definitely forgotten that some of these actors were on SNL at some point.
Joan Cusack
Jim Belushi
Robert Downey, Jr.
Brian Doyle-Murray
Chris Elliott
Jeanine Garofalo
Gilbert Gottfried
Christopher Guest
Anthony Michael Hall
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Michael McKean
Randy Quaid
Chris Rock
Paul Shaffer
Harry Shearer
Martin Short
Sarah Silverman
Ben Stiller
Damon Wayans
I had definitely forgotten that some of these actors were on SNL at some point.
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Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:55 am to Jimbeaux
Yes
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:56 am to Tactical1
quote:
Yes
This thread is for the young guys.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:57 am to Jimbeaux
Conan O'Brien wrote for the show and had a few bit parts as well.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:57 am to Jimbeaux
Didn't know about Shearer, Silverman, or Stiller. The post-Farley/pre-Ferrell era was pretty ugly.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:05 pm to THRILLHO
Yea Silverman left because she was never featured in anything.
Robert Downey jr. talks about his time there during his Inside the Actors' Studio interview and it's pretty interesting.
Robert Downey jr. talks about his time there during his Inside the Actors' Studio interview and it's pretty interesting.
This post was edited on 12/27/12 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:06 pm to Jimbeaux
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:08 pm to Jimbeaux
quote:
This thread is for the young guys.
I'm comparatively young (25 years of age) and I knew that most of these actors were former cast members of SNL.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:26 pm to Jimbeaux
Some of those are rather obvious
Billy Crystal and Martin Short?
Billy Crystal and Martin Short?
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:32 pm to SPEEDY
quote:
Some of those are rather obvious
Maybe not to everyone. When I read the list, there were more than a few names that I said, "Oh Yeah! I forgot he/she was on SNL."
I had totally forgotten about Paul Shaffer.
Really, when the other thread came up, I was trying to remember some forgotten greats and I was going to list Billy Crystal. In his short time on the show he had quite a few great characters which were hugely popular at the time.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:42 pm to Jimbeaux
Why did you put Martin Short & Chris Rock on that list??? How could you not know those guys had stints on SNL??
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:50 pm to Jizzamo311
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Why did you put Martin Short & Chris Rock on that list??? How could you not know those guys had stints on SNL??
For the young guys, I guess. Both of those actors have gone on to bigger careers than just SNL fame, and it's been a long time since they were on SNL.
Maybe they don't belong on the list, but I'm often amazed at what limited knowledge of the immediate past that many young adults seem to possess.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:52 pm to Jimbeaux
I knew about them all but Sarah Silverman and Damon Wayans. I had no clue those two were ever cast members.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:54 pm to THRILLHO
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Didn't know about Shearer
People not only forget about him but also the fact that he was in the cast on two separate occasions (during the last season with the original cast and then back five years later after Eddie Murphy left).
Those early 80s seasons from when Lorne Michaels left through that first season where he came back (with Downey Jr., Hall, etc.) are bizarre to watch now. There's some great, great stuff hidden amongst a lot of crap (kind of like it always has been) but you never get to see it in flashbacks or retrospectives.
This post was edited on 12/27/12 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 12/27/12 at 1:11 pm to SCTmo
You forgot Garret Morris on that list and he is now on Two Broke Girls
Posted on 12/27/12 at 1:15 pm to Jimbeaux
Sid Caesar is the only host in the history of SNL to be made an "honorary cast member" in 1983. And screw the "young guys", if they don't know who Sid Caesar is they can look it up.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 1:38 pm to PepaSpray
I think Wayans only made it a few episodes. He dropped some F bombs on air and they fired him.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 1:41 pm to Jimbeaux
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Sarah Silverman
Ben Stiller
Damon Wayans
I don't recall any skits of these three
the rest yes most def
Posted on 12/27/12 at 1:45 pm to stapuffmarshy
I don't remember Wayans dropping an Fbomb. My impression was that he was fired because, after getting pissed about not being used enough, he just randomly used the gayest accent ever while playing a cop that had one line that wasn't supposed to be funny.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 1:47 pm to Jimbeaux
I could see making a case for a few of those because they were only on that one season in the 80s, but I'm gonna go with everybody else and say yes I knew.
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