SNL Fantasy cast

Update - Norm Macdonald

Minority - Eddie Murphy

Women - Jane Curtin and Jan Hooks

5 others - Phil Hartman, John Belushi, Dana Carvey, Chris Farley, Will Ferrell

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comprising of

= 1 minority
= 2 women

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Whoa. I typed the "greater than or equal to" sign, and it published as "=." Editing now.

You absolutely need Eddie Murphy. In his SNL prime he was the show.

It was a tough decision to leave him off. The reason I chose Tim over Eddie is because Tim is the best ensemble member possible, whereas Eddie is a star. We're lucky that the rest of the cast sucked while he was around, because if he was in a cast with even the likes of Carvey and Hartman, we'd just get the Eddie Murphy Show every week.

In a strange way, he's the only one whose exclusion is sort of a compliment.

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Tim over Eddie is because Tim is the best ensemble member possible

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Hartman is the greatest ensemble member ever. You don't need Meadows for that.

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Hard to make a Dream Team cast because the chemistry between certain duo's or trio's were perfect together.

Example: I don't know if Aykroyd & Farley would work as well in a skit as Belushi/Aykroyd or Sandler/Farley did. It was different generations of humor.

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This. Chemistry is everything. I'm not sure Ferrell would work outside of OTeri,Kattan, and Hammond who often kept him in check.


If I'm building for chemistry:

I build the show around:
Hartman (I'm taking Hartman over Murray. He's a bit less of an ego on screen, strangely enough, when that's his primary schtick)
Farley - More versatile than Belushi honestly. And better physical comedy
Murphy - No question

Role Players
Dana Carvey (could exist outside of Meyers, who would JUST miss the list for me)
Gilda Radner (her or Hooks, kind of toss up. If I go Hooks, I probably take Shannon below)
Bill Hader
Dan Akroyd - these two may seem similar but I find them very different.
Cheri Oteri (I want to go Shannon, but she crosses with Radner pretty well)
Andy Samberg - Still thinking over the last slot, this is my current guess.


Just missed: Murray, Chevy Chase, Mike Meyers, Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler, Belushi, Meadows, Hooks, Lovitz, Armisen, Hammond, Spade, Gasteyer

Arguments could be made for Chase and even the underrated John Lovitz. And if we're counting some of the few episode players - Martin Short immediately goes near the top of my list and probably makes me rethink Dana Carvey.


I really want to choose Norm simply for his Weekend Update, but he just isn't versatile enough for me.

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Norm, Carvey, Mike Myers, Spade, Farley, and Phil Hartman and you'll have the best sketch show ever.

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No reason to have Carvey and Spade. I’m not saying they both aren’t deserving but when you have such a huge talent pool, you should get more variety. They can play the same roles.

Hader
Hartman
Farley
Ackroyd
Ferrell
Murphy
Murray

Hooks

MacDonald

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9 cast members, comprising of

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Bill Murray
Dan Akroyd
Will Ferrell
Phil Hartman
Chris Farley
Mike Myers
Tina Fey
Eddie Murphy
Jason Sudeikis (not even a mention...surprising)