Foo - Who's your favorite SNL comic of all-time?

Easy question....Who's your favorite SNL comic of all-time? From the old days to the new (I quit watching myself in the 90s).

My vote has to go to Dennis Miller.

John Belushi as Samurai Tailor

Murray, Bill.

Belushi, of course!

Eddie Murphy.

My favorite skit of all time is "Cowbell" with Christopher Walken.

Murray, Bill.
That would be a very, very close number 2. I think Bill Murray is one of my favorite all-time movie comic actors (its that dry humor of his). Life Aquatic is one of my favorite all-time movies now....dry humor at its best.

For Weekend Update? Miller, with Norm McDonald a close second, simply because neither of them gave a crap about the rest of the show.

Funniest sketch? The Chris Farley v Patrick Swayze Chippendale's dance off.

Funniest fake commercial? Farley and Sandler's housesitting gig for Schmitt's Gay Beer


Or maybe not. Lots of other funny moments, but there is so much dreck to sit through to find it.

Christopher Walken as "Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic."

Always make me lol.

character or cast member?

phil hartman ranks up there for me. he was one of the most versatile cast members. ditto for steve martin. akroyd was great for his subtle comedic genious.

characters....just off the top of my head,

darrell hammond as sean connery
norm macdonald as burt reynolds

http://www.danacarvey.net/images/snl_chars.jpg

norm macdonald as burt reynolds
you mean norm as Turd Ferguson.

:D

Will Ferrell :)

http://www.filecrush.com/files/ferrellcowbell.html

character or cast member?
I was meaning cast member....but everybody can take in whatever direction makes others laugh. :)

Ackroyd was in some of the funniest skits of all time: the Bass-o-Matic, the Consumer Watch bit with Candice Bergen ("Bag 'o Glass"), half of the Wild 'n' Crazy Guys with Steve Martin.

I was meaning cast member....but everybody can take in whatever direction makes others laugh. :)


Sorry KT, I was actually just watching this at lunch. COWBELL. It makes me laugh so I played the video.

One of my favorite skits of all-time was John Belushi as the tv-crazed man. His wife got sick of him ALWAYS watching TVs...she would bust them up....he had them stashed everywhere...in cabinets, etc... When all done, she left, he reaches inside a big smashed TV and pulls out a small working tv from inside. :D

Sorry KT, I was actually just watching this at lunch. COWBELL. It makes me laugh so I played the video.
No worries....as I said...interpret how you like. It's all fun.

John Belushi. Its truly unfair to try and pick out just one thing he did, but one of my personal favorite characters he did is Joe Cocker.

John Belushi. Its truly unfair to try and pick out just one thing he did, but one of my personal favorite characters he did is Joe Cocker.

That took some nads, since Cocker was standing next to him.

Dana Carvey......Church Lady.....


....isn't thaaat conveeenient.....could it be....SATAN!

:D

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phil hartman ranks up there for me. he was one of the most versatile cast members. ditto for steve martin. akroyd was great for his subtle comedic genious.

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Weird piece of trivia for you, Steve Martin was never a cast member on SNL. He is hilarious though.

I started watching in the 90's. No one on that show makes me laugh as hard as Will Ferrell. My top 5:

1. Will Ferrell
2. Mike Meyers
3. Dana Carvey
4. Phil Hartman
5. Billy Crystal

These 5 could really be in any order.

Chris Farley as Matt Foley: Motivational Speaker


Who lived in a VAN down by the RIVER!

http://home.mchsi.com/~beyondbelief/farley.jpg

/Well..La di freakin dah.

I don't know about cast members, but Christopher Walken is my favorite host. Walken's Life Raft skit is hilarious--I can't find any video, but here's the transcript:

Life Raft (http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02mraft.phtml)

Oh, Jack Handy's stuff is good, too.

Sorry KT, I was actually just watching this at lunch. COWBELL. It makes me laugh so I played the video.
http://homepage.mac.com/awcg/.Pictures/Bike/cowbell.gif
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Belushi is my favorite though.

Hold Me Canteen Boy
http://static.grupthink.com/answer/e/e589f97c0f4892b3b59341e2db9016d4

Murphy & Murray...tied for first.

Farley and Ferrel second place, tied.

Gilda R. : honourable mention as the straightest comic ever seen. She never broke character. Awesome woman in the tradition of C. Burnett and L. Ball.




I base my answers on how much they made the other cast members crack or forget a line.

I'd say Murhpy and Murray as well, but John Belushi gets my 2nd place vote. He was an hysterical nutcase who seemed not to know the meaning of the word "inhibition".

Of course, I don't think I've watched a single episode since the 80's. :o

Funniest ... John Belushi, hands down. Ackroyd gets honorable mention, especially with the Bass-o-matic, and Julia Child impersonation .... classic!

I highly recommend Live From New York for every SNL fan. It's basically an oral history of the show. Some things that may or may not surprise you: everybody loved Gilda, everybody hated Chevy Chase, and everybody was really sad but not that suprised when Belushi OD'd.

favorite comic - Belushi
favorite skit - Micro-dentists (parody on the fantastic voyage ... in someones mouth)

My favorite was Norm MacDonald's Weekend Update.

showing my age here: Gildna Radner.

Chris Farley. Hands down. http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/1320/Chris_Farley_Chippendales

John Belushi as Samurai Tailor

My favorite was Samurai Hotel lol :D

I'm aging myself as usual, but the first year of SNL was pure magic. It was so different than anything else we had to watch it.

Gilda Radner always cracked me up. How could you not love Roseanne Rosannadanna?

"It's always something..."

showing my age here: Gildna Radner.
+1 for Gilda. :)

1. Cut a hole in a box.

Phil Hartman. Can't beat that voice. Awesome delivery.

behind the scenes as a writer (and sometimes in front opposite Dennis Miller) : A. Whitney Brown

On the opposite end we have Andy Kauffman. While he was awesome, in my opinion, he had little to do with the show.

Although, I must say, none of the recent SNL shows I've seen even compare to his crappy skits. Thats why I haven't seen a SNL show in at least 2 years. At least not the new ones.

Putcho junk in that bo0o0x!

Will Ferrell as Robert Goulet... PRICELESS!

My Top 5:

1.John Belushi
2.Phil Hartman
3.Chris Farley
4.Bill Murray (although IMO, he's been even funnier after SNL)
5.Dennis Miller

1. Cut a hole in a box.
Now there's a romantic gift... "It's my **** in a box!"

:roflmao:

Did that one really air, or did I just see it on youtube?

Gilda Radner... especially as Baba Wawa. Hilarious.

And I loved Mr. Bill. Ohhhh nooooooo.... It's Mr. Billllll. :D

1. Cut a hole in a box.

2. Put yo junk in that box.

Did that one really air, or did I just see it on youtube?

No, it really aired--I think the youtube version is uncensored, though.

It became a hit with a couple friends of mine at the hospital, and then one day Justin Timberlake comes to visit. My friend Ian actually met JT and got to chat with him... A brief transcript:

Ian: "You know, Justin, I have to say that the **** in a box helps get me through the day."

Justin Timberlake: "Uh, I'm not sure how to take that."

:D

But just in case you didn't see it, this is one of the funniest SNL skits in years:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA

On the opposite end we have Andy Kauffman. While he was awesome, in my opinion, he had little to do with the show.

Although, I must say, none of the recent SNL shows I've seen even compare to his crappy skits. Thats why I haven't seen a SNL show in at least 2 years. At least not the new ones.
Andy Kaufman was never more than a guest on the show. I thought he was really funny. I haven't seen all of his appearances but the "Mighty Mouse" bit is hilarious.

Oh yeah, **** in a box is hysterical.

Sort of off topic, but in the pre WB/FCC crackdown era of mad TV I think they fully out did SNL. Things like the woodshop with Will Sasso, the Kenny Rogers bits, and a lot of real random crap. They managed to do it consistently.