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| Worst SNL Cast Members | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 11 2006, 10:01 AM (326 Views) | |
| George K | Mar 11 2006, 10:01 AM Post #1 |
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Are here. Jimmy Fallon: This guy, admittedly, could have been funny and he had the chops for a decent impersonation or two. The problem is the only thing he will ever be remembered for is smirking, breaking, and laughing at himself uncontrollably. If only Lorne Michaels had the balls to yell “Get your **** together; half that stuff you were laughing at wasn't even funny!” Fallon doomed himself to this list with his self-love. Plus he worked way too hard for that messy hair John Mayer wannabe look. Colin Quinn: Talk about range! Whether he’s playing a slow-talking New York construction worker, a slow-talking New Yorker at a ball game, or a slow-talking New Yorker in New York, the impression was always dead on. Quinn was also responsible for the most painful tenure at the "Weekend Update" news desk in SNL history. We don’t know whose idea it was to put the heavily accented, apparently barely literate cast member with an achingly stilted delivery at the helm, but bravo! The worst was when he actually had to try to act and banter with his guest correspondents. Excruciating. Charles Rocket: Okay, let’s see, we need a replacement at the "Weekend Update" news desk for Jane Curtain, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. This is gonna be tough. That’s a lot of star power there. Hey look! It’s Charles Rocket! Jackpot! Lack of talent aside, this stiff should have been forbidden to appear on any form of television for his name alone. It’s not even a porn name, it’s a name that a seventh grade kid would give himself to try to sound cool. Charles Rocket committed suicide in 2005, having inadvertently come to the painful realization that he was Charles Rocket. Ellen Cleghorne: Okay listen up everybody, we need a black woman! Quick! People are complaining! We need to prove that we’re progressive and “with it”. What? Does she need to be talented? Of course not! I don’t expect miracles! Funny? Well, that would be nice, but once again, beggars can’t be choosers. Let’s make this happen, people. Who’s this? Ellen Who-horne? Keghorne? Great! Where’d you find her? On the bus. Well that’s lucky. Has she ever performed before? No? That’s good. It’s raw. I like raw. Give her a dressing room and put her front and center in the new cast picture. The future is now! Horatio Sanz: If only Chris Farley was somehow Spanish, less funny, and always looked like he had just been sniffing glue more often. There ya go!Awesome! He excels at making a sub-par sketch enjoyable for the cast by making them laugh, but not so much the viewing audience. And we’ll also throw in that he graduated, with honors, from the Jimmy Fallon Smirk and Break In Every Scene University. Julia Sweeney: “Pat Sketch #97: How about we put Pat in a row boat with a guy that is supposed to be a physical trainer and he has no idea what gender Pat is. Won’t that be funny?” No…. Known for no other character(or anything else really), Julia is forever etched in peoples’ minds as “Pat”, the androgynous oddball whose single premise sketches seemed to keep coming back over and over and over, regardless of how dead the joke was. The only consolation may be that she is now probably harassed on the street daily by strangers doing their best “Pat” impersonation for her. “You made your bed Julia….Ewwwwww uuuughhhhhhh…” Tracy Morgan: Tracy, you can stop doing your impersonation of a retarded black man anytime now. Seriously, this is a different sketch Tracy. What outreach program did you say you were from? Jay Mohr: What a glorified extra this guy was. Mohr proved that stand-ups do not always make good SNL cast members. You might remember him as “Cop in background” or “Confused fan #4 at football game in a sketch that featured an actual funny person”. Mohr gets special notice on this list for thievery. At one point he got so desperate for face time that he actually blatantly stole a sketch idea from a fellow comic and put it on "SNL". He wrote all about this in his book. The beauty is that the sketch still bombed, and so did his self-involved book about the whole experience. Victoria Jackson: I still hear this woman’s voice in my nightmares. Once again, we must address the issue of range. How many parts did they assume this one-note blithering idiot would be able to tackle? I went to high school with ten girls just like this. Why were THEY not wasting my time on "Saturday Night Live"? Victoria is currently featured on Celebrity Fit Club where she lost 22 pounds and still left fat. She’s also a devout Christian fundamentalist which does little to distance herself from the “Moron” impression she left on people while on SNL. If you go to her websitewebsite you’ll see that she’ll be “performing” at the Promise Village Home for Children with "SNL" Alums Joe Piscopo and Father Guido Sarducci on June 30. And no, I’m not making that up. Good Burger: (Do you need to know his real name?): “Hey guys! Do you need an impression of Al Sharpton this week? No? How about Bill Cosby? No? Anyone want to see my knuckle puck*? **** this! I’m going to go host 'Super Sloppy Double Dare'” We can only imagine that on the set of "SNL" everyone calls him "Nickelodeon". He hasn’t treaded too far from his days of doing sketches on “All That”. If there was only a way he could go back. Our hypothesis is that Lorne Michaels lost a bet with someone at Universal studios. |
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| Nina | Mar 11 2006, 12:34 PM Post #2 |
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Senior Carp
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Julia Sweeney on SNL wasn't very funny. Julia Sweeney in real life, and in her monologue about her brother, is a genius. Absolutely pure, freaking comic genius. I'm 100% serious here. I am a big fan. The rest of 'em mentioned? I totally agree. |
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| The 89th Key | Mar 11 2006, 12:36 PM Post #3 |
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Good call on Jimmy Fallon. He always pissed me off with his behavior. Family Guy made fun of it one time! :lol: I always liked Colin Quinn's Weekend Update though... |
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| Aqua Letifer | Mar 11 2006, 12:56 PM Post #4 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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You forgot Tina Fey. She redefines what horrible means. |
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| Luke's Dad | Mar 11 2006, 01:03 PM Post #5 |
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Emperor Pengin
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I like Tina Fey, I think she's quite good. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| The 89th Key | Mar 11 2006, 01:05 PM Post #6 |
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LD, since you're the host tonight, maybe you can make Aqua watch "The Best of Tina Fey?"
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| John D'Oh | Mar 11 2006, 01:38 PM Post #7 |
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MAMIL
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I've never really understood what makes SNL such an iconic program. I always thought it was pretty mediocre, to be honest. Way too many people being way too pleased with themselves, and not actually doing anything very special or new. Maybe it's just a cultural thing and I don't get American humour? I like lots of other American comedy, so maybe it's not that. Anyone else not like the program? I particularly dislike the bit at the end where they all stand around hugging each other as though they've just survived the Battle of the Bulge intact. |
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| apple | Mar 11 2006, 01:46 PM Post #8 |
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one of the angels
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i love tracy - so funny |
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| Nina | Mar 11 2006, 03:02 PM Post #9 |
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Senior Carp
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With a few exceptions, I haven't found SNL to be funny in a long time. Maybe it's just my fogey-hood. About the only thing I can remember of late that I thought was good satire was the takeoff on Donatella Versace. And that's probably about 5 years old now. |
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| Horace | Mar 11 2006, 04:29 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The SNL of the past 25 years can't be overrated because virtually nobody admits to liking it. Only the first several years of the shw are universally lauded as groundbreaking and brilliant and hillarious. But only "groundbreaking" has any resemblance to reality. SNL has always been boring and painful to watch, (at least from what I can tell from reruns) with funny bits very occasionally (3 decades ago) to virtually never (now). |
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| garrett | Mar 11 2006, 06:45 PM Post #11 |
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Middle Aged Carp
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The only reason SNL is still on is because its main competition is MAD TV. |
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| DivaDeb | Mar 11 2006, 07:40 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I really haven't had a good laugh at SNL since Tammy Faye Bakker rebuked the demon raisins on Church Chat
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| Fizzygirl | Mar 11 2006, 11:39 PM Post #13 |
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Fulla-Carp
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SNL has definately overstayed its welcome. It's just not funny anymore like the old days with some of the greats like Gilda, Bill Murray, etc. |
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| Nina | Mar 12 2006, 06:58 AM Post #14 |
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Senior Carp
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Don't forget the early episodes with Steve Martin as guest host. The ones with Eric Idle were hysterical, too. |
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| The 89th Key | Mar 12 2006, 11:20 AM Post #15 |
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I think it was very good during the Gilda Radner and gang phase.....and the Phil Hartman and gang phase. |
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