# Cecily Strong Exits SNL

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecily-strong-exits-snl/976753>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** talk-variety-show\
**Created:** [December 18, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecily-strong-exits-snl/976753 "2022-12-18T23:07:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecily-strong-exits-snl/976753/81 "2022-12-28T16:24:00Z")

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> [@Smid](#):
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> Dan Aykroyd, both the Blues Brothers AND Ghostbusters pretty much made him a superstar,

No point off for being a stiff in all of these roles? The man can turn any part into a snore!

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**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecily-strong-exits-snl/976753/82 "2022-12-28T16:43:14Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> I just watched Adventureland last night, and I wouldn’t call her role or Bill Hader’s lead.

I can’t remember very much about it at all, from a long time ago before I knew her well, so could have got any of those wrong. Just went with the top billing on imdb.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecily-strong-exits-snl/976753/83 "2022-12-28T17:45:15Z")

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Her name was definitely powerful enough to get in the top billings. I was expecting to see more of her for that reason. The movie was reasonable enough and good way to while an hour and a half or so away on a flight.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecily-strong-exits-snl/976753/84 "2022-12-28T18:17:11Z")

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> [@slicedalone](#):
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> No point off for being a stiff in all of these roles?

Not in terms of his post-SNL personal success, no. One could certainly argue he’s a hack, but if so he is a stunningly successful hack.

I mean I never cared for Jimmy Fallon and can’t stand him on The Tonight Show. But Fallon was undeniably successful after SNL.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecily-strong-exits-snl/976753/85 "2022-12-29T00:06:19Z")

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> [@slicedalone](#):
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> No point off for being a stiff in all of these roles? The man can turn any part into a snore!

IMHO any points Aykroyd loses by being outshone by his costars are won back because he wrote the movies.

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