# Favorite SNL Regular Cast Member **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129 "2001-09-22T00:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/1 "2001-09-22T00:59:05Z")
Inspired by the other thread, I ask who’s your favorite regular cast member? Mine was Hartman\> He could do so much! So versatile. So low key. A few others: John Lovitz Eddie Murphy Dana Carvey Kevin Nealon Jan Hooks Dan Akryod Chris Rock Adam Sandler Mike Myers Chris Elliot Will Ferrell Dennis Miller A soft spor in my Heart for: Charles Rocket SIDE ISSUE: The most successful SNL alum poll (include future potential) 1 Murphy 2 Sandler 3 Myers 4 Rock 5 Myers 6 Dreyfuss 7 Murray 8 Miller 9 Shearer 10 Piscapo (snicker) MY VOTE is for Murphy. Sandler is on his way to taking over Murphy, but Eddie has made a lot of money. Best News cast? Dennis Miller ---
**Author:** ![maralinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@maralinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maralinn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/2 "2001-09-22T01:16:04Z")
Bill Murray or Phil Hartman. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/3 "2001-09-22T01:18:05Z")
Current, Jimmy Fallon Past, Mike Myers ---
**Author:** ![More\_Cowbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@More\_Cowbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/More_Cowbell)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/4 "2001-09-22T02:31:06Z")
Will Ferrel kills me in everything he does. Especially his Bush and Neil Diamond impressions. And I really love and miss Chris Farley. And Norm MacDonald is still a favorite of mine. Other favorites not mentioned: David Spade, Rob Schneider, Gilda Radner and Christopher Guest But I can’t believe you left off these guys for most succesful: Billy Crystal Martin Short Chevy Chase John Belushi Jane Curtin Randy Quaid ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/5 "2001-09-22T14:39:21Z")
Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch and me in a 3-way. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/6 "2001-09-22T16:07:24Z")
Will Ferrell is the funniest man alove, hands-down. He never fails to make my laugh until I’m crying and my sides ache. Jimmy Fallon has great potential, mainly if he’d stop giggling his way through his characters. But I do have a crush on him, so he’s my second favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/7 "2001-09-22T16:50:20Z")
Best ever? Phil Hartman. A gifted impressionist, and a great comic actor in other roles. Great at playing slick game show hosts and commercial announcers. He could do it all. Runners up: John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Eddie Murphy. That’s just if you’re considering only the performers’ SNL work, and not their movies and other works. If you consider all the other things, then Bill Murray is the best. He’s done more good movie work, in both comedy and drama, than any other SNL performer. The “most successful” side issue should also mention Ben Stiller, even though he was an SNL performer for just a few episodes. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/8 "2001-09-23T03:58:54Z")
Dana Carvey. He makes me laugh no matter what he does. I love that guy. I’ve seen his stand up special so many times and I still crack up at every “bing!” Who can argue with the Church Lady? Or Garth? Or Massive Head Wound Harry? Or Lyle the Effeminate Heterosexual? Also Adam Sandler. All of his songs were hilarious. Plus the Gap Girls. Passionate Audience Member. Opera Man. He was definitely a cutie, too. ---
**Author:** ![Studi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Studi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/9 "2001-09-23T04:37:48Z")
Current: hands down, it’s **Horatio Sanz**. The man’s a king. Studi ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-regular-cast-member/83129/10 "2001-09-23T05:46:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by watsonwil \* > \*\*… > > SIDE ISSUE: > The most successful SNL alum poll (include future potential) > 1 Murphy > 2 Sandler > 3 Myers > 4 Rock > 5 Myers > _6 Dreyfuss_ > 7 Murray > 8 Miller > 9 Shearer > 10 Piscapo (snicker) > … > \*\* Is it just me or did anyone else immediately think, “When the hell was Richard Dreyfuss a regular on SNL?” Anyway … My all-time favorite? I gotta go with Belushi. He was the real deal, and in on the ground floor. I do think Will Farrell is a goddamned laugh riot, though. And Phil Hartman was very talented too. [hijack] Joe Piscopo has sucked in everything he’s ever done outside of SNL - _ **except** _ for _Johnny Dangerously_, which I just happened to watch this afternoon – “My father hung me on hook once … once.” [/hijack]