# Hallelujah! SNL axes Sanz, Mitchell. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527 "2006-09-21T04:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527/1 "2006-09-21T04:53:19Z")
[Details here.](http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-reveals-five-saturday-night-live-cast-member-cuts-1009919.php) Chris Parnell was funny but he suffers from Tim Meadows disease… at some point you gotta get off the teat and find something else to do. (Looking at you, Darrell Hammond.) I like when SNL has up-and-coming folks. With the current cast, only Armisen and Forte cause me to roll my eyes, but even then, only slightly. Kristen Wiig is awesome too. Will definitely be tuning in on 9/30! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527/2 "2006-09-21T06:18:54Z")
With any luck, NBC will give Sanz his own show, so that we won’t have to do without regular doses of his “Carol” character. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527/3 "2006-09-21T13:39:09Z")
Thank God the rumor that they were keeping Finesee over Kenan proved to be false- Kenan is infinitely more talented and funnier. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527/4 "2006-09-21T14:23:49Z")
About f’n time, although my biggest beef is with the writing, not the Not-Yet-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players, per se (however much overlap there is between the two). ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527/5 "2006-09-21T14:28:32Z")
Finesse’s only funny character, IMHO, is “Starkisha”. But even that gets lame after awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527/6 "2006-09-21T14:43:41Z")
Aww, I’ll miss Finesse. Not enough to make up for my happiness at seeing Sanz leave, but still. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527/7 "2006-09-21T15:36:44Z")
“We have a cast member named _Finesse_??” -Lorne Michaels, a coupla seasons ago ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527/8 "2006-09-21T17:14:34Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] “We have a cast member named _Finesse_??” -Lorne Michaels, a coupla seasons ago [/QUOTE] I think that’ll be his epitaph. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@scule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scule)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallelujah-snl-axes-sanz-mitchell/373527/9 "2006-09-21T18:06:05Z")
I liked Finesse Mitchell. Now it’s just Keenan and a bunch of crackers. ☹