# The Mt Rushmore of SNL **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448 "2010-03-05T18:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/1 "2010-03-05T18:07:24Z")
My local morning radio station stikes again with their weekly Mt Rushmore of \_\_\_\_\_. I loved this weeks topic of The Mt. Rushmore of SNL Stars… here’s what I came up with… 1. Jim Belushi 2. Chris Farley 3. Will Farrell 4. Mike Meyers I know I know Eddie Murphy… Adam Sandler… this is hard! 😕 You go! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/2 "2010-03-05T18:10:00Z")
> [@RainGrowsBrite](#): > > 1. Jim Belushi I hope to God you mean John. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/3 "2010-03-05T18:10:41Z")
> [@RainGrowsBrite](#): > > My local morning radio station stikes again with their weekly Mt Rushmore of \_\_\_\_\_. I loved this weeks topic of The Mt. Rushmore of SNL Stars… here’s what I came up with… > > 1. Jim Belushi > > 2. Chris Farley > > 3. Will Farrell > > 4. Mike Meyers > > I know I know Eddie Murphy… Adam Sandler… this is hard! 😕 > > You go! Gotta go with the “Founding Fathers” on this: Chase, Ackroyd, Murray, JOHN Belushi. Hard to leave Gilda off… ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/4 "2010-03-05T18:12:26Z")
John Belushi Chevy Chase Dan Aykroyd Gilda Radner Yes, I am old-school. So shoot me. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/5 "2010-03-05T18:13:18Z")
Uh…no. Gilda Radner (one of the originals…also a female) Dan Akroyd (very hard between him and Bill Murray…interchangable but I went with Dan because I think Bill’s movie career went further, so Dan is known more for SNL) Phil Hartman (From the second golden age of SNL. I used Phil because he was primarily SNL, the others (Sandler, Myers, Carvey etc.) were movies as well. Will Ferrell. (From the third golden age of SNL.) ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/6 "2010-03-05T18:13:28Z")
Bill Murray wasn’t one of the original cast. That is why I chose the late, great Ms. Radner. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/7 "2010-03-05T18:23:24Z")
Amy Poehler is the best female star in the history of SNL and deserves to be there. Along with Dan Ackroyd, John Belusi, and Eddie Murphy. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/8 "2010-03-05T18:25:01Z")
It’s hard for me to limit it to 4, but I’d say Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Dana Carvey, and Eddie Murphy. 4 is just not enough, in my oppinion, because John Belushi should be in there too. I’m going with Murray and Akroyd as lynchpins of the original group (I know Murray came in a little later), and both Murphy and Cravey owned the show and its audience with every sketch they were in while they were there. Meyers, Tina Fey, Farley are all right up there, too. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/9 "2010-03-05T18:36:40Z")
Phil Hartman, unquestionably. John Belushi, ditto. Dan Aykroyd. Tina Fey. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/10 "2010-03-05T18:37:19Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I hope to God you mean John. :smack: Oh hell yes I did. Crap. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/11 "2010-03-05T18:41:40Z")
Rosanna Rosannadanna Lisa Loopner Baba Wawa Judy Miller …so I’m prejudiced, what can I say? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/12 "2010-03-05T19:10:29Z")
John Belushi Dana Carvey Eddie Murphy Jane Curtin (my vote for the best female member, I never got the Gilda vibe). ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/13 "2010-03-05T19:51:43Z")
75’-79’ John Belushi 80’-84’ Eddie Murphy 86’-93’ Dana Carvey 95’-02’ Will Ferrell ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/14 "2010-03-05T20:00:58Z")
1. John Belushi 2. Phil Hartman 3. Mike Myers 4. Eddie Murphy ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/15 "2010-03-05T20:05:12Z")
Chevy Chase can’t seriously be considered owing to the short time he was a cast member, in my view. I mean if he died in 1977, maybe I’d give him a break. The two easy picks are Belushi and Hartman. The other two can definitely be debated. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/16 "2010-03-05T20:07:13Z")
Dan Aykroyd Phil Hartman (his Sinatra slayed me) Bill Murray Norm Macdonald (best Weekend Update anchor) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/17 "2010-03-05T20:10:51Z")
Eddie Murphy Chris Farley Phil Hartman Dan Aykroyd Hard to leave Will Ferrell off. He’d bet my honorable mention, along with Belushi, Murray, Short, and Sandler. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/18 "2010-03-05T20:27:34Z")
Boy, that’s hard. Trying to spread the love among the eras, I would say: Aykroyd Murray Murphy Farrell With honarable mentions to Hartman (I hated leaving him out), Belushi, Sandler and Myers. For women I would have Gilda Radner, Victoria Jackson, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, but I don’t think any of them are in the top 4 overall. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/19 "2010-03-05T20:31:42Z")
By era… Dan Aykroyd Eddie Murphy Phil Hartman Will Ferrell Sorry, no love for the Farley, Sandler, etc, crowd - they weren’t that funny to me. And when I think about it, none of the ladies were top-caliber to me either… ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/20 "2010-03-05T20:48:21Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Norm Macdonald (best Weekend Update anchor) Or so the Germans would have us believe. . . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448.md?page=2)