# The Mt Rushmore of SNL

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/41 "2010-03-06T20:28:34Z")

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[LINK to the post-SNL career thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12195374#post12195374)

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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:** [March 6, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/42 "2010-03-06T20:31:01Z")

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> [@pancakes3](#):
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> The rest are skewed based on age. (To me, I think Farley and Ferrell are the two most iconic members. To others it’s Aykroyd and Radner.) However, I don’t think Eddie Murphy deserves to be on this list. Mr. Robinson was great, buckwheat was good, and gumby so-so. Plus he was only on for 4 years and i think his standup and movie career is buoying his SNL legacy. To me he’s on par with Tim Meadows or Tina Fey.

I’m guessing you’re too young to have been watching when Eddie Murphy was originally on. During his time, he was The Star of the show, in a way that I don’t think any other cast member ever has been. He’s largely responsible for taking a show that was irrelevant and in danger of cancellation and making it hot again.

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/43 "2010-03-09T06:53:09Z")

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Any megastructure of SNL without Dana Carvey is totally lame.

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mt-rushmore-of-snl/531448/44 "2010-03-09T07:46:22Z")

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> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#):
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> Any megastructure of SNL without Dana Carvey is totally lame.

Meh. Carvey had Bush and that’s about it.

My list would be:

Hartman  
Belushi  
Murphy  
Farrell

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