# Your Saturday Night Live Dream Team **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353 "2003-02-02T20:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/21 "2003-02-03T20:09:53Z")
In order of greatness, **blowero** , and Eddie Murphy is not at the top with three pages of empty space between him and the next person? Surely you jest. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/22 "2003-02-03T20:11:58Z")
I forgot my worst cast: 1. Adam Sandler 2. Colin Quinn 3. Jim Breuer 4. Brad Hall 5. Nora Dunn 6. Jan Hooks 7. Tim Meadows 8. Chris Kattan 9. Kevin Nealon 10. Molly Shannon 11. Victoria Jackson 12. Jim Belushi Weekend update with Colin Quinn. Jack Handy’s Fuzzy Memories. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/23 "2003-02-03T20:15:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > **Oh, and who used to do the Sean Connery imitation? That was great, but I think it’s the only funny thing he ever did.** That would be Darrell Hammond … but it wasn’t the only funny thing he ever did, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/24 "2003-02-03T20:22:21Z")
I liked Tim Kazurinsky. And Jane Curtin. My list: 1. Phil Hartman 2. Jan Hooks 3. Jon Lovitz 4. Jane Curtin 5. Bill Murray 6. Chris Parnell (who I’m convinced would be huge if given a chance) 7. Nora Dunn 8. Eddie Murphy 9. Mike Myers WU: Dennis Miller & Tina Fey featuring a cartoon by Robert Smigel. And no shots of the grimacing guitar-playing band leader. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/25 "2003-02-03T20:23:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*In order of greatness, **blowero** , and Eddie Murphy is not at the top with three pages of empty space between him and the next person? Surely you jest. \*\* I was judging him based on his work on SNL only, not after. I had to ding him for that lame “I’m Gumby, dammit!” crap.😉 If we’re counting what people did _after_ they left the show, then I’d add Chris Rock, Jeannene Garafalo, Dennis Miller, and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss to the list. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/26 "2003-02-03T20:28:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bordelond \* > \*\*That would be Darrell Hammond … but it wasn’t the only funny thing he ever did, IMHO. \*\* What else did he do that was funny? He did a passable Clinton imitation, IIRC. I’m sure I’m overlooking something, but I can’t think of anything else he did that stands out. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/27 "2003-02-03T21:17:34Z")
In the order I think of them (N.B.: I’m a traditionalist): 1. Michael O’Donoghue 2. John Belushi 3. Dan Ackroyd 4. Harry Shearer 5. Gilda Radner 6. Bill Murray 7. Phil Hartman 8. Al Franken 9. Jane Curtain 10. Eddie Murphy 11. Chevy Chase (just for Weekend Update). Chase and Curtain for Weekend Update. None of the above. The show should feature [The Land of Gorch](http://www.jetlink.net/~grysken/wwgorch2.html). Hot muppet sex trumps everything else. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/28 "2003-02-03T21:59:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\*I was judging him based on his work on SNL only, not after. I had to ding him for that lame “I’m Gumby, dammit!” crap.😉 > \*\* Yeah, but Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood, James Brown, Buckwheat, and the Piscopo/Murphy impression of Sinatra and Wonder **more** than make up for it. Frankly, nothing he has done after SNL has made me laugh as much as the stuff he did on the show. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/29 "2003-02-03T22:41:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*Yeah, but Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood, James Brown, Buckwheat, and the Piscopo/Murphy impression of Sinatra and Wonder **more** than make up for it. Frankly, nothing he has done after SNL has made me laugh as much as the stuff he did on the show. \*\* You make a good case, but I just can’t overlook the classics like Phil Hartman doing Charlton Heston doing Madonna’s book-on-tape: “I love mah vagina”, or the Sinatra Group (I thought Hartman’s Sinatra was every bit as good as Piscopo’s), or Carvey’s George Bush Sr. saying “Not gonna do it - Na Ga Da”, or his uncanny imitation of Johnny Carson, or the McLaughlin group sketch where he cuts everyone off with: “Wrong!”. How about a 3-way tie for first? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/30 "2003-02-03T22:57:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\*What else did he do that was funny? He did a passable Clinton imitation, IIRC. I’m sure I’m overlooking something, but I can’t think of anything else he did that stands out. \*\* Let me put it to you this way: I briefly considered voting for the Democratic ticket in the last presidential election just so I could continue to watch Darrell Hammond’s masterful impersonation of Al Gore. Will Ferrell’s Bush was OK, but it really paled next to Hammond’s Gore. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/31 "2003-02-04T01:54:43Z")
Not only Gore, Clinton, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Ridge - he also did the hilarious Sean Connery in the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches, the Chris Matthews’ Hardball sketches (done to perfection with the Gore guest host), Jesse Jackson, Ted Koppel and some others. One of the greatest impressionists the show has ever had. As for the Carvey Bush sketches, **blowero** , I absolutely HATED them. Carvey was almost never funny as Bush, although many people disagree (I’ve often found that these are the same people who found Chris Farley routinely funny, as well as such dreaded Ferrell-O’Teri teamups like the Cheerleaders and those old lounge singer people - ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH). Eddie Murphy is the greatest ever! With Phil Hartman next. I will not argue about this. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/32 "2003-02-04T04:03:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bup \* > \*\*And no shots of the grimacing guitar-playing band leader. \*\* Word. I can’t stand that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Giselle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Giselle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giselle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/33 "2003-02-04T04:05:37Z")
Okay, here goes, I guess. The cast, in no particular order . . . 1. John Belushi 2. Gilda Radner 3. Dan Aykroyd 4. John Lovitz 5. Dana Carvey 6. Molly Shannon 7. Mike Meyers 8. Cheri Oteri 9. Chris Kattan [but only if he promised never to reprise that mr. peepers sketch. ugh.] 10. Jimmy Fallon 11. Rachel Dratch 12. Darrell Hammond Honestly, I think that the best Weekend Updates have been done with either Jimmy Fallon/Tina Fey or Dan Aykroyd/Jane Curtin. Maybe they could alternate? 😉 And I really would like the Cartoon with Robert Smigel, just because I love the Ambiguously Gay Duo and Dead Presidents. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/34 "2003-02-04T07:28:55Z")
I knew I was overlooking something. Yeah, both the Jessie Jackson and Rumsfeld impersonations were brilliant. O.K., Darrel Hammond can bump David Spade on my list. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > As for the Carvey Bush sketches, **blowero** , I absolutely HATED them. Carvey was almost never funny as Bush, although many people disagree (I’ve often found that these are the same people who found Chris Farley routinely funny, I don’t know how you could have seen Chris as a Chippendale’s dancer and not laugh, but I guess everyone has their own opinion. > [@](#): > > as well as such dreaded Ferrell-O’Teri teamups like the Cheerleaders and those old lounge singer people - ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH). Ugh! Are you kidding? That horrid cheerleader sketch is as far removed from Dana Carvey’s work as “Dogs Playing Poker” is from the Mona Lisa. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/35 "2003-02-04T08:37:23Z")
As already mentioned, Maya Rudolph is _brilliant_ as the middle-school girl with the obsessive crush. “Oh… Randy… I didn’t even know you were here… today…” And Rachel Dratch is equally brilliant as Sheldon. None of those sketches have them saying anything particularly funny; it’s all in the characters, which is why I think they’re better than their material. Plus, Maya Rudolph is great as Donatella Versace. And my favorite thing she ever did, the Spanish dwarf midget guy at the Las Vegas daycare area who danced on top of the piano in the giant David Byrne suit to “Popcorn” and kept yelling “Snack time!” Plus, she’s hot. And for what it’s worth, I loved the Spartan Cheerleader sketches. I just think they did too many of them, hence the backlash. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/36 "2003-02-04T08:57:43Z")
My dream team of SNL would consist of 1. Cheri Oteri 2. Tina Fey 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. and I really, really love **SolGrundy’s** idea of having Tina sit in my lap while Cheri just runs around like a nut for 90 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Miguelon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@Miguelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miguelon)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/37 "2003-02-04T23:34:19Z")
Will Ferrell Will Ferrell Will Ferrell Molly Shannon Cheri Oteri Mike Myers Phil Hartman ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/38 "2003-02-05T01:09:09Z")
I gotta get in on this, as a SNL fan since grade school. My parents wouldn’t let me stay up and watch it in the 80s, so I watched it secretly with the sound turned almost off. In no particular order: Will Ferrell (personal favorite) Mike Myers Darrell Hammond Bill Murray Molly Shannon Eddie Murphy John Belushi Gilda Radner Billy Crystal Cheri Oteri Dana Carvey Ana Gasteyer WU: Dennis Miller & Tina Fey Host: Steve Martin …with a cartoon by Robert Smigel (I love Ambiguously Gay Duo) As you can see, I really liked the cast from the 90s (Ferrell, Shannon, Oteri, Gasteyer, Hammond). I also like Tracy Morgan, but they don’t give him very much to do. Brian Fellow is a favorite. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/39 "2003-02-05T02:23:32Z")
Belushi Akroyd Radner Murphy Murray Carvey Meyers Farrell Hartman Short Curtain Hammond ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353/40 "2003-02-05T04:00:13Z")
I must be the only person in the English-speaking world who thinks Will Ferrell is not funny. My Dream Team: Cast: Phil Hartman Eddie Murphy Dana Carvey Mike Myers Jane Curtin Nora Dunn Gilda Radner Chris Hammond Jon Lovitz Jan Hooks Weekend Update will be staffed by Norm MacDonald, which means he also gets to do the odd David Letterman schtick, and Tina Fey, because she’s cute. Guest Host: Tom Hanks, so we can see “Mister Short-Term Memory.” Musical Guest: The Tragically Hip, of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-saturday-night-live-dream-team/152353.md?page=3)