Your Saturday Night Live Dream Team

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1: Hartman
2: Chris Farley
3: Bill Murray
4: Phil Hartman
5: Eddie Murphy
6: Darrel Hammond
7: John Belushi
8: Dana Carvey
9: Tim Meadows
10: Kevin Nealon
11: Mike Meyers
Umm… This last one is hard. Without a female, this will start to look a little too much like Kids in the Hall, but most of the SNL ladies were kinda one-trick ponies. What the Hell…
12: Jan Hooks.

Pt: 2) Norm would do update alone. I like Tina Fey, but I don’t know how well Norm would play with others.

  1. I guess I would go with the Deep Thoughts, probably more than just Jack Handey writing for it.
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My bottom 12:

  1. Will Ferrell.

and
2)-12) Chris Kattans.

Guest host: Someone who is not an actor ( a musician or politician)

The Mango sketch would suck so bad that light wouldn’t escape.

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So, he’s a fat guy dancing. Could you explain why that’s funny? I just don’t get it. I’m not trying to bust on you–but I know that many people find that sketch very funny, and I just don’t. I’m hoping you can explain.

Well, the part where his pants fall down is kind of funny, because I have the mentality of an 8-year-old.

IMHO, Patrick Swayze is the funnier one in that sketch. He totally nails the cheesey Chippendale’s guy, right down to the lascivious facial expressions.

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Gee, I guess you’re right. It’s not funny at all. I don’t know what I was thinking…

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Damn. I 'm surprised that more people are not impressed with/enamoured of Jan Hooks. I think she’s consistently great. And hot.

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In order:
1 Eddie Murphy
2 P. Hartman
3 D. Carvey
4 M. Myers
5 B. Murray
6 D. Hammond
7 J. Lovitz
8 W. Ferrell
9 D. Akroyd
10 K. Nealon
11 G. Radner
12 J. Hooks

It really was a boy’s club.

Weekend Update: Dennis Miller (and I’ll go out on a limb and say I actually enjoyed K. Nealon’s WU. Not a favorite, but FAR better than some others!)

Segments- Cartoons

Host- John Goodman (since Tom Hanks was taken!)

Musical Guest- Nirvana

Music Director- Paul Schaeffer

Exec. Producer- Doumanian (sp?):slight_smile:

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Dan Aykroyd (a man so funny he once got a laugh by blinking)
Chevy Chase
John Belushi
Jane Curtin
Garrett Morris
Bill Murray
Laraine Newman
Gilda Radner

Call me a traditionalist, but the first seasons were the best and there was a real sense of camraderie between the players.

Weekend Update: Norm Macdonald
(OJ and Norm, enough said?)

Special guest: (an early) Andy Kaufman

Fake commercial: Scott Free

Shorts by Robert Smigel: Ex-Presidents or Ambiguously Gay Duo

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Jeez, blowero, that was kind of snotty. I was just hoping you’d explain. No need to get sarcastic.

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Some of your choices have me stupified.

My cast:

  1. John Belushi
  2. Dan Akroyd
  3. Bill Murray
  4. Jane Curtain
  5. Gilda Radner
  6. Phil Hartman
  7. Eddie Murphy

I have no idead about the rest - I haven’t watched more than 5 minutes of the show since the Carter administration.

Weekend Update:
Chevy Chase

Guest Host:
Steve Martin

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Then why’d you pick Murphy and Hartman?

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I didn’t say that I hadn’t watched the show at all, did I? Additionally, both Murphy and Hartman have reputations that go beyond SNL.

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I haven’t watched it much in the past 20 years, so I won’t post a dream team. But if I did, it would definitely include Jane Curtin, who IMHO was the funniest of the original cast (“Jane you ignorant slut” is what everyone remembers, but her putdowns of Dan Ackroyd were much funnier). Steve Martin and Dennis Miller would not be allowed within 10 miles of the set.

BTW, who is this “Curtain” person?

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I loved the early 90’s SNL and I almost can’t stand to watch it now. Here’s my dream team in no particular order:

  1. Phil Hartman
  2. Dana Carvey
  3. Mike Myers
  4. Eddie Murphy
  5. Chris Farley
  6. Adam Sandler
  7. Darrell Hammond (the only real talent on the newer seasons)
  8. Jon Lovitz (playing the devil, of course)
  9. Chris Rock (surprised he’s not on more lists!)
  10. Jan Hooks
  11. Julia Sweeney
  12. David Spade (but just for Hollywood Minute)

Weekend Update: Dennis Miller

Deep Thoughts and Smigel are both great!

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I’ll try to give my answer tomorrow, but for the record, let me just say that my SNL Nightmare Team would consist of just one person (who, I believe, just may have been in the cast longer than anyone else (and if so, why-oh-God-why!??!?)):

Tim Meadows

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Phil Hartman
Will Ferrel
Jon Lovitz
Norm MacDonald
Jan Hooks
Victoria Jackson
Eddie Murphy
Cheri Oteri
Nora Dunn
Myers (only for Sprockets)

Guest Host: Christopher Walken
Music: Pearl Jam (best musical guest ever:'92)