this late-night sketch comedy show has
ebbed and flowed in its popularity but
many of its performers have proved
timeless welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Saturday Night Live cast
members all right now it’s the time in
the show and I like to give Denise a
call and hang up on her
for this list we’re looking at the best
and most well-rounded performers from
the show’s history and are ranking them
solely on the work they did on the
studio 8h stage well this is some weird
wild stuff I did not know that but what
about these people number 10
John Belushi Belushi brought a raw
energy dance I know that’s hard to come
by every sketch he did he was able to
grab the audience’s attention and make
them laugh hysterically with his brazen
animated charm and often crude humor
even though he was only on the show for
a short time Belushi produced many
memorable characters and sketches
including the Olympia cafe samurai
Futaba and the Blues Brothers with his
friend Dan Aykroyd
his charisma and brand of slapstick
hasn’t yet been recreated opening for
Jerry Vale was never like this
okay bear he can sit down we’ve all seen
the coat before fine really good okay
number nine Gilda Radner hi I’m Gilda
Radner and okay now Radner was the first
performer cast as one of Lorne Michaels
and nog ural group of
not-ready-for-prime-time players and
it’s easy to see why Michaels would want
her bad I know the facts of life you
know I got an A in health she was
genuinely funny and brought her
characters like Roseanne Roseannadanna
to life Roseannadanna Thursday I quit
smoking now I’m depressed I guess weight
my face broke out I’m nauseous I’m
constipated my feet swelled my gums are
bleeding my sinuses are clogged I got
heartburn I’m cranky and I have gas
winning an Emmy Award for her work on
the show
Radner helped pioneer the celebrity
impressions that have made SNL what it
is today by lampooning legends like
Patti Smith
Lucille Ball and Barbara Walters or
should we say baba wawa to an actual
living legend number eight Dana Carvey
if people don’t quit now do you now is
this the way we’re gonna play the game
here are you guys gonna keep asking
these asinine questions so you see some
dirty pictures is that that’s why as a
performer carpet could turn on the wow
factor and was instrumental in renewing
SNL status as must-see TV
a man who who has a friend who is rich
man that’s what Clarence said my golly
he was right when the show was
struggling he was a breath of fresh air
with characters like Garth of Wayne’s
World Fame James Bond gonna spy on the
Guatemalans Hans and Franz
I’m sure Arnold is not threatened and
the church lady could it be but Dana was
not a one-trick pony he did spot-on
impressions of just about anyone
including both George Bush Senior and
Ross Perot
which resulted in an interesting
three-way debate with Phil Hartman as
Clinton and the expansion of SNL’s
political satire let me just sum up on
track stay the course thousand points of
light
stay the course number seven
dan aykroyd yes our records were lost
when the craft which brought us from
France plunged into Lake Michigan we
crawled from the bottom of the lake and
lived by night for years our remaining
proto cats Aykroyd was a Renaissance man
on SNL’s first four seasons some of
those moves into you I wouldn’t think
the human body would be capable of
moving like that there were terrific men
really intense intelligent and
irreverent he was the youngest cast
member of his era but also the most
well-rounded he could write perfect
characters and perform them flawlessly
in addition to inventing bizarre but
hilarious standalone sketches yes fish
eaters the days of troublesome scaling
cutting and gutting are over because
super bass-o-matic 76 is the tool that
lets you use the whole bass with no fish
waste without scaling cutting or gutting
among his many contributions to the show
were the Blues Brothers with his friend
Belushi the Coneheads I am a driving
instructor for whom and what do you
folks come from France and two wild and
crazy guys we are as well as his time
behind the Weekend Update desk jam you
ignorant but who can forget his
Julia Child cut the Dickens out of my
finger
number six Phil Hartman you don’t know
what sense it is Junior sense it is
getting dropped by Columbia because
Mitch Miller doesn’t like the way your
career is going it’s having million
dollar pipes and nowhere to play him am
i right Steve and Eydie known as the
glue Hartman was the kind of performer
that always did more than was expected
of him
with the smoothest voice and a cache of
impressions in his repertoire he seemed
more mature than his contemporaries
however he was often undervalued for his
contributions so it’s easy to see that
his support often saved a sketch in
addition to excelling in his own skits
and portraying more than 70 characters
over eight seasons he always helped his
fellow castmates Bartlet number one what
is your idea of the perfect date first
of all I would push you to the ground he
on your chanting house on fire house on
fire pulled it out pulled it out
and his bill clinton was spot on sir
we’ve only been jogging for three blocks
do the mi go out on a limb here and say
maybe you’re still a little too nervous
I’m just kidding number five Kristen
Wiig you know you could come back
another time I’m fine
since I can’t come back another time cuz
I’m too busy just kidding I’m not busy
busy I just kidding I am but I make time
for you just kidding on how to make time
just kidding but I know how to make pies
just kidding I don’t just kidding I do
and I’ll make one right now proofing
herself is one of the most vital female
performers in the show’s history week
was a versatile try anything once kind
of gal
sometimes glamorous sometimes
over-the-top and often awkward roles
like the female a-hole and dooney’s
showed her range she had a knack for
annoying absurd characters like Penelope
well that cat was like a child to her my
cat was my child I was pregnant with my
cat Gilly and the target lady what
that’s impossible I’m like but she was
also capable of celebrity impressions
too numerous to name listen my sweet
Deary I’m gonna say something that I
have never said before and it is not I
love the smell of a man it was easy to
see that her cast mates enjoyed working
with her too as evidenced by recurring
skits like Garth and Kat 1 & 2
number four Mike Myers
he was the kind of guy Feuer just wanted
to hang out with I’m hypoglycemic and
hyperactive I’m a hyper hypo that’s why
I wear a helmet whether he was
portraying metalhead Wayne Campbell
alongside Dana Carvey Garth I’m sorry I
know it’s your mom
but I’m afraid she’s a babe shwayne or
the coffee talk lady Linda Richman
welcome to coffee talk I’m your host
Linda Richmond or Simon the little boy
who draws in the tub okay this is a jury
of my daddy at the roulette table look
he’s crying he’s shouting for people to
give him more credit Meyers exerted a
crazy fun attitude but some of his best
work came when he played against his
goofy nature as dieter’s sprocket the
no-nonsense talk-show host from West
Germany yes the time on sprocket family
does
creative adaptable and skilled at
accents Myers was a definite asset to
the early 90s SNL cast number three
Eddie Murphy would you be mine could you
be mine after joining the show once the
original cast members moved on to
greener pastures Murphy had big shoes to
fill and he did it with a smile on his
face a spring in his step and a load of
impressions in his Arsenal his antics
brought fewer sketches like Gumby I’m
Gumby Bennet mr. Robinson oh look an
eviction notice and buckwheat a
character so popular Murphy requested he
be killed so he could play other roles
buckwheat was buried today and the
entire world bar the lone bright spot in
the show’s Dark Ages
Murphy reinvigorated SNL by cultivating
his brand of wacky high-energy humor
let’s do it everybody up there – come on
everyone stand up come on the price
Maxima number – Chris Farley now you
kids are probably asking yourselves hey
Matt how can we get back on the right
track
with farley viewers never knew what to
expect sure his behavior was often
erotic because of his drug use but there
was something remarkably funny and dare
we say touching about his character
sketches that’s very and the other song
and the song goes and in the end the
love you take is equal to the love you
make me remember that yes is that true
trying to bring the same quality of work
to the screen as his idol John Belushi
Farley was willing to go anywhere and do
anything for a laugh
you’re drinking Colombian decaf coffee
crystals
you know whether he was caricaturing
himself as a horrible interviewer on his
fictitious talk-show playing an aspiring
Chippendales dancer or a sassy lunch
lady Farley was one of a kind
everybody gets enough food down here in
the magical before we unveil our number
one pick here are a few honorable
mentions well folks if you love seeing
huge people in suits with thousands of
buttons you’re in the right place this
is the sound a doggie makes mr. Connery
move No well that’s the sound your
mother made last night
the word is the word anyway the bouncers
a king-sized lesbian who looks like Phil
Jackson and the password is Scotty
number one will ferrel what a
professional gets his mitts on a song
that’s when it really takes off from day
one it was clear will was there to
dominate after a slew of popular cast
members left or were fired in the early
90s Ferrell arrived with many other new
faces to shake things up and shake them
up he did Nelson Reilly I am NOT alone
in thinking that you make Gandhi look
like a child pornographer his versatile
average Joe looks and attitude allowed
him to play any character they threw his
way from george w bush making the tough
decisions 24/7 that’s twenty-four hours
a week to Alex Trebek come on that was
way out of line to steve butabi
plus his all-or-nothing approach to
performing earned him many fans and
solidified his place as the most cowbell
worthy SNL star ever
do you agree with our list which SNL
performer was your favorite yeah jealous
for more comedic top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
ebbed and flowed in its popularity but
many of its performers have proved
timeless welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Saturday Night Live cast
members all right now it’s the time in
the show and I like to give Denise a
call and hang up on her
for this list we’re looking at the best
and most well-rounded performers from
the show’s history and are ranking them
solely on the work they did on the
studio 8h stage well this is some weird
wild stuff I did not know that but what
about these people number 10
John Belushi Belushi brought a raw
energy dance I know that’s hard to come
by every sketch he did he was able to
grab the audience’s attention and make
them laugh hysterically with his brazen
animated charm and often crude humor
even though he was only on the show for
a short time Belushi produced many
memorable characters and sketches
including the Olympia cafe samurai
Futaba and the Blues Brothers with his
friend Dan Aykroyd
his charisma and brand of slapstick
hasn’t yet been recreated opening for
Jerry Vale was never like this
okay bear he can sit down we’ve all seen
the coat before fine really good okay
number nine Gilda Radner hi I’m Gilda
Radner and okay now Radner was the first
performer cast as one of Lorne Michaels
and nog ural group of
not-ready-for-prime-time players and
it’s easy to see why Michaels would want
her bad I know the facts of life you
know I got an A in health she was
genuinely funny and brought her
characters like Roseanne Roseannadanna
to life Roseannadanna Thursday I quit
smoking now I’m depressed I guess weight
my face broke out I’m nauseous I’m
constipated my feet swelled my gums are
bleeding my sinuses are clogged I got
heartburn I’m cranky and I have gas
winning an Emmy Award for her work on
the show
Radner helped pioneer the celebrity
impressions that have made SNL what it
is today by lampooning legends like
Patti Smith
Lucille Ball and Barbara Walters or
should we say baba wawa to an actual
living legend number eight Dana Carvey
if people don’t quit now do you now is
this the way we’re gonna play the game
here are you guys gonna keep asking
these asinine questions so you see some
dirty pictures is that that’s why as a
performer carpet could turn on the wow
factor and was instrumental in renewing
SNL status as must-see TV
a man who who has a friend who is rich
man that’s what Clarence said my golly
he was right when the show was
struggling he was a breath of fresh air
with characters like Garth of Wayne’s
World Fame James Bond gonna spy on the
Guatemalans Hans and Franz
I’m sure Arnold is not threatened and
the church lady could it be but Dana was
not a one-trick pony he did spot-on
impressions of just about anyone
including both George Bush Senior and
Ross Perot
which resulted in an interesting
three-way debate with Phil Hartman as
Clinton and the expansion of SNL’s
political satire let me just sum up on
track stay the course thousand points of
light
stay the course number seven
dan aykroyd yes our records were lost
when the craft which brought us from
France plunged into Lake Michigan we
crawled from the bottom of the lake and
lived by night for years our remaining
proto cats Aykroyd was a Renaissance man
on SNL’s first four seasons some of
those moves into you I wouldn’t think
the human body would be capable of
moving like that there were terrific men
really intense intelligent and
irreverent he was the youngest cast
member of his era but also the most
well-rounded he could write perfect
characters and perform them flawlessly
in addition to inventing bizarre but
hilarious standalone sketches yes fish
eaters the days of troublesome scaling
cutting and gutting are over because
super bass-o-matic 76 is the tool that
lets you use the whole bass with no fish
waste without scaling cutting or gutting
among his many contributions to the show
were the Blues Brothers with his friend
Belushi the Coneheads I am a driving
instructor for whom and what do you
folks come from France and two wild and
crazy guys we are as well as his time
behind the Weekend Update desk jam you
ignorant but who can forget his
Julia Child cut the Dickens out of my
finger
number six Phil Hartman you don’t know
what sense it is Junior sense it is
getting dropped by Columbia because
Mitch Miller doesn’t like the way your
career is going it’s having million
dollar pipes and nowhere to play him am
i right Steve and Eydie known as the
glue Hartman was the kind of performer
that always did more than was expected
of him
with the smoothest voice and a cache of
impressions in his repertoire he seemed
more mature than his contemporaries
however he was often undervalued for his
contributions so it’s easy to see that
his support often saved a sketch in
addition to excelling in his own skits
and portraying more than 70 characters
over eight seasons he always helped his
fellow castmates Bartlet number one what
is your idea of the perfect date first
of all I would push you to the ground he
on your chanting house on fire house on
fire pulled it out pulled it out
and his bill clinton was spot on sir
we’ve only been jogging for three blocks
do the mi go out on a limb here and say
maybe you’re still a little too nervous
I’m just kidding number five Kristen
Wiig you know you could come back
another time I’m fine
since I can’t come back another time cuz
I’m too busy just kidding I’m not busy
busy I just kidding I am but I make time
for you just kidding on how to make time
just kidding but I know how to make pies
just kidding I don’t just kidding I do
and I’ll make one right now proofing
herself is one of the most vital female
performers in the show’s history week
was a versatile try anything once kind
of gal
sometimes glamorous sometimes
over-the-top and often awkward roles
like the female a-hole and dooney’s
showed her range she had a knack for
annoying absurd characters like Penelope
well that cat was like a child to her my
cat was my child I was pregnant with my
cat Gilly and the target lady what
that’s impossible I’m like but she was
also capable of celebrity impressions
too numerous to name listen my sweet
Deary I’m gonna say something that I
have never said before and it is not I
love the smell of a man it was easy to
see that her cast mates enjoyed working
with her too as evidenced by recurring
skits like Garth and Kat 1 & 2
number four Mike Myers
he was the kind of guy Feuer just wanted
to hang out with I’m hypoglycemic and
hyperactive I’m a hyper hypo that’s why
I wear a helmet whether he was
portraying metalhead Wayne Campbell
alongside Dana Carvey Garth I’m sorry I
know it’s your mom
but I’m afraid she’s a babe shwayne or
the coffee talk lady Linda Richman
welcome to coffee talk I’m your host
Linda Richmond or Simon the little boy
who draws in the tub okay this is a jury
of my daddy at the roulette table look
he’s crying he’s shouting for people to
give him more credit Meyers exerted a
crazy fun attitude but some of his best
work came when he played against his
goofy nature as dieter’s sprocket the
no-nonsense talk-show host from West
Germany yes the time on sprocket family
does
creative adaptable and skilled at
accents Myers was a definite asset to
the early 90s SNL cast number three
Eddie Murphy would you be mine could you
be mine after joining the show once the
original cast members moved on to
greener pastures Murphy had big shoes to
fill and he did it with a smile on his
face a spring in his step and a load of
impressions in his Arsenal his antics
brought fewer sketches like Gumby I’m
Gumby Bennet mr. Robinson oh look an
eviction notice and buckwheat a
character so popular Murphy requested he
be killed so he could play other roles
buckwheat was buried today and the
entire world bar the lone bright spot in
the show’s Dark Ages
Murphy reinvigorated SNL by cultivating
his brand of wacky high-energy humor
let’s do it everybody up there – come on
everyone stand up come on the price
Maxima number – Chris Farley now you
kids are probably asking yourselves hey
Matt how can we get back on the right
track
with farley viewers never knew what to
expect sure his behavior was often
erotic because of his drug use but there
was something remarkably funny and dare
we say touching about his character
sketches that’s very and the other song
and the song goes and in the end the
love you take is equal to the love you
make me remember that yes is that true
trying to bring the same quality of work
to the screen as his idol John Belushi
Farley was willing to go anywhere and do
anything for a laugh
you’re drinking Colombian decaf coffee
crystals
you know whether he was caricaturing
himself as a horrible interviewer on his
fictitious talk-show playing an aspiring
Chippendales dancer or a sassy lunch
lady Farley was one of a kind
everybody gets enough food down here in
the magical before we unveil our number
one pick here are a few honorable
mentions well folks if you love seeing
huge people in suits with thousands of
buttons you’re in the right place this
is the sound a doggie makes mr. Connery
move No well that’s the sound your
mother made last night
the word is the word anyway the bouncers
a king-sized lesbian who looks like Phil
Jackson and the password is Scotty
number one will ferrel what a
professional gets his mitts on a song
that’s when it really takes off from day
one it was clear will was there to
dominate after a slew of popular cast
members left or were fired in the early
90s Ferrell arrived with many other new
faces to shake things up and shake them
up he did Nelson Reilly I am NOT alone
in thinking that you make Gandhi look
like a child pornographer his versatile
average Joe looks and attitude allowed
him to play any character they threw his
way from george w bush making the tough
decisions 24/7 that’s twenty-four hours
a week to Alex Trebek come on that was
way out of line to steve butabi
plus his all-or-nothing approach to
performing earned him many fans and
solidified his place as the most cowbell
worthy SNL star ever
do you agree with our list which SNL
performer was your favorite yeah jealous
for more comedic top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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