SNL's Continued Downward Spiral Thread

He's Bob Dylan in 1985 right now. Totally lost. Empire Burlesque lost. And whacked out of his mind to boot.

 

I'm not a fan of the new SNL opening credits. Always enjoyed seeing more of NYC after dark. I still don't get the Pete Davidson thing. He's harmless, but hardly worth elevating simply because of who he's seeing off-camera.

 

It's not only about who you know but who you're fucking.

 

Sure - I figure the tabloids give a fig. The people he works with? So what? It isn't like SNL trumpted Jost going out with Scarlett Johanssen. Granted they've kept it on the down low but still....

 

Hah! This is news to me.

 

Late to this, but it's a tricky question -- there have been a ton of talented people who barely made an impression. Janeane Garafalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall... you wouldn't even notice they were there.

I'd go with Horatio Sanz, who not only wasn't funny but ruined every sketch by giggling through it.

 

It's a bit outdated now, but this was a unique list.

‘Saturday Night Live’: All 145 Cast Members Ranked – Rolling Stone

 

http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/snl-adam-driver-oil-baron-writer-eli-coyote-mandel.html

Guy gets hired on SNL. Two weeks later he writes the sketch of the night.

 

tl;dr:

John Belushi is No. 1.
Eddie Murphy is No. 2.
Tina Fey is No. 3.

 

I might swap Belushi and Murphy, but the top 3 is spot-on.

 

I'd probably go Hartman or Ferrell #1, just because their time on the show was so much longer than Belushi and Murphy. Murphy would be Top 5 for me, probably #3. Belushi is slightly overrated to me, but he would still be in Top 10.

 

Ferrell was OK, but he couldn't carry Hartman's jock. Hartman might be the greatest sketch actor ever.