Its hitting a dinger right now...
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I don't know who Blake Lively is, but I'd like to hit her with MY dinger... :-)
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Yes I likey the dress she almost had on to open the show.
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I haven't watched it much, but the SNL shorts with Justin Timberlake are pretty much the only good stuff I have seen in years on that show, but I haven't watched a whole SNL in years.
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They've had some incredible casts, from the first Chase-Belushi-Ackroyd-Radner years to the Eddie Murphy-Joe Piscopo years to the one incredible year they had Billy Crystal-Christopher Guest-Martin Short-Harry Shearer but I think the absolute best lineup the ever had was around 1989 when they had Phil Hartman,Dana Carvey,Jon Lovitz,Nora Dunn,Jan Hooks,Dennis Miller,Kevin Nealon and their BACKUP players were Chris Rock,Chris Farley,Mike Myers,and Adam Sandler. Holy crap!!!
That was the era, from like 1986 to 1994 when I wouldn't miss a moment.
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Great point, even the new guys were top notch.
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Yea, that would be my favorite era.

An underrated guy that started in that era was Tim Meadows. He was actually one of the longest running guys on the show. Something like 9 or 10 years.
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Which former cast member has had the most success?

I would guess it would have to be Mike Myers.
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Murphy or Sandler I would think.
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Bill Murray.
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My guess in terms of box office dollars would be Eddie Murphy.

Even though he sucks now.

Sandler is probably getting close to him though.
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Best way to watch in online w/HULU. You get to pick the clips you wanna see. I watched the Lawrence Welk one with the freaky little hands chick about 5 times with my son. Laughed our butts off. That and McGruber with Charles Barkley. Funny stuff.
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I was just thinking the Waynes World, Austin Powers and Shrek. But I forgot Eddie Murphy was also in Shrek plus a ton other successful movies and stand up. It has to be Eddie Murphy hands down.
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Tough to beat this:


Film
Year Film Role Notes
1982 48 Hrs. Reggie Hammond
1983 Trading Places Billy Ray Valentine
1983 Eddie Murphy Delirious Himself Also Producer
1984 Best Defense Lieutenant T.M. Landry
Beverly Hills Cop Det. Axel Foley
1986 The Golden Child Chandler Jarrell
1987 Beverly Hills Cop II Det. Axel Foley
Eddie Murphy Raw Himself Also Producer
1988 Coming to America Prince Akeem/Clarence/Randy Watson/Saul
1989 Harlem Nights Quick (Real Name Vernest Brown) Also Director and Producer
1990 Another 48 Hrs. Reggie Hammond
1992 Boomerang Marcus Graham
The Distinguished Gentleman Thomas Jefferson Johnson
1994 Beverly Hills Cop III Det. Axel Foley
1995 Vampire in Brooklyn Maximillian/Preacher Pauly/Guido Also Producer
1996 The Nutty Professor Professor Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/
Lance Perkins/Cletus 'Papa' Klump/
Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump/
Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen/Ernie Klump, Sr. Also Producer
1997 Metro Insp. Scott Roper
1998 Mulan Mushu (voice)
Doctor Dolittle Dr. John Dolittle
Holy Man G
1999 Life Rayford "Ray" Gibson Also Producer
Bowfinger Kit Ramsey/Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Professor Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/
Lance Perkins/Cletus 'Papa' Klump/
Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump/
Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen/Ernie Klump Also Producer
2001 Shrek Donkey (voice)
Dr. Dolittle 2 Dr. John Dolittle
2002 Showtime Officer Trey Sellers
The Adventures of Pluto Nash Pluto Nash
I Spy Kelly Robinson
2003 Daddy Day Care Charles "Charlie" Hinton
The Haunted Mansion Jim Evers
2004 Shrek 2 Donkey (voice)
2006 Dreamgirls James 'Thunder' Early
2007 Norbit Norbit Rice/Rasputia Latimore-Rice/Mr. Wong Also Producer
Shrek the Third Donkey (voice)
2008 Meet Dave Starship Dave (Spacecraft), Captain
2009 Imagine That Evan Danielson
2010 A Thousand Words Post-production
Shrek Forever After Donkey (voice) Post-production
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I watched an episode a few nights ago, because I want so much to like SNL. It was the Charles Barkley one. The ONLY times I laughed were at the MacGruber sketches. Apparently they're making a movie from that so I guess they're ready to beat that into the ground.

This show was last really funny a few years after Will Ferrell joined. It got bad with him on it later, but at least he kept it afloat. Since he left, it has been adrift in a sea of lame. The weird part is, it is one of the most talented casts they've had in a while. The writing just sucks. Every sketch is one note and that note is, at best, mildly amusing.

Hey! Conan's out of work! Maybe he can go back to writing for the show and save it from itself!!!
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