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Anthony Michael Hall didn't not strike me as a comedian or improve actor not saying he wasn't a decent actor in movies. Also the Chris guy that guest started as Lilies dad on How I Met Your Mother and was in Scary Movie 2
I'm surprised Chevy Chase wasn't mentioned. On stage at SNL and on screen, he looked good, but insiders say he is hard to work with, extremely arrogant (aka full of himself), and some have said sexist and/or misogynist.
Jimmy Fallon's talent is that he is really good at impressions. That's what kept him on SNL. His impressions are what save him from being on this list.
I get what you mean by that, but there were some skits he did that were actually pretty funny back then. Some of them pretty damn hilarious although I don't know how much of it had anything to do with him and maybe he just got lucky with good writing or something but no the fact that he was on SNL for so many years before going on to do more with his career with a couple of movies and talk shows, there's no way he would deserve to be on the list of the 20 worst
Noooo poor Jenny Slate. I will forever feel so bad for her because her SNL career was so short lived. But, I don’t think she’d have gotten all the amazing opportunities to show off her incredible skills if it wasn’t cut short.
@@jason44143 well, she did just get nominated for an Oscar this year for best animated feature length film so I'd say she's doing all right. It was also one of the best films of 2022.
I wonder if we're accidentally blaming cast members when we should be blaming writers. Chris Elliot is one of the funniest guys to ever live. Just watch the Letterman clips, which he also wrote.
20. Jenny Slate (2009-10) 19. Chris Elliott (1994-95) 18. Janeane Garofalo (1994-95) 17. Michael O'Donoghue (1975) 16. Brad Hall (1982-84) 15. Anthony Michael Hall (1985-86) 14. Damon Wayans (1985-86) 13. Brooks Wheelan (2013-14) 12. Charles Rocket (1980-81) 11. Horatio Sanz (1998-2006) 10. Jim Belushi (1983-85) 9. Tony Rosato (1981-82) 8. Gilbert Gottfried (1980-81) 7. Rob Riggle (2004-05) 6. Jay Mohr (1993-95) 5. Colin Quinn (1996-2000) 4. Randy Quaid (1985-86) 3. Jim Breuer (1995-98) 2. Victoria Jackson (1986-92) 1. Robert Downey Jr. (1985-86)
This list is Bullsh*t, and I saw the very first show in 1975. I have seen the good and the bad and there are names that should be on this list and almost half of the people you listed are just plain wrong!
Horatio Sanz wasn't amongst the best of SNL cast members but was a solid performer, and I remember Rob Riggle's one year as a feature player being really funny.
A six year run during a peak era of SNL and she’s considered the 2nd worst cast member of all time. Her persona might not have been for everyone and you might not like her politics, but putting her at number 2 doesn’t cut it
@@williamgiesen4910 Yes, it was like they had an agenda to mock any previous old skits with ditzy performers in it and chose Victoria to fill it out. Really doesn't belong in the top #20.
People will act like there's some kind of agenda to not casting Jackson anymore, but the fact is that there's another comic with a ditzy baby voice who's a better performer and a very good writer: Kristen Schaal.
He is very funny. However he was screaming a lot in one special about covid with all the jokes no longer being relevant but watch the other ones and he is great.
What’s crazy is many of these comedians are brilliant. Just reminds you that talent doesn’t always produce a great show. Chemistry with cast + crew and comedic style are also contributing factors.
Even hard during the audition. There are countless notable big names got filtered out on audition stage. the likes of Jim Carrey, Kevin Hart, Key & Peele, Donald Glover, Andy Kaufman, Aubrey Plaza (ends up as an intern), Louis C.K., Genna Davis, Stephen Colbert, Lisa Cudrow, etc.
@@manchesterunitedno7 Yup. Jennifer Aniston, Kel Mitchell (would’ve stayed with Kenan), and Steve Carrell join that list of SNL auditions and were ultimately rejected.
@@twist58 I don't believe Jennifer Aniston ever auditioned for SNL Some sources say that she waa asked to audition, but turned it down - she even goes so far to say that she lectured the great and powerful Lorne about what a "boy's club" SNL had become. But I don't think there was an actual audition. (If anybody can prove it...or point us to the videotape, that'd be great!) I'm not convinced she would have been very good on SNL, at the time hse simply didn't have the right background. She wound up being quite good at a particularly brand of sitcomedy....but she wasn't suited for SNL. Go watch her work on The State...she's pretty awkward... But in fairness...her SNL hostings gigs (once she had all of her Friends experience) are pretty good...
Damon Wayans' sketches weren't that bad, its just the fact that he pissed off Lorne and got fired mid-season that makes him a "Bad" cast member. Coincidentally, they wouldn't have another black cast member until Chris Rock 4years later. He was also notoriously underused.
Well...if purposely sabotaging a sketch for your own amusement and disgreeing with writers and producers makes you a "bad" CM....then Damon was. Talented guy....funny guy...screwed himself.
Fun fact: RDJ was actually one of four asked back for 86-87 (with Dennis Miller Jon Lovitz and Nora Dunn). He declined when he realized Anthony Michael Hall wouldn’t be joining
FALLON ruined so many sketches. His higher profile (than Horatio Sans) meant he ruined higher profile sketches. I remember great sketches falling apart as they became all about whether Fallon would laugh, as he constantly showed pre-hysteric tremors. I'll grant that Fallon knocked it out of the park at times, but his constant "breaking the wall" by laughing was definitely an indicator he was NOT ready for prime time. He repeatedly broke the cardinal sin, setting him apart in SNL history as possibly the most notorious of the whole bunch. He also get worse at maintaining character over time, perhaps realizing it brought him attention? Vomitus! By comparison, an example of a true professional from that era was Will Ferrell. Love him or hate him, he fought through such hilarious moments - crowd roaring with laughter, himself obviously struggling - but he always held onto a dead-pan face long enough to re-focus - using mental discipline (ahem, Falon take note), resulting in some of the funniest SNL sketches I have ever seen. But if he had broken down, BOOM - whole sketch would have been doomed to the "forgetful" category.
There's something funny about a comedian like Ferrell, who you can tell wants to break down, but battles on, to their credit, through a particularly funny sketch. But Fallon just ruins these sketches entirely with his mugging to the extent that they can't be recovered.
@CoolPandaTheMovieNerd Yes,thank you. I should have mentioned that this was a bad time for both actors. I'm a fan of both, and am very happy that they are now completely sober and continue to work in film to this day.
@@twist58 Yeah....your "of course" was pretty misleading. He may have appeared on WU a handful of times....not sure that's "of course". Either way, he was not particularly good or memorable on SNL. Gottfried was a very acquired taste...most never acquired it. He WAS perfect for Aladdin's Iago, I'll admit....but that voice affectation was hard to listen to...
I gotta say, Brad Hall and Jim Belushi on You Win a Dollar is still one of my favorites. "I'm thinking of a color. What is it?" "Um, yellow?" "No, I'm sorry, it was more of an off-yellow." Just that close!
"Urban" legendary, maybe. Never been confirmed. Mostly he was an unhappy CM with an axe to grind...according to sources. He also hadn't been very good in the 5 months he was on. If he DOESN'T drop the F bomb....there's not one memorable thing about his SNL tenure... They thought he was going to be the next Chevy. He wasn't even close... Not one ounce of charisma...
19/20 ain't bad, but I can't agree with the assessment of Victoria Jackson. Six years was a great run and her comedy was in line with the rest of the cast. She may not have been a lead performer, but she was a strong support player. You missed Aristotle Athari, who could have taken her place on this list.
Victory rocked on SNL She was always funny & usually hilarious, plus she was absolutely beautiful, blonde, blue eyes & the cutest Harley Quinn voice (before Harley existed) 💗💗She should not be on this list, She should be on the list of SNL's most memorable & loved members!
@@landonhudson9726 I'm not sure there's any proof of that. Can you please provide some sources??? Interviews?? Something? I've NEVER read that...anywhere...
Hell, Lorne Michaels said that he was the worst host. A LOT of people said that he was the worst, the only exception being Tina Fey who said that Paris Hilton was the worst and her interview on Howard Stern was hilarious.
Tim Robinson fits here as well. He wasn't as memorable when he was a cast member. Now that he has his own sketch comedy show, "I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson", you can really see how talented and hilarious he is.
Colin’s thing seemed to me more like long-form comedy, rather than setup/quick punchline comedy. When he followed Norm Macdonald on Update, you could tell that he was more used to longer bits. I loved his Lenny the Lion stuff. WU just wasn’t really his cup of tea. It also felt like he was forced into the anchor desk after Norm was fired. (P.S.: Thanks, NBC execs, for not getting Norm’s humor. He was one of the best WU anchors. Mic drop.)
@@lockandloadlikehell the difference being she actually has some good jokes in her standup act, while Breuer just does goofy noises and faces and panders to the MAGA crowd
You were spot on. Everyone on this list was/ is talented but weren't a good fit. But SNL hasn't been funny for years and hasn't really tried for years. A good episode is only as good as the writing. And I hated Goat Boy.
Really??? Ever heard of Eddie Murphy? Billy Crystal?? Martin Short and Christopher Guest? Harry Shearer? Dana Carvey? Jan Hooks? Phil Hartman? Dennis MIller? Mike Myers?? Please do some research before you comment... Thanks.
18:28 This Spider-Man: Homecoming outtake was best left on the cutting room floor. As was Tony Stark's idea for a new Iron Man suit that doubled as hand luggage.
Victoria Jackson's inclusion on this list is due to her politics. She was great as was all the cast members at that time. How Rob Schneider didn't make this is a mystery.
Holy cow, I almost had a coronary when they said Jim Belushi, because I instantly thought it was John Belushi they were talking about. I was like.... "WHAT THE F.....??!!! ARE YOU JOKING??!! HE'S ONE OF THE BEST CAST MEMBERS IN SAT..............oh wait, that's John Belushi. They said Jim Belushi........yeah....I get that."
@@SpamEggSausage He definitely wasn't his brother. I can think of only one or 2 movies I thought he was funny in. Red Heat and The Man With One Red Shoe. And that's about it.
I guess you don't understand comedy (subtlety). Not everything needs to be Chris Farley yelling and screaming (subtlety). Sometimes there's a different way of being funny (subtle). But hey, everybody has their own opinion (you're wrong). You do you (push-up bra).
@@bradyguy7701 Lazy argument. "If you dont agree you dont get it". My 12 year old nephew used your same argument when I told him Justin Bieber wasnt a great musical artist, in spite of his sales. I dont think Farley was all that funny, either. One note comedy. If the only way you can make your point is with ad hominem attacks and the only way you know how to argue is to invent who I am and what I like in order to attack my point, you are just less than worthy. Nealon hasnt done anything worth noting since he left the show, with the exception of a few charity cameos and his comedy specials are usually very low rated. You love him, good for you. You are in the minority here. I like how you think subtle and not funny are synonymous. Good stuff.
I notice that the most of these cast members went on to have great careers in entertainment. I wouldn't feel too bad that they're the "worst" cast members on SNL. Leaving SNL is a mark of being confident enough to make it in the industry on their own.
Colin Quinn had the unenviable task of immediately taking over Weekend Update after Norm McDonald was fired. It was a completely different flavor, but it worked. Sticking up for CQ here.
Why does every sketch show has to have the "Saturday Night Live" (1975-) thing every single time??? This is a list about Saturday Night Live so we already know it IS Saturday Night Live. For the next time you're gonna do a list of some actor/character from certain shows, put the actual year/years that actor/character appeared on it and not the years the show was on.
That season where they added all the established stars like Garafalo, Chris Ellliott, Michael McKean and Mark McKinney was weird. It was kinda like the 85 season.
@@royalsfan That WAS odd, wasn't it I just watched the McKean-hosted show tonight. I think McKean could have easily been a Phil Hartman-like presence on the show...had they considered him before....or even after the debacle that was the 1994-05 season. McKean was tremendously talented, and his talent got lost a bit in the inanity of "Lenny", which only goes to PROVE his talent - a really smart guy playing a very dumb guy that convincingly...
I'm not sure anybody would have called Garafalo "established"...and most definitely not a "star". Reality Bites, half a season of The Ben Stiller Show and Larry Sanders...which very few people were watching at the time. The mainstream didn't know who she was... Even McKinney was not that well known here in the U.S. But did you know he had already been announcing on SNL for a decade when he finally became a CM???
I didn't LOVE Sans, but you are right anyway. He was well liked in his time. He IS on this list as some sort of cheap posturing move. What he (allegedly/probably) did is wrong, but so is revisionist history, so?????
Belushi had two...probably enough....he was a victim of the 1985 "Full Reboot"..but was certanly no worse than most of them. One year of Riggle was one year too many...NOT A FUNNY GUY!
I looked up Victoria Jackson's IMDb and was surprised that she's had 77 credits and has 4 upcoming projects. Except for a few years between 2017-2020, she's worked steadily, yet I haven't seen any of those 77 movies.
I know John Belushi is considered one of the all time greatest SNL cast members, but I’ve never understood why. I’ve watched what are considered to be John Belushi’s best skits on SNL, and I remember only two of them made me laugh, not because of John’s performances, but because of how funny the writing was.
@@DiscoSamurai Yeah, the fact that Chris Farley idolized him upsets me, knowing that it played a big part in Farley’s early death. Chris was far more talented than John ever was, and much kinder to women.
@@landonhudson9726 Yeah, I pretty clearly phrased everything in my comment as being my opinion. I even opened my comment by stating that Belushi is considered one of the all time greatest SNL cast members. I’ve only seen the “zit” joke from Animal House, and I didn’t think it was funny. I’ve always heard that Animal House is a comedy classic. I’ll probably check it out sometime, not for Belushi, but for its general reputation.
Because she was alot better than this list gives her credit for, she was decent but not great. Stooge from One SNL A Day has a pretty good appraisal of her strengths and weaknesses as a cast member.
Horatio Sanz was actually a good and dependable cast member. He suffers due to Fallon's horseshit and if you noticed when Sanz is in sketches without Fallon, he delivers.
Victoria Jackson is one of the main reasons why I started watching Saturday Night Live in the first place (once I was old enough to stay up so late). 😍😍😍😍😍😍
I definitely don't agree with some of these being the top 20. There are 164 cast members to work with--they could have just taken the top 20 least memorable, shortest tenure, truly worst. But that may have been a boring or duly unfair video (Paul Brittain, Luke Null, Pamela Stephenson, Dan Vitale, etc.). I never thought I'd defend Victoria Jackson, but she was a pretty good cast member! If she was that bad they would have canned her, but she was on for years. Even after she was off the show, her line on the SNL 25 special was pitch perfect (standing up in the audience during the 'audience questions' bit and asking "hey, it's nice to see everyone and all, but I have a question--What ever happened to me?").
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Anthony Michael Hall didn't not strike me as a comedian or improve actor not saying he wasn't a decent actor in movies. Also the Chris guy that guest started as Lilies dad on How I Met Your Mother and was in Scary Movie 2
Most people from the different 80s cast lineups lol
I don't accept your qualification to judge this topic.
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I'm surprised Chevy Chase wasn't mentioned. On stage at SNL and on screen, he looked good, but insiders say he is hard to work with, extremely arrogant (aka full of himself), and some have said sexist and/or misogynist.
How is Jimmy Fallon not making the list of the worst SNL cast members? All he did was break character and look directly into the camera.
Well I clicked
On the video to see him at number 1. Hasn’t even started and now I’m clicking off because HE was the worst.
While yeah, the guy was known for breaking, you’re disregarding the fact that he did some very solid work on the show.
Jimmy Fallon's talent is that he is really good at impressions. That's what kept him on SNL. His impressions are what save him from being on this list.
@@elclaudo Fallon may have a tendency to keep mugging at the camera, but his impressions are indeed spot on.
Oh und hd Sucker und was/ua Not Funny or"funky" just Sa autoorrect insists
damon Wayans is a legend in his own right. he did way better on In Living Color.
Had more freedom with less interference from producers as well lol
yes very good actor
Most cast members in the 80s lol
Agreed
@@CTP909 Well, it definitely helped that his brother Keenen was the executive producer instead of Lorne Michaels.
Jimmy Fallon not being on this list is obnoxious, like his annoying giggles that ruin every sketch and interview he's done 😂
Mostly agree, but he did some things to redeem himself, like the Barry Gibb Talk Show, the Bostonian, his musical stuff on Update.
@@eriksvideos6022those are all completely unfunny
agreed. well said.
I agree gimme Fallon ain't funny,!!
I get what you mean by that, but there were some skits he did that were actually pretty funny back then. Some of them pretty damn hilarious although I don't know how much of it had anything to do with him and maybe he just got lucky with good writing or something but no the fact that he was on SNL for so many years before going on to do more with his career with a couple of movies and talk shows, there's no way he would deserve to be on the list of the 20 worst
Noooo poor Jenny Slate. I will forever feel so bad for her because her SNL career was so short lived. But, I don’t think she’d have gotten all the amazing opportunities to show off her incredible skills if it wasn’t cut short.
Of all the people they named, Jenny Slate is the one that you're upset over? I could name maybe one thing she's ever done besides snl!
@@jason44143 well, she did just get nominated for an Oscar this year for best animated feature length film so I'd say she's doing all right. It was also one of the best films of 2022.
@@jason44143 Mona Lisa on Parks and Rec and Marcel the Shell. That's 2
@@jason44143 I wouldn’t have named her if she wasn’t a recognizable, incredible actress/comedian, pimp.
She was ah-ma-zing on the kroll show. Funny af.
Don't forget Charles Rocket's F-Bomb on SNL which sealed his fate.
And Doumanian's.
I wonder if we're accidentally blaming cast members when we should be blaming writers. Chris Elliot is one of the funniest guys to ever live. Just watch the Letterman clips, which he also wrote.
he was also great on everybody loves raymond
Surprised they didn’t mention that he was already a comedy legend by this point from his Letterman appearances in the ‘80s
Interestingly, his daughter Abby Elliot became a cast member also
Well in the case of Robert Downey Jr, his sketch "suitcase boy" arguably one of the worst skits of all time, was written mainly by him
Get A Life is one of the best sitcoms to kick the piss out of sitcoms
20. Jenny Slate (2009-10)
19. Chris Elliott (1994-95)
18. Janeane Garofalo (1994-95)
17. Michael O'Donoghue (1975)
16. Brad Hall (1982-84)
15. Anthony Michael Hall (1985-86)
14. Damon Wayans (1985-86)
13. Brooks Wheelan (2013-14)
12. Charles Rocket (1980-81)
11. Horatio Sanz (1998-2006)
10. Jim Belushi (1983-85)
9. Tony Rosato (1981-82)
8. Gilbert Gottfried (1980-81)
7. Rob Riggle (2004-05)
6. Jay Mohr (1993-95)
5. Colin Quinn (1996-2000)
4. Randy Quaid (1985-86)
3. Jim Breuer (1995-98)
2. Victoria Jackson (1986-92)
1. Robert Downey Jr. (1985-86)
Thankyou for the years!
This list is Bullsh*t, and I saw the very first show in 1975. I have seen the good and the bad and there are names that should be on this list and almost half of the people you listed are just plain wrong!
Not lack of acting talent nor lack of comedic talent.
And every one on the current cast.
Horatio Sanz wasn't amongst the best of SNL cast members but was a solid performer, and I remember Rob Riggle's one year as a feature player being really funny.
i think you mean rob riggle. GET THE HOLEY MOLEY GUYS NAME RIGHT
I actually did like Horatio Sanz on SNL. He made me laugh many times.
The stereotypical Italian working undercover - Tony Lasagna - from the neighbourhood. A classic episode with Robert DeNiro.
I thought Sanz was hilarious. There have been WAY worse cast members
Sanz for sure is least deserving of inclusion on the list.
My dad used to confuse Chris Elliott with Daniel Stern, thinking that it was Chris Elliott in Home Alone
I can see the resemblance. They could play brothers.
So did I!
Would have made the movie palatable.
When I saw C.H.U.D. on Beta tape in the mid 1980s I first thought I was watching Chris Elliot- back in those days there was a real resemblance!
Victoria Jackson’s ditzy persona on SNL wasn’t an act after all, she really is like that.
A six year run during a peak era of SNL and she’s considered the 2nd worst cast member of all time. Her persona might not have been for everyone and you might not like her politics, but putting her at number 2 doesn’t cut it
@@williamgiesen4910 You're right. She should be #1. She was a hack--no worse than that. A braying, insufferable ordeal.
She and Randy Quaid both turned into MAGA nutjobs.
@@williamgiesen4910 Yes, it was like they had an agenda to mock any previous old skits with ditzy performers in it and chose Victoria to fill it out. Really doesn't belong in the top #20.
People will act like there's some kind of agenda to not casting Jackson anymore, but the fact is that there's another comic with a ditzy baby voice who's a better performer and a very good writer: Kristen Schaal.
I’ve always thought Horatio Sanz was a solid cast member. Not necessarily a main event player but good enough.
I think allegations against him are partly why they put him on list
@@jasontoscani3009 To be honest I didn’t know that about him
Without the allegations they probably don't put him on the list. An unwritten agenda?
@@jasontoscani3009 never heard about that thats a shame. he was fine, not a standout but serviceable
You forgot Jim Breuer’s “Joe Pesci Show.” He was really good in that, especially when Joe Pesci came on.
Jim Breuer is horribly unfunny
He is very funny. However he was screaming a lot in one special about covid with all the jokes no longer being relevant but watch the other ones and he is great.
@@alanvallazza9781 he was never funny.
@jawbone78 Sure he was.
Chris Elliot is perfection on Schitts Creek ❤
What’s crazy is many of these comedians are brilliant. Just reminds you that talent doesn’t always produce a great show. Chemistry with cast + crew and comedic style are also contributing factors.
To me the most iconic cast members are the ones that are comedic and have an improve background together in one package
Like the original cast were from improv and a lot of the middle 90s was improv people
Yeah, agreed. Just some better in other type of media than this type.
Or maybe WatchMojo is just full of sht.
Mojo don't know SNL works😂
I can't imagine how hard it has to be to be a member on SNL.
Even hard during the audition. There are countless notable big names got filtered out on audition stage. the likes of Jim Carrey, Kevin Hart, Key & Peele, Donald Glover, Andy Kaufman, Aubrey Plaza (ends up as an intern), Louis C.K., Genna Davis, Stephen Colbert, Lisa Cudrow, etc.
@@manchesterunitedno7 Yup. Jennifer Aniston, Kel Mitchell (would’ve stayed with Kenan), and Steve Carrell join that list of SNL auditions and were ultimately rejected.
@@twist58 I don't believe Jennifer Aniston ever auditioned for SNL Some sources say that she waa asked to audition, but turned it down - she even goes so far to say that she lectured the great and powerful Lorne about what a "boy's club" SNL had become. But I don't think there was an actual audition. (If anybody can prove it...or point us to the videotape, that'd be great!) I'm not convinced she would have been very good on SNL, at the time hse simply didn't have the right background. She wound up being quite good at a particularly brand of sitcomedy....but she wasn't suited for SNL. Go watch her work on The State...she's pretty awkward... But in fairness...her SNL hostings gigs (once she had all of her Friends experience) are pretty good...
Poor Charles Rocket. Such an excellent character actor, he's in so many beloved films. His suicide still upsets me. Such a tragic death.
In Wagons East and Delirious, he was hilarious."Form a human shield around me".
And "Max Headroom". He was brilliant as the slimy Ned Grossberg.
they don't mention he got fired for dropping an fbomb, which these days big deal but then they were much more strict. i liked him too very funny
Was great in Dumb and Dumber as the villian
@@nicktaylor2657 And It's Pat!
Damon Wayans' sketches weren't that bad, its just the fact that he pissed off Lorne and got fired mid-season that makes him a "Bad" cast member. Coincidentally, they wouldn't have another black cast member until Chris Rock 4years later. He was also notoriously underused.
and then he went to in living color too
@@adamandannanah man this was after In living color
@@zigman3105 Ummm...nope. It wasn't. He was on SNL first....then ILC 4 years later...
Well...if purposely sabotaging a sketch for your own amusement and disgreeing with writers and producers makes you a "bad" CM....then Damon was. Talented guy....funny guy...screwed himself.
Yeah SNL was super racist for a while. It's honestly baffling
Fun fact: RDJ was actually one of four asked back for 86-87 (with Dennis Miller Jon Lovitz and Nora Dunn). He declined when he realized Anthony Michael Hall wouldn’t be joining
FALLON ruined so many sketches. His higher profile (than Horatio Sans) meant he ruined higher profile sketches. I remember great sketches falling apart as they became all about whether Fallon would laugh, as he constantly showed pre-hysteric tremors. I'll grant that Fallon knocked it out of the park at times, but his constant "breaking the wall" by laughing was definitely an indicator he was NOT ready for prime time. He repeatedly broke the cardinal sin, setting him apart in SNL history as possibly the most notorious of the whole bunch. He also get worse at maintaining character over time, perhaps realizing it brought him attention? Vomitus!
By comparison, an example of a true professional from that era was Will Ferrell. Love him or hate him, he fought through such hilarious moments - crowd roaring with laughter, himself obviously struggling - but he always held onto a dead-pan face long enough to re-focus - using mental discipline (ahem, Falon take note), resulting in some of the funniest SNL sketches I have ever seen. But if he had broken down, BOOM - whole sketch would have been doomed to the "forgetful" category.
There's something funny about a comedian like Ferrell, who you can tell wants to break down, but battles on, to their credit, through a particularly funny sketch. But Fallon just ruins these sketches entirely with his mugging to the extent that they can't be recovered.
The fact that Fallon wasn't on here makes it hard for me to take this list seriously
I appreciate how you (for the most part) didn't insult their talent and highlighted other work that fared better.
I disagree with Horatio Sans as a choice, I think he was funny AF
You might be the only one
@@gavingambuzza1824 watch cork soakers. Sanz is fricking hilarious
His Aaron Neville was funny too
I remember noticing RD Jr and AMH looking stoned every time they were on screen together.
That was back before RDJ was sober.
@CoolPandaTheMovieNerd Yes,thank you. I should have mentioned that this was a bad time for both actors. I'm a fan of both, and am very happy that they are now completely sober and continue to work in film to this day.
Leslie Jones never learned her lines did sloppy impersonations and broke for no reason
And Victoria Jackson is now nuts.
So is Randy Quaid!
Why? What did she do?
No she's not, but the rest of Hollyweird has gone off the rails.
@@colleen4evermade anti-LGTBQ speeches and now makes appearances for a book banning organization.
@@annhenriques3520still nowhere near as bad as that corpulent fascist and myrr durr er, Alec Baldwin.
Garaffalo was great on The Ben Stiller show.
Gilbert Gottfried and Janeane Garofolo did splendid work after leaving SNL despite them not liking the work itself in that very studio.
What did Gottfried do that was splendid?
@@EyeTunz Weekend Update during that era, of course.
@@twist58 ??? Gottfried didn't do WU. Maybe as a one-off....but not an anchor...
@@bradyguy7701 Didn’t say he was an anchor, but definitely still involved with Weekend Update.
@@twist58 Yeah....your "of course" was pretty misleading. He may have appeared on WU a handful of times....not sure that's "of course". Either way, he was not particularly good or memorable on SNL. Gottfried was a very acquired taste...most never acquired it. He WAS perfect for Aladdin's Iago, I'll admit....but that voice affectation was hard to listen to...
Whatever, Jenny Slate was amazing. I loved her ad parodies.
I also thought she was great! Her Hoda Katby was hilarious!
I don't think she was given enough time to be considered bad.
Horatio Sanz being on here is blasphemy, I love him 😂
18:37: I can't help buy smile at bit at the sight of the future Tony Stark name dropping Spider-Man.
The only problem with Victoria Jackson is that she became "that crazy Christian lady."
She wasn't funny .
I gotta say, Brad Hall and Jim Belushi on You Win a Dollar is still one of my favorites.
"I'm thinking of a color. What is it?"
"Um, yellow?"
"No, I'm sorry, it was more of an off-yellow."
Just that close!
Sounds like the 30-Rock "show within a show" - "HOMYNYM". "Nope..it was the other one..."
I like that Joe Piscopo is so forgettable, he isn't even on this list.
How do you not mention that Charles Rocket was fired for dropping an f-bomb at the end of a show hosted by Charlene Tilton? It's legendary. Wow.
"Urban" legendary, maybe. Never been confirmed. Mostly he was an unhappy CM with an axe to grind...according to sources. He also hadn't been very good in the 5 months he was on. If he DOESN'T drop the F bomb....there's not one memorable thing about his SNL tenure... They thought he was going to be the next Chevy. He wasn't even close... Not one ounce of charisma...
Horatio Sanz nd Victoria Jackson were both pretty good on SNL.
I think they were both solid performers.
How about everyone who’s on the cast now? Because it ain’t funny.
19/20 ain't bad, but I can't agree with the assessment of Victoria Jackson. Six years was a great run and her comedy was in line with the rest of the cast. She may not have been a lead performer, but she was a strong support player. You missed Aristotle Athari, who could have taken her place on this list.
Victory rocked on SNL She was always funny & usually hilarious, plus she was absolutely beautiful, blonde, blue eyes & the cutest Harley Quinn voice (before Harley existed) 💗💗She should not be on this list, She should be on the list of SNL's most memorable & loved members!
@@ominousanonymous3593she wasn’t bad, but she was annoying off set. She kept trying to force her religion on her cast mates.
@@landonhudson9726 I'm not sure there's any proof of that. Can you please provide some sources??? Interviews?? Something? I've NEVER read that...anywhere...
@@bradyguy7701 it was documented by other cast members & writers in Tom Shales’ book Live from New York”
Al Franken on the your mom’s house podcast declared Steven Seagal the worst host.
Hell, Lorne Michaels said that he was the worst host. A LOT of people said that he was the worst, the only exception being Tina Fey who said that Paris Hilton was the worst and her interview on Howard Stern was hilarious.
@@davidhill2020 yeah its crazy some of the no talents they have host sometimes
Rob Schneider definitely belonged on this list!
Hated Filipino American huh ❤
Tim Robinson fits here as well. He wasn't as memorable when he was a cast member. Now that he has his own sketch comedy show, "I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson", you can really see how talented and hilarious he is.
I have always thought Colin Quinn was the worst weekend update host.
Colin’s thing seemed to me more like long-form comedy, rather than setup/quick punchline comedy. When he followed Norm Macdonald on Update, you could tell that he was more used to longer bits. I loved his Lenny the Lion stuff. WU just wasn’t really his cup of tea. It also felt like he was forced into the anchor desk after Norm was fired. (P.S.: Thanks, NBC execs, for not getting Norm’s humor. He was one of the best WU anchors. Mic drop.)
Victoria Jackson was great. Past the original cast, one of my favorites.
If it wasn’t for Victoria Jackson we wouldn’t have got Weird Al’s “Smells Like Nirvana”.
I liked Victoria Jackson She played her ditzy blonde character very well 😍
Because she wasn’t acting 😂
Jim Breur doing Joe Pesci & Goat Boy were hilarious
Lmao yeah.....legendary
Right up there with Will Ferrell Phil Hartman Dana Carvey Bill Hadar Cicely Strong and Kate Mckinnon
He's as funny as Iliza Schelisnger and her dinosaur noises
@@lockandloadlikehell the difference being she actually has some good jokes in her standup act, while Breuer just does goofy noises and faces and panders to the MAGA crowd
I have to disagree about Jim Belushi. He was a good stock character and reliable in his performances
Mr. Julia Louis Dreyfuss ...I didn't like that. Kinda disrespectful.
You were spot on. Everyone on this list was/ is talented but weren't a good fit. But SNL hasn't been funny for years and hasn't really tried for years. A good episode is only as good as the writing. And I hated Goat Boy.
I... AM NOT A BIMBO! favorite Victoria sketch
That entire 1980s lineup should be on here
Really??? Ever heard of Eddie Murphy? Billy Crystal?? Martin Short and Christopher Guest? Harry Shearer? Dana Carvey? Jan Hooks? Phil Hartman? Dennis MIller? Mike Myers?? Please do some research before you comment... Thanks.
Mid to late 80s (into early 90s) was one of the most talented legendary and highest-rated casts ever.
Are you on crack?
Jay Mohr did a HORRIBLE ROD STEWART TYPE OF CHARACTER dancing around and having a alot of energy and BOMB REALLY HARD I FELT BAD...
18:28 This Spider-Man: Homecoming outtake was best left on the cutting room floor. As was Tony Stark's idea for a new Iron Man suit that doubled as hand luggage.
Victoria Jackson's inclusion on this list is due to her politics. She was great as was all the cast members at that time. How Rob Schneider didn't make this is a mystery.
Man I loved Horatio Sanz. I was really sad when he was let go.
We're you really "sad"?
@@ME-zp9coEnglish, stupid- speak it.
I thought for sure that Melanie Hutsell would be on the list.
So did I! She was horrible!
Danitra Vance too
@@indubitablysoyall they didnt give her enough time
Her only character was Jan Brady.
@@marks.3303 Not true....but close. And not really worth a comment....LOL.
Lorne Michaels held Damien Wayans back.
or did he hold DAMON Wayans back...???
Chris Elliot wasn’t bad at all on SNL. I remember being excited that he got on the show, as it was right after the amazing “Get a Life” was canceled.
How was Damon Wayans here and not Rob Schneider or Jimmy Fallon?
They basically said Fallon was an honorable mention when they were talking about Sanz.
@@almightycinder That's still not on the list. Also, omitting Schneider altogether is the far bigger problem.
@@kgldude The Making Copies dude. His only significant character.
I loved Victoria Jackson because she could really Tap Dance and yes, she was really a ditz I guess! 😁👍👍
Jim Brewer also had a great Joe Pesci character
Genuinely funny. I quoted them all the time!
Holy cow, I almost had a coronary when they said Jim Belushi, because I instantly thought it was John Belushi they were talking about. I was like.... "WHAT THE F.....??!!! ARE YOU JOKING??!! HE'S ONE OF THE BEST CAST MEMBERS IN SAT..............oh wait, that's John Belushi. They said Jim Belushi........yeah....I get that."
Jim Belushi is the Julian Lennon of comedy. No talent and just made it because he was related to a dead legend.
@@SpamEggSausage He definitely wasn't his brother. I can think of only one or 2 movies I thought he was funny in. Red Heat and The Man With One Red Shoe. And that's about it.
Now....imagine BEING Jim Belushi.... Not easy.
Without Kevin Nealon, this list is dubious at best. The least funny person in the history of the show.
I guess you don't understand comedy (subtlety). Not everything needs to be Chris Farley yelling and screaming (subtlety). Sometimes there's a different way of being funny (subtle). But hey, everybody has their own opinion (you're wrong). You do you (push-up bra).
@@bradyguy7701 Lazy argument. "If you dont agree you dont get it". My 12 year old nephew used your same argument when I told him Justin Bieber wasnt a great musical artist, in spite of his sales. I dont think Farley was all that funny, either. One note comedy. If the only way you can make your point is with ad hominem attacks and the only way you know how to argue is to invent who I am and what I like in order to attack my point, you are just less than worthy. Nealon hasnt done anything worth noting since he left the show, with the exception of a few charity cameos and his comedy specials are usually very low rated. You love him, good for you. You are in the minority here. I like how you think subtle and not funny are synonymous. Good stuff.
I notice that the most of these cast members went on to have great careers in entertainment. I wouldn't feel too bad that they're the "worst" cast members on SNL. Leaving SNL is a mark of being confident enough to make it in the industry on their own.
Or being horrible and being fired. Tomato, tomato.
I mean Jim Breuer really was horrible.
I mean stupid people like stupid things, so, he was moderately successful afterwards, I suppose.
Victoria Jackson was fantastic on the show. She was in so many amazing skits
Right now RDJ probably would be praised being on it
Did you forget Terry Sweeney and Leslie Jones, with their consistently one-note performances?
I loved when Brooks Wheelan was on Celebrity Family Feud and he said he was a performer on SNL and Steve Harvey (Kenan Thompson) didn't believe him!
Colin Quinn had the unenviable task of immediately taking over Weekend Update after Norm McDonald was fired. It was a completely different flavor, but it worked. Sticking up for CQ here.
Victoria Jackson was huge on the show when her episodes were airing.......
How does this list not contain Leslie Jones?
Isn't she dead?
I agree with most of your picks except for Horatio Sanz. I always liked him & thought he was funny.
Especially since another one of their videos said he was underrated. Watch Mojo can’t make up their mind 🤦🏼♀️
@@SingingAudball 😂 That is funny 😆
I’m surprised to see Horatio Sanz on this list. I liked him
You're pretty dense if you can't enjoy colin and the tightly, visibly controlled sarcasam with colin and norm.. best weekend update co-anchors ever!🎉❤
Colin Quinn and Victoria Jackson? C'mon. I thought this was supposed to be the "Worst" cast members.
Pete Davidson should be number 1!
Why does every sketch show has to have the "Saturday Night Live" (1975-) thing every single time??? This is a list about Saturday Night Live so we already know it IS Saturday Night Live.
For the next time you're gonna do a list of some actor/character from certain shows, put the actual year/years that actor/character appeared on it and not the years the show was on.
That season where they added all the established stars like Garafalo, Chris Ellliott, Michael McKean and Mark McKinney was weird. It was kinda like the 85 season.
McKean joined the year before. It was sort of weird seeing a former host in the cast.
I think you mean the 1984 "all-star" season...
@@royalsfan That WAS odd, wasn't it I just watched the McKean-hosted show tonight. I think McKean could have easily been a Phil Hartman-like presence on the show...had they considered him before....or even after the debacle that was the 1994-05 season. McKean was tremendously talented, and his talent got lost a bit in the inanity of "Lenny", which only goes to PROVE his talent - a really smart guy playing a very dumb guy that convincingly...
@@royalsfan Well....he did only SIX episodes of 93-94...
I'm not sure anybody would have called Garafalo "established"...and most definitely not a "star". Reality Bites, half a season of The Ben Stiller Show and Larry Sanders...which very few people were watching at the time. The mainstream didn't know who she was... Even McKinney was not that well known here in the U.S. But did you know he had already been announcing on SNL for a decade when he finally became a CM???
Young Robert Downey Jr is basically Roman Roy on Succession.
Horatio Sans is only on this list because of his recent controversy. Sans was hilarious.
I didn't LOVE Sans, but you are right anyway. He was well liked in his time. He IS on this list as some sort of cheap posturing move. What he (allegedly/probably) did is wrong, but so is revisionist history, so?????
Sanz sucked.
Yeah, that’s a big old assumption on your part.
He wasn’t good.
Period
What made him hilarious exactly?
@@TimTE01 Seems like there were worse though.
Michael O'Donoghue practically invented SNL.
He does say the first line on the first show.
Every cast member from AT LEAST the last 5 years should all be on this list.
What a stupid comment.
A lot of them are powerful comedy legends. Love all of them.😍😍😍😍
Jim Belushi and Rob Riggle i think given a little bit more time on the air is what they needed.
Belushi had two...probably enough....he was a victim of the 1985 "Full Reboot"..but was certanly no worse than most of them. One year of Riggle was one year too many...NOT A FUNNY GUY!
Michael O'Donoghue is massively underrated
Come on!!! Colin Quinn was different, but he had some great moments on WU, I grew to enjoy his tenure. And Jim Brewer!? He killed it as Joe Peci.
I looked up Victoria Jackson's IMDb and was surprised that she's had 77 credits and has 4 upcoming projects. Except for a few years between 2017-2020, she's worked steadily, yet I haven't seen any of those 77 movies.
Kevin Sorbo has a similar resume.
@@fromthehaven94 I looked closer - she's big on the PureFlix channel, unsurprisingly. She's also a horrible homophobe.
And those "movies" are all rightwingnut fanatical christian trash, I'll bet.
Steven Seagal works steadily too in the same way porn actors do, being more about a volume business than about quality.
@@davidhill2020and Tom Hanks, same
For most of them, it didn't hurt their careers. This is why it's important to never give up on your dreams.
I have fond memories of Victoria Jackson. She never seemed like that great of an actress but there was a certain charm to her characters.
I always liked her.
"He's got aides baby!!" Jay Mohr/Dick Vitale 😂
I know John Belushi is considered one of the all time greatest SNL cast members, but I’ve never understood why. I’ve watched what are considered to be John Belushi’s best skits on SNL, and I remember only two of them made me laugh, not because of John’s performances, but because of how funny the writing was.
Agreed. Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray were far more versatile.
Agreed. Plus, he was an ass towards women AND was drugged up the wazoo most of the time.
@@DiscoSamurai Yeah, the fact that Chris Farley idolized him upsets me, knowing that it played a big part in Farley’s early death. Chris was far more talented than John ever was, and much kinder to women.
He was funny in animal house. You’ve got different taste in humor. Doesn’t mean he’s bad.
@@landonhudson9726 Yeah, I pretty clearly phrased everything in my comment as being my opinion. I even opened my comment by stating that Belushi is considered one of the all time greatest SNL cast members. I’ve only seen the “zit” joke from Animal House, and I didn’t think it was funny. I’ve always heard that Animal House is a comedy classic. I’ll probably check it out sometime, not for Belushi, but for its general reputation.
Horacio Sanz had his moments and was a decent cast member. Otherwise, good list.
How the hell did Victoria Jackson stay on the show for so long?
She was pretty amusing, in general.
Because she was alot better than this list gives her credit for, she was decent but not great. Stooge from One SNL A Day has a pretty good appraisal of her strengths and weaknesses as a cast member.
13:53- But I liked Colin Quinn! I thought he gave a great Weekend Update!
Jim Breuer shouldn't be on this list, he was very funny on SNL.
I agree with all except for Horatio Sans and Victoria Jackson. They added a lot to their seasons where the others took away from the casts.
Horatio Sanz? Come on now.
Horatio Sanz was actually a good and dependable cast member. He suffers due to Fallon's horseshit and if you noticed when Sanz is in sketches without Fallon, he delivers.
Victoria Jackson is one of the main reasons why I started watching Saturday Night Live in the first place (once I was old enough to stay up so late).
😍😍😍😍😍😍
I agree, when she was the passenger in the car driven by Toonces the cat that drives she always cracked me up!!😅
I definitely don't agree with some of these being the top 20. There are 164 cast members to work with--they could have just taken the top 20 least memorable, shortest tenure, truly worst. But that may have been a boring or duly unfair video (Paul Brittain, Luke Null, Pamela Stephenson, Dan Vitale, etc.). I never thought I'd defend Victoria Jackson, but she was a pretty good cast member! If she was that bad they would have canned her, but she was on for years. Even after she was off the show, her line on the SNL 25 special was pitch perfect (standing up in the audience during the 'audience questions' bit and asking "hey, it's nice to see everyone and all, but I have a question--What ever happened to me?").
Most of these cast members are hilarious and brilliant but unfortunately or fortunately achieved their greatest success after Saturday Night Live