Which Saturday Night Live cast was the best?

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   EJ Lambertposted 11 years ago

   Which Saturday Night Live cast was the best?
   
   It's an argument that has raged for decades about decades.  Which mainstay Saturday Night Live cast stood above its peers?

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   Tim Chirilloposted 11 years ago

   well the orginal was good. But that one year (don't remember sometime in the 80's)? When they had Billy Crystal and Christopher Quest was very good...but it only lasted one year

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Makes you wonder what could've been.

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   ParadigmEnactedposted 11 years ago

   The one from the early nineties which featured Sandler, Farley, and a lot great secondary cast members simultaneously. If I'm not mistaken, Will Ferrell probably started while at least one of them was still active.

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Phil Hartman was in that group.  That was my personal favorite as well.  So much talent it almost went an entire night without a lull in skits.

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      FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I miss Phil Hartman!!

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      Stina Caxeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I have to agree with the early 90's, but I think every group has some great stars.

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   Motown2Chitownposted 11 years ago

   Mid eighties to early nineties, I think.  The one that included Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson, Phil Hartmann, Nora Dunn...always my very favorite!

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That was the group that really saved the show.  Up to that point it had that Brat Pack feel where only Jon Lovitz was considered salvageable.  Highly underrated crew.

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      Motown2Chitownposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Agreed.  I always felt, too, that they were the most 'naturally' funny group.  It never seemed that they were 'working' to grab a laugh, you know?

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      True.  What made them so unique was at times they were so good they made each other laugh.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

   I'm an old fart so count me in with a vote for Chevy, Dan, John, Laraine, Jane and Garret...

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Don't forget Bill Murray.

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      FatFreddysCatposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Of course, Bill was great too

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   duffsmomposted 11 years ago

   I discovered SNL in about 1974 or 75.  Chevy Chase, John Belusi, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtain, and several others. It was outrageous for the time but so funny.  I never cared for it as much after they were all gone.

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      EJ Lambertposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Back then it was very edgy.  I still remember Jane and Dan going at it on Weekend Update.

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