Best SNL generation ever?

[Jelly]

I'm not sure about the best, but the worst it the current generation.

[Jelly]

Also, you left off some of the most talented (Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz) and included the no-talents (Adam Sandler, Chris Farley)

[SpursWoman]

Because "it was the generation you grew up in" doesn't make it the funniest by default...


The 80's was the best. Weekend update has never been the same since Dennis Miller left the show....

[SpursWoman]

I'm not sure about the best, but the worst it the current generation.

Definitely...it sucks now.

[samikeyp]

Weekend update has never been the same since Dennis Miller left the show....

very true!

[Vashner]

Yea Weekend update is now Bush bash update... that's all the focus on.

Not that political humor is not ok.. hey fine if they want to do that.. but sometimes it's not funny..

[samikeyp]

To be fair though....when Clinton was in office it was the same thing, and Bush sr, and Reagan and Carter. All the presidents have taken a lot of from SNL over the years. Phil Hartman's Reagan imitation was underrated.

[Jelly]

Phil Hartman's Reagan imitation was underrated.

as was Jon Lovitz's Mike Dukakis

[samikeyp]

ACTING!

[Jelly]

or, remember this...

"I can't believe I'm losing to this guy"

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Dennis Miller was the best weekend update guy of all time. Wait. No it's a tie between him and Kevin Nealon.

I liked them both. Miller was so much less conservative back then.

[SpursWoman]

Oh crap, I forgot about him....I liked Kevin Nealon at it, too.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Norm McDonald was good too, but he had a very different style than we were accustomed to. I liked him, others HATED him. Remember when he kept referring back to "Clinton's bent penis" over and over again?

Rofl

[Jekka]

Norm McDonald was good too, but he had a very different style than we were accustomed to. I liked him, others HATED him. Remember when he kept referring back to "Clinton's bent penis" over and over again?

Rofl

Norm McDonald was great - Colin Quinn is my vote for worst Weekend Update.

[ObiwanGinobili]

Norm McDonald was great - Colin Quinn is my vote for worst Weekend Update.

i agree with you there. And I absolutely love colin quinn. but weekend update was not a place he shoulda been.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Norm McDonald was great - Colin Quinn is my vote for worst Weekend Update.

Hahahaha, yeah he was less funny than Jimmy Fallon.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Hahahaha, yeah he was less funny than Jimmy Fallon.

Jimmy Fallon was the most worthless Weekend Update guy ever. Did he ever get through reading a single damn joke off the teleprompter without laughing like a six year old? And then they'd cart out that tub Horatio Sanz and they would giggle at each other like they were high or something.

I'd give Nealon the nod for the best anchor there, although nothing will ever top the Dan Akroyd-Jane Curtin "Point/Counterpoint" discussion.

"Jane, you ignorant ..."

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Jimmy Fallon was the most worthless Weekend Update guy ever. Did he ever get through reading a single damn joke off the teleprompter without laughing like a six year old? And then they'd cart out that tub Horatio Sanz and they would giggle at each other like they were high or something.

I'd give Nealon the nod for the best anchor there, although nothing will ever top the Dan Akroyd-Jane Curtin "Point/Counterpoint" discussion.

"Jane, you ignorant ..."

OMG you hit it right on the nail.
I've never seen someone break character and laugh during a skit so much as Jimmy Fallon, and somehow get praised for it. It was like his 'thing' was to break character and laugh....so ing weak.

I like Horatio Sanz, because his fatness makes him funny. But Jimmy Fallon was ridiculously un-funny.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Keenan is on SNL and Kel is hosting a dance show on UPN lol.
Give me mad tv any day. At least they got people who do damn good impressions.

[Fonzie]

The 70's were cool.

[bigzak25]

70's
Dan Aykroyd (good comic, funny guy)

John Belushi (GREAT comic, much pain, died tragically)

Chevy Chase (good comic, too arrogant, only funny in seems like old times Vacation, and Fletch, oh and 3 Amigos!)

Speaking of which, STEVE MARTIN!!! Awesome Comic and Actor!

Bill Murray (good comic, Great actor, getting his rewards late in his career)

80's
Eddie Murphy (ONE of the GREATEST comics, needs to reclaim his 1984 edge, I want bev hills cop 4, goes down in detroit...Axel Foley is an Awesome Character...I want to see him again)

Billy Crystal (Great Comic)

Martin Short (good comic)

Dennis Miller (good comic, very smart, and conservative now, so thats a plus )

90's -Mike Myers (great comic, funny and loyal to his wife and family)

Dana Carvey (great comic, one of my favorites)

Chris Farley (GREAT comic, like belushi, much pain, dies tragically)

Chris Rock (Great comic, very funny, very smart, no bull , tells it like it is)

David Spade (okay comic. is best as sidekick. i.e. to farley, i.e. to everyone on that tv show he was on, will now have the Hollywood minute spinoff show...where he makes fun of everyone famous...he's good at it...it's where he started, but the poking of celebrities will burn bridges for him, I like him...i hope it works out)

Adam Sandler (Great comic, was very insecure, many characters from that...but has much control over emotions which is what comedy is all about)

Will Ferrell (has gotten better...he's a funny guy that is living off Frank the Tank fame...never saw anchorman...it looked boring...never saw bewtiched, never saw that soccer movie he made...i liked Night at the Roxbury with him and Kattan...never liked his cheerleader routines, but i Love his Jeopardy fights with Connery and I loved his Bush impersonation and of course Harry Carey impersonations...)

00's
-Darrell Hammond (very funny, very underated)

Horatio Sanz (headliner face and body, his talent is catching up)

Jimmy Fallon (pretty face with talent, but Godbless him, he's made me laff a few times),

Tracy Morgan (very funny, miss him on the show)

Ana Gasteyer (she's hilarious as well, i'll never forget her salty balls skit with alec baldwin...i think she did the Martha Stewart impressions as well...)

Tina Fey (what can I say, brilliant woman, very smart, and yeah, very pretty...I have a small crush on her, but I think it's just her talent...and long brunette hair and glasses...)

As many have said, do not forget

Phil Hartman (one of the BEST EVER on the show, sadness, died tragically)

John Lovitz (very funny)

there is another lady that I had a crush on in the late 80's early 90's...can't remember...maybe Jan Hooks, but i'm not sure...

and don't forget Sarah Silverman who is Awesome, but was never used properly on the show....

and Janeane Garroffalo (spelling) as she was VERY good on the show as well...

I voted 80's, but so much talent in the 90's....

if Eddie was on the show in 85?

I'm gonna cheat and vote 85-95 years....

[ClintSquint]

There must be some young voters.

[tlongII]

The 70's was the best by far. Chevy Chase was the best at Weekend Update. I choose the original.

[MiNuS]

90's SNL!

The most talented and most created of all the generations.


1)90's
2)80's
3)70's
4)00's

IMO

I was only in kinder in 1979.


edit: Horatio Sanz is the funniest of the new crew.He's funny looking.

[2Blonde]

70's

Landshark
Samurai Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Pepsi
Emily Litella (Gilda Radner)
Weekend Update w/Chevy Chase
Rosanne Rosannadanna
The Coneheads
Point/Counterpoint