Yes it has. Born off the backs of John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Lorraine Newman, Jane Curtain, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. Ceased to be funny afterwards and has been on life support ever since.
Yes it has. Born off the backs of John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Lorraine Newman, Jane Curtain, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd.
“Ceased to be funny afterwards and has been on life support ever since.”
Well, there were some that were funny later and went on to successful careers in movies and other forms of entertainment.
Dennis Miller, Rob Scheider, Jon Lovitz, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and David Spade come to mind.
But after that generation, whoever has been on that show is so obscure they can probably walk around in public without fear of being recognized.
There were some really great comedians after the original cast: Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Billy Crystal, Phil Hartmann, Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Chris Farley, Fred Armisen, Darrell Hammond, Bill Hader, Kenan Thompson, Will Ferrell and Norm MacDonald were standouts. I'm not fond of Tinal Fey, but she is multi-talented and has had a continuing career after she left. I did like Ana Gasteyer, Nora Dunn and Cheri Oteri. Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Seinfeld fame also got her start on SNL.