SNL 40th Aniv Show

[FreeCandy44]

Explain to me how Will Ferrell in a ill fitting t shirt screaming about a cowbell is funny. :)

[pittsports87]

Will Ferrell is a horrible actor.

[tifosi77]

I'd have an easier time explaining cold fusion.

You either get it, or you don't.

[DudeMan2766]

Walken to me made the cowbell sketch. And it was funny because back then Ferrall was still in his early days of wearing goofy outfits and screaming. Problem is 10 years later that's still all he's got in the holster.

[count2infinity]

Will Ferrell is a horrible actor.

Name one SNL actor that would be considered a "great" award winning actor...

[shmenguin]

Will Ferrell is a horrible actor.

Name one SNL actor that would be considered a "great" award winning actor...

[count2infinity]

Talk about leading me down the rabbit hole of "people you didn't know were SNL cast members"... thanks a lot.

[DudeMan2766]

Damon Wayans and Gilbert Gottfried too. Holy crap. I had no idea.

[Factorial]

My guess is that Rolling Stone was trying to avoid complete irrelevance by making a BS list that would get people talking about Rolling Stone.

This is a publication that once ranked the greatest rock guitar players and put Eddie Van Halen at #70 (four spots below Vernon Reid, and eight spots behind something called 'Zoot Horn Rollo')

I think they were being kind by putting EVH at 70.

As for Zoot Horn Rollo, anyone with knowledge of rock history and his playing in Captains Beefheart's Magic Band would understand him being on that list.

From 1969:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZFG1yAxjdQ[/youtube]

[JS©]

So apparently Eddie Murphy was originally slated to play Bill Cosby on Celeb Jeopardy but turned it down.

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It's a lengthy read thanks to Norm MacDonald not knowing how to use Twitlonger.

[MRandall25]

Will Ferrell is a horrible actor.

Name one SNL actor that would be considered a "great" award winning actor...

John Belushi had some acting chops.

[TPW]

Sandler can act when he's not in charge of the movie.

[count2infinity]

I understand that some of the people from SNL can act, but when looking for phenomenal actors, SNL is not the first place I'm going to go looking. That's all I was trying to say.

[newarenanow]

Will Ferrel in Elf was the best.

[dodint]

The best what?

[Nuge]

The best what?

Actor playing a human that thought he was an elf in a 2003 film.

[count2infinity]

elf... c'mon man. read.

[dodint]

The best what?

Actor playing a human that thought he was an elf in a 2003 film.

Ah, okay. I can sign off on that.

[newarenanow]

The best what?

Actor playing a human that thought he was an elf in a 2003 film.

This man gets it.

[Stoosh]

Will Ferrell is a horrible actor.

Name one SNL actor that would be considered a "great" award winning actor...

Did most of the SNL cast members come from backgrounds/educations that would gear them to transitioning from sketch comedy to award-winning acting roles? I'm asking honestly because I'm not sure. I think most of the people who came through SNL casts arrived directly through standup comedy, other sketch comedy outfits, or they were writers who eventually transitioned over to sketch comedy parts.

Take someone like Robin Williams. Williams made his name within the industry first as a standup comedian in the early-mid 1970s before the role on Mork & Mindy forced him into the mainstream. Prior to that, though, he was a good enough actor to attend Julliard on a scholarship and gain acceptance as a freshman into their Advanced Program. In fact, he was so good at Julliard that in his junior year, John Houseman (Director of Julliard's Drama Division) told Williams to drop out because there was nothing left for him to learn there.

This isn't to diminish talents of the SNL cast members or their backgrounds in the slightest...I just don't know that many of them had the natural acting chops that translate to the types of roles that eventually win major awards.

[meecrofilm]

Will Ferrell is a horrible actor.

Name one SNL actor that would be considered a "great" award winning actor...

Surprisingly, no one has mentioned Bill Murray yet.

[count2infinity]

Will Ferrell is a horrible actor.

Name one SNL actor that would be considered a "great" award winning actor...

Did most of the SNL cast members come from backgrounds/educations that would gear them to transitioning from sketch comedy to award-winning acting roles? I'm asking honestly because I'm not sure. I think most of the people who came through SNL casts arrived directly through standup comedy, other sketch comedy outfits, or they were writers who eventually transitioned over to sketch comedy parts.

Take someone like Robin Williams. Williams made his name within the industry first as a standup comedian in the early-mid 1970s before the role on Mork & Mindy forced him into the mainstream. Prior to that, though, he was a good enough actor to attend Julliard on a scholarship and gain acceptance as a freshman into their Advanced Program. In fact, he was so good at Julliard that in his junior year, John Houseman (Director of Julliard's Drama Division) told Williams to drop out because there was nothing left for him to learn there.

This isn't to diminish talents of the SNL cast members or their backgrounds in the slightest...I just don't know that many of them had the natural acting chops that translate to the types of roles that eventually win major awards.

That's pretty much exactly what I'm trying to say. Calling someone who is a comedian a horrible actor doesn't seem quite fair. Most SNL cast come through comedy clubs and things like that. It's apples and oranges really.

[MWB]

Yeah, that's definitely the case. Many SNL people came from Second City or stand up.
The book Live From New York is good and takes a look at where people came from.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Did any SNL cast member win an individual Oscar, Golden Globe or Emmy?

I can't think of any off the top of my head

[MWB]

Bill Murray?