Omg THANK YOU for putting Kristen Wiig in the overrated category!!!!!!!
SNL 40: Ahh the Memories
Editorial | February 14, 2015 4:36 pm
By IRiSH
Growing up in the 80's and 90's, SNL was such a highlight of my childhood. We looked forward to it every week because it was such a one of kind television experience. Being prior to the internet age and cable reruns, it was only on once a week and you were lucky to catch off season reruns during the summer. It wasn't even until sometime in the 90's when we started seeing VHS collections. Eddie Murphy's being the first I ever saw. We wore that tape out so much that we went through more than one.
For well over a week now, when the TV's been on this house, it's been tuned to VH1Classic. Aside from a few shows on my dvr, I've watched nothing but the SNL Rewind once they hit the mid 90's. They're down to the golden era of the 70's now leading up the the live 40th Anniversary special tomorrow night. Yes, I even sat through a number of the dreadful early 80's episodes, which I'd never seen many in their entirety, if not just for the diamonds in the rough that were Eddie Murphy's sketches. Having viewed episodes from every era now I wanted to offer my personal rankings and favorites.
Best Actors:
Female: Gilda Radner
Male: Phil Hartman
Worst Actors:
Female: Victoria Jackson
Male: Tim Kazurinsky (early 80's)
Most Underrated Actors:
Female: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Male: Garret Morris
Most Overrated Actors:
Female: Kristen Wiig
Male: Dennis Miller
Best Recurring Characters:
Eddie Murphy's Buckwheat and Gumby
Gilda Radner's Barbara Walters
Bill Swarski's Superfans
Phil Hartman's Anal Retentive Chef or Carpenter
Chris Farley's Matt Foley
Worst Recurring Characters:
John Lovitz's Master Thespian
Jim Breuer's Goat Boy
Chris Kattan's Monkey Boy
Most Overrated Recurring Characters:
Will Ferrel and Cheri Oteri's Chearleaders
Best Politician Impersonations:
Dana Carvey's George Bush
Phil Hartman's Bill Clinton
Tina Fey's Sarah Palin
Best Weekend Update Anchor/s:
Really torn between Tina Fey & Amy Poehler or Jane Curtain & Dan Aykroyd
Worst Weekend Update Anchor/s:
Brad Hall (Early 80's)
Best Weekend Update Correspondents:
Gilda Radner's Roseanne Roseannadanna
Don Novello's Father Guido Sarducci
Kevin Nealon's Mr. Subliminal
Dana Carvey's Grumpy Old Man
Worst Weekend Update Correspondents:
Tim Kazurinsky's Dr. Jack Badofsky
John Lovitz's Annoying Man
Victoria Jackson
Best Guest Hosts:
70's - Steve Martin
80's - Tom Hanks
90's - Alec Baldwin
2000-Present - Peyton Manning or Justin Timberlake
Worst Guest Hosts
Ron Nessen (Gerald Ford's Press Secretary)
Brandon Tartikoff (President of NBC in early 80's)
Best Musical Guest:
Frank Zappa cause he's the only musical act to ever ask Don Pardo to sit in on vocals
Best Commercials:
Colon Blow
Bassomatic
Big Red
Schmidt's Gay
Best Game Shows:
Das ist Jeopardy
Mike Myers' Crazy Japanaese Game Show
Jeopardy
Best Shorts:
Eddie Murphy Goes White
Deiter's Dream aka Whorenun
I was torn when choosing the worst actors so I picked ones who were on the show for more than two seasons. Don't get me started on Robert Downy Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall.
I offered most of this up as a post on facebook the other day and it sparked disappointingly and surprisingly little discussion. So I thought I'd post it here as well and see if anyone here has anything to offer on the subject. I'd love to see who were some of your favorites and least favorites.
Keywords: SNL, SNL40, VH1, NBC
