Your Fantasy SNL Cast.

A fellow SNL Fan sent me around an email in which his friends decided who they would want in their Favorite SNL Cast of all time.

The rules were simple, 8 Males, 4 Females. Then he posted a spreadsheet and people sent around emails discussing the picks...I was happy to be included, and since I haven't posted a blog in a while, I figured, why not bring it to the foundation so that you can try it out yourself.

Here's a link to help you remember who the castmembers were:

http://snl.jt.org/cast/listcast.phtml

So here's my cast, and the reason why I picked them...

Males:

John Belushi. I mean, I needed one classic cast member on there. And come on now, Joe Cocker? Belushi was great.

Chris Farley. I decided to keep the fat dead guy theme going. Also, the skit with him and greatly coiffed Patrick Swayze as Chippendale's dancers is one of the greatest things ever put on film.

Dana Carvey. When I was growing up, It was all about Carvey, Chopping Brocolli, Church Lady Wayne's World...which brings us to:

Mike Meyers. Again, Wayne's World. And Lothar of the Hill People, and Coffee Talk, all brilliant in my opinion.

At the halfway point we are definitely top heavy on the late 80's early 90's, let's try to change that a bit...

Will Ferrell...I mean, I think I'd put him in here JUST for his work as James Lipton, but throw in Alex Trebek, Cowbell and Neil Diamond Storyteller, and you just have a winner.

Adam Sandler, I'll admit, I loved Opera Man. Moreso than the Crazy Costume guy or Cajun Man. I also think that the skits where he played Shannen Doherty's ex boyfriend, and the "You Can't Get There From Here" is worth it. Plus I'm giving him lots of credit for Billy Madison, which I know isn't an SNL skit, but I do love it so.

Norm MacDonald...again, I think this is mostly because I LOVE Norm MacDonald. I mean, his voice alone cracks me up. Also his work as fake Burt Reynolds on Celebrity Jeopardy alone gets him on this list. And he can help out on Weekend Update.

To finish out the list...I went with Darrel Hammond. And I'm not even sure why, I think because of his Clinton, and definitely the Sean Connery stuff on Celebrity Jeopardy...I love Celebrity Jeopardy, And to give some credence to the new cast, although he's been on so long, it isn't like he's really new or anything.

Female

Now these two, I'll admit I'm including because I've had a fantasy about having a threesome with them on the weekend update desk for a while now....

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. So Hot!

Next I went with Molly Shannon...I think she did some great work, people seem to remember her mostly for Mary Catherine Gallagher, but she did a lot more in my opinion. Especially her work as Monica Lewinsky...with John Goodman as Linda Tripp.

Finally, I had to go Old School and go with Gilda Radner...She was Just great...Roseanne Rosanadanah, Barbara Wawa and the old lady on Weekend Update that would get corrected and then say Never Mind.

So there it is, it's not so much a glorification of my opinions as I'm opening the floor to you, the foundation to give your own lists, and to criticize mine.

Also, A personal note...I will be moving to Somerville soon!

This means that Duffless and I will probably never get to use the "Sides of the River" idea in a post, but it does mean that there will be a higher concentration of Awesomeness on the Cambridge Somerville side of the river...I look forward to much drinking of cheap beer and eating of good food in the davis/teele area!