Can we call G.E. Smith a character? I always wanted to see an indie movie where G.E. Smith and Nicko McBrain played Siamese twins. Take that to f’n Sundance!
my co-worker’s step-mother makes $84/hour on the computer. She has been out of work for 8 months but last month her income was $7457 just working on the computer for a few hours. Here’s the site to read more… LazyCash10.com
Wiig and Armisen as the two people who sing on Weekend Update in the vests and make shit up as they go along are horrible. And having Seth Myers as head writer and Weekend Update anchor is pretty bad too.
Mango. Hands down Mango. In fact, Chris Kattan was the reason I stopped watching SNL. If there was a less talented, less funny person on Planet Earth, we have not yet discovered them.
I love Armisen and a good amount of his characters (his most underrated work is as one of the production guys on Bill Hader’s Italian guy talk show) but I agree about Billy Smith as well as now Nicholas Fehn – the political comedian who just holds up newspapers. Sometimes his reactions are good but it’s just the same non joke again and again.
His Roger Brush character always fucking cracks me up though. He’s the producer of those lady type talk shows who always has to fill in for the absent host and answer personal questions from the audience…..that stuff always makes me die laughing when he finally hears their weird question and gives some odd advice.
After looking at this list I realize that annoying stuff of the ’80s and ’90s is nowhere near as annoying as annoying stuff from today.
Basically, anytime Armisen is on Weekend Update (either as one of his solo characters or with a partner), the best move is to change the channel until his bit is done.
As for Wiig, she was a bright spot at SNL until the new cast came on board. Now she’s basically just trying to stay relevant.
#1 should have been, without a doubt, Chris Kattan. And I don’t mean any of his characters. I just mean him. He should be #1 on any list about anything bad about SNL. Even if the list is “Worst black female cast members in SNL history”…..#1? Chris Kattan.
And I actually kind of like The Ladies Man, and the movie wasn’t the worst SNL spinoff by a long shot. Ooohhh….ith a lady.
Oh. And where in the hell is Mary Catherine Gallagher? Goddamn that was awful.
Ladies Man, Mango, The Felps and Church Lady don’t deserve on this list. They were good in their day. The Church lady sketch with Bieber was pretty good.
In Conclusion, this was a terrible list that drew way too much on the 90′s. Also, Stefon (was great until it became Bill Hader in stupid clothes laughing at random shit that was changed on the fly), Kristin Wig’s “Just Kidding” character and the Vogalchecks are noticeably missing on this list.
I think David Spade’s character as the Gap Girl was mainly to put Chris Farely in drag. LAY OFF ME I’M STARVING!
Ladies Man has some saving grace because occasionally it’s fun to tell a strange woman that ‘it looks like somebody stole two fine hams and shoved them down the back of your dress.’ just to see what type of reaction it gets.
The Ladies Man is funny. That, Hebrew Hammer, and Boat Trip are my favorite terrible movies. Sometimes you need cheap laughs, and those movies deliver if you go into them with zero expectations and some cheap bourbon. Or Courvoisier.
This list should actually be pretty boring: nothing but Armisen and Wiig characters in the top 10, including that thing where they’re the singing couple.
Also, I liked the Culps, if only because they lampooned the patchouli-smelling teachers that so populated my middle school.
Because the writing staff is terrible. That’s the only other explanation. Otherwise, they’d be grinding Will Smith and Denzel into our brains and Pharoah would be Obama.
I liked the Jay Pharoah talk show this past weekend. Poked fun at how he only does impressions. Some people, no matter how talented they are as comedians, just don’t work on SNL (see also: Rock, Chris)
Tracey Morgan is like that, too. He was totally the token black guy for most of his time there, but Brian Fellow was one of the funniest sketches ever.
SNL has always ignored that only certain cast members can make recurring characters funny. Amy Poehler’s “Amber” was as one-note as they come but she was hilarious every time. Maybe they just need an enforcer on the show who isn’t afraid to tell Wiig that Gilly and Target lady are horrible.
Do they still do “Gilly” with no Will Forte? That seems wrong. I don’t know if it’s so much that they need an enforcer as they need writers that aren’t as lazy as to keep doing these horrible characters over and over.
I also think that the Target Lady is far more egregious than Gilly.
Wiig is extremely talented, but especially when she first started on the show, she was in so many sketches and they let her especially bad ones continue, that my friends and I were sure she was sleeping with Lorne Michaels. I’m also pretty done with all of the Justin Timberlake sketches that they rehash every time he comes on the show.
I had never seen Gilly before. WOW, she’s terrible.
Although the first sketch on Hulu that comes up for Gilly does feature Casey Wilson with the best line of the whole thing: “I’m sorry; in the bum’s ass.”
Patty: Really? Wilson’s time on SNL is the reason I’ve never watched Happy Endings. I always thought she was the exact opposite of funny. Guess I’m going to have to catch up now…
Maybe it’s because I have such fond memories of Kenan chilling in a bathtub on All That, but he doesn’t bug me. I think “What’s Up with That?” is pretty great, and his dumber characters, like Beef Jelly and DJ Dynasty Handbag, are funny enough. Not a fan of Scared Straight, though.
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Can we call G.E. Smith a character? I always wanted to see an indie movie where G.E. Smith and Nicko McBrain played Siamese twins. Take that to f’n Sundance!
Directed by David Lynch.
I registered just so I could say, goddamn, do I fucking hate Kristen Wiig. Jesus, how I hate her.
my co-worker’s step-mother makes $84/hour on the computer. She has been out of work for 8 months but last month her income was $7457 just working on the computer for a few hours. Here’s the site to read more… LazyCash10.com
You like-a the juice? The juice, she’s a good?
Wiig and Armisen as the two people who sing on Weekend Update in the vests and make shit up as they go along are horrible. And having Seth Myers as head writer and Weekend Update anchor is pretty bad too.
Mango. Hands down Mango. In fact, Chris Kattan was the reason I stopped watching SNL. If there was a less talented, less funny person on Planet Earth, we have not yet discovered them.
The Culps deserving inclusion reminds me, can anyone remember something Ana Gasteyer did on SNL that was funny?
Topless Martha Stewrart, Shwetty Balls
Next up: “UPROXX writers who should have been a one-off.”
moded!
Cajun Boy > Opera Man, but Herlihy Boy? Nah, bro, nah
Ugh, Canteen Boy was horrible.
I love Armisen and a good amount of his characters (his most underrated work is as one of the production guys on Bill Hader’s Italian guy talk show) but I agree about Billy Smith as well as now Nicholas Fehn – the political comedian who just holds up newspapers. Sometimes his reactions are good but it’s just the same non joke again and again.
His Roger Brush character always fucking cracks me up though. He’s the producer of those lady type talk shows who always has to fill in for the absent host and answer personal questions from the audience…..that stuff always makes me die laughing when he finally hears their weird question and gives some odd advice.
How about Lawrence Welk? I can’t stand that one.
After looking at this list I realize that annoying stuff of the ’80s and ’90s is nowhere near as annoying as annoying stuff from today.
Basically, anytime Armisen is on Weekend Update (either as one of his solo characters or with a partner), the best move is to change the channel until his bit is done.
As for Wiig, she was a bright spot at SNL until the new cast came on board. Now she’s basically just trying to stay relevant.
That techno music talk show with Kenan Thompson. Kevin Nealon’s subliminal man was stupid too.
Yelling at home made gilly videos is officially my new release.
Also whats “disposable yogurt”?
Its probably easier to just list the recurring characters that should have gotten more than 2-3 recurrences.
I will say Dieter on Sprockets, Stefon, Wayne’s World, Harry Caray, Da Bears fans, and Mr. Robinson’s neighborhood.
I humbly submit Nick Burns, Your Company’s Computer Guy.
#1 should have been, without a doubt, Chris Kattan. And I don’t mean any of his characters. I just mean him. He should be #1 on any list about anything bad about SNL. Even if the list is “Worst black female cast members in SNL history”…..#1? Chris Kattan.
And I actually kind of like The Ladies Man, and the movie wasn’t the worst SNL spinoff by a long shot. Ooohhh….ith a lady.
Oh. And where in the hell is Mary Catherine Gallagher? Goddamn that was awful.
I think Chris Kattan and Keenan Thompson are fighting for that number 1 spot.
Keenan Thompson is far superior to Chris Kattan for one singular reason…..
Just seeing him has never made me want to strangle a baby duck.
Ladies Man, Mango, The Felps and Church Lady don’t deserve on this list. They were good in their day. The Church lady sketch with Bieber was pretty good.
In Conclusion, this was a terrible list that drew way too much on the 90′s. Also, Stefon (was great until it became Bill Hader in stupid clothes laughing at random shit that was changed on the fly), Kristin Wig’s “Just Kidding” character and the Vogalchecks are noticeably missing on this list.
I think David Spade’s character as the Gap Girl was mainly to put Chris Farely in drag. LAY OFF ME I’M STARVING!
Ladies Man has some saving grace because occasionally it’s fun to tell a strange woman that ‘it looks like somebody stole two fine hams and shoved them down the back of your dress.’ just to see what type of reaction it gets.
I submit Nicholas Fehn and everything Kenan Thompson has ever done. I like Ferecito.
No way about Kenan. Lorenzo McIntosh is always great. I’ve also been fond of Virginiaca. Ta-dow!
I like googie rene, SHIA!
The Ladies Man, really? You’re trolling, come on.
He was fine the first, maybe second, time. Seventeen appearances later: UGH.
I’m pro Ladies Man, I could’ve easily done with more of that and less of whatever Mr. Peepers was doing that week.
The Falconer. Will Forte is a model human being, but that shit was atrocious.
And yeah, Target Lady/Kat and Garth should both be present.
The Spartan Cheerleaders & Delicious Dish.
/end discussion.
The Ladies Man is funny. That, Hebrew Hammer, and Boat Trip are my favorite terrible movies. Sometimes you need cheap laughs, and those movies deliver if you go into them with zero expectations and some cheap bourbon. Or Courvoisier.
I wouldn’t watch even THIS gilly “parody” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pnZGllB8vo
Mike Meyers. Coffee Talk. It’s just the worst.
Okay, the current worst offender is the goddamn kissing family. IT’S GROSS. WE GET IT. STOP DOING IT.
Also, you know which recurring characters I miss? The Two A-Holes.
Anything that can lead to a Paul Rudd cameo is fine in my book
PREACH! I caught one of their old sketches – the manger, I think – on Hulu last week and that was Jason Sudeikis at his finest.
Babe. Babe. Hey, babe.
The two-dudes-kissing-because-it’s-funny joke wore out about five years ago.
It is played out. We should just have more two girls kissing scenes…I bet those are funny. Abby Elliot + Nasim Pedrad maing out could be hilarious.
This list should actually be pretty boring: nothing but Armisen and Wiig characters in the top 10, including that thing where they’re the singing couple.
Also, I liked the Culps, if only because they lampooned the patchouli-smelling teachers that so populated my middle school.
Mikey Myers’ character Simon, the kid in the bathtub who did drawings. Myers had too much power on the show at that point. Never funny.
Agreed, not to mention his Coffee Talk lady character.
Phillip was the shit, though. That kid REALLY liked candy.
Also, does anybody wonder why Jay Pharoah hardly ever gets to do anything besides occasional impressions?
Because the writing staff is terrible. That’s the only other explanation. Otherwise, they’d be grinding Will Smith and Denzel into our brains and Pharoah would be Obama.
Not as much as I wonder why Fred Armison decided he’d like to get into the comedy biz.
I liked the Jay Pharoah talk show this past weekend. Poked fun at how he only does impressions. Some people, no matter how talented they are as comedians, just don’t work on SNL (see also: Rock, Chris)
Tracey Morgan is like that, too. He was totally the token black guy for most of his time there, but Brian Fellow was one of the funniest sketches ever.
Sorry
kayyyyyyyyyyyyy teeeeeeeeeeeeee…….
I’d have to include the Will Ferrell/Cheri O’Teri cheerleaders. God, they were awfule.
*awful
What about Rob Schneider’s “Copy Guy”? Are we completely forgetting that he was ever on that show?…. actually, that’s not a bad idea
Also, the Tri Delts. Ugh.
Hanz und Franz…the “Pump You Up” guys, has my #1 vote for most annoying. Even as a kid I couldn’t stand the sketch.
SNL has always ignored that only certain cast members can make recurring characters funny. Amy Poehler’s “Amber” was as one-note as they come but she was hilarious every time. Maybe they just need an enforcer on the show who isn’t afraid to tell Wiig that Gilly and Target lady are horrible.
Do they still do “Gilly” with no Will Forte? That seems wrong. I don’t know if it’s so much that they need an enforcer as they need writers that aren’t as lazy as to keep doing these horrible characters over and over.
I also think that the Target Lady is far more egregious than Gilly.
Wiig is extremely talented, but especially when she first started on the show, she was in so many sketches and they let her especially bad ones continue, that my friends and I were sure she was sleeping with Lorne Michaels. I’m also pretty done with all of the Justin Timberlake sketches that they rehash every time he comes on the show.
Amber was great, but I think my favorite of Amy’s characters is Caitlin.
I had never seen Gilly before. WOW, she’s terrible.
Although the first sketch on Hulu that comes up for Gilly does feature Casey Wilson with the best line of the whole thing: “I’m sorry; in the bum’s ass.”
Also: is Casey Wilson hot? I really can’t decide.
I say yes. Very hot.
I’ve always had a thing for her, but I think it’s because she’s chubby and therefor attainable.
Is Casey Wilson hot?
Yes. Yes she is.
I reeeeaaally didn’t like Casey Wilson on SNL, but she’s pretty adorable on Happy Endings.
Patty: Really? Wilson’s time on SNL is the reason I’ve never watched Happy Endings. I always thought she was the exact opposite of funny. Guess I’m going to have to catch up now…
YUP.
Also, sorry for introducing Gilly to you?
Good to know.
And Josh: no sweat. The daily content of WG is more than enough to make up for a million Gillys.
I can’t help it…I still wanna fuck Kristen Wiig
I’d like to add the Stuart Smalley character to this list. F’ing terrible character.
Who is “David Space”?
I would add Kenan Thompson’s recurring role as “On-Air Performer”
I love the “What’s Up With That?” sketch. But I agree. He’s gotta be one of the worst SNL regulars in years.
Kenan Thompson is good at being “the black guy.” But there are plenty of black guys who are actually funny. So I concur: Thompson is awful.
I absolutely HATE the Scared Straight sketch. Thompson is awful in it.
Maybe it’s because I have such fond memories of Kenan chilling in a bathtub on All That, but he doesn’t bug me. I think “What’s Up with That?” is pretty great, and his dumber characters, like Beef Jelly and DJ Dynasty Handbag, are funny enough. Not a fan of Scared Straight, though.
That’s weird, #1 is misspelled. It should read NICHOLAS FEHN.
I’m not so sure that character is worth even one sketch.
Yeah, I know you mention him in the article itself. But I hate him SO much.
I love Will Forte saying “GIIIIILLY.” I dunno, call me a masochist.
That was the true saving grace of that sketch, but it still wasn’t enough.
Don’t forget Goat Boy. That shit was terrible. Baaah!
How…dare you.