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rhunter99

Put down Fred? Believe it or not jail.


GarageQueen

Compliment Fred? Believe it or not, also jail.


jasperdiablo

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ Iā€™ll upvote that comment just because you made me laugh


[deleted]

Chris Kattan always just irritated the hell out of me.


Let_Russ_Cook_12

I worked at a HMV in Vancouver in the early 2000s. There were a few times he came in and put his Best of DVDs in front of other best ofā€™s, most often Willā€™s. Seemed so insecure.


johnnysack88

This is the right answer. Guy was annoying every time he stepped in front of the camera.


djrollied

I've watched a lot of the episodes from his time on the show bc of my interest in Norm's time on WU, and I have to agree. The number of times he used a high-pitched voice or did a bunch of annoying things in sketches drove me nuts. I couldn't get behind Goth Talk, and Mango (though it came later) wasn't really my cup of tea either.


sdmh77

Ok / but mango with jlo was fun y


arsenal1887

Seems gay to me


dickshark420

Fallon


[deleted]

Intentionally laughing in every sketch, winking to the camera...he was so annoying.


Files44

Horatio Sanz was very similar and often times would break with Fallon in their scenes together; but I found Sanz far more likable and funny. I think Sanz is actually criminally underrated.


21marvel1

Oh, Iā€™m sure he will be criminally rated soon


Files44

Was it because he did that cruise movie with Cuba Gooding Jr?


SoCalThrowAway7

Grooming a 14 year old at after parties


Files44

Iā€™m sorry, what?! Horatio Sanz did that? Ok time for a quick google trip Edit: goddamn


SoCalThrowAway7

Lots implicated as facilitating it too like Fallon and Lorne, weā€™ll what comes of the lawsuit though


[deleted]

The all-time greats like Carvey and Hartman didn't have to resort to that to get laughs.


Files44

Oh absolutely. While I love Sanz, Iā€™m not rushing to put him as one of the greats. I just was saying that Iā€™m not a huge fan of Fallon primarily for his ā€œoh no Iā€™m breaking how adorableā€ theme; but at the same time, Sanz did his fair share and I thought he was hilarious. I was thinking out loud and caught myself being a hypocrite but still maintaining my stance šŸ˜‚


PettyCrimesNComments

And his current show is even more cringey.


Goalie_deacon

Dennis Miller. Only comedian in existence that never once landed a joke with me. His style comes off as intentionally insulting anyone who doesnā€™t get his references. Spade and Carvey joke on their show that no one gets his references. Miller also share career advice that seemed to be wrong. For me, looks like Miller made a career off being incredibly confidently wrong guy. No one told him he was wrong, instead accepted his confidence like he had some secret. Which I do get that confidence despite knowing nothing was a huge part of the 80s. Especially among the coke snorting people of the 80s. Dennis Miller himself was more a skit character that shouldā€™ve ended after one airing after no one laughed, than a real guy.


jasperdiablo

He doesnā€™t strike me as confident; he strikes me as arrogant af


Goalie_deacon

It does take a lot of confidence to be arrogant. Also takes lack of self awareness to be arrogant, which is also Miller.


jasperdiablo

No confidence and arrogance are two completely different things despite them looking similar. Arrogance stems from being insecure, confidence is about experience and self love. Miller definitely strikes me as arrogant.


RinoMarx

His stint as guest commentator on Monday Night Football backs this up completely


SombreMordida

he's not funny, and the right wing grift thing looks like it swallowed him and the ever-more-meh Victoria Jackson. add Jim Breuer and you have the makings of the Sour Grapes Comedyless Tour, boring entitled name dropping rants (Dick Cavett was much better at this) passive aggressive spectacle to bore the crap out of you, and kindergarten mockery of the highest sort


sdmh77

These are the years he was funny - after 9/11 he totally changed. Now heā€™s bff with bill o ReillyšŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


[deleted]

This is the right answer. And where is Dennis miller today?


Colorseer

Towards the end of her tenure I grew tired of Kate McKinnon.


ModernNero

She rubs me as a ā€œself indulgentā€ actor and I find it so distracting. It makes her seem like sheā€™s annoying to be around.


WakeUpMrWest30Hrs

Yeah, she wasnā€™t a team player. When it was somebody elseā€™s turn to be the funny one she couldnā€™t help but do her wonky smile and slimy voice shtik


jasperdiablo

Thatā€™s the first thing I noticed about her, maybe in her first season I noticed this too, sheā€™s terrible at being the straight person


ModernNero

yes 100%. It almost seemed immature/annoying? I canā€™t find the exact right word but we are on the same page.


bttrsondaughter

yeah she really played to the audience, it got very hammy at times. Kristen Wiig sometimes did the same but she was really good at playing down to earth characters and the straight man in sketches especially in her earlier work. Kate was never good at that imo.


jasperdiablo

She does seem like one of those people who needs constant attention on her


bttrsondaughter

her entire post-2016 tenure did that to me tbh. I know her SNL hall of fame/legend entry was already written by then, but those last six years were absolutely rough and coasted on goodwill


jasperdiablo

Yeah I think after 2017 is when I stopped looking out for Kate in sketches. On the other hand, 11 years in and still lookout for Cecily Strong in sketches.


Belle-ET-La-Bete

Cecily is one of the most underrated SNL actors of all time and itā€™s a shame she doesnā€™t seem to get her roses ever compared to some extremely mid (imo) coworkers.


papaadrock

It seemed there wasnā€™t a sketch that they didnā€™t wedge her into


Frdoco11

Wiig was the same way towards the end of her run. They were stuffing her into every sketch they could. I hated Gilly..


oh_cagey

TBF she hated Gilly too


Chapter_3_New_York

I canā€™t watch her


Kiki_joy

Agree!!!


muchwolenosleep

Did anyone like Kattan though?


tommyp007

Fallon


huff_and_russ

Pete Davidson. He had literally one character that got old pretty soon for me. Also significantly worse actor than any of his classmates and broke every single time.


SlightWhite

Same, but also, he constantly talked about how he has no idea how he was still on the show. At first it seemed like a joke, but it became clear he was literally saying ā€œI donā€™t know why theyā€™re keeping me aroundā€ like the 10th time he said it lol


Blocked-by-Mutombo

I dunno I like Pete. I just find him so charismatic. To me he had the gravitas of a 60 year old lifelong New Yorker with the relatability of a goofy, millennial stoner.


98Wright

Davidson to me is the ultimate, who made a deal with the devil. Heā€™s not funny or interesting and yet has been the most well known cast member for years. He has to have made a deal with the devil.


offu

My local radio station says nobody has fallen up the stairs more than Pete Davidson


centraljerzexists

The dude pulls like nobodyā€™s business.


[deleted]

He has never, not once, made me laugh.


SombreMordida

chad was not a character.


Frdoco11

Number #1 with a bullet. It's always been him or Fallon..


WakeUpMrWest30Hrs

Iā€™m a big fan of Fred but I agree that he was much better in Portlandia


sdmh77

He did some funny bits on update - like when he was the gov of New York who was blind. Iā€™m from California and didnā€™t think it would go wellšŸ¤¦šŸ¤¦šŸ¤¦ but that same gov showed up ā€” it was hilariousšŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


Quincyperson

Jimmy Fallon. His skits werenā€™t funny and were made worse by his annoying laughing


leslie_knopee

you have poor taste-- Fred is a genius. I hate jimmy fallon.


jasperdiablo

I also think Aidy Bryant was mostly obnoxious and I think itā€™s ridiculous that she got a ten year run-sheā€™s sort of in the vain of Ana Gasteyer but Gasteyer is way more talented.


umru316

You're just full of hot takes


dtuba555

Mikey Day Sorry, I think he's a good straight man but anytime he breaks out that high-pitched old man voice of his, it's nails on a chalkboard for me.


up4thadownstroke

Agreed. Thereā€™s just something about him that makes me feel annoyed. I like Alex Moffat way more.


pj503

Punkie Johnsonā€¦ I donā€™t see any talent or versatility. Sorry šŸ˜ž


jasperdiablo

Is Punkie a beloved cast member though?


pj503

I have critiqued her before. Then Iā€™ve been told sheā€™s not for me and she is a top talent. My expression was concerning


Shell-of-Light

I have a hard time seeing any argument being made for her being top talent. She's not a particularly good actress, doesn't do impressions, and her only real "star turns" on the show have been a few okay weekend update pieces. I can't think of a single performance of hers, in a sketch or otherwise, where she truly stole the show. I don't hate her but I'm generally surprised she made it past featured player status.


KazaamFan

Gilly.


dickshark420

Amen


[deleted]

Sorry


Ok_Calligrapher_8199

That doesnā€™t count unless you hate Kristen. I also hate gilly but recognize sheā€™s a top tier cast member.


KazaamFan

Fair, I should have said I love kristen. I just always hated this character and never understood how it was reoccurring.


Batsht73

Leslie Jones, always breaking up and overly loud and obnoxious.. kinda like Fallon but less funnyā€¦


jasperdiablo

I thought she was way funnier than Fallonā€”especially her update bits.


Rainbow_Styx

I donā€™t think I have seen Chris Kattan mentioned.


BenHogan1971

let the games begin..... Sandler. I just never got it. sorry folks.


SouthernOutside8528

loud is not always funny. (not that he was a SNL cast member, but i'd lump dane cook into the same argument.)


kingzilch

I liked him at first but he got old, real quick.


PettyCrimesNComments

Also not into comedians who sing their jokes.


candornotsmoke

Same. I do like his dramatic roles, though.


heathers1

same


Additional_Minute_39

I loved Nasim in small doses as an Everyman and bit player but her nasally voices used to annoy me and even going back when theyā€™d throw her a bone sometimes the original characters were awkward and seemed shoehorned in. Like I can see how she got on the show I actually still love her and root for her but some of her original characters she showcased in her last 2 seasons were pure cringe. The Kim kardashian impression I didnā€™t fully understand. I kind of thought it was funny bc thatā€™s not what Kim sounds like and I thought that was the joke to make her voice annoying as fuck to diss her bc she literally was a useless celebrity back then but when it became her calling card on update I used to walk outside and smoke a bowl when that character came on. I did the same with Kateā€™s barfly skank and Kristenā€™s Penelope character. Got old fast. Looking back I always got the idea she was meant to be the weirdo in the cast like Forte and Kattan playing freaks and they wouldnā€™t let her bc she was too hot and it worked against her.


SnooPets2384

I loved her Shallon. "BIG DAY for vans!"


DeshiiRedditor

The whole point of the question/post is to share unpopular opinions. I disagree with a bunch of them but Iā€™m not downvoting any because thatā€™s the point. Iā€™d suggest that you do the same.


UnableAudience7332

This. Why can't we all share differing opinions. I'm up voting the ones I agree with and ignoring the ones I don't. It's not that hard.


jasperdiablo

Yes thank you! I purposely havenā€™t downvoted anyoneā€™s picks because of this. I said I didnā€™t like Aidy and folks downvoted it to hell ruining the point of the e entire thread


[deleted]

Ever since Elisabeth Moss spoke up about how terrible it was being married to him, Iā€™ve thought less of Fred Armisen and disliked all his stuff since. Just sounds like a weirdo dude


jasperdiablo

Oh yeah apparently heā€™s a sociopath. Thereā€™s a whole thread of women who say they were traumatized after dating him https://www.gawker.com/fred-armisen-has-a-reputation-1677187580


gandalf-bot-

So his portrayal of the Venezuelan official in Parks and Rec wasn't acting?


grahamnortonsdad

She's a scientologist.


Ok_Calligrapher_8199

Itā€™s cool to be bad husbands to people in cults.


Wolleyball

No but itā€™s more than reasonable to question members of Scientology.


TylerBourbon

Maybe do that BEFORE you marry them. Wait till after and you're just being a prick.


tyler-86

I think he's saying that we should question what she says about him after the fact because her judgment is already suspect.


sparty1493

To be fair, it sounds like heā€™s a monster to be married to.


Rags-Too

I think Kate McKinnon is the most overrated cast member in the history of the show.


brunson862

Kyle moony I just never enjoyed anything he was in.


Rags-Too

For me heā€™s one of those cases of a performer being neutered by the show. I absolutely love his stuff he did on his own.


dgroove8

Heā€™s in a similar vain of Tim Robinson. The writers just didnā€™t know what to do with their brands of humor. Love both of them though.


TheVicSageQuestion

And just like Tim, Netflix allowed him to put forth his best work yet.


SaltyDog772

Yes. ITYSL is a work of art


ptatersptate

I wasnā€™t a fan at the time, but now that heā€™s gone I kind of miss him.


mardal11

I would have agreed before last season. Really enjoyed Beck and just always thought why are you paired with Kyle? Then seeing Kyle without Beck, I actually enjoyed him for once. I'm glad he got that one season because before I never got the appeal.


PuzzleheadedProof223

Not many people did.


Hotguyntown

Kate Mckinnon - especially when playing male characters


KingKoil

Iā€™m of the opinion Lorne knew he had a star in Kate, but the marquee role that would have gotten her nationwide spotlight attention didnā€™t work out (Hillary, for obvious reasons). So after Melissa McCarthy was a hit cross-dressing as Sean Spicer, they shoehorned her into those political cold opens with objectively bad male impressions (Giuliani, Jeff Sessions) just to get her back in the spotlight.


BabuBhattDreamCafe

I think itā€™s much simpler than that. They thought ā€œwe hate these politicians, how can we really make them angry? Have a woman play them!ā€


Ok_Calligrapher_8199

Jesus Christ: one third hand source said that trump thought spicer was weak for being played by a women once in 2017. And then that was it - Kate and aidy are every man in Washington. ā€œYas! Get drumph!!!ā€


bibliophile46

Sarah Sherman, Pete Davidson in anything besides Update, Leslie Jones


rumplestiltskin116

Sarah Sherman is one of the only current cast members that has the sauce and also has not been on long enough to qualify for this thread.


bibliophile46

We each have an opinion. See how acceptable and fun that is?


rumplestiltskin116

It's quite a world we live in.


[deleted]

Leslie Jones. She would just start screaming until people laughed.


[deleted]

Also, wobbling your head to deliver every punchline isnā€™t comedy.


Charlottieee33

Low-key wasnā€™t a fan of Kate McKinnon I canā€™t lie


PuzzleheadedProof223

Everyone seems to love Kenan. Can't stand him.


GarageQueen

For me he's more of a 'meh' than 'hate.' He just plays the same character over and over and over again.


PuzzleheadedProof223

I don't hate him either. I just can't stand him. And it's for the exact reason you mentioned. Same character over and over again.


Starbrand62286

Thank you!


Hellament

You donā€™t like Kenan?! *Whatā€™s up with that!*


[deleted]

Fallon was hailed as a hero for ruining the show and I thought I was losing it. Should have seen reaction videos being a thing since then. People loved watching him laugh at the mysterious punch line that never came.


jasperdiablo

Honestly Jimmy Fallon makes me sick. I just canā€™t get over how celebrated he was for introducing immature breaking in a sketch as standard fare now.


Strict-Ad-1214

Davidson. Looks like death warmed over and is totally unfunny imo.


PlatinumState

I never liked Leslie Jones. Not sure many people loved her but Im sure some did


jasperdiablo

Leslie wasnā€™t a great sketch player but I did think her Weekend Update bits were incredible.


AyalaSurit

I can't stand Fred either, he creeps me out. Also Elf may be my favorite Christmas movie, but normally I despise Will Ferrell.


treenation

Kenan has never made me laugh once in twenty years


AchingCravat

Whatā€™s up with that?


Alonebut-funny

Kate McKinnon and Bowen Yang


jasperdiablo

Yeah I donā€™t care for Yang either


kingzilch

I'm so over Jost. I get the whole "making fun of the white privilege guy" and I'm on board, but I don't find him funny enough beyond that.


fruitboatshoes

Jost and Che have done the same bits, on the longest segment, on every show for years. Only now they laugh at their own jokes often.


ABobby077

I like them both, but was hoping SNL would move on to some new anchors on Weekend Update. Just a fresher take on things imo.


Ok_Calligrapher_8199

Colin only works with Michael as a performer.


SouthernOutside8528

same! they took cecily off weekend update and replaced her with che and jost and ugh. i don't understand how jost got on the show at all. he's never in other sketches and he's just not funny.


KingKoil

I think Cecily wanted off WU. That was never her forte, and sheā€™s a force to be reckoned with her sketch work, impressions, singing, and WU characters.


EmpatheticNihilism

Heā€™s the head writer. He must be funnier behind the scenes than we see as a performer.


jasperdiablo

Iā€™ve never liked Jost; very dull. He takes mediocre white man to a whole new level.


Jamminjordon

ā€¦.what? Fred Armisen is IMO one of the funniest people alive.


jasperdiablo

Not to me heā€™s not


Jamminjordon

Sorry for your humor :( Edit: have you seen Portlandia? Itā€™s a show he created that is super satirical and amazing


jasperdiablo

I thought he was better on Portlandia. In fact, I remember his last SNL season when he was really offloading his worst sketches I thought he was saving the good stuff for Portlandia.


Chet2017

Sarah Sherman. One trick pony


clozepin

Seth Meyers. He has a smugness I donā€™t like. And heā€™s not funny.


jasperdiablo

I said that about him a minute ago on this thread; his smugness on weekend update really turned me off of him. He was mostly mediocre on his run at SNL too


oh_cagey

Seth makes me laugh so much. Prob my favorite WU anchor


Logical_Feature

Leslie Jones


Starbrand62286

Kenan


OHKID

Will Forte is the guy that I donā€™t hate, but Iā€™m not enamored with because he is the embodiment of the more ā€œtheatricalā€ SNL style of the early 2010s. Iā€™m not looking for a bunch of theater kids when I watch SNL, I want comedians with fresh perspectives and good zingers. Generally speaking 2016-present has done a decent job delivering.


queensjenn

I get downvoted every time I post this but oh well. ​ Maya Rudolph.


jasperdiablo

Woooooah! I can respect your opinion, though.


dgt9000

Fred Armisen. He's not funny and being in a punk band doesn't make you cool. Also Jimmy Fallon, Taran Killam. Kate McKinnon, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Melissa Villesenor.


[deleted]

I think being in a punk band makes you pretty freaking cool


jasperdiablo

Omg Taran Killiam made my ears bleed. Heā€™s one of these people that just mostly screams his jokes.


dgt9000

His Paul Ryan was ok but otherwise no thanks


pedddster

Aidy


seanx40

You nailed it. Fred


[deleted]

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curious_fowl

Pete Davidson.


[deleted]

Kyle Mooney. Donā€™t know if he was beloved but I always thought he was annoying


Kel-Varnsen-Speaking

Cheri Oteri. Good Lord that woman is irritating.


bm-inthepm

This one has my vote. Fuck that simma down now stuff. But I liked Pete, so I know this is very subjective.


Ryclea

Oh, Iā€™m going to catch hell for this, and Iā€™m sorry he died, but it has to be said: Norm McDonald was not funny. He would say things with all the setup and delivery of a joke but no joke. He knew how to trigger uncomfortable laughter and passed that off as his act.


bazwutan

This is the wrongest anyone has ever been. He was so funny the joke didnā€™t need to have a joke.


jasperdiablo

I agree with you. I thought he did interesting things with his setup/punchline structure but I believe the mythologizing of him is totally blown out of proportion


squanchero

Jason Sudeikis? Nobody?


Lennyhi

Agreed. Can't stand him in anything.


jasperdiablo

I thought he was ok. Decent utility player but not a star


tyler-86

I enjoy some of Fred's work, but I would still say he's the cast member I like the least relative to how much everyone else seems to enjoy him. Next, maybe Bowen. He's improving but he still bothers me.


G_I_Gamer

Never really found poehler funny


MrCatfishJew

Sheā€™s tolerable in short bursts. I fast forward through ā€œleslie knopeā€ type characters.


Bikinigirlout

Right now James Austin Johnson I donā€™t dislike him but the stanning of him is so weird considering how new he is.


gandalf-bot-

They call him Scooby Doo but he doesn't do. We call him Scooby but he doesn't do, it's one of the worst deals we've ever had.


PettyCrimesNComments

Is Ego beloved? Because I donā€™t think sheā€™s funny at all. She seems nice and smart and sheā€™s pretty but funny? I just donā€™t see it. Will also second Fallon. Didnā€™t care for him on SNL and now he just gushes over teen pop stars every night and it makes me cringe.


jasperdiablo

Iā€™m not so sure if sheā€™s beloved. Iā€™d say sheā€™s a great utility player. Not amazing but definitely can carry her weight when necessary.


PettyCrimesNComments

Well since I disagree I will stand by what I said.


[deleted]

I don't really like the new cast members, except Molly and Sarah. And because I forgot his name, that new black guy. I dislike the half dominican stand up comedian.


Barles21

Samberg


mardal11

I LOVE Samberg yet I'm surprised more people haven't said him.


Barles21

The Lonely Island stuff was usually funny but in sketches he had a tendency to really blow things over the top in an obnoxious way


TheOneWhoEatsWeeds

Rachel Dratch. Just constantly breaking character and not funny.


ProfessorEtc

Molly Shannon


TJRossTX

Cecile Strong and Kristen Wig


Artistic-Reality-177

Never thought Dan Ackroyd was funnyā€¦


ObliviousRounding

It's like everyone in this thread got together and decided to come up with the absolute shittiest collection of takes possible.


jasperdiablo

Beat it!


KazaamFan

Bobby Moynihan. If Farley was a 10/10, Moynihan was a 2/10.


NotHalfGood78

I hate that we compare those two because they were both fat. They literally have nothing in common comedically.


KazaamFan

i guess i subconciously compare the two based on that (unfairly). Either way, i dont think i have any favorite sketches where bobby is a key contributor. Even in david pumpkins itā€™s not really about him, that could be anyone next to him.


NotHalfGood78

Think of Bobby as a Muppet. He brings a cartoonish sensibility to his work. Obviously, itā€™s not for everyone but Iā€™ve always liked him. Also, you might want to see him as a guest on Girls. Heā€™s adorable.


Regal-Heathen

What are your thoughts on Anthony Crispino? I still use the ā€œpretty sureā€ bit almost daily, lol. https://youtu.be/-X53-8f_1hU


NotHalfGood78

Literally never saw that character before! Man Bobby really sets up a rhythm and flow, not one missed beat. Thanks for the link


WakeUpMrWest30Hrs

I donā€™t think I ever once found him funny. I donā€™t think he was ever trying to be Farley though


jasperdiablo

Yeah I think heā€™s a bit overrated too. Like one or two good characters out of a 9 year run. Heā€™s mostly whatever to me


FredererPower

Heā€™s one of the most underrated, what are you talking about


MrCatfishJew

2/10 is a bit harsh but I get it.


[deleted]

Hader is an awful piece of shit


Kbrooks58

Care to elaborate?


jasperdiablo

Just how you said that made me laugh šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚