Horatio Sanz is getting fired.  He is the absolute worst cast member in the history of that show.

I never cared for Chevy Chase. There is no talent there what so ever. He must have slept with Lorne Michaels to get to be a cast member. At least Horatio Sanz looked funny.

but too inconsistent.  I think the cast members thought he was funnier than the audience did.  It looked like Jimmy Fallon couldn't keep a straight face every time he had a skit with him.  But there have been worse.  Anyone remember Morwenna Banks?  That's what I thought.

I'll grant you that Chevy wasn't at his best on that first season of SNL, but he doesn't belong in this conversation!  Horatio Sanz isn't the worst cast member (not by a long shot) of all time, but I can't say the show will miss him.

Eddie Murphy, was one of the BEST!  I liked him the most as Mr Robinson (an off the wall Mr Rogers)
Adam Shandler and the lunch lady, what a blast!!

-- Modified on 8/24/2006 6:52:21 AM

That Ford/Carter debate sketch with Dan Ackroyd was a classic. Chase was good at doing Ford. lol

Sans can be real funny, but he is inconsistent. Not a great loss.

The larger issue is that the show has gone through its ups and downs over the years, but the last couple of years, it has been really down. Individually, most of the members are funny, but they just don't seem to get it together.

I think that black guy, Keenan, was better on Nickolodean, just doesn't seem to cut it on SNL.  I love Tina Fey, but she is the head writer. Maybe it is time to replace her?

None of the cast members seem to be exceptional to me. When this show is at its best, there are usually one or two that really carry the show and add spark. I don't think they have had that since Will Farrell left.

Just my opinion............

-- Modified on 8/24/2006 7:11:18 AM

The show hasn't been funny for years.  It's pretty much unwatchable.  It reminds me of an undergraduate amateur night featuring freshmen wanna be comics who giggle at their own smarmy jokes.

that show hasn't been funny since the first George Bush was president. not sure how it has stayed on the air this long.

She is leaving for the sitcom "30 Rock".  I won't miss her.

-- Modified on 8/24/2006 7:08:40 PM

Everybody's entitled to their opinion, of course. I don't place Chevy Chase in my top ten list of comedians.... but to say he has no talent at all? That's just crazy. He PERFECTED weekend update (Hi, I'm Chevy Chase, and You're not...)and his pratfalls were over the top. As a writer AND a performer, he had a hand in many of the top skits they ever did (the word association interview with Richard Pryor has to be in the hall of fame). Before SNL, he was funny in "Groove Tube", and after SNL he did a good job in "Caddyshack", "Fletch", and "Seems Like Old Times".

Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, John Belushi, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Lorraine Newman, and Gilda Radner. That's SNL. Many other good and even great performers have led the cast over the years, but nothing compares with the first few seasons.

Unless GM bought out FOMOCO. It's just too confusing. I'll stick with my MOPAR. A great American car owned by Daimler Benz, engine made in Mexico, transmission made in Germany, car assembled in Canada. God bless Germexica !!

Along with Sanz, Keenan Thompson, Chris Parnell, Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch are leaving.  And it isn't definite that Darrell Hammond will be back.  I think Hammond is the most talented one in the current cast so if they lose him, it will be pretty dull.  But he's been there since 1995 so I think it's time for him to move on.

-- Modified on 8/24/2006 7:17:21 PM

Thanks to him, Talladega Nights will probably do for NASCAR what Driven did for CART.  Only I won't care as much because I'm sick of NASCAR

It's surprising how accomplished most of them became.  

And I'd say Chevy Chase was better at the news than Jane Curtain-- but she did a decent job.

John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, and Dan Ackroid were on... and even then... it was not all that good.

...on SNL and in the days since he left in movies like "Old School" and "Wedding Crashers"!

To say she is leaving for a sitcom doesn't tell the story, unless I'm wrong.

...Belushi,Ackroyd & co. were very good as were Hartman, Myers, Carvey & co.  There have been others that were hilarious, too.

Walter Mathau and Ackroyd (Belushi?) dressed as bumble bees and "buzzing off" at summer camp. Agony and ecstacy of uncontrolled laughter.

-- Modified on 8/25/2006 12:26:41 PM

I am so happy but, who will be the new "fat funny guy" for SNL?  Oh please tell me it's not that dude who played Fat Albert, he is only good for doing parodies of Star Jones lol

Wayne Knight.

Of course he'll have to gain about 50 lbs to get back up to Newman speed.

He is hysterical.