Talk:Saturday Night Live cast

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[edit] A Few Changes

I made a few changes to the list. Hope you don't mind:

• First off, I think it's imortant to recognize and have one list of the orginal cast, just for monumental sake.
• The most major change: I've made it so that it went by 5-year periods and stayed more consistant regarding that division. Most fans tend to divide the show into "eras" (early 80s, late 90s, etc...) so I think it makes the list much more logical.
• I also included the current cast into their respecive "starting point" lists as well as the "current" list. It's a bit redundant, but I think it will make sense to the viewers, who can clearly see when each cast member started and with whom; and also who is in the current cast.
• I added spaces between the dashes regarding each cast member's tenure. Also for current cast members, I changed the "-Present" to just a blank space. This is technically proper, and makes the numbers look less cluttered, therefore much easier to read.
• I think it's important to differentiate between major cast members and those minor ones who were merely featured for a year or two, and writers who sometimes perform (i.e. for all intents and purposes, one could say that Al Franken has been on the show for 12 seasons, however since he was featured this is innacurate since he was not in every episode, and is unfair to someone such has Tim Meadows or Darrell Hammond who have performed much more often than Franken in only 9-10 seasons.
• Finally, I restructured a few sentences to make them easier to read; fixed minor spelling/grammar errors; and added the "dots" next to Jon Lovitz and David Spade who have "Best Ofs" coming out this Spring and Fall, respectively.

Distinguishing between writers has got to go. SNL makes no distinctions between cast members who write and cast members who don't. So, what's the definintion of a cast member who wrote most of the time? Also, I'm seeing names on the list that weren't listed in the credits. If they're not listed in the credits, they're not listed here. D. Wo. 00:05, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)

Fair enough on the Writers thing. I'll leave it up to you. As for the other names, the only one's I remember adding were "George Coe" and "Emily Prager" both of whom were credited. George Coe was in the 1st few episodes and is credited in list of the "NRF Primetime Players" (remember at this point, they were not called out individually, just shown on the screen). Emily Prager was also credited (called out by Don Pardo) in the 4/11/81 episode opening credits. She only appeared in this episode, but it was the same situation as Laurie Metcalf who was on the list. Anyway, if being on just one episode doesn't count, that's fine with me. You'd just have to remove Metcalf also, since they both received the same amount of credit in the same number of episodes.

Being born in 1986, I'll have to take your word for it. I just can't find any record of Prager. Coe, yes. I thought that he was on the list. Someone must have taken him off because I do remember putting him on the list to start.

[edit] Table

I need to make this page a table instead of a list. So, don't worry if it looks ugly now. D. Wo. 18:43, 2005 May 19 (UTC)

[edit] "Three Groups"

"Three groups serve as “farm clubs” for the cast and writing staff: The improvisational comedy troupes The Groundlings and The Second City, Harvard Lampoon, and recently the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre."

That's four. --Macarion 20:06, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Why is Molly Shannon listed as being a part of the 2006 season? Not under current players, but next to her name under past players. I haven't heard any news of her making a return... N.K.