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re: that SNL ranking, to rank someone who made such a contribution to the show like Jimmy Fallon at #80 while putting Nancy Walls at #42 just says

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Dec 23 '11, 10:18

"I don't like Jimmy Fallon"

also, the comment about Dennis Miller leading into the ranking of Seth Myers makes me think that the writer doesn't know what Seth Myers real job is

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You can look at last weeks episode to realize just how good he was. -- nm - Spawn Dec 23, 11:27
Also putting Seth Meyers at 51 is ridiculous. I think his weekend updates are brilliant. Usually the funniest part of the show. -- nm - pmb Dec 23, 10:59 5
- sadly, sometimes the only things I enjoy are Weekend Update and Digital Short -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 11:02
- That's kind of an island though and the result of the writing. In the rare skit, I don't remember him being good enough to be ranked that high. -- nm - Max Dec 23, 11:02 3
  - Yes, but he writes it and it's a show centerpiece. They rank Dennis Miller and Norm MacDonald higher than him. -- nm - pmb Dec 23, 11:04
  - Seth Myers is the show's head writer, so you have to give him credit for Weekend Update's writing -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 11:04 1
    - objection! I call this a performer's list. -- nm - Max Dec 23, 11:30
looking at that list makes me realise how little of SNL I've seen since the original cast left -- nm - zork Dec 23, 10:56
also the editor of that list missed the contradiction in the Nora Dunn/Jon Lovitz write-ups -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:51
also, i heart Abby Elliott, but she got major "being hot" bonus points. - TFox Dec 23, 10:44 1
- I agree with all of that -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:45
Wait, there's only been 92 cast members of SNL ever? -- nm - MDH Dec 23, 10:38 1
- these are the regularly billed ones, not the "also featuring" members like say currently Jay Pharoh -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:39
Farley that low seems impossible to me. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 23, 10:35 4
- yeah, Farley was a unique natural force -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:36 3
  - I don't know how high i'd rank him, but 22 seems impossibly low. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 23, 10:39 1
    - the 18/17/16 ranking deal they try to justify, but I think its more a salute to their outside work than what they did there -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:40
  - El Nino! which is Spanish for The Nino! -- nm - oblique Dec 23, 10:37
Right. I watched fairly regularly during the Fallon years and I never got the hate. - spamlet (iphone) Dec 23, 10:27 27
- He ruined every bit he was in because his part had to be played straight. They needed to come up with a character that giggled a lot. -- nm - GregW Dec 23, 10:39 4
  - oh yeah, Cowbell is so ruined -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:42 3
    - so is Barry Gibb Talk Show. -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 10:43 2
      - Both cases where he didn't need to play it straight, so it worked. -- nm - GregW Dec 23, 10:49 1
        
        Ruined! -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 10:51
- I dug that he channeled Harvey Korman. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 10:38
- I appreciate the guys who can't hold it together. They do make the skits funnier usually. - TFox Dec 23, 10:32 19
  - so many of the funniest bits in the Carol Burnett Show where when one of them cracked up -- nm - zork Dec 23, 10:55 2
    - Indeed. The world needs more Tim Conway and Harvey Korman. -- nm - David Dec 23, 11:32
    - I don't think I've laughed harder as a kid than I did at those moments. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 10:59
  - as long as they don't give it up too easily. - znufrii Dec 23, 10:40 9
    - The one I remember is the Debby Downer sketch at Disney World - amoxy Dec 23, 10:54
    - in the matter of the reporter, the break was timed perfectly. - TFox Dec 23, 10:42 7
      - Spade giggling on the couch while Farley is doing his "In a van down by the river" bit makes it much funnier IMO -- nm - oblique Dec 23, 10:45 3
        
        I can't remember who the female guest was who was on the couch with him but she couldn't look at Spade or Farley. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 10:49 2
        
        Applegate -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 10:52 1
        
        I just watched it on Hulu. Still funny -- nm - oblique Dec 23, 10:55
      - I think I missed that one, but yeah. -- nm - znufrii Dec 23, 10:43 2
        
        i'd link it if i could get to the video from here. it's from the Emma Stone episode. -- nm - TFox Dec 23, 10:46 1
        
        I'll look for it. -- nm - znufrii Dec 23, 10:49
  - I think its somewhat genius that he built a quirk into the Stefon character that allows himself to hide his face -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:37 2
    - exactly. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 10:39
    - *nods* - znufrii Dec 23, 10:38
  - Sanz was fun, no matter how often he broke. -- nm - Max Dec 23, 10:34 2
    - Seriously, there were a large number of those cast member that most people wouldn't even recognize as ever having been on that show (or no memory of - pmb Dec 23, 10:39 1
      - yeah, Schneider at 88 and Kattan at 83 doesn't make sense to me...and I hated Mango - crash davis Dec 23, 10:47
- It took awhile to grow comfortable with him following Dennis Miller. -- nm - Its beginning to feel a lot like zeitgeist Dec 23, 10:32

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