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Bishop9800 posted...

TheKentster posted...

Give me a break. People of every generation knows it was the Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, David Spade, Mike Meyers, Dana Carvey, Norm MacDonald era that was the best. Once all those guys left, the place was gutted and it become the Will Ferrell show because he was the only star they had, and it's been all downhill since then

You forgot Chris Rock and Tim Meadows. I wonder why?

That "great cast" only sort of overlapped. Carvey had left the show by the time Norm joined, Rock was fired about the same time, and Sandler & especially Spade took awhile to find their feet.

Chris Rock didn't really blow up on SNL either. He got much bigger a few years later doing stand up-- Bring the Pain led to his HBO show, both of which were awesome.

And as much as I enjoyed Tim Meadows, not mentioning Phil Hartman is an even bigger sin.

Regardless, the first 5 years had Belushi, Aykroyd, Murray, Radner, & Chase. That tops the early 90s cast, even though I was 12 right around then, as action suggested.