Every SNL Cast Member EVER in One Intro! (All 50 Years!)

[@bobwaites]

This was the best cast, hands down 😉

[@Tedster10]

Farley, Ferrell, and Fey in a row is perfect

[@BaseballPlayer0]

Miller in the convertible was a1

[@NicoAnimation]

Daaamn, that sounds like one hell of an episode

[@fossefan]

The transition from Andy Samberg to Adam Sandler just feels so, so right.

[@alanvallazza9781]

That's My Boy.... The movie they did together with Blair from Gossip Girl.

[@brianfournierjr7438]

I mean, That is his boy!

[@HauntedViking]

SANDY SANDBIRDS

[@NEILEAS]

SANDLY AMBURG

[@thefunnyguyaha]

ANGIE SANDERS

[@joeconcepts5552]

Great to choose Steve Martin as the host!

[@shamanftw4921]

Came here to say the same, it's just perfect.

[@madmaxandrade]

Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Mike Myers and Kevin Nealon showing up in sequence tell everything you need to know about how packed the history of SNL is.

[@joeybaseball7352]

It was in alphabetical order. Just like the show does it. Even though I feel it should be in order of tenure. Kenan should always be first since he became the longest tenured cast member in his 7th year.

[@robertaitken4855]

This would be an absolutely perfect way to start the 50th anniversary special in 2025.

[@masonking5433]

In retrospect, that 1985 cast was legendary: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Rich Hall, Harry Shearer, Mary Gross and Christopher Guest. We didn't know how good we had it.

[@OvSpP]

Martin Short was just talking about this on the Tonight Show

[@mrjfrostbite]

I thought we did. Wasn’t that the season where they got desperate and hired established names. I don’t remember that season being very good other than the whole “you look marvelous” stuff from Crystal.

[@carp68]

R.I.P. to all of the cast members shown in this video who have passed. Peter Aykroyd - 1955-2021 John Belushi - 1949-1982 Tom Davis - 1952-2012 Chris Farley - 1964-1997 Gilbert Gottfried - 1955-2022 Phil Hartman - 1948-1998 Jan Hooks - 1957-2014 Norm Macdonald - 1959-2021 Michael O’Donoghue - 1940-1994 Gilda Radner - 1946-1989 Charles Rocket - 1949-2005 Tony Rosato - 1954-2017 Danitra Vance - 1954-1994 Dan Vitale - 1956-2022

[@SMSverrisson]

And the missing one - George Coe, 1929-2015.

[@carp68]

@@SMSverrisson Thought about adding Mr. Coe, but since he wasn't announced or pictured, I didn't. Thanks for mentioning him!

[@mst3kanita]

I didn’t know peter died!

[@mjwatts1983]

Farley & Hartman dying in a 6 month timeframe… just brutal… Farley because his demons consumed him (have “The Chris Farley Show” in audiobooks) Hartman… he was living his best life as described in the biography about him “You Might Remember Me”

[@Bryan-b1r2i]

🕊️

[@jesussoltero4580]

With musical guest, Paul Simon!

[@TheYoungDoctor]

If you got Anthony Michael Hall, Brad Hall and Rich Hall and put Mark McKinney in the middle it would make him a Kid in the Halls.

[@joeybaseball7352]

What?

[@captaindaddy4991]

Good point. Lol.

[@PaveDearce]

@@joeybaseball7352 IF YOU GOT ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL, BRAD HALL AND RICH HALL AND PUT MARK MCKINNEY IN THE MIDDLE IT WOULD MAKE HIM A KID IN THE HALLS.

[@rayscotchcoulton]

Brilliant. Good one.

[@AvrahamDelaney]

😂👍🎉

[@adriangironchavez6638]

As in December 2024, there are 6 Oscar acting nominees...Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Laurie Metcalf, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, and Randy Quaid. And Oscar acting winner... Robert Downey, Jr.

[@SMSverrisson]

And also Kristen Wiig nominated for a script, Michael McKean for an original song and George Coe for a short subject.

[@joeybaseball7352]

The oscars don't respect comedy. So that stat is invalid and doesn't matter.

[@Top10WizardReviews]

SNL doesn't respect comedy either, so...

[@dariomoreno375]

What about Albert Brooks?

[@SemiSweetEdits]

Fantastic edit and a great way to celebrate fifty years!

[@Tacoz4lifee]

Fred going first just feels right

[@joeybaseball7352]

Pretty surprising nobody has a name that comes before A-R

[@kevinevans5921]

Wow impressive editing job!!! 👏

[@tvmonte]

Notice Christine Ebersole was not announced by either Don Pardo or Darrell Hammond because during her one season on "SNL", Mel Brandt was the announcer (Tony Rosato debuted the previous season on that one show when Pardo was still on it).

[@BallparkHunter]

Why did they fire Pardo?

[@tvmonte]

@@BallparkHunter It was supervising producer Michael O'Donoghue's idea and he wanted to do it on air but executive producer Dick Ebersol vetoed that! He also votoed firing director Dave Wilson which was also Mr. Mike's idea. After O'Donohue was fired mid-season, Pardo was hired back the following season. As for why Mr. Mike wanted them fired, there was some views of the then-rookie staff of the original shows that both Wilson and Pardo were "too professional" for their jobs and may have wanted amateurs like themselves...

[@MegaPacKid]

Now I want an SNL episode with every cast member, although they probably need a few archived sketches for those that have since passed away.

[@BaseballPlayer0]

the best intro was the 80s one where they were all king kong

[@JoeOConnellAllNew]

This montage really shows how the cast "glowed up" over the years. They went from a not-ready-for-prime-time cast full of awkward, gawky 70s hipsters with little to no makeup to a "so ready for their close-up in a big budget feature" cast full of Hollywood beautiful leading men & ladies.

[@daviddean1326]

You missed one - maybe because the names weren't announced in the first season, but George Coe WAS one of the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players. There were eight names on the first title cards, and he didn't even get mentioned in the movie. But he WAS there, from the beginning.

[@zanti4132]

If my memory is correct, Coe was listed as a Not Ready For Prime Time Player only for the first episode, although he did appear in sketches throughout the first season. The intro for the first episode didn't have images of the performers, so there is no image of Coe's face for this video. But then, the lack of a face shot from the intro didn't stop this video from including Michael O'Donoghue. 😊

[@daviddean1326]

@@zanti4132 I just looked up some early episodes on Peacock - he was not listed as a NRFPTP in the Peter Cook & Dudley Moore episode, even though he's in the cold open and appears later in the "Prison Audition" sketch that gave us "Gonna Get Me A Shotgun," but in episode 4, with Candace Bergen, they even forgot to show the card with the first four names, and O'Donoghue is actually listed on the second one. Justice for George Coe!

[@JoeCoughlin3]

​@@daviddean1326 Release the Coe Cut!

[@SMSverrisson]

At least a photo of him and the name would have been good enough. And maybe his name is said somewhere else, or someone could have called his name for this video. 😉

[@okonh0wp]

He was under Contract the entire Season and was there in all the writers Rooms and everything

[@jukebox_julia]

I LOVE this. Thank you for making it! Extra fun to cheer when your favorite player comes up in this version, lol

[@ObscureReference9]

This is An Golden Era for sure.

[@ralphus44]

Amazing job putting all this together.

[@katherinelynch4193]

The M's are by far the most stacked. MacDonald, McKinnon, Meadows, Metcalf, Moffat, Mooney, Morgan, Moynihan, Murray, Myers, and Murphy, monarch of them all.

[@MooVeeMan]

And the W's, funny enough, are the least stacked. Loads of names but I didn't recognize any except Wayans and Wiig.

[@CMZIEBARTH]

McKean

[@davidirwin3548]

I was born in '76 but my parents didn't let me start watching til I was 12 years old in 1988. As such, my favorite cast is STILL Carvey/Hartman/Hooks/Dunn/Lovitz/Nealon/Jackson/Miller/Myers. There was just something magical about that group of people from 88 to 90. Three short years but they were the next best cast after the original 1975 cast.

[@BaseballPlayer0]

r u me. I have same birth year, and started watching regularly year

[@bradleyskelly7637]

Well, roughly 165 cast members and I’ve met seven…. Thank you for the memories of meeting you… Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Laurie Metcalf, Randy Quaid, Andy Samberg, and Chris Parnell.❤

[@nah....6151]

"Too many cooks"

[@ramirezproductions0826]

This is absolutely LEGENDARY!!! 😊

[@mjwatts1983]

4:50 GOAT!

[@Tarantulisimo]

Now THOSE were the best years & THIS was the best cast, without question

[@Youngstown529]

Amazing how many talented people have passed through those doors at 30 Rock. Some became huge stars and some just faded into IMDB history.

[@johnmassung]

G E Smith, bandleader & co-musical director of SNL from 1985-95 was another one. During his tenure on the show, Smith (alongside bandmate T-Bone Wolk) became well-known to television audiences for his emotive performances during "band shots," brief snippets of the band playing before SNL went to commercial break. That was back then but still not well-known except mostly to his inner circle today.

[@ryanreagan9049]

@@johnmassung Plus in all the 80's Hall and Oates music videos.

[@sandgaijin]

It took me many years to realize they were announced in alphabetical order.

[@tayloreh]

I hope for some 50th anniversary special they essentially do this

[@carp68]

Beautiful!!! Thanks for this.

No other list compares...Greatest comedy show ever.

[@greenbrown7776]

Not quite a "every Love Boat guest star" reel, but close!

[@KevinCanessaJr]

Utter brilliance. Well done!

[@oldkefka]

Super smash bros ultimate debut trailer be like:

[@MikeSooch]

A great compilation! Enjoyed this a lot!

[@JoeCoughlin3]

Last name that is most represented in SNL cast member history? Hall, with three cast members (Anthony Michael, Brad, and Rich)

[@toddsmitts]

It’s the equivalent of US Presidents named James.

[@GaryDodgerfan]

And, interestingly enough, those three cast members were on the show for four consecutive seasons. 1975-82: zero Halls 1982-86: Hallapalooza 1986-present: Hall-less

[@mjsicinski]

And yet, none of them were Kids in the Hall.

[@andrewweisneck1102]

​​@@mjsicinskiMark McKinney was. "I'm squishing your head!"

[@baylinkdashyt]

That was amazingly well done, assuming you did it from off air -- remarkably good work not getting the music to fight with one another too badly, though I was watching it on a cell phone which probably helps your cause. ;-)

[@christopherwebb3517]

Youngest SNL cast member: Anthony Michael Hall (17 when he joined the cast) Oldest SNL cast member: Leslie Jones (47 when she joined the cast) Longest run on SNL: Kenan Thompson (22 years) Shortest run on SNL: Laurie Metcalf ( 1 episode)

[@emmejayeh.5995]

I thought George Coe, who was born in 1929, would've been the oldest, even though he wasn't shown or listed (and wasn't even announced but for one time in the credits back in 1975), but he was 46 during his one season on the show.

[@Tarantulisimo]

As a lifelong SNL fan, I still like to believe that Candice Bergen, Carrie Fisher, & Steve Martin were actual cast members -- I also like to pretend that Richard Pryor & George Carlin hosted more times than they actually did

[@TotallyLincoln-u1x]

Exactly.

[@rebeccab9204]

G**d*mn do I love Bill Hader!!!

[@julieporter7805]

Impressive to get them all and in alphabetical order as well..

[@radicalross7700]

Alphabetically, Michael Longfellow should have come before Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

[@timfarfan9592]

This is the only way everyone gets camera time on the 50th Anniversary Special

[@RonMotta1972]

This is damned impressive.

[@BaseballPlayer0]

So many great talents. Props to all the comedy legends

[@lgerback34]

Guys he’s at 2:36.

[@stephiedear]

My vote for host would have been for Buck Henry.

[@BlackEEL1]

SNL: Endgame.

[@FriedChiliCheeseDogs]

It feels like attendance in school!

[@popculturedon]

You could tell the vibe was different during those weird seasons in the 80s.

[@spookyryu]

great mashup

[@EricCartmanTheVyonder]

This Should Be The Intro For The Next Season

[@nicktaylor2657]

Mark McKinney the only member of both SNL and KITH 😊

[@mikeschr]

Bruce McCullough wasn't a cast member on SNL, but he appeared in small roles in several episodes.

[@frankenviews4069]

Wow, there really was a "dark ages" for a while in the mid to late 80's.

[@Jwend392]

The Jean Doumanien season in the Early 80s was much, much, much worse.

[@opaljk4835]

They insert him saying “G.E Smith and The Saturday Night Live Band” every 10 cast members or so

[@gecafe]

I might have to do that myself 😂

[@bridgez04]

Gilbert Gottfried?!?! I didn’t know, it would’ve been great to have him this past year. Also Martin Short looked so different 😂

[@benjaminlebaron7128]

This is phenomenal!!!!

[@mst3kanita]

Alan Zweibl has an amazing book about Gilda Radner.

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

Impressive. Very nice. Now set it to the All That theme song.

[@doodoobutter101]

Omg he should totally do this same video concept with all the All That cast members!

[@salvadormontelongo4110]

Excellent job!

[@DiegoJamesChristian19]

SNL 50 cast Sounds perfect 😜

[@joeybaseball7352]

So many siblings were cast the show together, but they couldn't cast both Kenan and Kel?

[@AntiYourFacePhD]

My understanding is that Kel auditioned, but had some personal issues preventing him from getting cast.

[@joeybaseball7352]

@AntiYourFacePhD it makes absolutely no sense to me why they wouldn't hire both Kenan and Kel. They were like the modern day Abbott and Costello. They already had a undeniable track record in sketch comedy. They had already proven to the world that they work well together. They were a proven comedy duo. All of the best sketches on All That were with Kenan and Kel. They already had a hit sitcom together. They starred in movies together. It's clear that they work well together, and make magic when performing together. It would only make sense to hire both of them, since they both auditioned. And it's sad that only now, 20 years later, are we seeing them work together again. And they've still got it. Good Burger 2 was incredible. Just imagine the gold we could've gotten from Kenan and Kel. Imagine if they brought over Good Burger, like they did on the Jimmy Fallon show. Could you imagine if SNL existed back in the day, and you had both Laurel and Hardy audition. And they only hired Laurel, and not Hardy. When Tracy Morgan and Dean Edwards left (Edwards I believe was fired), they were specifically looking for a black cast member to fill the void. Every black comic auditioned, including now famous comics like Kevin Hart. They ultimately hired Kenan and Finesse Mitchell. And no disrespect to Finesse, he seems like a lovely upright citizen. But he's largely forgotten about. Kenan and Kel would've made magic we'd still be talking about today.

[@TotallyLincoln-u1x]

@@joeybaseball7352 Yes. Along with the rest of the Nickelodeon cast members (Lori Beth Denberg, Jamie Lynn Spears, Amanda Bynes, etc).

[@afwagner]

Nicely done

[@blazinasian215]

Legend after legend!!

[@MatthiaGryffine]

That's commitment

[@tom_reagan]

This is awesome, but I’d love to see them announced in order by the season they debuted.

[@DaveMorgansMartian]

Michael O'Donoghue being the only one not to have a cast photo seems exactly like him.

[@billbartok7324]

Tremendous!

[@davidgarrett6951]

this made me realize how much i miss the late great Don Pardo

[@junkboxxxxxx]

It's a tremendous gig to get, but it turns out the ratio of somebody:nobody is about 1:5 🤔

[@tkia1979]

superb!

[@ErwinCaringal-l6w]

SNL The Best! SNL LEGENDS!!!!

[@maniac1075]

I didn't even know so many of them where even in SNL.

[@redben1252]

4:15 considering what has come out about him, I don't think you should accept that drink

[@adamluce1901]

I almost got into a fist fight with him at a bar once

[@GroverJ83]

Interesting that 0 people in the shows history with a Smith or Williams Surname and only 1 Jones

[@TravisNeidert]

True...but GE Smith led the band for a really long time so the surname Smith may have been announced more than any other.

[@rjb1216]

Fantastic!

[@ncavlleguy]

FABULOUS!!!!!!

[@CringerKitty]

I will never adapt to Darrell Hammond’s wimpy voice intros, after having known the powerful Don Pardo voice for so many years. What is odd is that Darrell Hammond can imitate Don’s voice, and filled in as announcer as Don when he was sick.

[@JoeCoughlin3]

He was told to not do a Pardo impression and make it his own by Lorne himself.

[@luisignaciopenaespinoza6038]

They should do something like this for the snl 50 special

[@joeconcepts5552]

Wow I swear I’m a SNL nerd and I was only surprised by Laurie Metcalf! When was that?

[@carp68]

According to Saturday Night Live Wiki: Laurie Metcalf is an American actress, who was a featured player on the April 11, 1981 episode. This makes her the shortest-tenured actor to appear in the SNL cast, except for Emily Prager, who was also credited for that episode but did not appear at all. Metcalf's only appearance was a pre-taped piece for Weekend Update.

[@RobertShubitowski]

@@carp68 The 1980-81 season was a disaster. Lorne had left the show and wouldn't return for five years. The cast had been completely overhauled, and I believe many of them, along with the new producer, were fired late in the season. Metcalf was probably one of those brought in late to replace cast members, but it didn't work out. The one bright side of the 80=81 season was the introduction of Eddie Murphy to the SNL cast.

[@carp68]

@@RobertShubitowski Yes, quite the upheaval at the time. And I agree about Metcalf, it makes perfect sense.

[@TotallyLincoln-u1x]

@@carp68 Correct. Metcalf also voiced Mrs. Davis in Toy Story 1, 2 and 3.

[@arubinojr5670]

A. Woodhouse was set up for failure. B. The mugshot season must have been a real wild party.

[@VallesView]

2:39 and HE gets to be on SNL?! What a sick joke!

[@nah....6151]

It was kind of random when he joined the cast because it was over a decade after Laverne And Shirley ended and he'd been in a lot of well known movies. Usually SNL is for people at the onset on their career, not someone who played a featured role on a series that was #1 for two seasons in the ratings and a slew of movie appearances in well known films.

[@masonseymour2455]

2:36 I miss him

[@MrJLCharbonneau]

Good thing they put Don Pardo’s voice into that giant tortoise so it’ll be around for another 100 years.👍

[@eduardoabarca6021]

At some point it sounds like a fighting game selection screen

[@RebeccaMundschenk]

Wow, Gary Kroger WAS on the show. Then again, if you live in his hometown, you never stop hearing about it. 🙄

[@SWog617]

I didn't know Laurie Metcalf was on the show.

[@dreamsinthree]

So many M's!!

[@okonh0wp]

dang how much nepotism was going on in the old days...jim downey's nephew, dan aykroyd's brother, bil murray's brother was about as successful as he was so i won't count that

[@Mskittenlover12]

They should this for the 50th anniversary special.

[@giants8691]

Surprise: Laurie Metcalf Favorite Eddie Murphy

[@TheREALSofaKing0306]

Misspelled George Coe's name. No pic for Michael O'Donoghue (As you did with Laurie Metcalf)?

[@TotallyLincoln-u1x]

Dan Aykroyd - My Girl 1 & 2 Chevy Chase - National Lampoon’s Vacation Series Billy Crystal - When Harry Met Sally Joan Cusack - Ice Princess Brian Doyle-Murray - SpongeBob SquarePants Will Ferrell - The LEGO Movie Tina Fey - Mean Girls Gilbert Gottfried - Cyberchase (PBS Kids) Jon Lovitz - The Brave Little Toaster Kate McKinnon - Leap! (Ballerina if outside the United States) Laurie “Lori” Metcalf - Toy Story 1, 2 & 3 Eddie Murphy - The Haunted Mansion Bill Murray - Osmosis Jones Mike Myers - The Shrek film series Amy Poehler - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who Randy Quaid - Kingpin Chris Rock - Osmosis Jones Adam Sandler - Bedtime Stories Molly Shannon - Osmosis Jones Martin Short - Father of the Bride Sarah Silverman - Wreck-It Ralph David Spade - The Emperor’s New Groove Ben Stiller - Meet the Parents Kenan Thompson - Kenan & Kel (Nickelodeon) Damon Wayans - Major Payne Kristen Wiig - The Despicable Me film series Steve Martin - Cheaper by the Dozen

[@joechill772]

Wow! 😲😲😲

[@DrewPalmquist]

1:30 That’s senator Franken to you

[@jorgetolengo]

With musical guest... a lot of people...

[@gregsells8549]

How long would it take to list every musical guest ever? From Billy Preston to Shaboozey...

[@playonweirds]

Did they ever find a successful vehicle for Ellen Cleghorne?

[@radioactive_moose]

She has a doctorate now, that's pretty successful.

[@andrewweisneck1102]

​@@radioactive_mooseFamily Guy reference.

[@arnoldsapida2885]

I must have missed this one. Who was the musical guest?