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43 Random Bits of ‘SNL’ Trivia That Are Good Enough, Smart Enough and Dog Gonnit, People Like Them

November 30, 2024

These SNL facts just nailed their audition and will be joining the fact show next season!

Hailing from factual hotbeds like The Groundlings, Second City and some prominent stand-up stages, they were the cream that rose to the top.

Yep, we’re pretty much the Lorne Michaels of the fact game. You’ve just gotta see what these facts can do!

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Laurie Metcalf

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM LAURIE METCALF WAS ON SNL FOR BASICALLY ONE WHOLE MINUTE. She had one of the shortest SNL tenures of anyone, ever, and appeared in a single episode (that did not even have a host). — Source

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Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg Не became a fan of SNL at 8. Не was trying to watch wrestling without his parents finding out, and instead discovered (and got hooked on) what they were watching. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Things

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Matthew Broderick

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM SNL'S NUDE BEACH SKETCH HAD MATTHEW BRODERICK SAY PENIS OVER 40 TIMES. And that made people really, really angry, apparently-the SNL team thought it'd piss people off, and they were proven right. — Source

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Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor

GRACKED CHEVY CHASE USES THE N-WORD SNL In a Season 1 sketch with Richard Pryor, word association escalates into trading racial slurs. The sketch makes it seem like it wasn't all that wild to say that to a black person back then. Like, you could never say the F word on SNL, but that word was okay?! — Insider / IMDB

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Jay Pharoah

JAY PHAROAH CRACKED.COM SNL producers put people into boxes, and whatever they want you to do, they expect you to do. — Source

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Dolly Parton

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THERE'S A REJECTED SNL SKETCH INVOLVING A CHARACTER CALLED DONNIE PARTON. That's where you're the boy version of Dolly Parton but you have huge balls, explained SNL writer Tim Robinson. — Source

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Lorne Michaels’ Return

CRACKED LORNE MICHAELS: FROM SNL TO THE NEW SHOW AND BACK AGAIN. Michaels quit Saturday Night Live after five seasons, but his new show, The New Show, didn't do well. Не had to go back to SNL to make money again. — Everett Collection/Shutterstock
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On-Air F Bombs

CRACKED VULGARITY HISTORY The first F-bomb on SNL Letterman's bandleader Paul Schaffer was an SNL cast member in 1980, and is credited with the show's first F-bomb. During the show's 100th episode, he was meant to say the word flogging, but well, you know... — NBC
The Wrap

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The Oldest New Cast Member Ever

CRACKED Comedy Late Bloomers Leslie Jones booked SNL at 47. Her first professional gig was opening for Jamie Foxx in 1987, but her big break came in 2014 when she joined SNL. Hired as a writer, she soon joined the cast as well. — NBCUniversal
Goalcast

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Sinéad O’Connor

CRACKED SINÉAD O'CONNOR: SNL PERFORMANCE, ICONIC PROTEST, BANNED. She tore up a photo of the Pope on SNL in 1992, in an iconic moment of protest against the Catholic Church's widespread sexual abuse of children, which resulted in her being banned from the show. She's retired and un-retired a few times since then, but hasn't been able to regain the momentum she had in the 90's. — Far Out Mag / Vulture

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SNL Writers’ Room

THE WRITER'S ROOM AT SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE IS FULL OF PEE. CRACKED.COM According to Tina Fey, the (extremely male) writers room at SNL was full of pee cups, as the writers were apparently too lazy to make their way to the very close bathroom. Even the slightly more mature Weekend Update offices had their own pee jar, proudly displayed to whomever walked in. — Source: 13 Comedies With Not-So-Funny Behind The Scenes Stories

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David Cross

DAVID CROSS CRACKED.COM His sketch group Cross Comedy did a showcase for SNL producers, which bombed big-time. He and SNL writer Bob Odenkirk went on to create the iconic Mr. Show. — The Comic's Comic

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SNL Quebec

SNL around the world SNL Québec entertained French Canadians in 2014 and 2015. It was canceled due to studio budget cutbacks, though. CRACKED.COM — SNL Québec
IMDb

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Donald Glover

COMEDY NERD Donald Glover auditioned for SNL twice, and he failed both times. When he hosted SNL in 2018, he said, It truly is an honor to be hosting SNL instead of just auditioning for it, which I did, twice. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SNL Arabia

SNL around the world Saturday Night Live bil Arabi entertained audiences in the Middle East and North Africa It was canceled by Egyptian officials during its fourth season over sexual expressions that are inappropriate for viewers. CRACKED.COM — Saturday Night bil Arabi
The Guardian

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Donald Trump

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THERE WAS A SKETCH THE SNL TEAM WROTE FOR TRUMP, THAT НЕ REFUSED TO DO. It involved The Giving Tree, with Trump playing another tree - and, according to SNL writer Bryan Tucker, Trump had to stand in a tree with his face looking out of the hole of this tree, and he did not like that. — Source: 13 Rejected Saturday Night Live Sketches We'll Never Get To See

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Garrett Morris

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM SNL COMEDIAN GARRETT MORRIS HAD A SMALL CAMEO IN 2015'S ANT-MAN. Не plays a cab driver that Scott Lang falls on, and it's kind of a call-back to the time he played Ant-Man in a 1979 SNL episode. — Source

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Dr. Evil

When Dr. Evil goes nuts about not getting sharks with frickin' laser beams, that's based on SNL boss Lorne Michaels. An SNL alum said they'd seen that conversation play out between Michaels and the SNL set designer before the show started 500 times. And, like Dr. Evil, Michaels puts his pinkie to his mouth and chews the fingernail once he's done speaking. CRACKED.COM — 7 Insane Ways Actors Got The Ideas For Famous Performances

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Carrie Fisher

SNL put Leia in a gold bikini years before George Lucas did. In 1978, Fisher hosted SNL dressed as Princess Leia. During a beach skit, Leia beams down (yeah, let's ignore that part) and takes off her robes, revealing her bathing suit t-a gold bikini. This was five years before Return of the Jedi. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Random Facts to Satisfy Your Craving for Knowledge Without Leaving Home

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Robert Smigel

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM No one has more unproduced SNL movies. Smigel is the king of writing SNL movies that never got made, including flicks about the Ambiguously Gay Duo, the Superfans and Hans and Franz. Schwarzenegger killed the Hans and Franz movie after Last Action Hero tanked. — AV Club

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Chevy Chase

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM CHEVY CHASE WAS SUPPOSED TO STAR IN HITTING THE WALL, AN SNL-BASED MOVIE. It would be written by SNL writer Tom Davis, and would be about a former SNL writer having a midlife crisis, all done with SNL-style sketches. — Source

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Steven Seagal

COMEDY NERD Steven Seagal hosted SNL on April 20, 1991, and just about everybody hated it. SNL alum David Spade later said that maybe his one-inch ponytail was too tight that night, but whatever it was, he came off as wooden and totally devoid of any comic instinct. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Andrew Dice Clay

COMEDY NERD Andrew Dice Clay hosted SNL back in 1990, and it was super controversial. Не was accused of being a misogynist fascist, and SNL bossman Lorne Michaels had to go on another TV show and defend his decision to invite Clay as guest host. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The MADtv Connection

Only two actors appeared in both MADtv and SNL Feedpo ORK MIC CRACKED.COM ACULA The only two comedians to become cast members on both MADtv and SNL were Jeff Richards and Taran Killam. Despite the success of MADtv's illustrious alumni, Richards and Killam were the only ones who managed to jump ship and join MAD's arch nemesis, not counting Keegan-Michael Key, who hosted an episode of SNL in May 2021. — Source: Vulture

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Tina Fey

COMEDY 661 NERD CRACKED.COM Tina Fey Fey, who went from SNL star to comedy cultural icon, has won quite a few Emmys. Fey has 9 Emmy wins, 3 for her work writing, hosting and portraying Sarah Palin on SNL, and 6 for acting in, writing, and creating her own classic show, 30 Rock.

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Kate McKinnon

COMEDY 661 NERD CRACKED.COM Kate McKinnon The SNL star known for characters like a mistreated alien abductee won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2016 for her work on SNL. She was actually the first to win this award for work on SNL itself.

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SNL Polska

SNL around the world Poland's version, SNL Polska lasted from 2017 to 2018. It did its best to replicate the classic SNL studio set-up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon

AIDY BRYANT & KATE MCKINNON CRACKED.COM WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND 70s TV COP SPOOF DYKE AND FATS? WE WERE BOTH REALLY TIRED ONE NIGHT, SAYS MCKINNON, AND I JUST SAID TO AIDY, 'MAN, DYKE IS TIRED, AND AIDY SAID, 'FATS IS TIRED, TOO. AND THEN IT BECAME OUR BEAUTIFUL THING THAT WE HAD TOGETHER. — Vulture

15

Portlandia

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS SNL created a competitor in PORTLANDIA CRACKED.COM Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein pitched the show to Lorne Michaels while Armisen was still a cast member. In addition to giving his blessing, Lorne agreed to be executive producer of the show. Through its first four seasons, Portlandia featured nine current and former SNL cast members. — Mental Floss

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Paul Thomas Anderson

PAULTHOMAS ANDERSON DIRECTED BEN AFFLECK 2000 ST-BOOGIE NIGHTS, SNL FAN PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON WROTE A FEW SKETCHES FOR THE SHOW. HE ALSO DIRECTED 'FANATIC,' WITH AFFLECK STARRING AS ANNA NICOLE SMITH'S BIGGEST, BRACES-WEARING FAN. RUMOR HAS IT HE MET WIFE MAYA RUDOLPH DURING HIS SNL TENURE. — IndieWire

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Miskell Spillman

MISKELL SPILLMAN CONTEST WINNER WON STOV MCTT CRACKED cO 80-YEAR-OLD MISKELL SPILLMAN WON SNL'S FIRST (AND ONLY) 'ANYONE CAN HOST' CONTEST WITH THIS 25-WORDS-OR-L ENTRY: I'M 80 YEARS OLD. I NEED ONE MORE CHEAP THRILL, SINCE MY DOCTOR TOLD ME I ONLY HAVE ANOTHER 25 YEARS LEFT. — AV Club

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Jason Sudeikis

OLIVIA WILDE +- JASON SUDEIKIS Wilde met Sudeikis at an SNL finale party. He's a great dancer, she said. And I'm a sucker for great dancers. One o — Bustle

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Wayne Campbell

WAYNE CAMPBELL MIKE MYERS CRACKEDCON Myers based Wayne on friends he grew up with in the suburbs of Toronto, believing there was a certain homogenous — CBC/YouTube

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Drunk Uncle

DRUNK UNCLE BOBBY MOYNIHAN CRACKED Moynihan spent hours on a sure-fire sketch about a suit salesman, the best character in SNL history. Colin Jost a — Rolling Stone

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Leslie Jones

LESLIE JONES SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CAT 189 tSIt CA esictt I don't miss . At all. That job was... very restrictive. I wasn't very free there. Jone — Cracked

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Fear

FEAR OCTOBER 31, 1981 CRACKED.COM John Belushi not only convinced SNL to book his favorite band but to allow a mosh pit as well. A chaotic set led to — Far Out

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Adrien Brody

ADRIEN BRODY MAY 10, 2003 If you're going to introduce Sean Paul in fake dreadlocks and an offensive Jamaican accent, you should probably let Lorne kn — Far Out

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Reese Witherspoon

REESE WITHERSPOON FIRST TO HOST SNL AFTER 9/11 CRACKED.COM I don't know who feels good looking at themselves. Nobody, right? It's torture. Why would — Mental Floss

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Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis wrote for SNL (for two weeks). When they hired him, he thought he'd be a cast member -- but it turned out they just took him for a t — Source:

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Mindy Kaling

MINDY KALING I had these fantasies of going to SNL and falling in love with some writer on SNL, of getting married and living in New York. Kaling wa — Source: AV Club

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John Goodman

JOHN GOODMAN GRACKEDCOM 13-time host (third place all-time!) but it was a hard no when he auditioned for the cast in 1980. — Source: Screen Rant

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Wayne’s World

Wayne's World! Wayne's World! It's date rape time, excellent! I idolized Wayne and Garth as a teen... until / saw a rerun of their first SNL appearanc

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Catherine O’Hara

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM CATHERINE O'HARA WAS AN SNL CAST MEMBER (BUT ONLY TECHNICALLY). She never appeared in an episode - she joined SNL after she was done shooting SCTV, a show that was supposed to end with that season. But it got renewed, so she quit SNL and went back to SCTV. — Source

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