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The 10 Least Memorable "Saturday Night Live" Regular Cast Members

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (33)

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Charles Rocket: 1980 - 1981. Weekend update anchor. The most prolific male cast member during the 1980-81 season besides Joe Piscopo, He was fired, in part, for cursing on air. (The scene below is the one that got him fired).

Danitra Vance: 1985 - 1986. Recurring characters: “That black girl,” and Cabrini Green Jackson, a professional teenage mother who gives advice on pregnancy. (She also died in 1994 from breast cancer). Check out this sketch — not something they could pull off today.

Tim Kazurinsky: 1981 - 1984. Recurring characters: The landlord from Eddie Murphy’s “Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood,” Father Timothy Owens, and network censor Worthington Clotman.

Mary Gross: 1981 - 1985. Co-anchor of Weekend Update (briefly). Recurring characters: Alfalfa in the “Little Rascals” sketches, Chi Chi, Celeste, and Siobhan Cahill.

Robin Duke: 1981 - 1984. Recurring character: Wendy Whiner. Also played Mr. T.

Jim Breur: 1995 - 1998. Recurring character: Goat boy. He was in those Goth Talk sketches.

Finesse Mitchell: 2003 - 2006. Recurring character: Starkisha. Impressions of apl.de.ap, O.J. Simpson, Sean Combs, Kobe Bryant, and Morgan Freeman.

Melanie Hutsell: 1991 - 1994. Impressions: Jan Brady, Tonya Harding and Tori Spelling. She was in those Delta Delta Delta sketches.

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Terry Sweeney: 1985 - 1986. First openly gay cast member of “SNL.” Recurring character: His spot-on Nancy Reagan impression, and impressions of Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle, Joan Collins, and Joan Rivers. (In the skit below, he’s the guy on the far left in the World’s Most Handsome Man Contest).


Gary Kroeger: 1982 - 1985. Appeared as Donny Osmond opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Marie Osmond in a skit that ended with the two making out. Frequently cast as a teenager. (In the sketch below, he plays the teenager, alongside two other members of this list, Robin Duke and Tim Kazurinsky.)









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Comments

Pardon me. It might be the acid reflux, but I threw up a bit in my mouth just now.

Urp ...

Posted by: The Wanderer at April 12, 2011 10:06 AM

This list is slightly disingenuous since many of the cast members from the early '80s have been forgotten due to Lorne Michaels' refusal to air reruns of those seasons (when he wasn't there in protest of meddling upper management) as his way of telling NBC to fuck off. Even the worst and most forgettable cast members from 1986 on have a leg up on those sorry bastards.

Basically what I'm saying is I blame Lorne for Charles Rocket's suicide.

Posted by: Kballs at April 12, 2011 10:24 AM

Aw, I loved Robin Duke's Mr. T.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at April 12, 2011 10:31 AM

I always remember Tim Kazurinsky's character Dr. Jack Bedofsy. On the different types of rabies:

"A foaming Frenchman can give you Qu'est-ce Cue Sebies, and Linda Lovelace could give you fellabies!"

Posted by: Groundloop at April 12, 2011 10:37 AM

SNL has always been "uneven"... even the original cast seasons.

Just enjoy the good and try to forget the bad.

Posted by: OldSchool60 at April 12, 2011 10:40 AM

You know who I didn't know was on SNL until someone told me the other day?

Sarah Silverman.

I know, right?!

Posted by: ChristianH at April 12, 2011 10:44 AM

I totally remember Mary Gross. So, score one for me, I guess.

Posted by: tamatha at April 12, 2011 10:57 AM

If they are the least memorable, how do you remember them? I think the least memorable was that guy that did the skit about that thing....can't remember his name. He was unmemorable.

Posted by: kirbyjay at April 12, 2011 10:58 AM

I think kirbyjay is referring to Ole Whatshisnuts. You know, with the hair. And the face. You knooowwwww, the guy with the face who said, "Hey!"

Posted by: Kballs at April 12, 2011 11:01 AM

Huh. To me, Charles Rocket is one of the very few '80's cast member that I CAN remember. I mean, he was on the show before I was born and yet I know who he is precisely because of his infamous utterance of "fuck."

And Jim Breuer? Again, it must be my age, because he was on the show when I was in high school, so I remember him well.

May I suggest Fred Wolf? I can't even think of a sketch he was in, but I can remember what he looks like from the opening credits.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at April 12, 2011 11:14 AM

Delta Delta DELTA!

Posted by: Brenton at April 12, 2011 11:37 AM

I remember Melanie Hutsell because she was there during some of the great Phil Hartman years. I still miss him.

Posted by: The Other Mother at April 12, 2011 11:38 AM

I refuse to admit that any non-retarded person wants to be referred to apl.de.ap

Posted by: Zack at April 12, 2011 11:38 AM

How can you say Tim Kazurinsky is not memorable? He's freaking awesome...or is that just my 13 years in Chicago talking? Naaaah.

Posted by: JenVegas at April 12, 2011 11:48 AM

Gary Kroger is the star of my second favorite war film parody A Man Called Sarge (Top Secret is #1)

Posted by: Adam C at April 12, 2011 12:00 PM

Um, Anthony Michael Hall?

Just because he was in some classic 80's movies does not mean that he should be pardoned for his crappy stint on SNL. He stuck out like a sore thumb.

Posted by: Some Guy at April 12, 2011 12:11 PM

Has armisen ever been funny?

Posted by: maka at April 12, 2011 12:17 PM

Yeah I'd say the SNL early 80s were almost entirely forgettable in general.

Posted by: Sara H at April 12, 2011 12:35 PM

Janeane Garofolo and Michael McKean. Great in other stuff, obviously, but SNL was not a career highlight for either.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at April 12, 2011 12:44 PM

I remember Mary Gross, Tim Kazurinsky, Gary Kroger and the rest of that cast very well. I watched those seasons religously. You want a list of forgetable cast members, look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_cast#Shortest_tenures

Posted by: Jeremiah at April 12, 2011 12:44 PM

What about that pasty-faced red-haired guy that was just on. HE WAS JUST ON. Damnit, brain.

Also, Jim Bruer. . .Half Baked. . .never forget.

Posted by: coveredinbees at April 12, 2011 1:03 PM

I would go so far as to say that as far as their years on SNL go, people tend to forget that Anthony Michael Hall and RDJ were both on alongside Quaid, and that there was another cursed year when Janeane freaking Garofalo was on, most inadvisedly. Damon Wayans was a featured player, mostly to play opposite Danitra Vance, and Ben Stiller had a few moments here and there.

Frankly, Danitra Vance deserved a lot better than SNL. I tend to remember Robin Duke's Billy Idol impersonation better than anything else she did during her time on the show. And really, what else does anyone remember of Victoria Jackson's stint but for the fact that she's got the cuckoo happening now?

Posted by: Jerry at April 12, 2011 1:46 PM

But who can forget Robin Duke as one of the Ugly Sisters Stepp? "We aren't really sisters, but we are really ugly." I don't know why I still think that's so funny, but another friend of mine and I quote that line to this day.

Posted by: jimbob at April 12, 2011 2:01 PM

This is bait, Dustin. BAIT!

(though I've never given a shit about Jim Breuer)

Posted by: Jay at April 12, 2011 2:41 PM

Some are vaguely familiar, but hell if I remember most of those (thank god no). Only Melanie Hutsell and Terry Sweeney ring all the bells. Sweeney was some sort of a lot toothier Kenneth the Page, his face irked me.

Posted by: godzilla_foil at April 12, 2011 3:14 PM

Does anyone remember when Mark McKinney was on post-Kids in the Hall? It seemed to be a perfect fit, as he was a brilliant performer on another Lorne Michaels produced sketch comedy show. But, he and SNL were like oil and water. It was painful to see the mighty fall so hard.

Posted by: JHop at April 12, 2011 4:19 PM

I've been referencing the Warthog sketch for 25 years now and no one ever knows what I'm talking about. I haven't seen it since I watched it live-- thanks for posting it.

Posted by: Capstink at April 12, 2011 5:00 PM

JHop, McKinney was at SNL for like 4 seasons. And I cannot remember a single sketch he was in. And I remember every single frame of the Chicken Lady sketches from Kids in the Hall. And the face crusher.

As for the others listed...The only reason I remember Rocket and Vance is that they are both dead. The others I remember.

Posted by: Sean at April 12, 2011 5:04 PM

If only everyone would ignore Victoria Jackson...

Posted by: frankly at April 12, 2011 6:52 PM

C'mon, Hutsell isn't least memorable. Worst for sure, but she was unfortunately memorable.

What about Jerry Minor? When you are the other, OTHER black guy, then you know you won't get remembered by anyone. Hell, I only remember him because he was the black guy on Mr Show.

Posted by: Shane at April 12, 2011 8:47 PM

Terry Sweeney: 1985 - 1986. First openly gay cast member of “SNL.”

SNL, Hell. Try first openly gay cast member of any show on network television.

Posted by: spazmodeus at April 12, 2011 10:29 PM

Does anyone remember when Mark McKinney was on post-Kids in the Hall? It seemed to be a perfect fit, as he was a brilliant performer on another Lorne Michaels produced sketch comedy show. But, he and SNL were like oil and water. It was painful to see the mighty fall so hard.

I knew he and Bruce McCulloch were writers on SNL before The Kids in the Hall got on the air and then he joined the cast of SNL when KITH ended. But I didn't watch a single episode of SNL that he was in.

Posted by: Uda at April 12, 2011 11:11 PM

Armisen is funny as Billy Smith, the terrible native american standup. Unintentionally or not that kills me.

Posted by: Uncle Mikey at May 7, 2011 3:07 PM