"Saturday Night Live" has been popular with people of all generations. Now on its 41st season, SNL has jump-started the careers of great actors and actresses.Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Bill Hader just to name a few. Many people have different cast members and favorite skits. I started watching SNL about 5 to 6 years ago, but I have seen some skits from the past. I understand everyone has their own favorites, but here are my favorite characters that I have seen on SNL.
Darrell Hammond -- Sean Connery, Bill Clinton, and Al Gore
Hammond does a great job as these three characters. As Sean Connery, he just rips into Alex Trebek (Will Ferrell). While his language is blunt and full of cutthroat statements, it’s so funny and he is a highlight of the Celebrity Jeopardy skit. His Bill Clinton is near perfect. He nails all the parts of being President Clinton and during the debates; he has me laughing so much. Lastly, Hammond plays Al Gore and has an incredible debate with Governor Bush (Will Ferrell). He always refers to the "lockbox" to the answer for every question.
Taran Killam -- Jebediah Atkinson
Taran Killam has been a star of SNL ever since I started watching the show. There are so many characters to pick from, but I had to pick his best character in my opinion. Jebediah Atkinson is a movie critic that comes on the Weekend Update segment and rips into every single aspect of the entertainment industry. He claims to have not liked one song or movie ever created.
Will Ferrell -- George W. Bush and Alex Trebek
Ferrell just tries to control Sean Connery as Connery rips into his mother. However, he does a great job as Alex Trebek and jeopardy is always funny to watch as Ferrell hosting as Trebek. Also, his George W. Bush is amazing. The first debate between Vice President Gore (Darrell Hammond) and Governor Bush is absolutely hilarious. Bush is asked to sum up his campaign in one word and he says “strategery”. That one word response is one of my favorite moments that I have seen on SNL. The debate between Gore and Bush (Hammond and Ferrell) is featured below.
Amy Poehler -- Hillary Clinton
Amy was a great a cast member on SNL. Her Hillary impersonation was spot on and was awesome to watch during the political campaigns. Part of one of her speeches is featured below as he and Palin cross party lines to address the role that sexism is playing in the election.
Tina Fey -- Sarah Palin
Tina was spot on with this impersonation. It is by far some of her best work on the show, and at times using Sarah’s exact words from an interview with Katie Couric. Sarah is one of my favorite characters from the show and it gets me almost to tears every time. Her most famous line of "I can see Russia from my house is my favorite line from Saturday Night Live.
Kate McKinnon -- Hillary Clinton and Justin Bieber
McKinnon is one of the best cast members currently on the show. She does the new Hillary Clinton impersonation and does a great job just like Poehler did. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can’t even choose if McKinnon or Poehler does a better job. Also, her Justin Bieber is amazing. She is featured in a few different skits and just does an amazing job, so spot on and so funny.
Bill Hader -- Stefon
Hader is still one of my favorite cast members. His work on Saturday Night Live was amazing. His most notable character is Stefon, who tells tourists of New York “just the place for them” on a night out in New York. The places are definitely not good places to enjoy a night out, and it is so comical what he says are New York’s “hottest clubs. He also has a “romantic relationship” with former Weekend Update correspondent, Seth Myers which adds even more humor to Stefon’s character.
Keenan Thompson -- Steve Harvey
Thompson hosts Family Feud on the show. He impersonates Harvey and does a great job. There are skits of the show when Justin Timberlake hosts and other skits with “families” who go up against each other.
Rachel Dratch -- Debbie Downer
Debbie Downer is a lot of people’s favorites. Debbie always brings down the mood and does it in such a quick, swift way. Rachel Dratch makes Downer such a great character and is definitely near the top of my list.
Alec Baldwin -- Tony Bennett
I have only seen Baldwin do the Tony Bennett impersonation on the 40th anniversary special. The way he speaks and raises his voice at the end of every sentence is just hilarious. An example of this is when Bennett says, “Its like Atlantic City took a giant crap and out came the 4th of July.” Baldwin does a great job, and has had an incredible career after SNL.
Bobby Moynihan -- Drunk Uncle
Moynihan is hilarious during his drunk uncle skits. He gives his opinion on different things, usually holidays. It always ends up being completely off topic and with drunk uncle being too drunk and crying about how he isn’t a better person. It’s always hilarious and I love every time he checks in with weekend update.
Tracy Morgan -- Brian Fellow
Tracy does a great job as Brian Fellow’s in his return to Saturday Night Live as the host. Following his near fatal car crash, Morgan came back and hosted SNL. During the show he does a skit about Brian Fellow’s, a host of a show about animals. Different cast members will come on the show with different animals, and Tracy will never be interested by what they have to say. He will just always repeat “I’m Brian Fellow” and not listen to the people talk about the animals.
(Features Alex Trebek, Sean Connery, Justin Bieber, and Tony Bennett.)
