Top 10 Most Awesome SNL Cast Members

Because everyone likes to read lists for some reason and because I like making lists, today we are going to compose another fun list - The Top 10 Most Awesome SNL Cast Members.  In the past I made a list of Surprising SNL Cast Members, but today we are going the opposite way.  Also, note that it doesn't say "Best" or "All-Around" Cast Members, but the Most Awesome SNL Cast Members.  So, this list will be composed by judging which SNL cast members I thought were the most awesome, it's as simple as that.  Here's a list of all SNL Cast Members in case you wanted to see if I missed anyone (which I probably did).  Let's get it on:

• 10) Norm MacDonald - his Weekend Updates were amazing, nobody could deliver a terrible joke like he could, plus his Burt Reynolds was so bad it was funny.
• 9) Dana Carvey - Garth, the Church Lady, Ross Perot, Hans, George H.W. Bush.  The guy had range and was somewhat under-appreciated in his day.
• 8) Darrell Hammond - if they needed a political impression, then Darrell was their man.  On top of that, he holds the record for most seasons on the show with 14 seasons.  Oh, and you can't forget about his Sean Connery abusing Alex Trebek on Celebrity Jeopardy.  Priceless.
• 7) Kristen Wigg - she may be the only woman on this list, but that might be because she is also the only woman who carried the show for a whole season.  Her characters could be annoying sometimes, but when she nailed one, it was great.
• 6) Adam Sandler/Andy Samberg - these two had to be included because they are basically the same guy.  They would do the occasional sketch but always seemed to play the same character, and it was their musical talent that put them over the top.  I'm still amazed at how funny both The Lunch Lady Song and Dick in a Box are to me.
• 5) John Belushi - he might have been before my day, but of the sketches I have seen in the reruns, he brought an incredible amount of energy with his characters and that has to count for something.
• 4) Eddie Murphy - he quite literally changed the way SNL was run.  Not only was he only 19 years old when he joined the cast, but he left after only a few seasons and forced Lorne Michaels to make new cast members sign 6-year deals.
• 3) Phil Hartman - like Darrell Hammond, Phil had a range of characters that cannot be matched.  His Bill Clinton impersonation alone puts him in the Top 5 of this list.
• 2) Will Farrell - he easily has had the most memorable moments of the show in the past 15 years.  Everything he did was pure gold and it was a shame he left the show to go on and have such an up-and-down movie career (I still think Anchorman was terrible and the sequel will suck, too).
• 1) Chris Farley - this is a no-brainer.  His energy was insurmountable.  No one before and no one since could ever match the pure essence of comedy this man brought SNL.  He was so awesome that he would even fall over in the street to any fan that asked him just to make them laugh.  Rest in Peace, sweet prince.

"Quite possibly the funniest SNL sketch ever."