Farley,Eddie Murphy and Will Ferrel I think were the best
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Top Five SNL Cast Members
Will Ferrell was known for doing a great George Bush imitation on 'Saturday Night Live.'
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By Lang Whitaker, SI.com
This weekend marks the return to the megaplex of Mike Myers. After the declining humor of the Austin Powers series, Myers has been absent (at least in person) from the big screen for the last five years. Now, he's back in the hockey-heavy The Love Guru, which hopefully will remind us of Myers' days on Saturday Night Live, when his personal stock of characters -- from Dieter to Wayne -- were all winners. Here's my top five funniest SNL cast members. (And as you can see from my list, I'm a child of the '80s. When Dan Akroyd and those guys were on the show, I was like 2 years old. Sorry.)
1. Norm McDonald: Yep, I was one of those who loved McDonald, especially his breathtaking run hosting "Weekend Update." Hard for me to believe that anyone would find Norm not funny, except for perhaps an NBC executive.
2. Will Ferrell: Even though his best work has been on the big screen, on SNL he was always pitch-perfect as the normal guy who could turn creepy -- and funny -- quickly.
3. Tracy Morgan: Yes, he was a terrible actor, but his ridiculous skits (Brian Fellows, Astronaut Jones) were so strange that they worked.
4. Chris Farley: Seeing him smash through that table while playing Matt Foley still makes me laugh every time I see it. But I thought he was transcendent as a Gap girl.
5. Jon Lovitz: His characters were all similar -- sneering, boozy, uppity -- but he also managed to remain funny throughout.
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