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  • we spare sweet nothings into my ear.

  • Oh, I bet with a beautiful tax form you have welcome to watch Mojo.

  • And today we're counting down our picks for the top 10.

  • Most underrated Saturday Night Live cast members.

  • You know, I just like toe have fun.

  • I'm not worthy of anything I'm really not.

  • And a foaming French poodle can give you Casca savy.

  • Well, take a good long look again because you just stepped into hell, baby, For this list, we're ranking some of the not ready for prime time players that did some great work during their tenure at SNL.

  • However, for one reason or another, they've largely flown under the radar in the public eye.

  • Which member of the extensive SNL cast you think is underrated?

  • Sound off in the comments and let us know.

  • Number 10.

  • Jay Pharaoh Blue Ivy Hofer Junior.

  • Yep, you don't have to be grated impressions to be an SNL star, but it certainly helps.

  • Jay Pharaoh just happens to be fantastic at um, and it showed during his tenure at Saturday Night Live Michelle.

  • Its's such a treat.

  • I feel like I feel like it's been years since I've seen you sure?

  • Just about every SNL fan is aware of Pharaohs.

  • Nearly perfect take on Barack Obama.

  • But we'd argue that his impressions of other celebrities such as Denzel Washington, were possibly even better.

  • Look at this here.

  • This is nice.

  • It's very nice.

  • Thank you.

  • You bought this?

  • I didn't, huh?

  • This handbag right here, that's what I think is yours.

  • Yes, it is.

  • Pharaoh just possesses a knack for nailing down every little detail and personality quirk about a subject's not to mention an ease and confidence that make him tailor made for the Saturday Night Live stage.

  • Now next, on May 24th, Kim and I getting married.

  • Fan number nine Kevin Neilan Every good comedic bit needs a straight man.

  • There were few SNL alum that were better at this often thankless task than Kevin Neilan.

  • Girls like hair.

  • Yeah.

  • So Harry bodies were good.

  • Definitely.

  • Well, then why should I keep my shirt off?

  • Theo Comedian was probably best known for his excellent stint as host of Weekend Update, where we got to witness one of his classic characters, Mr Subliminal.

  • I mean Germany, German reunification is right around the corner.

  • Big mistake.

  • However, Neilan was also great and skits and could be relied upon to allow a more animated co star such as Adam Sandler or Chris Farley to shine by holding things together for me.

  • A big round.

  • If Saturday Night Live was a well oiled machine, then it was Kevin Neilan that helped keep those gears in motion as an underrated member of the cast.

  • Hey, is that Brenda You're pulling?

  • Mm, Probably let me check.

  • Look, thing Yeah, looks like her number eight.

  • Bobby Moynahan.

  • Bobby Moynihan was a member of the SNL cast for nearly 10 years.

  • And for that we are deeply thankful.

  • I mean, you know, kids, they need to pull up their pants.

  • Yeah, kids today, kids today they're always saying, Tax me tax me tax may Don't you write a letter, you dummy?

  • Not just because of his popular roles, like the recurring weekend update character of Drunk Uncle, but also due to his valuable balance of physical comedy and impressions.

  • Do you understand the pressure that on Monday I got a science project?

  • There's two weeks late.

  • I'm five chapters behind a tale of two cities on.

  • I don't have a freaking date to the dance, Moynahan could make the audience laugh with subtle facial expressions or get a huge reaction from some over the top stunt.

  • Let's take a look at the slow mo.

  • He completely misjudged where that first man it was almost as if there was absolutely no communication between his brain and his body.

  • It's this versatility that made Moynahan underrated in a cast that included some pretty big names, including Andy Samberg, Bill Hater and Kristen Wig.

  • Being able to stand out in that crowd is just one of the reasons why he still remembered so fondly.

  • Hey, how do you work this freaking thing thing Number seven Terry Sweeney, bearing no relation to the more well known Julia Sweeney Terry Sweeney, was only a part of the SNL cast for one season.

  • I don't know why, but the Maple Fudge is selling better than ever before and the almonds fudges, even surpassing that, however, he actually worked as a staff writer.

  • In the years prior to his 1985 promotion, Terry made history as the first openly gay male member of the cast.

  • The trailblazing comedian displayed an outrageous sense of humor and bold creative voice.

  • A round trip ticket to Aruba on $5000 man money.

  • Oh, I think Key wouldn't have to belong to that little Corvette outside in front.

  • Would it?

  • Sweeney's impressions of female celebrities like Joan Rivers were envelope pushing for the period in a time when Saturday Night Live was struggling to connect with viewers and critics.

  • His energetic delivery also stood out.

  • Here's hoping that Terry Sweeney's underrated work could be rediscovered by a new generation today.

  • Well, I just wanna thank you.

  • Well, I just wanna thank you, Johnny, wherever you are for giving me my first big break.

  • I owe it all to you, Johnny.

  • Now eat my dust.

  • Number six Cheri Oteri Most SNL fans best remember Cheri Oteri from her comedy Dream Team pairing with Will Ferrell during the Spartan cheerleader sketches.

  • Oh, my God.

  • We're playing great chest right now.

  • I know how my hair look.

  • It looks okay.

  • You have some split ends, though.

  • I'm sorry, I'm a friend, but we shouldn't limit her skill to this admittedly great character.

  • Now, which is a slow it down and tell me just what occurred Oteri could be relied upon to be incredibly creative with her comedy from developing outside the box characters like Nadine and collect Reardon to her impeccable take on television icon Barbara Walters.

  • Oh, and let's not forget her pairing with Chris Qattan as the Zimmermans who took the pita acronym to ah, whole new level with their affectionate antics.

  • I said, Go down, go down.

  • Maybe I want to go up.

  • Maybe you wanna go up, Go down.

  • We're gonna go back up again.

  • E Go down, Back up, Go down E o Number five Jan Hooks.

  • Remove your shit, Lady Smythe.

  • There's a chill, Theo Greatly missed.

  • Jan Hooks was a part of the fresh and new SNL cast for 1986 a group that included future stars Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey.

  • While Hooks never seem to achieve the mainstream heights of some of her cast mates, she absolutely delivered the comedic goods.

  • The comedian killed it as one half of the Sweeney Sisters, a superb parody of a lounge act from the 19 seventies or eighties, the seventies.

  • This is the seventies now.

  • That's a decade that still has us all puzzled, dumped a clue, went right over my head.

  • I lost that.

  • She also showed off her down to Earth warmth and charisma as Brenda, the waitress, ready to tell me what you like.

  • I'm ready.

  • You look it.

  • You got some specials that look really fine I am pretty proud of.

  • Although she may not have become a famous and well known as other great comedians, one thing's for sure.

  • She connected with fans and colleagues alike from around the world.

  • Somewhere between cleanliness and godliness lies compulsion, the world's most indulgent disinfectant.

  • Number four.

  • Tim Meadows We know what you might be thinking.

  • How could someone who had an SNL tenure as long as Tim Little Hockey Meadows be underrated?

  • You know, I have two loves in my life, Fourth of July and, of course, teamwork.

  • Really.

  • And yet, and yet on your application, you put your team work is for suckers.

  • When I'm hired, I will do to teamwork what Napoleon did to Japan.

  • Yeah, he conquered Japan, right?

  • We'd argue that the freshness of his work and how much he grew as a performer throughout his 10 season run on the show made him into an underappreciated superstar shirt.

  • McCann comes in four kick ass styles, golf shirt, dress shirt, tank top and super fancy tuxedo shirt.

  • The comedian cut his teeth working improv.

  • His ability to adapt and progress served Meadows well.

  • Once he made it on to Saturday Night Live in 1991 Meadows was much more than the ladies man character.

  • Mm, yeah, these Viagra's air good.

  • Mm.

  • Tastes like chocolate.

  • Not only did, he writes, gets behind the scenes, but the show greatly benefited from his natural ability to develop unique celebrity impressions.

  • Mr.

  • Simpson, do you even know who Dr King Waas?

  • Sure I do.

  • He was that black woman who kicked all those people off the bus Number three on a gas tire.

  • Call this next entry, a case of underrated in one medium, but not in another.

  • Today on a Gas Tire is well known, loved and respected for her work on Broadway.

  • But since she was on SNL before her career really took off, she remains one of the Siri's more underrated players.

  • Wow, I can't wait to get my mouth around this ball, our thinking.

  • Beyond the classic Schweddy Balls skit with Molly Shannon and Alec Baldwin and more of her razor sharp impersonations, a Robin's egg splatters in a prison of harvest colors that felt really good gas tires takes on.

  • Martha Stewart and Celine Dion were incredibly spot on to all my Jewish friends back home in Quebec.

  • I would like to say Julia, Monica and some of her original characters, such as Lilith Fair folk singer comedian Cinder Calhoun, are both of their time and hilariously timeless.

  • Thanks Toa Anna's unique comedic voice.

  • We practically peed our pants.

  • We were laughing so hard.

  • Number two.

  • Laraine Newman.

  • Here's your pea soup.

  • Maybe now we could be friends.

  • Huh?

  • What do you say Way?

  • There have been countless comedians who have entered the SNL cast via their work with the Groundlings improv group in comedy school.

  • Things has been true from the beginning, seeing as Groundlings founding member Laraine Newman was part of the O.

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  • Saturday Night Live cast my boyfriend, Brad, and he was supposed to get married and everything you know.

  • So I was making a peach cobbler for his mother, and I overheard her say, Look, the chicks is making us a Presbyterian pie.

  • Despite making history in that first class of comedians, she and fellow not ready for prime time player Garrett Morris were both underrated in the grand scheme of things, Lorraine's decision not to revisit many of her original characters may have hampered her reputation as a household name today.

  • That's disgusting.

  • However, her charisma, timing and natural charm in those early seasons still resonate with SNL historians.

  • Hey, she was Connie Conehead.

  • My name is Connie, and I am 16 Earth years old.

  • Before we unveil our topic, Here are some honorable mentions.

  • Tim Robinson, a multi talented featured player turned writer.

  • My favorite dinosaurs, a brontosaurus.

  • Scientists can't tell from the fossils if they're held their necks out upright on Casey Wilson for dusty velvet and hosting the Cougar den.

  • Yeah.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • We owe Nassim paid Rod for her impressions and physical comedic skill.

  • Okay, Kim, I have to admit, I haven't really seen your show.

  • You haven't been keeping up with Ellen Cleghorn.

  • Versatile, funny and witty as hell.

  • Hi, y'all this question equal back from Harlem when I learned all about Kawanza.

  • Today Kawanza is a Swahili word and it means Santa don't come to my house.

  • Her ratio sands.

  • When he wasn't making Jimmy Fallon laugh, he was making us chuckle to to Oh, why did I give him that whip for his birthday.

  • Always treat the customers way.

  • Chris Qattan, Mango God talk in Roxbury.

  • Oh, my.

  • Okay, don't.

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  • Number one will Forte.

  • You're getting shut down.

  • Nobody wants to work with a crying baby face a business.

  • Speaking of the Groundlings, our number one pick also spent time honing his craft at this prestigious comedy school.

  • He then made his way to SNL for an eight year tour of duty.

  • To be fair, Forte's first artistic love seems to have always been writing.

  • E have these nightmares way to work.

  • He has a seriously impressive resume of behind the scenes credits.

  • However, his work on the SNL stage remains underrated for those with an open mind to creative comedy the way Forte paired up with Jason Sudeikis as the reverse hair metal icons.

  • Jon Bovi was genius dying Gonna give my foot, we will not make it.

  • I do not swear.

  • Hey, Dying on a hay also gave us the bone headed but beloved MacGyver knockoff MacGruber.

  • Fans could always rely on something unique and outside the box when it came to a will forte performance.

  • Okay, forget it.

  • I don't care what you think anyway, okay?

  • But I'm very good at my job.

  • I think I'm not gonna radio.

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