You Be the Lorne
Filed Under Sketch Comedy
The New York Post points out this is a big week for SNL with four cast members departing (apparently they already know who they are) and auditions starting for the Weekend Update chair Tina Fey’s vacating.
So, a little game. Here’s last year’s cast, minus Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey who are already gone to 30 Rock:
Main: Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Darrell Hammond, Seth Meyers, Finesse Mitchell, Chris Parnell, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Horatio Sanz, Kenan Thompson
Featured: Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, Kirsten Wiig
Pick the four you drop and give your choice to join Amy Poehler at Weekend Update (unless you drop her, in which case you pick two). I imagine it’s possible there’s still a chance they might bring new blood on, so you can drop five if you really want to for a Second City/Groundlings/UCB player to be named later (or name him/her now if you know it).
And as teach says: Show your work. Explain your choices.
I’d get rid of:
Finesse (I mean, really, I don’t know if he’s a good writer, but he’s a shitty player)
Chris Parnell (Was funny, but is just boring and stale now)
Horatio Sanz (Not funny anymore… And death to “Carol”)
Amy Poehler (Toughest cut for me, but she just needs to do something else)
Weekend Update:
Bill Hader and Will Forte