37 Sketchy Facts About the Sketch Comedy Giant — ‘Saturday Night Live’
Turns out, getting rejected by ‘SNL’ is a surefire way of becoming a famous comedian
People like to say that Saturday Night Live has been terrible since X year, and that X is equal to whatever season people watched when they were in their teens or early twenties (probably). But to paraphrase someone who should have hosted and it’s a crime that they haven’t yet, “When almost 50 seasons you reach, look as good you will not.” There’s lots of interesting facts about the show and its cast members, current and former, from over the decades. For instance, did you know SNL rejected Jim Carrey and Zach Galifianakis before they became comedy giants?
More on that and other facts you probably didn’t know about SNL below…