sometimes a job is just too good to
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welcome to watchmojo.com embers for this
list we're looking at the players who've
spent the most seasons on Saturday Night
Live
while the list is set in stone as of
late 2019 keep an eye out for eighty
Bryant and Cecily strong as they're both
eight seasons in and showing no signs of
slowing down number ten Jason Sudeikis
did you know that before Jason was a
featured player on SNL and had us
cracking up with his impressions of Mitt
Romney and Joe Biden he was hired as a
sketch writer for the show and spent two
seasons in the writers room
well that would surely explain why he's
so funny yes he joined the show as a
writer in 2003 then he became a
full-time cast member in 2005 and spent
the following nine years making us belly
laugh until departing the show after the
2013 season
Mali's moved on to become a Hollywood
star in films like we're the Millers he
still makes occasional appearances on
the show when one of his characters is
needed
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number nine Kevin Nealon the younger
generations may recognize Kevin more
from his roles in Adam Sandler films and
from being close buddies with the
megastar comedian than from his SNL work
we got a harnessing the good energy walk
out the bad but Nealon was part of the
show's foundation for nine amazing years
spanning from 1986 to 1995 this guy
Steven Seagal anchored Weekend Update
from 91 to 94 and played such memorable
characters as the muscle-bound Franz
from Hans and Franz and the too honest
for TV mister subliminal you know
they're not even in public office
thank God I think people like Kitty
Kelly would do well to focus our
attention on America's real problems
Kennedy's now let me tell you he now has
a popular YouTube channel called hiking
with Kevin where he hikes with
celebrities and comedians and has random
conversations with them we really
recommend giving it a watch number eight
Maya Rudolph before Rudolph broke into
the Hollywood scene with her appearances
and bridesmaids she was a one-woman
wrecking crew on SNL for nine glorious
seasons from 1999 to 2007 she blew us
away with her bang on impressions of
Beyonce including great vocals do and
she brought a ton of class and hilarity
to her send up a former First Lady
Michelle Obama
since leaving the show she's been back
plenty of times as a guest and hosted it
once in 2012
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Keenen in her roles as an intergalactic
judge on the NBC sitcom the good place
or as the hormone monstrous on big
mouths have brought her many new fans
number seven kate mckinnon kate is one
of two active members in this ranking so
expect her to climb higher on this list
before her career is over I'm here where
all the animals lived at nine seasons on
the show MacKinnon has had too many
memorable characters to count making her
a top star in the process but one of her
most popular roles has been her recent
and absolutely savage portrayal of
Donald Trump's aide Kellyanne Conway
it's me Killian can we compare depiction
of Conway as the clown from it called
Kelly wise currently has over 16 million
views on YouTube and was a viral hit
back in 2017
she's also transitioned well to the big
screen starring alongside other SNL alum
Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones in the
2016 reimagining of ghostbusters number
six Tim Meadows moving on from cast
members who spent nine seasons on the
show
Timmy meadows had one of the longest
tenures in SNL at the time at ten
seasons he spent time at the legendary
second city comedy troupe with SNL icon
Chris Farley he was called up to the big
time in 1991 where he became one of the
hot gun young comedians to dominate SNL
in the early 90s alongside Adam Sandler
David Spade and the affer mentioned
Farley during this period he rose to
national attention on the show for his
portrayal of Johnnie Cochran during the
very public OJ Simpson murder trial
they're insulting intelligence in the
credibility this jury when they implied
that we are in some way trying to
manipulate a predominantly black jury by
my way in this African tribal tie after
leaving the show he turned to acting in
both TV and film number 5 al franken Al
Franken you mean former United States
Senator Al Franken yep the very same
didn't think he had a funny bone in his
body well we're here to tell you
otherwise I deserve good things I am
entitled to my share of happiness
I refuse to beat myself up he played the
unforgettable self-help guru Stuart
Smalley and became so popular on SNL he
was awarded his own NBC backed movie
called Stuart saves his family in 1995
but his time at SNL goes way back before
Stuart as he was hired as one of the
original writers when the show first
went to air in 1975 before landing a
featured player role in 77 to 80 he then
returned as a featured cast member from
1988 to 1995 if you see my movie the
weekend of June the 6th don't be
surprised if you see in person me Al
Franken that's right all told Franken
spent 11 seasons on the show
number four fred armisen another member
of the eleven seasons club this comedic
chameleon has played everyone from
former US President Barack Obama to
legendary pop musician Prince and has
amazed fans with his wide range of
acting skills you can get off when we
start getting down and we're getting
down right now
Armisen joined the show is a featured
member back in 2002 and became a
full-time player in 2004 he quickly
became a standout on the show until
leaving in 2013 since gone on to star in
the popular IFC sketch show Portlandia
and has appeared on the big screen in a
variety of roles our mersen's also
returned to SNL multiple times as a
guest and hosted the show for the first
time in 2016
number three Seth Meyers we see him
every week night updating us on the
latest world developments on Late Night
with Seth Meyers
that's natural since Meyers first rose
to fame during his time on SNL as the
co-anchor of Weekend Update alongside
Amy Poehler Newt Gingrich on Wednesday
announced that he is running for
president using Facebook and Twitter
where most people will think Newt
Gingrich is a Harry Potter character
joining the show back in 2001 it wasn't
long until stuffs knack for comedy
landed him the co-head writer spot on
SNL beside none other than Tina Fey and
he was writing such famous lines as
Sarah Palin's I can see Russia from my
house after spending 13 seasons on the
show it was announced that Meyers would
take over late-night hosting duties from
Jimmy Fallon and he's been knocking him
dead ever since researchers recently
completed their first trial of a male
birth control method and if you put it
on right it's 100% effective number 2
Darrell Hammond 14 years is a long time
for well just about anything but for
Hammond it wasn't long enough apparently
as for years after finally leaving SNL
on which he starred from 1995 to 2009 he
became the show's announcer in 2014 and
remains there to this day
yeah he's basically SNL royalty at this
point Hillary isn't crazy that phones
can take videos now
I mean if they could have done that in
the 90s I'd be in jail but even if he
wasn't the announcer he's the man who
played such legendary SNL characters as
Bill Clinton and Sean Connery so he'd
likely be considered royalty anyway
I'll take Latino for a hundred when he
left in 2009 he was the last remaining
cast member from the terrific 90s
ensemble was the oldest cast member ever
at age 53 and held the record for the
longest tenure at SNL well our top pick
unseated Darrell Hammond relatively
recently which is a huge clue for a long
time he was the unsung hero of the show
and he can bring every sketch he's in to
the next level with just like a funny
face or silly line delivery but before
you can say what up with that let's
scroll through the honorable mentions
and then we'll bring the funny with our
number one longest-running SNL cast
member if I see another idiot with the
ecig I'm gonna punch him in the East
African who should be ashamed of
yourselves sir we've only been jogging
for three blocks besides mrs. Flint
asked us not to let you into any more
fast food places well I just want to
mingle with the American people talk
with some real folks maybe get a diet
coke or something because I think I'm a
terrible person I'm lesbian
you only with your white hair and your
walkin problem
look I'm sorry Nana I wonder a lot of
stress here I mean it gotta defuse this
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notifications number one Kenan Thompson
Thompson saw Hammonds 14-year record at
SNL and said hold my beer at 17 years
and Counting
Kenan is now the undisputed champ this
child actor who appeared in such hits as
The Mighty Ducks and good burger first
appeared on the show in 2003 was a
featured player for 2 years and then was
promoted to the main roster where he's
still going strong welcome to black
jeopardy the only TV game show where the
audience is in church clothes not only
does he hold the show's record for most
impersonations at 138 once again passing
Hammond he's also been credited by show
creator Lorne Michaels as being the most
reliable cast member
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so high praise indeed
but with NBC recently picking up
Thompson's new show called the Kenan
show how much longer will the beloved
comedians stay at SNL do you agree with
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