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Over the course of fifty years on the air, the present has helped launch the profession of some main stars. However not all of those celebs made their mark throughout their time on SNL. Actually, some stars solely spent one season as a part of the forged earlier than getting let go!

No matter how a lot time they spent as a featured participant, these former SNL forged members went on to have tremendous profitable careers.

Discover out why these celebs left SNL…

1. Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. joined the forged of SNL in 1985 however didn’t final very lengthy on the present. In what he’s known as “arguably the worst season in its historical past,” Robert says he shortly discovered that he wasn’t meant for the sketch comedy present. On the finish of the season, Robert and fairly a couple of different younger forged members have been let go from the present.

“I discovered a lot in that 12 months about what I wasn’t. I used to be not any individual who was going to provide you with the catchphrase. I used to be not any individual who’s going to do impressions. I used to be any individual who was very unwell suited to rapid-fire sketch comedy,” he advised The Off Digital camera Present. “I used to be sort of like, ‘Wow this appears actually laborious and like lots of work.’ However I might nonetheless say to today that there’s not a extra thrilling 90 minutes you’ll be able to have, whether or not you’re any good or not, it’s simply wonderful.”

2. Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller didn’t even make it by a complete season of SNL. He had been introduced on to the forged after he offered a satirical quick movie to the present and thought he may proceed making movies for the collection. After becoming a member of the forged throughout season 14, he lasted solely 5 weeks earlier than deciding that he received too nervous earlier than a dwell present to proceed.

“At that time, I simply needed to make quick movies and I knew I wasn’t good dwell as a result of I might get nervous,” Ben shared on The Howard Stern Present. “I simply felt I couldn’t do nicely in that state of affairs.”

Despite the fact that he’s now hosted the present and made many visitor appearances, he says he nonetheless will get extremely nervous when he takes the stage.

3. Sarah Silverman

In 1993, Sarah Silverman joined the forged of season 19 of SNL however was sadly fired by the tip the next 12 months. Though she admits she was actually crushed to go away after only one season, she says it was an unbelievable studying expertise.

“Trying again, it was a terrific expertise. It was actually like boot camp for thus many issues. And it was nearly like New York itself, SNL, as a result of it’s like, if you may make it there, the whole lot else appears not so laborious, you recognize?” Sarah advised Collider.

She continued, “I by no means assume I’m gonna get fired. I’ve been fired a lot and I’m at all times stunned. I may inform you for everybody on the market that will get fired, there was a while after SNL the place I used to be like, ‘Am I in present enterprise?’ You simply return to zero, and I used to be like, ‘Oh yeah, I’m a comic book! I can do comedy! That’s my complete factor.’”

After the “enormous defeat,” Sarah ended up having the chance to host the present in 2022.

4. Jenny Slate

When Jenny Slate joined the forged of SNL in 2009, she didn’t begin issues off on a terrific observe. Throughout her first ever skit, she by accident cursed — which is an enormous no no on dwell tv. Jenny immediately seemed distraught however she says she didn’t find yourself getting in bother and it wasn’t the explanation she received fired on the finish of only one season.

“I had felt that it was a foul match. I actually favored all of the individuals there rather a lot. I didn’t really feel that they have been a foul match to be pals with however I don’t know. I used to be not capable of modify into…being relaxed in that ambiance,” Jenny advised Collider. “I used to be scared. I don’t assume I favored it that a lot trying again on it. I additionally would have performed something to flee.”

Whereas leaving SNL was laborious and triggered her to expertise stage fright, Jenny says it pressured her to “double down” on her personal particular voice as a slapstick comedian.

5. Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal was set to seem within the premiere episode of SNL again in 1975 however his standup monologue ended up getting lower for time. He then received one other likelihood to take the stage when he joined the forged of season 10. Whereas he cherished the expertise, he solely stayed one season.

“I feel once I got here to the present I used to be type of a piñata of concepts and ideas and characters, and all types of issues occurred,” Billy shared in Stay From New York: The Full, Uncensored Historical past of Saturday Night time Stay. “On daily basis I used to be excited on the discovery of what we may do. I by no means put a time restrict on how lengthy I might be there or what it will give me or get me. I didn’t strategy it like that. I simply felt personally as a performer and as a artistic particular person I needed to give it my shot.”

6. Martin Brief

Martin Brief received his begin on SCTV, a Toronto based mostly sketch comedy present, after which was requested to hitch season 10 of SNL, together with a grouping of fairly a couple of different proficient comedians. Regardless of having a knack for sketch comedy, Martin says SNL had a very totally different vibe from SCTV which he didn’t get pleasure from.

“Saturday Night time Stay, in case you have been a author/performer — like I used to be on the present — it may very well be Monday and it will be like, ‘I don’t have any concepts.’ The host is available in and also you faux your method by that assembly. Now it’s Monday night time and you may’t consider something,” he advised HuffPost.

He continued, “And also you get up and you’ve got that feeling in your abdomen on Tuesday, ‘What am I going to put in writing?’ Since you needed to slide the script beneath the door by 6 a.m., so the typist may kind it for the read-through at 11 a.m. or 1p.m., or no matter it was. The purpose was that it was ultimate exams, each week. So, that was an enormous distinction.”

Martin has since hosted the present on three events.

7. Laurie Metcalf

Laurie Metcalf was one of the crucial short-lived forged members in SNL historical past. After becoming a member of the present in 1981, she solely appeared on one episode the place she portrayed a Weekend Replace reporter and took half in a pre-taped sketch. After the episode aired, the WGA went on strike and the present went on hiatus. When the present lastly resumed filming, Laurie was not requested to return.

“You already know, it looks as if a dream as a result of it was so way back and it was a whirlwind 5 days I spent in New York. I feel it was my first journey to New York ever,” she advised Vulture.

She continued, “I used to be so out of my ingredient; I had no thought what I used to be doing. However I do know that I did it as a result of there may be proof, there may be footage. Once I see that, I understand I used to be very naïve and courageous about it in a method. Like, ‘Okay, you need me to do that? Okay, let’s go.’”

8. Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack was forged on SNL in 1985 alongside Robert Downey Jr. and ended up additionally being lower on the finish of season 11. Whereas the season is extensively considered one of many worst in historical past, Joan says it wasn’t the precise match for her both.

“It wasn’t working. And it wasn’t working for me too. I used to be depressing. I feel I wound up within the hospital, truly. I had, like, some surgical procedure, and it’s, like, horrible,” she stated on Contemporary Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley. “I don’t assume anybody watched that 12 months in any respect. They have been going to cancel the present, truly, that 12 months, and Lorne Michaels on the final minute determined to come back again. And I feel perhaps they’d two months to sort of get the whole lot collectively … Nobody received an opportunity to get to know one another that a lot beforehand.”

9. Anthony Michael Corridor

Anthony Michael Corridor additionally joined SNL in 1985, turning into the youngest particular person to ever be a part of the forged at simply 17-years-old. Whereas he admits he was “scared s–tless” to seem on the present, he says it “meant a lot to” him to be forged after being a lifelong fan. Trying again, he says he understands why he was lower on the finish of the season.

“To be very trustworthy and candid with you, it was not nice — it was a shaky-legs season,” he advised the Unbiased. “I’m grateful for the expertise, however I didn’t have a breakout season. I didn’t even have any breakout characters or something like that.”

10. Damon Wayans

Damon Wayans was additionally an addition to the forged in 1985 however he didn’t even final all the season. Trying again, Damon says he wasn’t completely satisfied that he wasn’t getting used to his full potential on the present and after some lackluster skits, he determined to take issues into his personal palms. Throughout a sketch known as Mr. Monopoly, he modified his cop character to be extraordinarily flamboyant — and it didn’t go over nicely and he was let go.

“I rebelled. I, you recognize, I wasn’t proud of one, the best way that I used to be getting used on the present, and two, simply I didn’t assume the present had the precise edge,” he defined in 1992. “However in trying again, this was Lorne [Michaels] first 12 months again and he had an entire new forged, all new writers and new producers and everyone was like jacking for place. So, you recognize, perhaps I shouldn’t have rebelled. I ought to have waited however I’m glad I did.”

11. Rob Riggle

Rob Riggle was a featured participant on SNL from 2004 to 2005, which he later known as a “dream come true.” However on the time, the forged was stacked with fan favorites and he was the one new man added that season. He ended up discovering it laborious to get display screen time and ultimately wasn’t requested again the following season.

“The 12 months I used to be employed, I used to be the one man employed. The forged was huge. Fifteen individuals on the forged and I’m the one new man,” he shared on The Every day Beast’s Final Snigger podcast. “Effectively, you recognize Darrell Hammond’s getting his, Tina Fey, Amy [Poehler] is getting hers, Maya Rudolph is getting hers, Will Forte, go down the listing, they’re all getting their time. I am getting into there and I am consuming out of a firehose.”