“Of course, he pulled Julia, not me,” Kudrow said in a Television Academy interview of Sweeney ending up on the cast from 1990 to 1994. While Lisa Kudrow’s comedic talent was clearly strong enough for network television as she went on to star as Phoebe Buffay on Friends, she claims she didn’t have SNL-level characters in her repertoire when Michaels came to see her, Julia Sweeney and Kathy Griffin perform as part of the improv comedy troupe The Groundlings. “They passed on me, which I’m fine about now,” he said in his monologue, adding on: “It’s so long ago, I’m over it… you’re talking about something that happened 67 months ago, 22 days, like 6 hours ago.” Lisa Kudrow Hart has since taken the stage three times as host - and on his first time in 2013, he recounted the story. “If you had seen this tape, you would understand why I didn’t get it.” “I did an impression of a person nobody knew,” he admitted. “I did an impression of Avery Johnson,” he said, referring to the former San Antonio Spurs player-turned-Dallas Mavericks coach-turned-sports analyst. But he revealed to Conan O’Brien that he once auditioned in front of Michaels for SNL.
Nowadays, Philadelphia native Kevin Hart is known for his films like Ride Along (2014), Get Hard (2015) and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017). Kevin Hart Photo: Dylan Robinson / Newspix / Getty Images Here are 10 comedians who did actually audition, but never landed the coveted late-night gig: Kevin Hart Would have in a heartbeat, but was never asked.” While Michaels told The Hollywood Reporter that Steve Carell auditioned, The Office and 40-Year-Old Virgin denied it in a 2015 tweet: “Sad to say.I never auditioned for SNL. With a show so iconic, the rumors of who did and didn’t audition run rampant. You try to gauge whether the first big wave will knock them over and whether they’re the type to get back up if it does.”
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“You could go to astronaut school, and you can learn how to get in a rocket and go to the moon, but there’s no ‘getting a stand-up on Saturday Night Live’ school.”īut Michaels believes the process is so tough because there's no formula for funny, telling the Harvard Business Review that he looks for “never the same thing twice.” More specifically, he explains, “You’re looking for an original take on things, a level of intelligence and potential, because when people arrive, they’re raw.
“The odds of getting on Saturday Night Live are zero,” Jay Mohr, who beat those odds and was on the show from 1993 to 1995, told The New York Times.
Typically, those auditioning go through a sort of performance on Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza as well as a meeting with Michaels, rumored to be a personality test to make sure the future cast members can survive the rigorous hours and pressures of the fast-paced environment of live television. The famously mysterious and ambiguous casting process requires a final stamp of approval from the show’s creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels.
READ MORE: Bill Murray and Chevy Chase Had a Backstage Brawl at Saturday Night Live and It Took Years for Them to Make Up Lorne Michaels aims to never hire the 'same thing twice' The sketch comedy show, which has been on the air since 1975, has launched the careers of some of the funniest performers of the last four decades, including Kristen Wiig (who was on the show from 2005 to 2012), Tina Fey (2000 to 2006), Jimmy Fallon (1998 to 2004), Will Ferrell (1995 to 2002), Adam Sandler (1991 to 1995), Chris Rock (1990 to 1993), Eddie Murphy (1980 to 1984), Bill Murray (1977 to 1980) and Chevy Chase (1975 to 1976).īut as many comedy legends scored tenures as repertory players on the 90-minute live program, the Emmy-winning show also has had its share of comedians who got away. Live from New York, it’s dozens of famous comedians who were rejected from Saturday Night Live - but still went on to become household names in entertainment.
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