Every Performer Banned from Saturday Night Live

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Live from New York, it's... not these guys. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most notable hosts, cast members, guests, and musicians who were, at one point or another, thought to be barred from the sketch comedy series, either temporarily or permanently. Our countdown includes System of a Down, David Bowie, Adrien Brody and more! Would you lift the SNL ban on any of these celebrities? If so, let us know who in the comments!

[Yong Fang]

Lorne Michaels runs a very tight ship at SNL and the articles stated he hates "ad libbing", which in his format is probably a good rule because the skits are tightly timed and throws the other performers off. In sitcoms, the practice is somewhat acceptable (my favorite show Sanford and Son I feel did a lot of it, (like the party episode where Bubba falls down the stairs) and if it was funny was added to the show, the editors can cut and paste, it wasnt a live show.

Seems that the performers banned acted a fool, mostly intoxicated.

Some have stated that Adrian Brody wearing the wig was "racist". What wasnt told in the story was that Brody attempted to do a Jamiacan "Hey Mon" accent, which was also seen as racist. An early example of "cultural appropriation". Brody was a dramatic actor, why was he even on the show?

I think some of the problem with some of the other hosts was that they have never done comedy, their backgrounds was dramatic. Besides Brody, Robert Blake. Why Blake? Steven Seagal is a perfect example of horrible casting. Maybe the casting people wanted to try something different. But Seagal isnt funny at all, the man isnt funny and hasnt laughed since he pooped his pants as a baby. Louise Lasser wasnt comedic. She was on a bizarre show called Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. It seems that the saying 'Their reputation proceeds them" should have applied.

Martin Lawrence should have been good (I guess, I never liked him and thought his show Martin was ghetto) but he deserved it for what he did. As a comedian, you just dont talk about women's sexual organs. Women hate that. Maybe in a backroom club where you know the comedy is "blue" or crude. But very few, even so called "dirty comics" go that far, in a smoky backroom, much less in front of a network show of millions of viewers.

I have never understood why anyone liked Milton Berle. At all. I dont understand why his show was so popular in the early 1950's, except that TV was a new format and for most of the country he was probably literally the only thing on (in my city of Memphis in the early 1950's, there were two stations, and not even CBS until 1956, I Love Lucy was on NBC then). Berle's act was so old, old fashioned, moldy, Catskills, even in the 1970's, why was he on a cutting edge show like SNL? The guy was a has been doing Dean Martin Roasts. Again, why was Berle famous? Because he dressed in drag in 1953 over black and white, fuzzy screens? Ironically Lucy Ball would have been hilarious.

Lastly, Chevy Chase's reputation did procede him and I guess he made some popular films which allowed him to be back hosting SNL. But from all I have ever read about Chase, his behavior and antics was hated by everyone and he was always the one to instigate trouble. Surprising that Bill Murray was the only one publically to ever physically fight the guy. Murray replaced Chase and probably have never met each other before that night, Murray was from Chicago and a relative newcomer to New York. Bill Murray over his long career has sometimes himself been a jerk and an ass, but Chevy 99 percent probably started whatever situation this was.

But Chevy has been an a-hole his entire career. He was fired and kicked off Community, his last job in his 70's instead of being grateful that he wants to act and has the chance to do so. But unfortunately, Chevy is from a very rich family and has never had to work (lucky him). Maybe being a rich kid gave him a sense of entitlement.

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Originally Posted by Yong Fang

Lorne Michaels runs a very tight ship at SNL and the articles stated he hates "ad libbing", which in his format is probably a good rule because the skits are tightly timed and throws the other performers off. In sitcoms, the practice is somewhat acceptable (my favorite show Sanford and Son I feel did a lot of it, (like the party episode where Bubba falls down the stairs) and if it was funny was added to the show, the editors can cut and paste, it wasnt a live show.

Seems that the performers banned acted a fool, mostly intoxicated.

Some have stated that Adrian Brody wearing the wig was "racist". What wasnt told in the story was that Brody attempted to do a Jamiacan "Hey Mon" accent, which was also seen as racist. An early example of "cultural appropriation". Brody was a dramatic actor, why was he even on the show?

I think some of the problem with some of the other hosts was that they have never done comedy, their backgrounds was dramatic. Besides Brody, Robert Blake. Why Blake? Steven Seagal is a perfect example of horrible casting. Maybe the casting people wanted to try something different. But Seagal isnt funny at all, the man isnt funny and hasnt laughed since he pooped his pants as a baby. Louise Lasser wasnt comedic. She was on a bizarre show called Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. It seems that the saying 'Their reputation proceeds them" should have applied.

Martin Lawrence should have been good (I guess, I never liked him and thought his show Martin was ghetto) but he deserved it for what he did. As a comedian, you just dont talk about women's sexual organs. Women hate that. Maybe in a backroom club where you know the comedy is "blue" or crude. But very few, even so called "dirty comics" go that far, in a smoky backroom, much less in front of a network show of millions of viewers.

I have never understood why anyone liked Milton Berle. At all. I dont understand why his show was so popular in the early 1950's, except that TV was a new format and for most of the country he was probably literally the only thing on (in my city of Memphis in the early 1950's, there were two stations, and not even CBS until 1956, I Love Lucy was on NBC then). Berle's act was so old, old fashioned, moldy, Catskills, even in the 1970's, why was he on a cutting edge show like SNL? The guy was a has been doing Dean Martin Roasts. Again, why was Berle famous? Because he dressed in drag in 1953 over black and white, fuzzy screens? Ironically Lucy Ball would have been hilarious.

Lastly, Chevy Chase's reputation did procede him and I guess he made some popular films which allowed him to be back hosting SNL. But from all I have ever read about Chase, his behavior and antics was hated by everyone and he was always the one to instigate trouble. Surprising that Bill Murray was the only one publically to ever physically fight the guy. Murray replaced Chase and probably have never met each other before that night, Murray was from Chicago and a relative newcomer to New York. Bill Murray over his long career has sometimes himself been a jerk and an ass, but Chevy 99 percent probably started whatever situation this was.

But Chevy has been an a-hole his entire career. He was fired and kicked off Community, his last job in his 70's instead of being grateful that he wants to act and has the chance to do so. But unfortunately, Chevy is from a very rich family and has never had to work (lucky him). Maybe being a rich kid gave him a sense of entitlement.

With Martin Lawrence, the issue with his banishment over his monologue likely boiled down to A) Martin wasn't smart or cooperative enough to modulate his raunchy material for broadcast network television. That right there shows and demonstrates a lack of professionalism and judgment. B) He went off script and ad libbed at other times during the show, which Lorne Michaels is known to not approve of. C) Going off on a tangent about women's hygiene is just downright downright misogynistic and not really right for the room.

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Originally Posted by Yong Fang

Lorne Michaels runs a very tight ship at SNL and the articles stated he hates "ad libbing", which in his format is probably a good rule because the skits are tightly timed and throws the other performers off. In sitcoms, the practice is somewhat acceptable (my favorite show Sanford and Son I feel did a lot of it, (like the party episode where Bubba falls down the stairs) and if it was funny was added to the show, the editors can cut and paste, it wasnt a live show.

Seems that the performers banned acted a fool, mostly intoxicated.

Some have stated that Adrian Brody wearing the wig was "racist". What wasnt told in the story was that Brody attempted to do a Jamiacan "Hey Mon" accent, which was also seen as racist. An early example of "cultural appropriation". Brody was a dramatic actor, why was he even on the show?

I think some of the problem with some of the other hosts was that they have never done comedy, their backgrounds was dramatic. Besides Brody, Robert Blake. Why Blake? Steven Seagal is a perfect example of horrible casting. Maybe the casting people wanted to try something different. But Seagal isnt funny at all, the man isnt funny and hasnt laughed since he pooped his pants as a baby. Louise Lasser wasnt comedic. She was on a bizarre show called Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. It seems that the saying 'Their reputation proceeds them" should have applied.

Martin Lawrence should have been good (I guess, I never liked him and thought his show Martin was ghetto) but he deserved it for what he did. As a comedian, you just dont talk about women's sexual organs. Women hate that. Maybe in a backroom club where you know the comedy is "blue" or crude. But very few, even so called "dirty comics" go that far, in a smoky backroom, much less in front of a network show of millions of viewers.

I have never understood why anyone liked Milton Berle. At all. I dont understand why his show was so popular in the early 1950's, except that TV was a new format and for most of the country he was probably literally the only thing on (in my city of Memphis in the early 1950's, there were two stations, and not even CBS until 1956, I Love Lucy was on NBC then). Berle's act was so old, old fashioned, moldy, Catskills, even in the 1970's, why was he on a cutting edge show like SNL? The guy was a has been doing Dean Martin Roasts. Again, why was Berle famous? Because he dressed in drag in 1953 over black and white, fuzzy screens? Ironically Lucy Ball would have been hilarious.

Lastly, Chevy Chase's reputation did procede him and I guess he made some popular films which allowed him to be back hosting SNL. But from all I have ever read about Chase, his behavior and antics was hated by everyone and he was always the one to instigate trouble. Surprising that Bill Murray was the only one publically to ever physically fight the guy. Murray replaced Chase and probably have never met each other before that night, Murray was from Chicago and a relative newcomer to New York. Bill Murray over his long career has sometimes himself been a jerk and an ass, but Chevy 99 percent probably started whatever situation this was.

But Chevy has been an a-hole his entire career. He was fired and kicked off Community, his last job in his 70's instead of being grateful that he wants to act and has the chance to do so. But unfortunately, Chevy is from a very rich family and has never had to work (lucky him). Maybe being a rich kid gave him a sense of entitlement.

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So what better person to host a nascent comedy program called Saturday Night Live towards the end of its fourth season? It seemed like a slam-dunk idea. But the show's creator and producer, Lorne Michaels, had reservations. "I have a great affection for old-time show business," he said in the book Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests. "But it had become corrupt. It wasn't what it had been. The show was trying to get away from that." Still, he went ahead. Unfortunately, his intuitions were correct. Berle's hosting gig was a disaster.