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For me it's In Living Color. I laughed more to that show than any of the other two.
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I dont know man.
All them shows had a hot period and alot of FAIL
SNL was on fuckin fire in the 90s
Havent watched it since then really though
That's not even remotely true. LOL. SNL has had significantly bigger impact in terms of start power after leaving the show. Especially in the 90sAll of those shows were on fire in the 90's. I would go with In Living Color. When I really think about it In Living Color has had the most substance on the entertainment industry long term. Lots of stars today and people that grew up in the 90's and 2000's owe ILC a lot of respect.
I never really found MadTV all that funny. Poll needs Kids In the Hall imo.
- SNL
- Kids in the Hall
- In Living Color
- SCTV
- MadTV
In the 90's everyone was successful but post 90's SNL had a much less significant impact I would argue post 90's. Everybody did well in the 90's but that is why I mentioned 2000's. SNL stars took a massive hit in or after the 90's. Farley died, Dana Carvey went nowhere after SNL and Wayne's World, Phil Hartman died and a lot of the other cast went nowhere such as Chris Kattan.That's not even remotely true. LOL. SNL has had significantly bigger impact in terms of start power after leaving the show. Especially in the 90s
That's stretching it a bit. She was just a fly girl.and Jennifer Lopez.
All of those shows were on fire in the 90's. I would go with In Living Color. When I really think about it In Living Color has had the most substance on the entertainment industry long term. Lots of stars today and people that grew up in the 90's and 2000's owe ILC a lot of respect.
In the 90's everyone was successful but post 90's SNL had a much less significant impact I would argue post 90's. Everybody did well in the 90's but that is why I mentioned 2000's. SNL stars took a massive hit in or after the 90's. Farley died, Dana Carvey went nowhere after SNL and Wayne's World, Phil Hartman died and a lot of the other cast went nowhere such as Chris Kattan.
SNL
Most notable successes are Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Seth Myers, Leslie Jones, Robert Downey Jr. and Pete Davidson. The majority of the staff listed did not even start at SNL until well after In Living Color ended.
In Living Color
The show ended in 1994 before many of those notable SNL names were even on SNL and I can argue their influence lasted longer than those above post 2000. Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, Damon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, David Allan Grier, Rosie Perez, Carrie Ann Inaba and Jennifer Lopez.
The two shows aren't even comparable in terms of talent produced. Your list for SNL is hilariously short and it still easily beats In Living Color.
I can easily create a list of SNL members that you haven't mentioned which completely blows In Living Color out of the water multiple times over.
Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Billy Crystal, Bill Hader, John/Jim Belushi, Molly Shannon, Tracy Morgan, David Spade, Julia Lous-Dreyfus, Jason Sudeikis, Chris Rock, Conan, Larry David, Kevin Nealon, Norm Macdonald etc.
Again, I am looking at post 90's because everyone was huge in the 90's. An example, there are some might think Keenan was big because of SNL but he was a big before SNL with shows on Nickelodeon in the 90's. SNL doesn't blow ILC out of the water to me once the 90's ended. I can't consider Rock or Morgan on this list because Rock was also on ILC and Morgan got a lot of his success due to Martin Lawrence (another 90's thing). I would also remove Shannon and Spade from the list. Shannon's highlight was SNL and we all know once Farley went down Spade was nowhere near as relevant.
Chase, Murray, Aykroyd and Crystal are legends but again the peak of their influence were the 90's. John Belushi died in 82 and while Nealon and MacDonald were great comedians I wouldn't say they were largely influential post 90's. I cannot argue Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sudeikis, Conan and David though. Those 4 hold are influential just like Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez to this day.