View Poll Results: best film with original former SNL actors
Meatballs (Bill Murray)
0
0%
Trading Places (Dan Ackroyd)
1
0.83%
Ghostbusters (Ackroyd/Murray)
45
37.50%
Spies Like Us (Dan Ackroyd & Chevy Chase)
2
1.67%
Blues Brothers (John Belushi & Dan Ackroyd)
14
11.67%
Caddyshack (Chevy Chase/Bill Murray)
15
12.50%
Animal House (John Belushi)
19
15.83%
Neighbors (John Belushi/Dan Ackroyd)
1
0.83%
Stripes (Bill Murray)
5
4.17%
Vacation (Chevy Chase)
7
5.83%
Three Amigos (Chevy Chase)
5
4.17%
Other
6
5.00%
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Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
03-22-10, 05:10 PM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
I would say 'Lost in Translation' is the best film with one of those people in it.
'Groundhog Day' would be my pick for the best comedy movie.
Edit: Well hell... I should have submitted before going to get a Coke, now I look like damned copycat.
But in reality it is YOU that is the copycat scott1598!!
'Groundhog Day' would be my pick for the best comedy movie.
Edit: Well hell... I should have submitted before going to get a Coke, now I look like damned copycat.
But in reality it is YOU that is the copycat scott1598!!
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03-22-10, 05:25 PM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
I should also say that Steve Martin is funnier than anyone who ever came out of SNL, with the possible exceptions of Bill Murray and Phil Hartman.
03-22-10, 05:50 PM
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03-22-10, 05:52 PM
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03-22-10, 07:50 PM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
From this list I would say that Stripes is the one I revisit the most often. I think Bill Murray came out of the whole SNL thing best.
03-22-10, 07:51 PM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
Ghostbusters
Caddyshack
Spies Like Us
Vacation
Caddyshack
Spies Like Us
Vacation
03-22-10, 08:56 PM
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03-22-10, 09:19 PM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
03-22-10, 09:21 PM
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I've even seen it but I still had to look it up to see which cast member you were referring to.
03-22-10, 09:35 PM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
Foul Play is still my favorite movie from an original SNL member, followed by Blues Brothers.
Never got into Ghostbusters, although Bill Murray has by far had the strongest list of credits.
None of the other SNL alum- past or present- come close.
Never got into Ghostbusters, although Bill Murray has by far had the strongest list of credits.
None of the other SNL alum- past or present- come close.
03-23-10, 08:54 AM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
I expected Blues Brothers to be at least 2nd in this poll, possibly behind Ghostbusters.
03-23-10, 09:17 AM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
It seems like John Belushi was sadly under-used, while all his friends were out there making film history. Aside from "The Blues Brothers," where was he for Caddyshack? Seems it would be more fitting to have had him playing "Carl."
I know Belushi died early (1982), but would he have made a cameo in Vacation? I know he was "slated" for Ghostbusters, but that's easy to say when someone is already dead. Did those guys not really like Belushi, which forced the actor to resort to Speilberg films that went nowhere? Maybe they were afraid of him "stealing the movie," as he did in Animal House. Maybe Dan Ackroyd was the only "friend" who could stomach him, which is why Belushi's only co-star from SNL was always Ackroyd (1941, All You Need Is Cash, Neighbors and, of course, The Blues Brothers). Coincidence?
And maybe Ackroyd's association (and acceptance) of John Belushi blackballed him from being in the fims his former SNL co-stars were in. Funny that Ackroyd only started showing up with his SNL co-stars after Belushi's demise. Conspiracist?
I know Belushi died early (1982), but would he have made a cameo in Vacation? I know he was "slated" for Ghostbusters, but that's easy to say when someone is already dead. Did those guys not really like Belushi, which forced the actor to resort to Speilberg films that went nowhere? Maybe they were afraid of him "stealing the movie," as he did in Animal House. Maybe Dan Ackroyd was the only "friend" who could stomach him, which is why Belushi's only co-star from SNL was always Ackroyd (1941, All You Need Is Cash, Neighbors and, of course, The Blues Brothers). Coincidence?
And maybe Ackroyd's association (and acceptance) of John Belushi blackballed him from being in the fims his former SNL co-stars were in. Funny that Ackroyd only started showing up with his SNL co-stars after Belushi's demise. Conspiracist?
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03-23-10, 09:31 AM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
Caddyshack, no......Blues Brothers, no.............Animal House..........., no Ghostbusters, no..........just like Doritos, I can't just stop at one.
03-23-10, 09:35 AM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
(I'm sure no working actor was ever "forced" to work with Spielberg)
03-23-10, 09:41 AM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
03-23-10, 10:04 AM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
I grew up watching Three Amigos on an endless loop, so that's always going to be my fav. But most of these rank as some of my top comedies of all-time.
03-23-10, 10:10 AM
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Re: Best Film by original SNL Actors (Ackroyd, Murray, Belushi, Chase)
I'll have to check out Three Amigos one of these days. Everyone who's seen it says it is funny (despite Sam Kinison's scene being cut out of it - thanks Chevy, you prick!)
