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from: saturday-night-live.com

Cast Changes: Minor Gone, 3 On for Season 27
By Sean Bradley

With only two months to go until "Saturday Night Live" kicks off its 27th season, the cast line-up is quickly being arranged for the fall.

Last season's rookie, Jerry Minor, has reportedly not been asked back for a sophomore season. Minor, who impersonated Al Sharpton and played co-host Grand Master Rap on the recurring "Rap Street" sketch, is thus far the only casualty that has been announced.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, "SNL" is in final talks to hire 31 year-old Massachusetts-native Amy Poehler and Chicago comic Seth Meyers. Stand-up comedian Dean Edwards will also join the show as a featured player, Variety reported today.

An alum of ImprovOlympic, Poehler was a cast member on the Comedy Central series ''Upright Citizens Brigade" and appeared as a woman with Tourette's Syndrome in Rob Schneider's 1999 big-screen comedy ''Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo.''

Meyers has toured his two-person show ''Pick-Ups and Hiccups,'' with Jill Benjamin, throughout Chicago. The Chicago Tribune raved that "Pick-Ups" was "the funniest late-night show in town," and the Daily Herald said it "never fails to reduce an audience to tears."

Edwards has appeared on a number of comedy showcases over the past ten years, including Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," HBO's "Def Comedy Jam," and "It's Showtime at the Apollo." He's also done voice-over work, impersonating Spike Lee and Scottie Pippen for MTV's "Celebrity Deathmatch."

mee2

If Jerry Minor is who i think he is, then he sucks, terribly.

JohnPhoenix

he did suck. I am happy he is gone!

Giantrobo

Mad TVkicks SNL's butt anyway......

Deftones

Sweet! Amy Poehler has been kick ass on Conan O'Brien for years. Glad to see she's getting some good work. I may have to start checking out SNL to see her.

tofu

i thought that i had heard amy sedaris (i think that's her name, she had a show on comedy central) was joining. not true?

JeffTheAlpaca

this thread is old but it is great for nostalgia.

Timber

I was reading and confused why Poehler was coming back. Then I saw the date of the original post.

boogieman03

Same here, I was like WTF?

Goldberg74

DRG

Here I am trying to figure out who Jerry Minor is, wondering: "Is he the guy with the curly hair? No, I'm sure that guy is Bobby something. Besides, Kenan is the only one who plays Al Sharpton. Who IS this guy?" Then I get to the Amy Poehler thing and I'm thinking, "Back already? What about Parks & Recreation?" Then I see the date.

NiCK Crush

i still love Amy Poehler. I didn't become a hater like so many of you.

FatTony

Haha, I stopped at the paragraph about Jerry Minor to look up who he was and everything I found said he was on SNL for the 2000-2001 season. So confusing! How this thread is "great for nostalgia" is a complete mystery to me, since it only got 5 replies originally and none of them were particularly memorable.

starman9000

Yeah, I looked up Dean Edwards and thought "weird, he's already been on the show a lot"

TGM

stingermck

Gah. Of all the times search had to actually work....

Drexl

Well, speak of the devil... http://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/559...ight-live.html