True! With Amy Poehler, Maya, Kristen, Sudeikis... in my opinion (I also love Cecily, Bobby...wait I like too many of them. Now I'm a big fan of Beck&Kyle)
All these years later and Kate McKinnon is still the most relied upon cast member to make the show work. She's been the star of the majority of sketches ever since her first SNL season.
Keenan is not that great. He's good, but I just don't find him all that memorable. Kate is amazing- possibly my favorite SNL cast member of all time. And I've been watching since the 90's and I frequently watch the ones from the decades before that.
I know. One of my favorite things was watching him try to contain himself as Stefan, because John Mulaney would throw new, surprise lines in that he wasn’t expecting at all, and Hader could not keep it together. Love it.
@@tonibauer2949this club has *everything* [insert Bill already laughing] I’m convinced that the main reason Stefan does the thing covering his face was and remains to be because it gave Bill a way to crack up without everyone seeing it. Except then he’d move his hands away from his face and say one word n immediately start laughing again. Stefan is my favorite 😂
@@speteelie Sure, alright, if that is actually the case, it still doesn't give us access to her *actual* audition tape in question, meaning it's completely irrelevant information.
It actually kind of makes sense that they aren't supposed to laugh during auditions - I think seeing how well a comedian can cope with nobody responding at all is a really good idea. Because some people get thrown off when nobody is laughing at all for so long, so seeing how well someone can keep going with NO audience response seems like it'd be a good way to see how well someone could cope with live tv.
The actual reason they do not laugh is because Michaels records auditions for further study. He may be undecided at the time of the audition, so they are taped to have hom view them again. The silence is because Lorne wants a clean recording for evaluation. [This information came from Ana Gasteyer in an interview years ago]
Andy Samberg mentions in an old interview with stern that when he got booked for a second audition, he was told to he could just redo the material from the first. But about a day or two before the audition he got a heads-up to do something original. He wasn't sure if he just got bad advice first or if it was intentional to see how quick he could come up with something good under pressure.
He's a prince among men, which makes sense, because PBS and Dr. Gates traced his ancestry. Turns out, he's a direct 40 or somethingth great grandson of Emperor Charlemagne and more recent descendant of multiple early English kings.
Kate McKinnon and Bill Hader are absolute stars of comedy, currently. I can’t wait to see when Kate branches out from SNL, more than she already has and is a mainstay with her own show or movies.
I've rarely seen anyone as talented as Kate on SNL since the 1st days of the program. Most recently her Rudy Giuliani (how did she do those eyes), then, her Jeff Sessions, and Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Her Jeff Sessions is amazing. He's really very "pretty" and little, so that's helpful, but my mouth would hurt trying to do what she does during her Sessions imitation.
SNL has produced so much talent for decades! I would have been too nervous if the cast of SNL walked in on my show. I'm not a comedian but I'm a front man musician and I would still be nervous if they came to my show. It would be like Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and Steve Howe showing up
It's Nov 2023 and Kate has left the show a few months back, mid summer, I think. She took a piece of magic with her The show has lost a step. At least until someone new comes along and brings their own piece.
I miss Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, Jason Sudekis, Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon, Mike Meyers. So many more I can't think of right now. It would be so cool to have like an all star reunion cast mixed with someone from every season and see if they could still bring it.
@Johnny Boy ...They do. It’s a tv show, fer cryin out loud! We might be allowed to see it, about twenty years from now! Some of the original (1975) cast auditions have been released, so, give it time!
Omg i love these two guys so much. These Actors on Actors vids are great. Thanks to Bill & Jason for this little insight to you both. TakeXare • Stay Well
After hearing Bill talk about anxiety, and connecting that to his feeling of relaxation when he got a laugh from Tina,, tracks pretty well with his support later for a comic that looked like he once felt.
I remember seeing Kate McKinnon one "The Big Gay Sketch Show" just prior to getting her gig on SNL-she stood out so much that we knew she was going places - so glad we were right LOL!!
wish I could see what Jan Hooks did for her audition, she had to do it twice before she got picked, Jim Carrey did his audition when she did her second one, they passed on him---it didn't hurt his career
2:24 I have a feeling everything this man sees is equally tied for the funniest thing he’s seen. I want him delivering the news to people that their cancer has returned. Maybe working prenatal ICU and letting the parents know when it doesn’t work out. I JUST want to see him laughing at inappropriate things and laughing during the delivery. When Trump won it wouldn’t have seemed so bad if Bill was laughing hysterically when he delivered the news. I want this man to tell me the news when my father dies. I don’t think he’s capable of just … not laughing. Maybe a tag team of him and Jimmy Fallon and the Sam Reich guy from Dimension 20 and college humor.
I think you're referring to the interview where he specified that Tina laughed at his actual SNL formal audition (on the actual snl stage) and then the night Lorne, Tina, Amy and a bunch of people came out to his comedy show in NYC. Amy supposedly laughed at that one to help him and his then crew's confidence. :) I literally just watched that other interview haha
I'd imagine they tell people not to laugh at SNL auditions as a sort of test to see how you handle jokes bombing. So if you're on stage and no one laughs at your joke you know how to keep going and not let it slow you down.
Hader and Bateman make a good duo for this. I never thought the Pitt/Sandler combo was quite right. They’re just too different. I’d have preferred Pitt and Cruise.
Making you perform with no laughter is probably just a test to see how you might perform if a skit doesn't go well live on air. The audience might not like it but on live TV you have to keep going even if you're dying inside.
It makes sense for the cast not to laugh during an interview. They know you are funny. They want to know what happens to you when it seems you are bombing.
Kate is one of the very best ever on SNL. And Bill Hader and Fred Armisen are also top shelf.
True! With Amy Poehler, Maya, Kristen, Sudeikis... in my opinion
(I also love Cecily, Bobby...wait I like too many of them. Now I'm a big fan of Beck&Kyle)
Rod Nelson So much better than say Chris Farley.
@@ericlind6581 Hahaha, right? They must be 20 somethings. Kate probably doesnt crack top 50 of SNL all time, let alone top 10 women
Kristen for me.... .. but Kate is a beast!! for sure lol
Kenan Thompson. Gotta give him respect, rather he's funny to people or not. Longest running cast member ever on snl
All these years later and Kate McKinnon is still the most relied upon cast member to make the show work. She's been the star of the majority of sketches ever since her first SNL season.
Keenan Thompson is great
She's up there in Phil Hartman territory.
Keenan always saves the day
@@773SleepyHollow thinking the same. She’s glue.
Keenan is not that great. He's good, but I just don't find him all that memorable. Kate is amazing- possibly my favorite SNL cast member of all time. And I've been watching since the 90's and I frequently watch the ones from the decades before that.
they really asked bill hader 'try not to laugh' and expected it to work smh
I know. One of my favorite things was watching him try to contain himself as Stefan, because John Mulaney would throw new, surprise lines in that he wasn’t expecting at all, and Hader could not keep it together. Love it.
Should’ve just told him to stay out 😂
exactly he’s cracked up in nearly every single sketch he’s been in- what we’re they _thinking_
like asking a bear to not shit in the woods
@@tonibauer2949this club has *everything* [insert Bill already laughing]
I’m convinced that the main reason Stefan does the thing covering his face was and remains to be because it gave Bill a way to crack up without everyone seeing it. Except then he’d move his hands away from his face and say one word n immediately start laughing again. Stefan is my favorite 😂
Bill was such a SNL legend
Bill here
Is
Dennis Miller was asked his top 5 SNL all time. He said Hartman,Murray, Carvey,Murphy, and Hader. He said Hader was the best ever
Bill IS a legend.
Gone on to do much better things...
God I want to see a tape of that Kate McKinnon audition
Supposedly it was the skit of her portraying Penelope Cruz, you can watch it, it's the one with Sofia Vergara
@@kaylasheppard7746 That's not what an audition is though. That may have been her first sketch but not her audition.
@@lcephoenix her audition was half of that they turned it into the sketch we know
@@speteelie Sure, alright, if that is actually the case, it still doesn't give us access to her *actual* audition tape in question, meaning it's completely irrelevant information.
Bill said it was an impression of Temple Grandin
It actually kind of makes sense that they aren't supposed to laugh during auditions - I think seeing how well a comedian can cope with nobody responding at all is a really good idea. Because some people get thrown off when nobody is laughing at all for so long, so seeing how well someone can keep going with NO audience response seems like it'd be a good way to see how well someone could cope with live tv.
Yeah that makes a ton of sense!! I agree
The actual reason they do not laugh is because Michaels records auditions for further study. He may be undecided at the time of the audition, so they are taped to have hom view them again. The silence is because Lorne wants a clean recording for evaluation.
[This information came from Ana Gasteyer in an interview years ago]
@@Russkivol Also, because laughter can influence your perception of whether or not something is funny.
Andy Samberg mentions in an old interview with stern that when he got booked for a second audition, he was told to he could just redo the material from the first. But about a day or two before the audition he got a heads-up to do something original. He wasn't sure if he just got bad advice first or if it was intentional to see how quick he could come up with something good under pressure.
No fuckin way in hell…….give me the laughs! I need positive feedback as most humans do
What a treat it must have been to watch Kate's very first steps at SNL. A star was born!
what a treat thilly!
You mean the kind you've been eating for 10 years?
Sorry I just do not find her amusing
@@thehollyberry7975 That's fine, we all have our different opinions :)
Kate Mckinnon is the best. I don’t know how anyone can not laugh when she performs. She a comedy genius. Best thing to happen to SNL in a long time.
She's usually able to make the hosts start to crack but her favorite victim is Casey Affleck w/ her Ms. Rafferty skits
@@cooperminion825 damn, those skits are absolutely incredible. She is a maniac genius of some kind, I swear.
@@tonibauer2949 did u see her African Tourism skit with Adele?
@@cooperminion825 don’t think so. Will have to try to find it.
I love Bill Hader, he always makes me laugh & seems like he's a good guy & a good friend. He & John Mulaney are brilliant together.
He's a prince among men, which makes sense, because PBS and Dr. Gates traced his ancestry. Turns out, he's a direct 40 or somethingth great grandson of Emperor Charlemagne and more recent descendant of multiple early English kings.
Hard flex Bill: "Tina Fey laughed at my audition"
"This is the best job in the world...
- Yeah (with the face of a serial killer...)"
(In Granada)
Louis Jamin with the face of Barry Block
SKDJDJKSKS that was so funny he looks like he hated doing it
What a treat it must have been to watch Kate's very first steps at SNL. A star was born!
@@brittnycachero2813 why did you copy a comment from two years ago word for word?
Kate McKinnon and Bill Hader are absolute stars of comedy, currently. I can’t wait to see when Kate branches out from SNL, more than she already has and is a mainstay with her own show or movies.
Kate was one of the best SNL decisions EVER made. And to have Bill and Jason supporting her. Oh, my heart is full. ❤️
How can you not love Bill Hader? Pure genius.
I've rarely seen anyone as talented as Kate on SNL since the 1st days of the program. Most recently her Rudy Giuliani (how did she do those eyes), then, her Jeff Sessions, and Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Theo Lamp Her Betsy DuVos !
❤
Her Jeff Sessions is amazing. He's really very "pretty" and little, so that's helpful, but my mouth would hurt trying to do what she does during her Sessions imitation.
@@Humblemumble7 What the fuck?
My favourite is the old movie starlet she plays in the 'female actors roundtable' thing.
my heart-rate doubled when i saw this. i love these two so much
Whenever I watch Hader there is always a palpable tension; I am worried he's gonna suddenly turn into the frilled lizard again.
I think you mean palpable
@@mattsaracen7 I do mean palpable. No one needs to eat the tension. :)
He has an uncanny resemblance to the President of Hollywood.
dave sandhu don’t let the president of Hollywood know you said that
You would be nothing without him. He made you. He owns you.
😂🤣
2 of my favourite comedic actors chillin' n havin' a chat. I smash play button huuuurrd.
Two of my favorite comedic actors. So brilliant, yet so damn humble.
Didn’t know that two of my favourite actors interviewed each other
We would really, really love to see all your SNL auditions esp Kate. We need to laugh 😂 more
Kate McKinnon is so talented
Shaun Vaughn that’s just out of nowhere. Holy shit
You only need witness this atrocity to understand from where Shaun originates: ua-cam.com/video/NTED8vWQJLE/v-deo.html
How anyone can hold their laughter in around Kate McKinnon is a miracle in and of itself. That woman has comedy in her bones.
One of the best cast members in history...Kate AND Bill.
There's always money in the banana stand
These books are cooked!
SNL has produced so much talent for decades! I would have been too nervous if the cast of SNL walked in on my show. I'm not a comedian but I'm a front man musician and I would still be nervous if they came to my show. It would be like Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and Steve Howe showing up
i wanna see this audtition now
Atif Hassan it’s on UA-cam look it up
It's Nov 2023 and Kate has left the show a few months back, mid summer, I think. She took a piece of magic with her The show has lost a step. At least until someone new comes along and brings their own piece.
I miss Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, Jason Sudekis, Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon, Mike Meyers. So many more I can't think of right now. It would be so cool to have like an all star reunion cast mixed with someone from every season and see if they could still bring it.
Bill Hader is a God Damn American treasure
no more american treasure memes in 2021
Kate McKinnon is adorable and hilarious!
Temple Grandin at the Emmy Awards! Kate is a damn genius.
I remember seeing McKinnon's audition tape back when she was up for it, and knew she was gonna get cast right away. It was brilliant.
I wish they had footage of her audition!
@Johnny Boy ...They do. It’s a tv show, fer cryin out loud! We might be allowed to see it, about twenty years from now! Some of the original (1975) cast auditions have been released, so, give it time!
Omg i love these two guys so much. These Actors on Actors vids are great. Thanks to Bill & Jason for this little insight to you both.
TakeXare • Stay Well
Bill Hader’s laugh is so fucking genuine. I love that shit lol
After hearing Bill talk about anxiety, and connecting that to his feeling of relaxation when he got a laugh from Tina,, tracks pretty well with his support later for a comic that looked like he once felt.
Her and Kenan are the glue of SNL!
Thanks UA-cam! I enjoy Bill and Jason so much and look what was in the sidebar.
Not laughing at Kate McKinnon sounds a lot harder than an SNL audition
Did Bill spit on Jason when he started to laugh ? Or was his eyebrow just really itchy 😂 2:32
I really, really like Jason Bateman!
So do I 😁
Oh, Shaunny. Your troll game is so incredibly flaccid.
Bill Hader as Stefon is legendary.
I thought SNL ended in 1982. That doggone Matilda Effect.
I remember seeing Kate McKinnon one "The Big Gay Sketch Show" just prior to getting her gig on SNL-she stood out so much that we knew she was going places - so glad we were right LOL!!
I read Bill Hader and Kate Mckinnon and I thought "This was made for me"
I think Bill Hader and Phil Hartman are the best cast members all time
I would of loved to have seen her music theatre days🌺
I wish I could watch those audition tapes.
Feels like both of them are in battery saver mode 😂
Bill on Barry was a revelation. I enjoyed that show so much I hate that it ended.
Aww 🥰 Jason is such a cutie!!! I've had a crush on him since he was on "The Hogan Family" ❤️ showing my age now lol...
Bill - Male SNL GOAT
Kate - Female SNL GOAT
Kate is awesome!!! She is hilarious and one of the greatest imitators/ impressionist!! Check her out as Justine Bieber!
love this 2.
They're told not to laugh during auditions? *And* don't tell the performers that's the deal? What a jerky power move.
Itll be a test to see if they can carry on a skit incase the audience misses a joke or it bombs
@@Emjay_1922 Good theory. Still, seems more appropriate for a callback.
That was a really good Tina Fey impression
wish I could see what Jan Hooks did for her audition, she had to do it twice before she got picked, Jim Carrey did his audition when she did her second one, they passed on him---it didn't hurt his career
2:24 I have a feeling everything this man sees is equally tied for the funniest thing he’s seen. I want him delivering the news to people that their cancer has returned. Maybe working prenatal ICU and letting the parents know when it doesn’t work out. I JUST want to see him laughing at inappropriate things and laughing during the delivery.
When Trump won it wouldn’t have seemed so bad if Bill was laughing hysterically when he delivered the news.
I want this man to tell me the news when my father dies.
I don’t think he’s capable of just … not laughing. Maybe a tag team of him and Jimmy Fallon and the Sam Reich guy from Dimension 20 and college humor.
Kate is a treasure
I love these two guys 😍😍
So who laughed in his audition: Tina or Amy? He has two versions. Although, there are more interviews where it's Tina.
I think you're referring to the interview where he specified that Tina laughed at his actual SNL formal audition (on the actual snl stage) and then the night Lorne, Tina, Amy and a bunch of people came out to his comedy show in NYC. Amy supposedly laughed at that one to help him and his then crew's confidence. :) I literally just watched that other interview haha
Kate McKinnon makes the concept of a goddess seem ridiculous and petty. She is my religion, my maven of mirth.
I wish I coulda seen Kate do temple grandin! Oh man
Love Bill and Kate
Anybody else get a 1-minute, unskippable ad on this?
Bill has made me laugh more than anyone else in the last 25 years. WITHOUT BEING CRUEL CORRECT , OR CORPUSCULANT!
I'd imagine they tell people not to laugh at SNL auditions as a sort of test to see how you handle jokes bombing. So if you're on stage and no one laughs at your joke you know how to keep going and not let it slow you down.
Really? I always imagined they did all auditions at gun point.
@@DiggyDiggy1919 Well yeah that too
Well I'm disappointed. This is NOT what I expected "Actors on actors" to be. Hehe
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
👁👄👁
Same. Two really cute guys too.
no doubt, Kate McKinnon is fantastic
bill, kristen and kate are the best snl cast members
I can't afford HBO anymore so I'm missing Berry. It was a freaking macabre hoot!!!
If you have Internet, you can "afford" any show you want. 😉
My man Bill went and booked himself a commercial for the 4th largest internet provider in the US !
Bill always breaking LOL
They don't want you to laugh because they want to see if cold crowds effect the actors performance.
changed the old saying. Everyone under 10 or 20 will forever say " I don't know if it was a written rule".....
Pepper Brooks has come a long way from announcing dodgeball tournaments on The Ocho
Hader and Bateman make a good duo for this. I never thought the Pitt/Sandler combo was quite right. They’re just too different. I’d have preferred Pitt and Cruise.
My top picks for best cast members are Bill hader , Will Ferrel , Eddie Murphy
casting calls are advertised in here
Best job in the world...
The passing of the SNL Guard...🤪🙏💕👍😎💪
my two most favorite people ❤❤❤
Making you perform with no laughter is probably just a test to see how you might perform if a skit doesn't go well live on air. The audience might not like it but on live TV you have to keep going even if you're dying inside.
I've seen a few SNL auditions and the observing people usually laugh.
Oh man I’d love to see Kate McKinnon do temple grandin.
the no laughing is a test id say.....
the more you stare into Bill's forehead, the larger it grows, it's eerie, really
Kate is the best.
The forehead power is strong in this one
She's so friggin funny 😂.
Funny they both made Breaking Bad type shows after this.
Why is Jason Bateman’s name not in the title? If it had been I would have clicked five years ago.
😍😍😍bill is so freakin awesome ❤❤❤
I miss when Andy, Bill, Jason, John and fren ran the show on snl
Kate McKinnon is my girl crush.
It makes sense for the cast not to laugh during an interview. They know you are funny. They want to know what happens to you when it seems you are bombing.
Kate rules the world of female comics. The best ever!
The reason you are not supposed to laugh is so you get used to the writing on SNL now. :)