The most obscure Saturday Night Live cast members aren’t necessarily the ones with the least amount of screen time. For example, one comic lasted a single episode as a featured player back in 1981, but can we really call Tony- and Emmy Award-winning actress Laurie Metcalf obscure? On the other hand, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll recognize these eight forgotten SNL cast members, regardless of how many times they appeared on the show.
1 Emily Prager
Like Metcalf, Prager only appeared on a single episode of SNL. Unlike Metcalf, you don’t know her from anything else.
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2 Dan Vitale
Lorne Michaels returned to Saturday Night Live during Season 11 after a four-year sabbatical, making several high-profile casting mistakes as well as low-key, little-remembered ones like Vitale, a comic who only appeared in three episodes.
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3 Luke Null
Anyone remember Null, a comic who got to star in...
1 Emily Prager
Like Metcalf, Prager only appeared on a single episode of SNL. Unlike Metcalf, you don’t know her from anything else.
Worldwide Pants
2 Dan Vitale
Lorne Michaels returned to Saturday Night Live during Season 11 after a four-year sabbatical, making several high-profile casting mistakes as well as low-key, little-remembered ones like Vitale, a comic who only appeared in three episodes.
Broadway Video
3 Luke Null
Anyone remember Null, a comic who got to star in...
- 7/16/2024
- Cracked
1968: The Doctors' Steve and Carolee bantered before intern night.
1990: Gh's Frisco & Felicia were married for the second time.
2006: Days of our Lives' Tony was covered in blood.
2007: All My Children's Dixie ate poisoned pancakes."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: Jordan Charney debuted on Another World as Sam Lucas, Ada's brother. Sam married Lahoma Vane (Ann Wedgeworth) in 1969 and the two of them moved to Another World spin-off Somerset in 1970.
1968: On The Doctors, Nurse Carolee Simpson (Carolee Campbell) and newly arrived Dr.
1990: Gh's Frisco & Felicia were married for the second time.
2006: Days of our Lives' Tony was covered in blood.
2007: All My Children's Dixie ate poisoned pancakes."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: Jordan Charney debuted on Another World as Sam Lucas, Ada's brother. Sam married Lahoma Vane (Ann Wedgeworth) in 1969 and the two of them moved to Another World spin-off Somerset in 1970.
1968: On The Doctors, Nurse Carolee Simpson (Carolee Campbell) and newly arrived Dr.
- 1/28/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1984: Days of our Lives' Carrie decided where to live.
1985: The freedom flag was raised in Gh's Asian Quarter.
1998: Guiding Light's Danny and Michelle shared their first kiss.
2001: Atwt's Barbara & James plotted against Carly, Emily & Rose."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: On Life Can Be Beautiful, Stanley (Ralph Locke) tried to take charge of Chichi's (Alice Reinheart) affairs, but Chichi refused. She had her own ideas.
1964: On Peyton Place, Leslie Harrington (Paul Langton) became incensed when Betty Anderson (Barbara Parkins...
1985: The freedom flag was raised in Gh's Asian Quarter.
1998: Guiding Light's Danny and Michelle shared their first kiss.
2001: Atwt's Barbara & James plotted against Carly, Emily & Rose."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: On Life Can Be Beautiful, Stanley (Ralph Locke) tried to take charge of Chichi's (Alice Reinheart) affairs, but Chichi refused. She had her own ideas.
1964: On Peyton Place, Leslie Harrington (Paul Langton) became incensed when Betty Anderson (Barbara Parkins...
- 12/4/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1968: The Doctors' Steve and Carolee bantered before intern night.
1990: Gh's Frisco & Felicia were married for the second time.
2006: Days of our Lives' Tony was covered in blood.
2007: All My Children's Dixie ate poisoned pancakes."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: Jordan Charney debuted on Another World as Sam Lucas, Ada's brother. Sam...
1990: Gh's Frisco & Felicia were married for the second time.
2006: Days of our Lives' Tony was covered in blood.
2007: All My Children's Dixie ate poisoned pancakes."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: Jordan Charney debuted on Another World as Sam Lucas, Ada's brother. Sam...
- 1/26/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
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