"Saturday Night Live" may have found replacements for departing cast members Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Jason Sudeikis.
According to Deadline, four people -- Noel Wells, Beck Bennett, John Milhiser and Kyle Mooney -- are "top candidates" to join "SNL" as featured players in the fall. All four have ties to the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe (which was co-founded by "SNL" alum Amy Poehler) as well as good-sized online presences.
Bennett, who's also in the sketch group Good Neighbor, is probably the most recognizable of the four: He's the bemused guy who interviews groups of kids in a series of commercials for At&T, and also stars in a web series called "Fresh Perspectives," in which he asks kids about political issues. Here's one of the phone ads:
Among Wells' YouTube videos are a series of Zooey Deschanel impressions (could this pave the way for the return...
According to Deadline, four people -- Noel Wells, Beck Bennett, John Milhiser and Kyle Mooney -- are "top candidates" to join "SNL" as featured players in the fall. All four have ties to the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe (which was co-founded by "SNL" alum Amy Poehler) as well as good-sized online presences.
Bennett, who's also in the sketch group Good Neighbor, is probably the most recognizable of the four: He's the bemused guy who interviews groups of kids in a series of commercials for At&T, and also stars in a web series called "Fresh Perspectives," in which he asks kids about political issues. Here's one of the phone ads:
Among Wells' YouTube videos are a series of Zooey Deschanel impressions (could this pave the way for the return...
- 8/23/2013
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