On film, from Hollywood, it's 'Saturday Night'!
Mike Myers -- or Dana Carvey?
That question surely assails Andy Samberg and the producers of "Hot Rod" this weekend.
For more than three decades, "Saturday Night Live" has been Hollywood's favorite comedy farm team. It all began when Chevy Chase decamped after the show's first season to film "Foul Play" with Goldie Hawn. The latest example is Samberg in "Hot Rod," which opened Friday.
It hasn't just been cast members. "SNL" skits have launched movies, too. Besides the two "Wayne's World" movies, there have also been (in decreasing order of note) "The Blues Brothers," "Coneheads," "A Night at the Roxbury," "Stuart Saves His Family," "The Ladies Man," and "It's Pat," featuring Julia Sweeney's sexually, uh, ambiguous title character.
The performers have experienced an equally wide range of success -- or not. A few "SNL" regulars have been either well known before joining the show (Billy Crystal, Randy Quaid) or it was more of a side track (Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Christopher Guest). Others have gone to steady work in supporting roles (Jon Lovitz, Martin Short, Rob Schneider) or as mainly comedy or television acts (Janeane Garofalo, David Spade).
But then there have been the regulars who've had major movie careers. Will Ferrell is the current leading example. Others would be Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, and Myers -- and that's just the M's. There have been minor movie careers, too: Carvey's say, or Chris Farley's.
Here's a look at eight former "SNL" regulars on the big screen. 