From Adam Sandler to Taran Killam, SNL’s Bizarre History of Firing Some of Their Best

YOU'RE FIRED

Yet again this week, ‘Saturday Night Live’ unceremoniously fired two of its most solid performers. Why do they keep doing this?

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Published Aug. 10 2016 12:25AM EDT

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As the world learned during an audition tape montage that played during Saturday Night Live’s 40th anniversary blowout last year, the show notoriously passed on several comedians who went on to be superstars, including Jim Carrey, Stephen Colbert, and Kevin Hart.

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From Adam Sandler to Taran Killam, SNL’s Bizarre History of Firing Some of Their Best

Yet again this week, ‘Saturday Night Live’ unceremoniously fired two of its most solid performers. Why do they keep doing this?

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Matt Wilstein