Most successful post-SNL career

[Pitt Gorilla]

I apologize for not reading the entire thread, but did anyone mention Conan? Hosting the Tonight Show is pretty big.

Murphy was great early on in Raw and Delirious, but his last 15 years or so have been brutal. Vampire in Brooklyn? Really?

Tina Fey will likely be in this conversation down the road due to her work writing, producing, etc.

[dtrain]

Murphy hands down. Just because he made a couple of bad flicks dosen't make him not the top. No one has mention Mr. Deeds for Sandler. For the record Norbit did pretty good at the box office.

[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by dtrain

Murphy hands down. Just because he made a couple of bad flicks dosen't make him not the top. No one has mention Mr. Deeds for Sandler. For the record Norbit did pretty good at the box office.

You could mention Mr. Deeds and about ten other crappy Adam Sandler movies.

[Just Passin' By]

Steve Martin should get a mention too. $2.2 billion, a career spanning the decades, and a man who's worked in some very underappreciated movies.

On the other hand, he's really not demonstrated any real range.

[unothadeal]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Steve Martin should get a mention too. $2.2 billion, a career spanning the decades, and a man who's worked in some very underappreciated movies.

On the other hand, he's really not demonstrated any real range.

He only hosted.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by unothadeal

He only hosted.

Good point, although he was on a lot. Frankly, I'd misremembered that one, thinking he had a year.

In any case, though, another worthy of being on this list, with more than $2.1 billion, would be Billy Crystal.

[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Steve Martin should get a mention too. $2.2 billion, a career spanning the decades, and a man who's worked in some very underappreciated movies.

On the other hand, he's really not demonstrated any real range.

On the other other hand, he was never an SNL cast member.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Steve Martin should get a mention too. $2.2 billion, a career spanning the decades, and a man who's worked in some very underappreciated movies.

On the other hand, he's really not demonstrated any real range.

He was never an actual cast member, he just hosted from time to time.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Steve Martin should get a mention too. $2.2 billion, a career spanning the decades, and a man who's worked in some very underappreciated movies.

On the other hand, he's really not demonstrated any real range.

Steve Martin was never a cast member, only a guest.

[tk13]

Gotta be Bill Murray for me. Eddie Murphy would be up there but his last 10 years or so has put a dent in that. I'm not sure I'd put him too far above Dan Aykroyd at this point.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by tk13

I'm not sure I'd put him too far above Dan Aykroyd at this point.

Murphy can still "open" a film in the right role. But man, hes made some sh*tty, sh*tty flicks. (Pluto Nash anyone?)

Hes really only in it for the $$$.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Murphy can still "open" a film in the right role. But man, hes made some sh*tty, sh*tty flicks. (Pluto Nash anyone?)

Hes really only in it for the $$$.

I don't know, when was the last time he was the lead man in a really good movie? He was in Dreamgirls I know... but his biggest role in the last 15 years was probably as the donkey in Shrek.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by tk13

I don't know, when was the last time he was the lead man in a really good movie? He was in Dreamgirls I know... but his biggest role in the last 15 years was probably as the donkey in Shrek.

Well, like someone said....Norbit sucked but it still made alot of money.


His last decent comedy role was probably 10 years ago in Bowfinger.

[unothadeal]

Julia Louis Dreyfus was successful post-SNL

[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by unothadeal

Julia Louis Dreyfus was successful post-SNL

Yep. Good strategy going with the little-known SNL cast members. Sandler and Meyers and Murphy are easy answers, but we forget that Chris Rock and Sarah Silverman were SNL cast members, even if only for a while.

At least Chris Rock was on there long enough to have a Best Of DVD.