Saturday Night Live has had one of television's most interesting histories. But, from its zeitgeist-capturing '70s, the significant lull (AKA near cancelation) that was the '80s, the Sandler-Farley-Spade-Myers-Ferrell revival of the '90s, and so on, there's been a certain consistency. Specifically, over the course of 48 seasons and counting, SNL has been the definitive launching pad for comedy's next big names.
16 Funniest SNL Performers Who Started in the 2000s
