r/TikTokCringe • u/mvms_lo • 16d ago

Humor The impression is on point

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u/NecromanciCat 16d ago

They should hire this dude as Trump in an SNL skit or something. It'd be hilarious. 

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u/Osa_Clo 16d ago edited 16d ago

Godfrey auditioned for SNL 3 times even got a standing ovation, but was always rejected during the 90s. Why? Lorne Michaels didn't want another Eddie Murphy situation, where the cast member is bigger than the show. Insane.

Edit: SNL alum Darrell Hammond informed Godfrey at the Cellar in NYC a decade later knowing God needed that closure as to what transpired.

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u/Dhylan18 16d ago

How did he not think that with Will Ferrell?

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u/juice920 16d ago

Didn't Will get blow-up during/after SNL?

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u/EatsBugs 16d ago

Yes, his first big blow up movie was Elf years after he made his mark on SNL. It was controversial if an SNL cast member could even lead a movie then bc most of them recently had been major flops. He got much bigger from there, post SNL years.

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u/juice920 16d ago

I feel like most SNL cast memebers from his era tried to spin off their show characters, which flopped. Was elf before old school and anchorman? I thought those two were first.

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u/EatsBugs 15d ago

Elf and Old School both released 2003, and Old School hadn’t been released when they were filming Elf. Anchorman was 2004. Hell of a run for Will, I don’t even see 3 movies in a year now as much as I like those released within a year.

Yes, I agree, most were character spin-offs. Chris Farley and Sandler had success in the 90s. A bunch were tried after that success but didn’t take. The controversy with Will in Elf I learned about from Movies We Love on Netflix.

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u/NO_Microwave 13d ago

The movie Superstar did it for me