Favorite SNL Host? With Poll

[MrBond]

Walken, followed by Alec Baldwin. Canteen Boy and the christmas episode he hosted are hilarious.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Only since 90? C'mon... Steve Martin and George Carlin were the best ever.

Yeah, I was gonna ask where Steve Martin was.

 

[new2AMD]

I have to say Baldwin and his Schwetty Weiners

 

[misle]

Walken

I always like Goodman and Hanks. Carrey has done some hilarious stuff on SNL as well.

 

[timswim78]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Only since 90? C'mon... Steve Martin and George Carlin were the best ever.

Yeah, I was gonna ask where Steve Martin was.

By Popular Demand, here is the entire list of hosts and their frequency of hosting. There are a few episodes without a host, a few with multiple hosts, and a few specials.

Host CountOfDate
(none) 4
15th Anniversary Special 1
25th Anniversary Special 1
Adrien Brody 1
Al Gore 1
Al Sharpton 1
Alan Cumming 1
Alec Baldwin 10
Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger 1
Alex Karras 1
Andie MacDowell 1
Andrew Dice Clay 1
Andy Roddick 1
Angie Dickinson 1
Anjelica Huston, Billy Martin 1
Anthony Edwards 1
Anthony Perkins 1
Art Garfunkel 1
Ashton Kutcher 1
Barry Bostwick 1
Bea Arthur 1
Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges 1
Ben Affleck 3
Ben Stiller 1
Bernadette Peters 1
Bernie Mac 1
Betty Thomas 1
Bill Murray 5
Bill Paxton 1
Bill Pullman 1
Bill Russell 1
Billy Bob Thornton 1
Billy Crystal 1
Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty Thomas 1
Blythe Danner 1
Bob Newhart 2
Bob Saget 1
Bob Uecker 1
Brandon Tartikoff 1
Brendan Fraser 2
Britney Spears 2
Brittany Murphy 1
Broderick Crawford 1
Bronson Pinchot 1
Bruce Dern 2
Bruce Willis 1
Buck Henry 10
Burt Reynolds 1
Calista Flockhart 1
Cameron Diaz 2
Candice Bergen 5
Carl Weathers 1
Carrie Fisher 1
Catherine O'Hara 2
Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Simon 1
Charlene Tilton 1
Charles Barkley 1
Charles Grodin 1
Charlie Sheen 1
Charlize Theron 1
Charlton Heston 2
Chevy Chase 7
Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short 1
Chris Evert 1
Chris Farley 1
Chris Rock 1
Christian Slater 2
Christina Aguilera 1
Christina Applegate 1
Christina Ricci 1
Christine Baranski 1
Christopher Lee 1
Christopher Reeve 1
Christopher Walken 6
Cicely Tyson 1
Claire Danes 1
Colin Farrell 1
Colin Firth 1
Conan O'Brien 1
Corbin Bernsen 1
Courteney Cox 1
Cuba Gooding Jr. 1
Dabney Coleman 1
Damon Wayans 1
Dan Aykroyd 1
Dana Carvey 3
Daniel J. Travanti 1
Danny Aiello 1
Danny DeVito 5
Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman 1
David Alan Grier 2
David Carradine 1
David Duchovny 2
David Hyde Pierce 1
David Schwimmer 1
David Spade 1
Deborah Harry 1
Debra Winger 1
Deion Sanders 1
Delta Burke 1
Demi Moore 1
Dennis Hopper 2
Dennis Quaid 1
Derek Jeter 1
Desi Arnaz 1
Dick Cavett 2
Dolly Parton 1
Don Rickles 1
Donald Pleasence 1
Donald Trump 1
Drew Barrymore 4
Dudley Moore 1
Dyan Cannon 1
Dylan McDermott 1
Ed Asner 1
Ed Begley Jr. 1
Ed Koch 1
Ed O'Neill 1
Eddie Murphy 2
Edwin Newman 1
Elijah Wood 1
Elizabeth Ashley 1
Elle MacPherson 1
Ellen Burstyn 1
Ellen DeGeneres 1
Elliott Gould 6
Emilio Estevez 1
Eric Idle 4
Eric McCormack 1
Father Guido Sarducci 1
Flip Wilson 1
Fran Tarkenton 1
Frank Zappa 1
Fred Savage 1
Fred Willard 1
Freddie Prinze Jr. 1
Gabriel Byrne 1
Garry Shandling 1
Garth Brooks 2
Gary Busey 1
Geena Davis 1
George Carlin 2
George Clooney 1
George Foreman 1
George Kennedy 1
George McGovern 1
George Steinbrenner 1
George Wendt 1
George Wendt, Francis Ford Coppola 1
Glenn Close 2
Greg Kinnear 1
Griffin Dunne 1
Gwyneth Paltrow 2
Halle Berry 1
Hammer 1
Harry Anderson 1
Harry Dean Stanton 1
Harvey Keitel 1
Heather Graham 1
Heather Locklear 1
Helen Hunt 2
Howard Cosell 1
Howard Hesseman 3
Hugh Hefner 1
Hugh Jackman 1
Ian McKellen 1
Jack Black 2
Jack Burns 1
Jackie Chan 1
James Coburn 1
James Van Der Beek 1
James Woods 1
Jamie Foxx 1
Jamie Lee Curtis 2
Janet Jackson 1
Jason Alexander 1
Jason Patric 1
Jason Priestley 1
Jay Leno 1
Jeff Daniels 2
Jeff Goldblum 2
Jeff Gordon 1
Jennifer Aniston 2
Jennifer Garner 1
Jennifer Lopez 1
Jennifer Love Hewitt 1
Jeremy Irons 1
Jerry Hall 1
Jerry Lewis 1
Jerry Seinfeld 2
Jesse Jackson 1
Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey 1
Jill Clayburgh 2
Jim Carrey 1
Jimmy Breslin 1
Jimmy Smits 1
Joan Allen 1
Joan Rivers 1
Jodie Foster 1
Joe Mantegna 1
Joe Montana, Walter Payton 1
Joe Pesci 1
John Candy 1
John Goodman 12
John Larroquette 2
John Lithgow 3
John Madden 1
John Malkovich 2
John Travolta 1
John Turturro 1
Johnny Cash 1
Jon Lovitz 1
Jon Stewart 1
Jonny Moseley 1
Josh Hartnett 1
Joshua Jackson 1
Jude Law 1
Judge Reinhold 1
Julia Stiles 1
Julian Bond 1
Julianna Margulies 1
Julianne Moore 1
Justin Timberlake 1
Justine Bateman 1
Karen Black 2
Kate Hudson 1
Kate Jackson 1
Kate Winslet 1
Kathleen Turner 2
Katie Holmes 1
Kelly Ripa 1
Kelsey Grammer 2
Kevin Bacon 1
Kevin Kline 2
Kevin Spacey 1
Kiefer Sutherland 1
Kirk Douglas 1
Kirsten Dunst 1
Kirstie Alley 2
Kris Kristofferson 1
Kyle MacLachlan 1
Lara Flynn Boyle 1
Laura Leighton 1
Lauren Hutton 1
Leslie Nielsen 1
Liam Neeson 1
Lily Tomlin 3
Linda Hamilton 1
Lindsay Lohan 1
Lisa Kudrow 1
Louis Gossett Jr. 1
Louise Lasser 1
Lucy Lawless 1
Lucy Liu 1
Luke Perry 1
Luke Wilson 1
Macaulay Culkin 1
Madeline Kahn 3
Madonna 1
Malcolm McDowell 1
Malcolm-Jamal Warner 1
Mardi Gras Special 1
Margot Kidder 1
Mariel Hemingway 1
Marisa Tomei 1
Mark Harmon 1
Martin Lawrence 1
Martin Sheen 1
Martin Short 1
Mary Kay Place 1
Mary Stuart Masterson 1
Mary Tyler Moore 1
Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen 1
Matt Damon 1
Matthew Broderick 2
Matthew McConaughey 1
Matthew Modine 1
Matthew Perry 1
Maureen Stapleton 1
Megan Mullally 1
Mel Gibson 1
Melanie Griffith 1
Mena Suvari 1
Michael Douglas 1
Michael J. Fox 1
Michael Jordan 1
Michael Keaton 2
Michael McKean 1
Michael Palin 3
Michael Palin & His Mother 1
Michael Sarrazin 1
Mike Myers 1
Milton Berle 1
Miranda Richardson 1
Miskel Spillman 1
Mr. T, Hulk Hogan 1
Nancy Kerrigan 1
Nathan Lane 1
Neve Campbell 1
Nia Vardalos 1
Nicolas Cage 1
Nicole Kidman 1
Norm MacDonald 1
Norman Lear 1
O.J. Simpson 1
Olivia Newton-John 1
Oprah Winfrey 1
Pamela Lee 1
Pamela Sue Martin 1
Patrick Stewart 1
Patrick Swayze 1
Paul Reiser 1
Paul Shaffer 1
Paul Simon 3
Pee-Wee Herman 1
Peter Boyle 1
Peter Cook, Dudley Moore 1
Phil Hartman 2
Pierce Brosnan 1
Primetime Extra 1 1
Primetime Extra 2 1
Queen Latifah 2
Quentin Tarantino 1
Quincy Jones 1
Ralph Nader 1
Raquel Welch 1
Ray Charles 1
Ray Liotta 1
Ray Romano 2
Ray Sharkey 1
Reese Witherspoon 1
Renee Zellweger 1
Richard Benjamin 1
Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss 1
Richard Dreyfuss 1
Richard Pryor 1
Rick Moranis 1
Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas 1
Rick Nelson 1
Ringo Starr 1
Rob Lowe 3
Rob Morrow 1
Rob Reiner 1
Robert Blake 1
Robert Conrad 1
Robert Culp 1
Robert DeNiro 2
Robert Downey Jr. 1
Robert Guillaume 1
Robert Hays 1
Robert Klein 2
Robert Mitchum 1
Robert Urich 1
Robert Wagner 1
Robin Williams 3
Rodney Dangerfield 1
Roma Downey 1
Ron Howard 1
Ron Nessen 1
Ron Reagan 1
Rosanna Arquette 1
Roseanne 1
Roseanne Arnold, Tom Arnold 1
Roseanne Barr 1
Rosie O'Donnell 2
Roy Scheider 1
Rudy Giuliani 1
Ruth Gordon 1
Sally Field 1
Sally Kellerman 1
Salma Hayek 1
Sam Kinison 1
Samuel L. Jackson 1
Sara Gilbert 1
Sarah Jessica Parker 1
Sarah Michelle Gellar 3
Scott Wolf 1
Sean Hayes 1
Sean Penn 1
Seann William Scott 1
Senator John McCain 1
Shannen Doherty 1
Sharon Stone 1
Shelley Duvall 1
Sid Caesar 1
Sigourney Weaver 1
Sinbad 1
Sissy Spacek 1
Snoop Dogg 1
Steve Buscemi 1
Steve Forbes 1
Steve Guttenberg 1
Steve Martin 12
Steven Seagal 1
Stevie Wonder 1
Sting 2
Strother Martin 1
Susan Dey 1
Susan Lucci 1
Susan Saint James 2
Sylvester Stallone 1
Ted Danson 1
Ted Knight 1
Teri Garr 3
Teri Hatcher 1
The Rock 2
The Rolling Stones 1
Tim Curry 1
Tim Robbins 1
Tobey Maguire 1
Tom Arnold 2
Tom Green 1
Tom Hanks 7
Tom Smothers, Dick Smothers 2
Tony Danza 2
Topher Grace 1
Val Kilmer 1
Valerie Bertinelli 1
Vince Vaughn 1
Walter Matthau 1
Wayne Gretzky 1
Weekend Update Halftime Special 1
William Shatner 1
Willie Nelson 1
Winona Ryder 1
Woody Harrelson 2

 

[timswim78]

And those with 5 or more hosting appearances.

Host CountOfDate
Alec Baldwin 10
Bill Murray 5
Buck Henry 10
Candice Bergen 5
Chevy Chase 7
Christopher Walken 6
Danny DeVito 5
Elliott Gould 6
John Goodman 12
Steve Martin 12
Tom Hanks 7

 

[ucdbiendog]

chris walken was my vote. alec baldwin would get 2nd for me. but the show BLOWS now

 

[conjur]

Steve Martin or Christopher Walken

 

[alexeikgb]

MORE COWBELL

 

[Mo0o]

Al gore

 

[EGGO]

Crap, I didn't see Christopher Walkin there, so I chose other!

 

[timswim78]

Though I'd rehash this because it is Saturday,

 

[Beau]

Lindsay Lohan


** mmm.... Hermione **

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: conjur
Steve Martin or Christopher Walken

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: axnff
Can't believe Steve Martin isn't in the poll. Far and away, best ever. (Abstaining from voting in this sham poll )