fred armisen was the actor who was part of cast of snl.
actor who was part of cast of snl?
fred armisen
rapper ghostface killah made his second appearance as himself on the show, having appeared in the episode "jack-tor", in which he and jenna maroney (jane krakowski) perform the song "muffin top". in one scene of "the source awards", ghostface killah is drinking donaghy estate sparkling wine as a music video is shooting, but cannot stand drinking the wine, which makes him sick. this episode featured guest appearances from actors ll cool j and wayne brady. actor jason sudeikis had a brief appearance, in which liz tells jenna she ran into him, though not knowing his name yet refers to him as "flower guy". this was sudeikis' second appearance, having first appeared in the february 8, 2007, episode "up all night". sudeikis has appeared in the main cast of "saturday night live" ("snl"), a weekly sketch comedy series which airs on nbc in the united states. series' creator, executive producer and lead actress tina fey was the head writer on "snl" from 1999 until 2006. various other cast members of "snl" have appeared on "30 rock", including: rachel dratch, fred armisen, kristen wiig, will forte, chris parnell and molly shannon. fey and tracy morgan have both been part of the main cast of "snl". alec baldwin, who plays jack, has also hosted "snl" seventeen times as of the end of the variety show's 42nd season, the highest number of episodes of any host of the series.
the source awards (30 rock)
in addition, there were several connections with "snl": fey, morgan, dratch, bill hader, louis-dreyfus, parnell, and director mccarthy-miller are all "snl" alumni (fellow alumnus will ferrell was asked to reprise his recurring "bitch hunter" character, but had a scheduling conflict); the show was filmed in "snl"s studio 8h before a live audience; the ending sequence was a good night from the cast while the credits scrolled (and the credits used the same font as "snl"); and promos leading up to the episode were voiced by long-time "snl" announcer don pardo. the music for the episode—both for the "tgs" sequences and incidental underscore—was provided live by the "snl" house band under the direction of fey's husband jeff richmond and leon pendarvis. furthermore, long-time "snl" producer lorne michaels attended the rehearsal and performances to give his advice. each commercial break during the show was predicated on an emergency commercial break on "tgs", including a fictional commercial and a fake nbc technical difficulties screen.
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