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The most obscure Saturday Night Live cast members aren’t necessarily the ones with the least amount of screen time. For example, one comic lasted a single episode as a featured player back in 1981, but can we really call Tony- and Emmy Award-winning actress Laurie Metcalf obscure? On the other hand, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll recognize these eight forgotten SNL cast members, regardless of how many times they appeared on the show.

1 Emily Prager

Like Metcalf, Prager only appeared on a single episode of SNL. Unlike Metcalf, you don’t know her from anything else.

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2 Dan Vitale

Lorne Michaels returned to Saturday Night Live during Season 11 after a four-year sabbatical, making several high-profile casting mistakes as well as low-key, little-remembered ones like Vitale, a comic who only appeared in three episodes.

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3 Luke Null

Anyone remember Null, a comic who got to star in...

Saturday Night Live has been home to many famous faces in its 45 years on the air. Some of those stars stuck around for long tenures—like Kenan Thompson, now in his record 18th season, and Kate McKinnon, the longest serving female cast member ever with nine seasons—while others had a decidedly shorter time on the sketch show. While some of those blips on the SNL radar were relegated to the footnotes of TV history—no offense to the Dan Vitale and Morwenna Banks fans out there—some went on to become much bigger than their brief time on the show might've otherwise foreshadowed. Did you know The Connors' Laurie Metcalf made an appearance way before she rocketed to...