Many different comedians have come and gone on NBC's Saturday Night Live over the past five decades, but only one has ever been fired twice from the hit sketch comedy series.
Originally joining SNL in the fall of 1998, fan-favorite cast member Chris Parnell was eventually removed from the show in 2001 due to ongoing budget cuts and the hiring of four new cast members on the show.
Ultimately, the comedian was brought back to the show one year later, only to once again find himself let go from SNL due to budget cuts in 2006.
Opening up about his experiences being the only SNL cast member to be fired twice from the series, the 59-year-old Parnell told fellow SNL alum Jay Mohr that his initial dismissal and subsequent rehiring came as certainly surprising at the time.
"It was a big shock, and there was enough of an outcry from the cast and the writers that I felt like, 'Okay, I'm not the only one who thinks this is crazy," said on the Mohr Stories podcast.
At the time, Parnell said that he naturally assumed that SNL would bring back all of its established players following the end of season 26.
"I was on the phone with [fellow cast member] Rachel Dratch and some other people. We just assumed we would all be back. So it was a big surprise," the 30 Rock actor continued.
Fortunately, Parnell said that he kept hearing rumblings that Michaels would reverse his decision and rehire the comedian, allowing him to once again continue on as one of SNL's best players in the early to mid 2000s.
"I just kept hearing that [SNL showrunner Lorne Michaels] might be bringing me back," Parnell explained.
Throughout his tenure on SNL, Parnell remained known for playing the hilariously clueless straight man to many of the show's most energetic performers, including Will Ferrell, Rachel Dratch and Chris Kattan, as seen from his supporting role in the now iconic "More Cowbell" sketch.
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