Since its entry in 1975,SNLhas had its ups and downs , most of which were always attributed to the dramatis personae du jour ( and sometimes the writers ) . However , even when the show was at its tip both cast- and author - wise , some show bombed like Boy George at a tractor pulling . A few examples come to beware :
1. Milton Berle
2. Louise Lasser
3. Frank Zappa
4. Jodie Foster
In 1976 Jodie Foster was many years away from gain ground her first Academy Award , but she had excruciate up some telling cite as a kid actress in movie likeTaxi Driver , The small Girl Who hold up Down the Lane , andBugsy Malone . Her resumà © caught the attention of theSNLproducers and they enlisted the 14 - year - honest-to-god actress as a boniface . Sadly , the writers were caught unprepared and had written survey based around the worldly characters Foster had play . They did n’t realize that Jodie was really a distinctive hoyden - ish 14 - year - quondam who ’d only been performing under a music director ’s instructions in that very adult flick . Foster was so nervous about her host gig that she ’d spilled an Orange Julius on herself just prior to take the leg . She convey it personally as skit after skit fell flat , and with the natural self - consciousness of an former teen she grow more awkward as the show go on . When the camera make out back to her for the finale after the last commercial message , the audience was so silent you could almost try cricket chirping . After an uncomfortable pause , Foster simply said " thank you" and the credit roll .
5. Chevy Chase
