Whenever I think of Martin Short, it's as a member of SCTV, not SNL, even though he did some great work at 30 Rock. I'd swap him out for Chevy Chase or John Belushi. If he hadn't died, I feel Belushi would have continued to be a comedic force, and Chase at least had a solid decade after he left the show, before his star faded drastically in the mid-'80s.
(Looks back at Chase's early filmography and sees Deal of the Century, Oh Heavenly Dog Under the Rainbow and Modern Problems ... OK, he had a spotty decade after leaving the show, but the highs - Foul Play, Caddyshack, Fletch, various Vacations, The Three Amigos - were pretty good. The less said about his talk show, the better.)
Whenever I think of Martin Short, it's as a member of SCTV, not SNL, even though he did some great work at 30 Rock. I'd swap him out for Chevy Chase or John Belushi. If he hadn't died, I feel Belushi would have continued to be a comedic force, and Chase at least had a solid decade after he left the show, before his star faded drastically in the mid-'80s.
(Looks back at Chase's early filmography and sees Deal of the Century, Oh Heavenly Dog Under the Rainbow and Modern Problems ... OK, he had a spotty decade after leaving the show, but the highs - Foul Play, Caddyshack, Fletch, various Vacations, The Three Amigos - were pretty good. The less said about his talk show, the better.)