• An golden era began 20 years ago in Studio 8H. Bill Hader and Andy Samberg joined fellow Class of ‘05 newbie Jason Sudeikis as featured players on season 31 of SNL.

• Hader, recommend to the show by Megan Mullaly, was introduced to the show as an “impressions guy”, busting out a note perfect Al Pacino in his debut episode. Hader was a game player, but would later break out ahead of the pack after John Mulaney joined the show as a writer in 2008.

• Samberg and his Lonely Island cohort were recommended by Jimmy Fallon. The trio are currently chronicling the peaks and valleys of their SNL careers on The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast. It's a delight.

• Kristen Wiig would join the cast on November 12, 2005. She would debut one of her centerpiece characters, The Target Lady, just

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