Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Broadway Video
The notorious JLD is the final entry on the list, and one of the most decorated comedic actresses of all time has probably the least fond memories of anyone on the Dream Team. Julia joined SNL in 1982 with her then-boyfriend, future-husband Brad Hall and spent three seasons on the show alongside such comedic cornerstones as Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, and Martin Short. In her third and final year on SNL, Julia encountered a writer who would last just the single season and whose own exit would be the stuff of legends for years to come. Julia Louis-Dreyfus met Larry David in the halls of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, and the stars aligned.
While Julia was on SNL, she struggled with what she called a “dog-eat-dog environment”, saying, “I was unbelievably naive and I didn’t really understand how the dynamics of the place worked. It was very sexist, very sexist.” On her time spent with her future showrunner, Julia said, “(Larry David and I) bonded because he was as miserable as I was. I would go into his office and cry a lot. He would b—-, and he would write sketches, and they would not see the light of day, and I was in all of them.”
It would probably feel like punishment to Julia Louis-Dreyfus for her to get thrown into a SNL Dream Cast, but we’d love to see what one of the greatest sitcom actors of all time could do if given a fair shot at a sketch show again. We’d be blown away by a Tune Squad-esque SNL Dream Team of this caliber — that is, until one of the Monstars steals Don Ohlmeyer’s powers and fires all of them.
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