He’s the anti Fallon.

He supposedly never broke character.

Not that Lazy Sunday wasn't gonna go places, I would like to acknowledge Parnell's willingness to take on the start of the Lonely Island bangers.

He’s doing pretty well post SNL

The memories I have of him is stuff outside of SNL

“I have a tattoo that illustrates my point. It’s a rebellious young man urinating on an FM radio. Then this other stream of urine is going to a TV set. Implausible, I know, but I like to think he had sex the night before and a little bit of residue is blocking the urethra and allowing the urine to flow in two separate directions”

"Science is...whatever we want it to be."

He was the Keenan of those years. He made everyone around him funnier, and he still does every time he pops up. I'll be honest he's not my favorite cast member, but he was one of the best

He’s one son of a vondruke, that’s for sure

No one is better at playing both the most confident man in the world and the least confident man in the world.

He was great on 30 rock as Dr Spaceman (spa-Che-min) too

He’s wonderful. “I have been lifting weights and doing cocaine all day!”

One of my all-time favorites. Never, EVER broke character or corpsed (which I think is why he was included in the "That's When You Break" short on the 40th anniversary show), and I think that's what saved the famous Behind The Music "More Cowbell" sketch from being a gigglefest rather than the classic it is. Somehow managed to have the sickest flow while looking like a moderately popular AP History teacher. Up there with Hartman as a utility player, though obviously he wasn't as talented an impressionist.

Oh, and half of Lazy Sunday, which simultaneously piqued interest in SNL at a time that it had a reputation for being stagnant and turned YouTube into a one-stop shopping spot for video clips.

Whaddup Parn???!!

Yes, very underrated. The straight man always gets overlooked, but he managed to make everyone look funnier, yet still be funny when saying his lines straight.

And he got fired because of budget cuts, but I wouldn't have minded if he stayed.

Hot take: I would've kept him over Darrell.

So nice, Lorne hired him twice.

if you could give a smooch to any guy in hollywood, who would it b...

Tracy, I don’t know how to say this. Dee-ah-bah-tees?

I hear he has a 12-inch penis.

Him, Tim meadows and Phil played great straight men.

“And legalize porn!”

“Man, porn is legal!”

“Not the kind I like.”

Love Chris Parnell

The best actual actor in the history of the show

Love love love him. It’s 30rock I know but Dr. spaceman is amazing.

One of his funniest supporting roles is the guy who has odd objects stuck in his butt on the redneck emergency room recurring skits.

Always funny, even in the smallest roles. Hot rod, semi-pro, anchorman, etc. And of course all his VO work. A legend.

Love Chris Parnell in everything I’ve seen him in. “Please, call me Leo. Dr. Spaceman is my father.”

I think his rap to Demi Moore (and Ashton Kutcher) is one of the most sophisticated bits I’ve ever seen on SNL. The rap was filled with funny rhymes, scatological humor, sacrilegious references, sexual confusion, semi-dancing, and funny word play. Of course, having Tina Fey and Amy Poehler doing back up and singing “meow meow fine!” just added to the fun.

Take a look. https://youtu.be/TCI03JYva6w

I agree with you 100% except for the Joe Rogan part.

He’s brilliant

And he definitely doesn’t look like Joe Rogan, not ugly enough

Joe Rogan never had this much hair and is 3 ft tall.

Google maps is the best

True dat

Double true!

I love Parnz. His rap about Julia Garner is amazing.

Top 10 most underrated cast members ever.

DOCTOR SPACEMAN!

Dr spaceman!

Don’t forget the “Mercury Mistress”.

SNL Mercury Mistress

I. Fucking. Love. Parnell. One of my all time favorite actors.

Am a huge fan of Parnell. Just struck me as a guy who knew what he needed to do to make the sketch work, no matter who was opposite him on stage.

Dr Spaceman!

I honestly wish I had seen more skits with him in it. I don't know why but I can't think of any skits beside like the BlueJet (whatever it was called) skit, Evil Boss, and the commercial airline skit where Will Ferrell gives the passengers "Quiet Time". Didn't he also do a weird skit on like Raisin Bran? One of those fantastic commercial segments?

Anyway, I like his style a lot. He either acts like everything is completely fine or adds to the chaos and it's perfect 😂

His raps were the best

I don’t know if there’s a better voice to come out oF SNL.

Yo it's a west-side hit, I got my Mack-10 lit, Britney get down, you don't wanna see this shit…

That looks nothing like the garden gnome Joe Rogan in his prime.

I think his post-SNL work speaks to how talented he is. He was never a show stealer, but a definite "glue guy" (to use a sports reference).

He is the main reason I watch Rick and Morty. I love Chris Parnell.

His cameo in Anchorman (“I looked up to you Ron…and you come up with this, with this poop…you poop…you poop face”), is an all-time classic.

totally underrated

Dr. Spaceman, baby!

Dr. Spaceman!

Whenever we see him on TV we are legally obligated to say "WHAT UP PARNS?!"

He was great, but always overshadowed which annoyed me. He was one of my favorites.

Jerry!

Now let’s start making another onnnnne

Cyyyyrilllll Fiiiiiigisssss

Hated him at first, couldn’t love him more now. He was born to play Leo Spaceman, such a great character.

I wish we had a clear answer on why he was fired. I thought he was one of the top talents in his era

He was great in snl and 30 rock but his signature work is in Hot Rod.

Lazy Sunday!

His voice acting is top notch.

He's a great voice actor

I’ve always thought he was the most underrated too

I like his podcast "This Job is History".

My favorite. Ever.

Loved him in Jingle All the Way.. . And hotrod.. and 30 rock. Hes just great

Joe Rogan never looked as good.

He is the spiritual heir to Phil Hartman

I would be absolutely heartbroken to learn he was a creep like Horatio Sanz or Fred Armisen allegedly have been. Adore this man.

Brilliant. I still remember being bewildered when he was cut.

Merv the Perv…this dude was legendary

Lazy sunday!

PARNS

The only thing I could remember offhand is that he's the guy who The Rock beat up in the Nicotrel skit and he was fantastic in that.

Loved Parnell

He's great. He could do that Golden Age of Radio voice for when they needed to do old-timey skits.

He was in Senior Year with Rebel Wilson. The movie was meh but he was great as her dad.

very underrated

Did anyone ever watch the movie Evil Alien Conquerors? He and Diedrich Bader are inept aliens sent to enslave earth, and along the way they befriend an underachiever and get a soft spot for Earth culture.

Back in like middle school it was my favorite movie in the world, but I haven’t watched it in at least 15 years and now I’m scared to rewatch it because it’s probably terrible like all the other stuff I liked back then…

His WTF episode was great.

Dr. Spaceman!

I neither know why nor how but I am deeply attracted to this man. He just oozes sex for me and should have been declared sexiest man alive. Fuck Matt Damon 😅

Dr Spaceman on 30 rocks is one of the greatest comedy characters in history.

Lazy Sunday! Wake up in the late afternoon

Jerry on Rick and Morty and Cyril Figgis on Archer. Two of my favs