These 15 underappreciated comedic performers are the glue that holds Saturday Night Live together.

Its impossible to summarizeSaturday Night Lives critical influence on the entirety of pop culture.

Simpson just wrote the words I did it on an ESPN football telestrator.

SNL50: THE ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – Pictured: (l-r) Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon in the “Andy’s Song” sketch

(Cough, cough, Mango the flirtatious male stripper; need I say more?)

(I.E., Drunk Uncle,HobbitOffice, David Pumpkins, etc.)

Vanessa Bayer

Nobody and I meannobody could play ditzy cluelessness quite like Vanessa Bayer.

Enter: the unassuming everyman-turned-SNL-savior, Jon Lovitz.

(Seriously, can anyone keep a straight face listening to her Culps musical act with Will Ferrell?)

Darrell Hammond

Where to even begin with Darrell Hammonds accolades and achievements onSNL?