SNL new Cast Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate

More opportunities for comedic genius to surface, in other words. Right now there's just one full-time cast member who doesn't pee standing up, Kristen Wiig — and she needs more time to cultivate the next Penelope rather than chugging away at an average of nearly six sketches per weekend.

But there's a second reason to get excited about Lorne Michaels's new hires. For years, it was the SNL boys who went on to bigger and better careers. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Myers. Hell, Robert Downey Jr. was part of the gang in the mid-'80s. (Fair's fair: so was Julia Louis-Dreyfus, whom you also may remember more for what she did afterward.)

But it seems like for the past decade or so, SNL's best graduates have been its women. Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler, and of course the great Tina Fey have all gone on to do brilliant stuff after leaving the show. The dudes? Not so much. Well, except for Will Farrell, of course. So here's looking forward to seeing what Upright Citizen Brigade grads Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate (right) bring to the show — and to what they do after they leave.

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