jean doumanian hired denny dillon, gilbert gottfried, gail matthius, joe piscopo, ann risley and charles rocket (as repertory players), and yvonne hudson, matthew laurance and patrick weathers (as featured players), passing on such then-unknown performers as jim carrey, john goodman and paul reubens. jean doumanian sought a non-white cast member to fill garrett morris' previous role. as "snl" scholars doug hill and jeff weingrad phrase it,