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Chris Parnell still doesn't know why he was fired and rehired at SNL: 'It was a big shocker'

Chris Parnell said 'it was a big shocker' when the show dropped him as a cast member, only to bring him back a few months later.

Parnell, who appeared in fan-favorite sketches like "More Cowbell" and "Lazy Sunday," first came to the weekly comedy show as a featured player in 1998. It was a pretty big hit, and you immediately realize how your own sense of worth is wrapped up in being a Saturday Night Live cast member. Though Parnell moved to Los Angeles, he left his stuff in storage in New York City as he kept hearing through the grapevine from other cast members that the door may not be entirely closed.

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