In the wake of Will Forte‘s departure from “Saturday Night Live,” it’s been rumored that not one, but three new cast members are set to join the crew. The Comic’s Comic reports that the three are Chicago-based comedians Paul Brittain and Vanessa Bayer, and Taran Killam, a member of Los Angeles’s The Groundlings.
Brittain and Bayer are both experienced in improv, with Brittain most recently making appearances as “Markus” on NBC’s “Sports Action Team”:
Taran Killam has appeared on “Wild N Out,” “Mad TV,” and “How I Met Your Mother” — he’s also appeared in some Funny Or Die sketches (warning: not funny):
Finally, there’s Vanessa Bayer. You’ve probably already seen this commercial, so here’s a sampling of her stand-up act: