Will Ferrell's top 5 'Saturday Night Live' skits He played Bush and Trebek, but cowbell sketch tops the list Advertisement | ad info by Craig Berman TODAYshow.com contributor

With all apologies to the "Saturday Night Live" greats, has there ever been a cast member with more memorable characters than Will Ferrell?

His skills as an impressionist and character development, and his ability to run the spectrum between deadpan and manic and everywhere in between, made him an ideal member of the troupe. Who else could play
Saddam Hussein, Janet Reno and the Unabomber? A cheerleader and a 1970s
rock musician? James Lipton and Harry Caray?

Ferrell constantly made viewers laugh as an "SNL" regular from 1995-2002, and on the occasions when he’s come back as a guest performer since. It’s tough to pick just five Ferrell skits as favorites, but
here is one man’s opinion.