Fecund and its synonyms fruitful and fertile all mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit-literally or figuratively. Fecund applies to things that yield offspring, fruit, or results in abundance or with rapidity (a fecund herd; a fecund imagination).
A late-night comedy show featuring several short skits, parodies of television commercials, a live guest band, and a pop-cultural guest host each week. Many of the SNL players have spun off successful independent comedy and/or movie careers from here. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>.
The actors get paid much more. Will Ferrel is the highest paid cast member in SNL history earning $350,000 for the 20-episode 2001-2002 season ($17,500/episode). Tina Fey made $1.5 million this year as a performer and head writer for SNL (in a now 12-episode season). I haven't found a website that lists them all.