When not grilling guests, Snyder would often joke around with off-stage crewmen, often breaking out in the distinctively hearty laugh that was the basis of Dan Aykroyd's impersonation of Snyder on "Saturday Night Live", which the comedian first did in April 1976. Snyder's seemingly mismatched jet black eyebrows and grey hair were also lampooned on "SNL". Being the subject of "SNL" satire greatly raised Snyder's profile; many viewers knew the impression before knowing the man's own work. (After Aykroyd's departure in 1979, Joe Piscopo took over the Snyder impersonation.) Snyder was, as well, the inspiration for the cartoon "Tom Morrow", which appeared in "Playboy" in the late 1970s.