Patrick Weathers

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Patrick Weathers
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • musician

Patrick Weathers is an American musician, actor and comedian, who appeared as a cast member on season 6 of Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1981. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

After college, Weathers moved to New Orleans, where he began working with The Meters. Moving to New York City, he performed alongside Run DMC before getting a job at Studio 54 which led to an audition for Saturday Night Live. [7] Among the characters Weathers played was Bob Dylan. [8] He also played Ravi Shankar, the musician who introduced The Beatles to Indian music. Weathers was friends with David Sheffield, who became a prominent writer on the show then collaborator on many Eddie Murphy comedies.

Weathers had a successful musical career, prior to his year on SNL, and returned to music afterwards, releasing three albums, and settling in New Orleans. [1] [9] [10] He owns several art galleries there, and appeared in the Will Ferrell comedy, The Campaign. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Megh Wright. "Saturday Night's Children: Patrick Weathers (1980-1981)". Vulture . Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Gus Wezerek (2019-12-14). "The 'S.N.L.' Stars Who Lasted, and the Ones Who Flamed Out". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2019-12-16. Some of the names here will be familiar only to die-hard fans; others, like Murphy, defined what was funny for generations of viewers.
  3. ↑ "Saturday Night Live - All 145 cast members, ranked". Rolling Stone magazine .
  4. ↑ Andy Hoglund (2019-11-23). "Saturday Night Live recap: Will Ferrell joins Five-Timers Club". Entertainment Week . Retrieved 2019-12-16. I am joined this week by former SNL cast member, Patrick Weathers. He was on the show during its infamous sixth season, and appeared opposite Ferrell in The Campaign. I asked him how much fan service we might see tonight – any chance Gene Frenkle might return for another cowbell rendition?! "I'm sure we'll have some surprises [tonight], but not everything will be new, for the sake of fans and nostalgia," says Weathers.
  5. ↑ Rob Sheffield (2015-02-11). "Saturday Night Live - All 145 cast members ranked". Rolling Stone magazine . Retrieved 2019-12-17. Bit players in the "Saturday Night Live '80" replacement crew, which is like riding the bench for the Bad News Bears.
  6. ↑ Kayla Cobb (2016-08-10). "All 52 'SNL' Cast Members Who Only Lasted One Season". Decider . Retrieved 2019-12-17. Post SNL Career: Weathers has been keeping busy with bit parts. He's been in everything from Oliver Stone's Wall Street to The Campaign to the 2016 mini-series, Roots.
  7. ↑ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snl-interview-patrick-weathers_b_58763da4e4b0f8a7254483e1
  8. ↑ "PATRICK WEATHERS SKETCHES". NBC . Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  9. ↑ Andy Hoglund (2017-01-11). "SNL Interview: Patrick Weathers". Huffington Post . Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  10. ↑ Gabbi Shaw; Frank Olito; Darcy Schild (2019-09-17). "WHERE ARE THEY NOW: All 152 cast members in 'Saturday Night Live' history". The Insider . Retrieved 2019-12-16. Weathers, 65, has released three albums and has had bit parts in movies like "Wall Street" and "Grande Isle." He also appeared on New Orleans-based HBO show "Treme," where he also currently resides in real life.
  11. ↑ Bethy Squires (2019-05-23). "All 151 SNL Cast Members As Pokémon". Vulture magazine . Graveler looks like conceptual art, and Patrick Weathers owns several art galleries now.


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