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The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live (SNL) characters and sketches introduced between September 28, 1991, and May 16, 1992, the seventeenth season of SNL.
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The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live (SNL) characters and sketches introduced between September 28, 1991, and May 16, 1992, the seventeenth season of SNL.
An old man (Tim Meadows) tells outlandish tales of acts of barbecue-related heroism he performed when he was younger (Chris Rock). Debuted September 28, 1991.
An Ellen Cleghorne sketch. Debuted September 28, 1991.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | September 28, 1991 | Michael Jordan | |
| 17 | November 16, 1991 | Linda Hamilton | |
| 17 | February 8, 1992 | Susan Dey | |
| 17 | May 16, 1992 | Woody Harrelson | |
| 18 | October 10, 1992 | Joe Pesci | |
| 18 | April 17, 1993 | Kirstie Alley |
A Chris Farley sketch. Debuted October 5, 1991.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | October 5, 1991 | Jeff Daniels | |
| 17 | November 16, 1991 | Linda Hamilton | guest: Martin Scorsese |
| 18 | February 13, 1993 | Alec Baldwin | guest: Paul McCartney |
Queen Shenequa, played by Ellen Cleghorne, was an Afrocentric social critic who dressed in African garb, observed Kwanzaa, and made commentaries on race. She had a somewhat disdainful persona, such as when she observed about Michael Jackson: "'Black or White'? If it doesn't matter, then why are you so white?", or when she commented that Kwanzaa "is a Swahili word which means 'Santa don't come to my house'". Debuted October 26, 1991.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | October 26, 1991 | Christian Slater | |
| 17 | December 7, 1991 | M.C. Hammer | |
| 17 | April 11, 1992 | Sharon Stone | |
| 17 | May 9, 1992 | Tom Hanks | |
| 18 | September 26, 1992 | Nicolas Cage | The Queen Shenequa Show |
| 18 | December 5, 1992 | Tom Arnold | |
| 18 | February 6, 1993 | Luke Perry | Dark Moments in Black History |
| 19 | October 30, 1993 | Christian Slater |
A Chris Farley sketch. Debuted November 2, 1991.
Phil Hartman plays a caveman who was frozen in a glacier, was revived in modern times, and went on to become a corrupt lawyer. Debuted November 23, 1991.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | November 23, 1991 | Macaulay Culkin | |
| 17 | March 14, 1992 | John Goodman | |
| 18 | January 16, 1993 | Harvey Keitel | |
| 21 | March 23, 1996 | Phil Hartman |
A David Spade sketch in which various celebrities show up for a meeting with Dick Clark, and his receptionist doesn't recognize them ("And you are ... ?"). Debuted December 7, 1991.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | December 7, 1991 | M.C. Hammer | |
| 17 | February 22, 1992 | Roseanne Arnold, Tom Arnold | |
| 19 | November 13, 1993 | Rosie O'Donnell |
Theatre Stories was an SNL skit parodying English actors. Debuted December 14, 1991. It is described by the announcer as produced by the "British-American Theatre Alliance", and centered around several English Shakespearean actors recounting acting experiences and anecdotes. However, one of the most memorable performances was Dana Carvey as embittered former American child star Mickey Rooney, complaining about how the film industry largely turned their back on him, and reminiscing on better times.
Mike Myers played the host, Kenneth Rhys-Evans (aka "Cucumber Jones"), an English actor who discovered one day that he could not control the volume of his voice (a joke Myers later used in the first Austin Powers movie). Other characters included Steve Martin as an elderly British actor nicknamed "Nobby", because his real name was incredibly long.
Quotes:
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | December 14, 1991 | Steve Martin | |
| 17 | March 14, 1992 | John Goodman | |
| 19 | October 23, 1993 | John Malkovich | |
| 19 | May 7, 1994 | John Goodman |
The middle sister from The Brady Bunch , she was portrayed by Melanie Hutsell, who had first played the character in The Real Live Brady Bunch stage show. [1] She would usually begin a commentary on a subject which devolved into a comparison to something that happened on one of the Brady Bunch episodes and her frustration with her siblings who get more attention. Her catchphrase was "Marcia, Marcia, MARCIA!", referring to her older sister in a direct quote from an episode of the popular TV series. Debuted January 11, 1992.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | January 11, 1992 | Rob Morrow | |
| 17 | February 8, 1992 | Susan Dey | Partridge Family vs. The Brady Bunch |
| 18 | October 24, 1992 | Christopher Walken | |
| 18 | January 9, 1993 | Danny DeVito |
A Melanie Hutsell, Siobhan Fallon Hogan and Beth Cahill sketch, parodying the sorority Delta Delta Delta. Sometimes the characters would be visited by fraternity members, played by male cast members or guests. The catchphrases were stating "Oh mah Gawd" or answering a phone with "Delta, Delta, Delta, can I help ya, help ya, help ya?" In one crossover, one of the Tri-Delts got poor customer service from the Gap Girls. Debuted January 11, 1992.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | January 11, 1992 | Rob Morrow | |
| 17 | February 22, 1992 | Roseanne Arnold, Tom Arnold | |
| 17 | March 21, 1992 | Mary Stuart Masterson | |
| 17 | May 16, 1992 | Woody Harrelson |
Adam Sandler portrayed a man from Cajun country in Louisiana who dressed like Huckleberry Finn and spoke in a heavily exaggerated Cajun French dialect. When interviewed he would simply respond with one or two word answers, ending with "-tion". [2] For example, when asked where his girlfriend is, he would answer "long vacation" and then being asked how he occupies his time, would answer "masturbation." The character is essentially a send-up of TV chef Justin Wilson who specialized in Cajun cuisine, and would frequently enunciate the second syllable in the word "onion". Debuted February 8, 1992.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | February 8, 1992 | Susan Dey | |
| 17 | March 14, 1992 | John Goodman | |
| 17 | March 21, 1992 | Mary Stuart Masterson | |
| 18 | October 10, 1992 | Joe Pesci |
A Rob Schneider sketch, where Schneider plays a nudist who fails to see the stigma of public nudity. The sketch was shown twice, once with his wife tries to confront him about his nudity at home, another where he is at a ball game with his son. He is sensitive to people's problems, but denies any connection to complaints about his refusal to put some clothes on, not even to the point in the second sketch where he is arrested for indecent exposure. The sketch was discontinued, arguably because of risk of censorship violations. Schneider actually was naked on set. Although he concealed himself such as being behind counters and the like, there were a couple of times his naked rear end was visible to the audience. Debuted February 8, 1992. The second sketch was on May 16, 1992.
A Chris Rock sketch, where he was a Weekend Update commentator giving a story from the perspective of an elderly black man. Debuted February 15, 1992.
A Phil Hartman sketch. Debuted February 15, 1992.
Opera Man was a Weekend Update character played in the early to middle 1990s by Adam Sandler. He would appear in a tuxedo, white fancy shirt and black-red cape, looking like a Dracula-esque in appearance, - He would do the often holding a white handkerchief as a parody of Pavarotti - and sing, opera style, jokes about current events and celebrities. Among Opera Man's sketches, regarding the L.A. Riots: "La Chiefa Policia, no dispatcha gendarme / morono, no respondo / no excusa, bagga doucha!" There was also the "Tom Hanks-o/ nominat-o/second time-o/You're a great-o/next year vacacion/go to France-o/give someone else/ a freaking chance-o!" sketch, during which, on the screen, a picture of Billy Madison came up. The sketches always ended with a big flourish. For example: "I like to sing for you!/ a-that's a-no lie/ Opera man, Bye Bye!" concluding with mock-bravos and roses being flung in Opera Man's direction. Debuted April 18, 1992.
The earlier appearances of Opera Man featured him singing a higher quantity of accurate Italian lyrics, though the subtitles showed the lyrics rather than an English translation. Jon Lovitz showed up in one episode to play his older brother just in from Italy.
Opera Man also once appeared in his own sketch where it was done up like a genuine opera (albeit a very short one), and titled "One Match Short of the Jackpot". Phil Hartman narrates, explaining to the audience that Opera Man has just filled up his car at a gas station and included a New Hampshire Lottery scratch ticket with his purchase. Opera Man gets more excited as every box he scratches off reveal a million dollar prize, until the last one, at which he prays to God, "Opera Man promiso--no more masturbato!" mismatches and he dejectedly says he must continue his job as a security guard for Montgomery Ward. Sandler briefly reprised Opera Man on SNL's 40th anniversary show in 2015.
Opera Man also performed at the 2001 Concert for New York City.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | April 18, 1992 | Jerry Seinfeld | |
| 17 | May 16, 1992 | Woody Harrelson | |
| 18 | September 26, 1992 | Nicolas Cage | |
| 18 | December 12, 1992 | Glenn Close | |
| 18 | February 6, 1993 | Luke Perry | |
| 18 | April 17, 1993 | Kirstie Alley | |
| 19 | October 2, 1993 | Shannen Doherty | Scratch Ticket |
| 19 | November 13, 1993 | Rosie O'Donnell | |
| 19 | April 16, 1994 | Emilio Estevez | |
| 20 | February 18, 1995 | Deion Sanders | |
| 40 | February 15, 2015 | — | Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special. First time Sandler has reprised Opera Man in 20 years |
| 44 | May 4, 2019 | Adam Sandler |
Philip Edward Hartman was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old. After graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. In 1975, Hartman joined the comedy group the Groundlings, where he helped Paul Reubens develop his character, Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse.
Jonathan Michael Lovitz is an American actor and comedian. Lovitz is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990 for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Outside of SNL, he starred as Jay Sherman in The Critic (1994–1995) and has played various roles on The Simpsons (1991–).
Pat O'Neill Riley is an androgynous fictional character created and performed by Julia Sweeney for the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1990 to 1994. The character was later featured in the film It's Pat. The central humorous aspect of sketches featuring Pat is the inability of others to determine the character's sex.
Tim Meadows is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Meadows was one of the longest-running cast members on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he appeared for 10 seasons from 1991 to 2000. For his work on SNL, he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1993. He played main character John Glascott on the ABC sitcom Schooled for its two-season run after playing the same character in a recurring role for six seasons on The Goldbergs. Meadows is also known for his role as Principal Duvall in the 2004 film Mean Girls, and reprised the role in Mean Girls 2 and the film's 2024 musical adaptation.
Saturday Night Live is an American sketch comedy series co-created by Dick Ebersol and Lorne Michaels and produced by Lorne Michaels. The show has aired on the American broadcasting television network NBC since its debut on October 11, 1975.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live sketches, organized alphabetically by title. The referenced date is the date when the sketch first appeared.
Canteen Boy is a recurring Saturday Night Live character played by Adam Sandler. Canteen Boy is a naive, childlike assistant scoutmaster with an acute attention to detail. He is always seen with a full scout's uniform and a canteen around his neck. Canteen Boy is routinely mocked by other characters in the sketch, who are well aware that their jokes will be lost on the character. It appears he lacks self-confidence, such as one time when he was called an idiot he proceeds to call the bully an idiot too, only to say he said nothing when the bully threatens him. His revenge toward these bullies often ties into his skills as an outdoorsman. Canteen Boy is a master at snake-calling, and he enjoys the television show Seaquest. He has also said in passing that he very much admires Cheryl Tiegs. A sketch would often end with either Canteen Boy finding a snake or his tormentors having to run away from a sudden onslaught of snakes. Sandler later stated that there is nothing wrong with Canteen Boy, rather he is "someone who has been in the Scouts too long". Although the word 'boy' in the character's name suggests he's a child, it has been made clear that Canteen Boy is actually a 27-year-old man who still lives with his mom and is still active in the Boy Scouts. Since he is overage to be an active Scout, he is actually a Scout leader. However this was contradicted in a brief bit where Chris Farley plays a fellow Scout, and it is assumed Farley was meant to be a teenager.
Melanie Kay Hutsell is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Hutsell is best known for her work as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1991 to 1994.
Weekend Update has been a platform for Saturday Night Live characters to grow and gain popularity ever since Gilda Radner used it to create Emily Litella and Roseanne Roseannadanna. Many cast members have used Update as the primary vehicle for a certain character. Don Novello was featured almost exclusively on the news segment as his breakout character, Father Guido Sarducci, and Tim Kazurinsky, in the face of Eddie Murphy's overshadowing popularity, created characters almost exclusively for Update. Before becoming an anchor on Update, Colin Quinn used the segment as his main sounding board as well.
The eighteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between October 6, 1984, and April 13, 1985, the tenth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between October 11, 1986, and May 23, 1987, the twelfth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between October 8, 1988, and May 20, 1989, the fourteenth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 24, 1989, and May 19, 1990, the fifteenth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993, the eighteenth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 25, 1993, and May 14, 1994, the nineteenth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 24, 1994, and May 13, 1995, the twentieth season of SNL.
"Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special" is a three-and-a-half-hour prime-time special that aired on February 15, 2015, on NBC, celebrating Saturday Night Live's 40th year on the air, having premiered on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. It is produced by Broadway Video. This special generated 23.1 million viewers, becoming NBC's most-watched prime-time, non-sports, entertainment telecast since the Friends series finale in 2004. It is the third such anniversary special to be broadcast, with celebratory episodes also held during the 15th and 25th seasons.
The 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, has been parodied on Saturday Night Live (SNL) since 1992. Clinton was in office from 1993 to 2001, and has been portrayed on the show over a hundred times, most often by Darrell Hammond.