Best SNL \"Character\" Nomination Thread
 

Post your favorite SNL "character" for eventual poll. For example, Billy Crystal's "Fernando", Dana Carvey's "Church Lady", Eddie Murphy's "Mr. Robinson", etc. Please include actor/character name.

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Farley
Matt Foley, motivational speaker.

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Matt Foley, motivational speaker.

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winnar

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I'm assuming this character should be a recurring one?

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John Beluschi - 'Joliet' Jake Blues

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Farley
Matt Foley, motivational speaker.

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Also, Phil Hartman as the Anal Retentive Chef/fisherman

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I also always laughed my ass off at the weekend update character that Ferrell did, don't remember his name but he was a guy "who couldn't modarate the volume of his voice."

Hilarious.

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Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin - "The Wild and Crazy Guys."

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Jim Carrey
Jimmy Tango, for Jimmy Tango's Method
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/95/pics/95ttango1.jpg
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/95/pics/95ttango2.jpg

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Dan Aykroyd, Fred Garvin - Male Prostitute

~D

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Mr. Robinson

Wayne and Garth (one entry)

Sean Connery on Jeopardy

Buckwheat

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Ferrel's "Goulet" was funny.

Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, "Wayne and Garth"

Hanz and Franz (I actually forget who it is, Dana Carvey and?)

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Ferrel's "Goulet" was funny.

Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, "Wayne and Garth"

Hanz and Franz (I actually forget who it is, Dana Carvey and?)

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Kevin Nealon.

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Adam Sandler - Opera Man.
Belushi - Samurai Deli

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Chris Walken's "The Continental."

Belushi's Samurai.

Nealon, Mr. Subliminal.

Aykroyd's Nixon.

Not as popular as some others, but Kattan's Antonio Banderas ("I am so the sexy.") always cracked me up as well.

Hammond's Connery.

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Too many, but here are a few:

Opera Man - Sandler
Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer - Hartman
Hans & Franz - Carvey/Nealon
The Continental - Christopher Walken
Subliminal Man - Nealon

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Eddie Murphy - Mr. Robinson

If an impersonation counts as a character, I'd nominate Eddie Murphy as Stevie Wonder. I still sing "Ebony and Ivory" that he did with Joe Piscopo as Sinatra:

You are black
I am white
Life's an eskimo pie, let's take a bite
That was groovy thinkin', Lincoln
When you set them free.....

Also, I'd nominate Phil Hartman as Sinatra and Clinton.

ScottieK

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I have to add one more

Chevy Chase - Land Shark

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Not as popular as some others, but Kattan's Antonio Banderas ("I am so the sexy.") always cracked me up as well.


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How do you say? Ah, yes....correct. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] He did a good job with it.

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Several of the ones already listed, plus:

Will Ferrell - Harry Carey

Goatboy.

Norm MacDonald - Burt Reynolds.

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I'm assuming this character should be a recurring one?

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Not necessarily. If there was a one-shot that was so great it blows away recurring characters, by all means list it.

For example, Walken's "Bruce Dickinson" in the "Blue Oyster Cult/Gene Frenkle" skit.

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Eddie Murphy - Mr. Robinson

If an impersonation counts as a character, I'd nominate Eddie Murphy as Stevie Wonder. I still sing "Ebony and Ivory" that he did with Joe Piscopo as Sinatra:

You are black
I am white
Life's an eskimo pie, let's take a bite
That was groovy thinkin', Lincoln
When you set them free.....


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Also, duos such as "Hans and Franz", "The Blues Brothers", and "The Wild and Crazy Guys" will count as a single entry.

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I'm assuming this character should be a recurring one?

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Not necessarily. If there was a one-shot that was so great it blows away recurring characters, by all means list it.

For example, Walken's producer character (don't know name offhand) in the "Blue Oyster Cult/Gene Frenkle" skit.

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If that's the case, I nominate Alec Baldwin's soap opera doctor who cannot correctly pronounciate:

"I'll be straight with you: It's canker"
"We will have to go through the anal cay-nal"

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Also, should this be a normal poll, or elimination style?

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You are black
I am white
Life's an eskimo pie, let's take a bite
That was groovy thinkin', Lincoln
When you set them free.....

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You are black and I am white
You are blind as a bat and I have sight
side by side you are my amigo, negro
let's not fiiiiiight

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Also, should this be a normal poll, or elimination style?

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I think you'll have to do this elimination style. There's too many to simply vote on.

"I am dark and you are light"
"You are blind as a bat and I have sight
Side by side you are my amigo, negro
Let's not fiiiiiiiiiiiight"

ScottieK

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You are black
I am white
Life's an eskimo pie, let's take a bite
That was groovy thinkin', Lincoln
When you set them free.....

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You are black and I am white
You are blind as a bat and I have sight
side by side you are my amigo, negro
let's not fiiiiiight

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LMAO great minds think alike

"Ebony and ivory
Just living in perfect harmony"

"We're talkin salt and peppah
Sammy and Dean
Stevie and me are peachy keeeen"

"You are white"
"You are black - and who cares....who cares baby?"

NH

ScottieK

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who plays sean connery on the jeopardy skit?
"I'll take Jap Anus relations for 100"

"Craven Moorehead"
"who is Craven Moorehead?"
"Why, I believe you are, Alex"

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who plays sean connery on the jeopardy skit?
"I'll take Jap Anus relations for 100"

"Craven Moorehead"
"who is Craven Moorehead?"
"Why, I believe you are, Alex"

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"I'll take 'The Rapists' for 200"
"That's therapists"

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I'm assuming this character should be a recurring one?

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Not necessarily. If there was a one-shot that was so great it blows away recurring characters, by all means list it.

For example, Walken's "Bruce Dickinson" in the "Blue Oyster Cult/Gene Frenkle" skit.

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That was pretty much what I was getting at. And Gene.

Other nominations would be Goulet (obviously), and Tom Hanks - Mr. Short Term Memory.

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I have a few off the top of my head that are worthy of consideration:

Caveman Lawyer

The dan ackroid guy that sold the bag o'glass, and invisible pedestrian, teddy chainsaw bear... to kids.

The ladies man was always good.

and a I think its safe to say that Ferrel's James Lipton was a gift from god.

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answered my own: Darrell Hammond

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I also always laughed my ass off at the weekend update character that Ferrell did, don't remember his name but he was a guy "who couldn't modarate the volume of his voice."

Hilarious.

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He suffers from voice immodulation.

I nominate Martin Short as Nathan Thurm.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/pics/84f60minutes3.jpg

more nominations
 

The Coneheads (Aykroyd and Curtin)

Androgynous Pat (Sweeney)

James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party (Eddie Murphy)

ScottieK

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who plays sean connery on the jeopardy skit?
"I'll take Jap Anus relations for 100"

"Craven Moorehead"
"who is Craven Moorehead?"
"Why, I believe you are, Alex"

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"I'll take 'The Rapists' for 200"
"That's therapists"

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Connery- What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold?

Trebek-I dont know...

Connery- One's a sick duck...I can't remember how it ends, but your mother's a whore.

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I also always laughed my ass off at the weekend update character that Ferrell did, don't remember his name but he was a guy "who couldn't modarate the volume of his voice."

Hilarious.

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He suffers from voice immodulation.



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The character's name was Jacob Silg.



I nominate Julia Sweeney as "Pat."

http://sfgate.com/g/pictures/2005/08/11/sweeney_pat.jpg

Edit: Sorry, didn't see ScottieK's nomination.

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I nominate Julia Sweeney as "Pat."

http://sfgate.com/g/pictures/2005/08/11/sweeney_pat.jpg

Edit: Sorry, didn't see ScottieK's nomination.

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"Eeeeeeuuuhhhhh I feel that contraception is the responsibility of both partners...eeeueuhhhhhhhh."

"I'd like to introduce you all to my signifcant other, Chris eeeuhhhehehehhhhh."

Pat drove me nuts. But in a good way. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

ScottieK

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Let's add Father Guido Sarducci into the mix.

And the Murray/Radner combo of Todd/(?).

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who plays sean connery on the jeopardy skit?
"I'll take Jap Anus relations for 100"

"Craven Moorehead"
"who is Craven Moorehead?"
"Why, I believe you are, Alex"

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Pure comedic gold!

Here it is.

Swede