Best SNL "Character" Nomination Thread

[Paluka]

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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.



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That skit is insanely good, way way better than anything SNL could produce these days.
The skit from last year where Amy Poehler played the US Dollar was quite amazing, I'd say it was the best thing they've done recently.

[wayabvpar]

If one skit wonders are eligible, how about Colonel Angus?

No love for Canteen Boy?

[Colonel Kataffy]

I know they only did it once, but Martin Short's portrayel of a synchronized swimmer is on a short list of the funniest things of all time.

[B Dids]

I can't believe somebody said Goatboy.

Anything Walken has done has been gold.

Connery was just glassic, and as my friend pointed out yesterday- Ferrell's Lipton makes the real Lipton tolerable.

[samjjones]

Alright...I had some time during lunch to really think about ones that might not have been named yet:

Dan Aykroyd - Julia Child
John Belushi - The Olympia Cafe owner; Captain Kirk
Garrett Morris - the "Weekend Update Urban Translator"
Bill Murray - Nick, the Lounge Singer
Steve Martin - Theodoric of York
George Wendt, Mike Myers, Chris Farley - The Superfans
Alec Baldwin - Robert DeNiro
Will Ferrell - Harry Caray
Jay Mohr - Christopher Walken
Bill Heder - Al Pacino
Tim Meadows - O.J. Simpson
Norm McDonald - Bob Dole, Burt Reynolds
Chris Kattan - Mango
Darrell Hammond - Sean Connery, Donald Trump, Tod Koppell, Bill Clinton
Al Franken - Stuart Smalley
Gilda Radner - Barbara Walters
Andy Kaufman - the "Might Mouse" lip syncher
Billy Crystal - Fernando, Sammy Davis. Jr.
Eddie Murphy - Buckwheat, Gumby, Mr. Robinson, James Brown, Velvet Jones, Host of the Black History Minute
Dana Carvey - Garth Alger, George Bush, Johnny Carson, Regis Philbin, Jimmy Stewart, Carsenio, Church Lady, John McLaughlin, Casey Kasem, Khan from Star Trek
Phil Hartman - Bill Clinton, Charlton Heston, Phil Donahue, Frankenstein, Gene the Anal Retentive Fisherman, Frank Sinatra, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Jon Lovitz - Master Thespian, Guy from Pathological Liars anonymous, Tonto, Michael Dukakis, Hannukah Harry, Annoying Man, the host of "Tales of Ribaldry"
Julia Sweeney - Androgynous Pat
Mike Myers - Linda Richman, Judge Ito
Kevin Nealon - Mr. Subliminal, Tarzan
Adam Sandler - one of the Gap girls, Opera Man, Cajun Man
David Spade - Dick Clark's receptionist
Chris Farley - Chippendales dancer, General Norman Schwarzkopf

[CollinEstes]

What about Farley as Newt Grengich. With his mother and Connie Chung. That was a funny skit.

[CrazyEyez]

In order to keep this list manageable, perhaps impersonations of actual people should be left off? Original characters only. Just a thought. Though I'd hate to take Lipton or Connery off the list.

[samjjones]

I'd also prefer to keep impersonations on. Although we could easily create two polls, one for original characters, one for impersonations.

[Senor Cardgage]

All the 70's ones I wanted to add have already been mentioned.

So, how bout Will Forte's "Tim Calhoun"? Only a few appearances, but in my opinion pretty much the only classic thing about the most recent seasons.