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- The Sweeney Sisters are a parody of the musical group, Andrew Sisters. It features Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn as Candy and Liz Sweeney, a duo of party singers who do cover medleys in high-pitched tones in the same manner as Nick the Lounge Singer.
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Oct 10, 2014 · Hooks is perhaps best known for her role as Candy Sweeney, one half of the singing Sweeney Sisters, whom she played opposite Nora Dunn. The duo would deliver weirdly genius renditions of lounge...
Oct 10, 2014 · Hooks plays Candy Sweeney, and Dunn plays her sister Liz, who’s just announced to everyone at Candy’s Christmas get-together that she and her boyfriend (William Shatner) just got engaged.
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Apr 7, 2015 · The Chicago native immediately broke out from the moment she arrived, armed with an arsenal of original characters like model-turned-talk-show host Pat Stevens; pretentious film critic Ashley...
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- Underrated: The Sweeney Sisters
- Overrated: James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub Party
- Underrated: Toonces The Driving Cat
- Overrated: Master Thespian
- Underrated: Derek Stevens
- Overrated: Church Chat
- Underrated: Stuart Rankin, All Things Scottish
- Overrated: Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood
- Underrated: Dion's Hairstyling
- Overrated: Wayne's World
The Sweeney Sisters are a parody of the musical group, Andrew Sisters. It features Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn as Candy and Liz Sweeney, a duo of party singers who do cover medleys in high-pitched tones in the same manner as Nick the Lounge Singer. The sisters perform in different lounges with spontaneous songs that segue into the first word of the nex...
Eddie Murphy was an explosive SNLcast member during the first half of the 1980s. And his outrageous presence made him a huge standout. Aside from his famous characters, he also brought life to celebrity impressions of Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and famously, James Brown. RELATED: 5 Best (& 5 Worst) Feature Films From Recent SNL Cast Members In...
Toonces the Driving Catis a ridiculous creation. It features a pet tabby cat (portrayed by both a live cat and a puppet), whose owners let him drive the car, but Toonces would drive the car recklessly and speed up to a cliff. Steve Martinand Victoria Jackson play the couple in the Toonces’ first appearance. They were willing to let their cat drive,...
Folks can thank Jon Lovitz for making “Acting!” an over-the-top line. He plays the Master Thespian, a narcissistic method actor with an archetypal Shakespearean English accent who wants others to absorb his performance and join in his acting one-upmanship. The famous of which is against his mentor Baudelaire (John Lithgow). The Thespian would alway...
The character of Derek Stevens actually started as a stand-up comedy routine by Dana Carvey to spoof vapid pop songs. Stevens is an English singer who sends demos of his songs to producers and insists on booking him. But when he had the opportunity, all Steven can sing is the endless repetition of “Choppin’ broccoli…” RELATED: The 10 Best SNL Hosts...
But perhaps Carvey’s most popular solo sketch has to be Church Chat. Carvey plays Enid Strict, or The Church Lady, who is a devoted but conceited host who features celebrities for interview segments. Those celebrities proudly talk about their advocacies or projects, but Strict often judges them for their recent issues and secular lifestyles. Strict...
While not Scottish, Mike Myerspulls off a hilarious over-the-top Scottish accent in this recurring sketch. Myers is Stuart Rankin, an owner of a Scots-themed gift shop who is so egregiously devoted to his culture that he projects it to his customers. He would accost them into buying purely Scottish items, claiming “If it's not Scottish, it's crap!”...
Eddie Murphy played a slew of memorable characters, including Buckwheat, Gumby, Velvet Jones and (perhaps the most prolific) Mister Robinson. Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood is a direct parody of Mister Roger’s Neighborhood, where a street-hustling Mr. Robinson educates about his poverty-stricken lifestyle and his illegal activities. RELATED: Dolemi...
However, Murphy showed some range when he did Dion. Dion is a flamboyant hairstylist who creates outrageous hairstyles for the celebrity hosts of the week. He is joined by his equally flamboyant assistant Blaire (Joe Piscopo) in their hairstyling escapades. Their latest gig is working forSNL, providing several hairstyles for the host, journalist Ed...
Yet, perhaps the most popular SNL sketch that debut in the 1980s is Wayne’s World, featuring Mike Myers as the excitable Wayne Campbell and his equally excitable sidekick Garth Algar. The duo hosts a local public-access TV show from Illinois where they discuss rock-and-roll, babes, and juvenile antics. They also segue to fantasy sequences and actin...
Oct 20, 2015 · In January 2014, Tony Award–winning composer and erstwhile SNL piano man Marc Shaiman called Jan to say that he and her former costar Nora Dunn were planning a reunion of the Sweeney Sisters. The wonderfully cheesy lounge act, dreamed up by Jan and starring her and Dunn, had spawned one of Jan’s most memorable SNL characters.
Oct 13, 2014 · Nora Dunn took to her Facebook page late Friday to say goodbye to her SNL co-star and Sweeney Sister Jan Hooks. The whole piece is amazing, and you really should read the whole thing. But if you need just the highlights: It was Jan Hooks who came up with the idea for The Sweeney Sisters.
Feb 14, 2015 · Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn as the Sweeney Sisters (1986) Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images Candy (Jan Hooks) and Liz ( Nora Dunn ) made cheesy musical medleys cool again.
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