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Hands," a man seen only as a pair of hands (played by Vance DeGeneres). Along with his dog, Spot, he suffered various indignities inflicted by "Mr. Bill episode started innocently, but quickly turned dangerous for Mr. Williams became a full-time writer for the show in 1978, writing more than 20 sketches based on Mr. Bill's first appearance occurred on the Februepisode. Bill got its start when Walter Williams sent SNL a Super-8 reel featuring the character in response to the show's request for home movies during the first season. Bill is the clay figurine star of a parody of children's shows. At Mel's, customers are given a chainsaw and are invited to hunt, stun, cut and cook their own cow.Ī John Belushi character who hails from Chicago, named after Belushi's childhood friend.Īs Lowell Brock, John Belushi gives reasons why he should do your taxes., "He'll take the time. He is seen in various occupations ranging from a hotel desk clerk to a tailor.Ī steakhouse commercial parody featuring Dan Aykroyd. John Belushi plays a samurai warrior, who speaks only (mock) Japanese, and wields a katana. Her catchphrase was " Never mind!", said after she was informed of her mistake. Newman reprised the role in the 40th anniversary special as part of The Californians sketch in 2015, in which she played Karina's mother who, like Sherry, also spoke valley girl-esque.ĭan Aykroyd is a crime scene photographer who gives the audience a list of clues and 60 seconds to solve a mystery.Ī talk show sketch hosted by Jane Curtin interviewing profound authors.Įmily Litella was an elderly woman with a hearing problem who frequently ranted about topics about which she had misread or misheard, such as "Violins on Television," "Canker Research," "Endangered Feces," or "Presidential Erections" (to satisfy the censors at the time, Litella was made to explicitly state that she was referring to erecting statues of presidents).
Laraine Newman plays Sherry, a stereotypical naive valley girl. Lorne Michaels described the characters as the type of Muppets that can stay up late.Ĭhevy Chase plays a shark attempting to lure his way into a victim's home. Puppet sketch starring Jim Henson's Muppets, King Ploobis (performed by Jim Henson), Queen Peuta (performed by Alice Tweedie), Scred (performed by Jerry Nelson), Vazh (performed by Fran Brill), Wisss (performed by Richard Hunt), and the Mighty Favog (performed by Frank Oz). However, the cast and crew quickly became tired of them, and the Bees only appeared three more times during the original cast's five-year tenure. The bees were a staple of the first season, appearing 11 times. Much of the humor from these scenes came out of puns or metaphors that had to do with well-known activities and body parts of bees. According to a Lorne Michaels interview for the book Live from New York, "The only note we got from the network on the first show was 'Cut the bees.' And so I made sure I put them in the next show." The bees were played by all the repertory players at the time, who wore yellow and black horizontal stripes, wings, and springy antennas. Like the show itself, it has seen many changes over the years and has a revolving door of anchors, including Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Charles Rocket, Gail Matthius, Brian Doyle-Murray, Mary Gross, Christine Ebersole, Brad Hall, Christopher Guest, Dennis Miller, Kevin Nealon, Norm Macdonald, Colin Quinn, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Horatio Sanz, Seth Meyers, Cecily Strong, Colin Jost, and Michael Che.įirst characters to recur on SNL. The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live sketches, organized by the season and date in which the sketch first appeared.įor an alphabetical list, see Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches (listed alphabetically).Ī satirical news segment starring that is the longest-running recurring sketch in the show's history.
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