COULD IT BE ... SATAN? Remember how just last week we got into a discussion of the role (and overuse) of recurring characters on SNL? NYMag has undertaken a comprehensive analysis of the topic, ranking all seasons based on the percentage of sketches relying on recurring characters** as well as slideshowing the twenty-five most repeated characters in show history -- and, guess what: Trebek and Connery do not make the cut. (Well, Trebek should have.)
The one on that list I never really got? Nora Dunn's Pat Stevens. What was the point?
** Excluding political impressions.
Added, Related: Splitsider's Five Rules for what makes a recurring sketch work.
I had no idea the Bees were a Thing. I'm reading Live From New York right now and there are so many references to the Bees. I feel like all the other early recurring characters are part of the history and tradition. I remember seeing Belushi doing his, "Buzz, buzz" song on the 15th anniversary special but I've never seen them again.
ReplyDeleteIt's Pat was not Nora Dunn. It was Julia Sweeney.
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