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Recurring Saturday Night Live Characters And Sketches Introduced 1997–98
The following is a list of recurring ''Saturday Night Live'' characters and sketches introduced between September 27, 1997, and May 9, 1998, the twenty-third season of ''SNL''. Leon Phelps, The Ladies Man Tim Meadows portrayed Leon Phelps, aka "The Ladies Man", in this popular series of sketches. Debuted October 4, 1997. Phelps (who is stuck in a 1970s mentality, is obsessed with Delta Burke, and speaks with a lisp) hosts a television show (''The Ladies Man'') where he takes calls and delivers sexual advice. However, Phelps's advice is always outrageous, ridiculous, and generally inaccurate, often suggesting "the butt" no matter what the caller had asked. Every time a woman calls, Phelps says, "Ooooh! It's a lady!" Phelps is always seen with a glass of Courvoisier, a brand of fine Cognac. Another notable episode had Meadows ingesting an entire vial of Viagra to test its effects, when he suddenly realizes he goes overboard when he is aroused by a photo of Sally Jesse Raphael. More ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves as the program's showrunner. The show premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, " Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", properly beginning the show. In 1980, Michaels left the series to explore other opportunities. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julianne Moore
Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), known professionally as Julianne Moore, is an American actress. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films, as well as for her roles in blockbusters. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Emmy Awards. After studying theater at Boston University, Moore began her career with a series of television roles. From 1985 to 1988, she was a regular in the soap opera ''As the World Turns'', earning a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance. Her film debut was in '' Tales from the Darkside: The Movie'' (1990), and she continued to play small roles for the next four years, including in the thriller '' The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' (1992). Moore first received critical attention with Robert Altman's '' Short Cuts'' (1993), and successive performances in '' Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny DeVito
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series '' Taxi'' (1978–1983), which won him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. He plays Frank Reynolds on the FX and FXX sitcom '' It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' (2006–present). He is known for his film roles in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975), '' Terms of Endearment'' (1983), '' Romancing the Stone'' (1984), '' Throw Momma from the Train'' (1987), '' Twins'' (1988), '' The War of the Roses'' (1989), '' Batman Returns'' (1992), '' Jack the Bear'' (1993), '' Junior'' (1994), '' Get Shorty'' (1995), '' Matilda'' (1996), '' L.A. Confidential'' (1997), '' The Big Kahuna'' (1999), '' Big Fish'' (2003), ''Deck the Halls'' (2006), '' When in Rome'' (2010), '' Wiener-Dog'' (2016) and '' Jumanji: The Next Level'' (2019). He is also known for his voice roles in such fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogie Nights
''Boogie Nights'' is a 1997 American period comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, chronicling his rise in the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s through to his fall during the excesses of the 1980s. The film is an expansion of Anderson's mockumentary short film '' The Dirk Diggler Story'' (1988), and stars Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Heather Graham. ''Boogie Nights'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 1997, and was theatrically released on October 10, 1997, garnering critical acclaim. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay for Anderson, Best Supporting Actress for Moore, and Best Supporting Actor for Reynolds. The film's soundtrack also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Graham
Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. After appearing in television commercials, her first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy ''License to Drive'' (1988), followed by the critically acclaimed film ''Drugstore Cowboy'' (1989). She then played supporting roles on the television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1991), and in films such as ''Six Degrees of Separation'' (1993) and '' Swingers'' (1996). She gained critical praise for her role as "Rollergirl" in the film ''Boogie Nights'' (1997). This led to major roles in the comedy films ''Bowfinger'' and '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (both 1999). Graham had leading roles in '' Say It Isn't So'' (2001) and ''From Hell'' (2001), and continued to play supporting roles in the films '' Mary'' (2005), ''The Hangover'' (2009) and its sequel, ''The Hangover Part III'' (2013), '' At Any Price'' (2012), and '' Horns'' (2013). She has had roles on television series such as '' Scrubs'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live (season 25)
The twenty-fifth season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 2, 1999 and May 20, 2000. Cast The entire cast from last season returned for another year. Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz were all promoted to repertory status, with the cast otherwise unchanged at the start of the season. As the season progressed, the show added two new cast members. Rachel Dratch, recruited from Chicago's The Second City, where she was head writer Tina Fey's comedy partner, joined the show in the episode hosted by former cast member Norm Macdonald. Towards the end of the season, Maya Rudolph of The Groundlings joined the show, starting with the episode hosted by John Goodman. This would be the final season for cast members Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri and Colin Quinn. Meadows's tenure at Saturday Night Live lasted 10 seasons, having joined the cast in 1991 (at the time of his departure, he was the longest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goodman
John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He gained national fame for his role as the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC comedy series '' Roseanne'' (1988–1997; 2018), for which he received a Golden Globe Award, and its sequel series '' The Conners'' (2018–present). He is known as a character actor and regular collaborator with the Coen brothers, starring in such films as '' Raising Arizona'' (1987), '' Barton Fink'' (1991), '' The Big Lebowski'' (1998), '' O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000), and '' Inside Llewyn Davis'' (2013). He also had voice roles in numerous animated films, appearing as Pacha in '' The Emperor's New Groove'' franchise (2000–2008), James P. "Sulley" Sullivan in Disney/ Pixar's '' Monsters, Inc.'' franchise (2001–2021), Baloo in '' The Jungle Book 2'' (2003), George Wolfsbottom in '' Clifford's Really Big Movie'' (2004), Layton T. Montgomery in '' Bee Movie'' (2007), Eli "Big Daddy" LaBouff in ''The Princess and the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Tripp
Linda Rose Tripp (née Carotenuto; November 24, 1949 – April 8, 2020) was an American civil servant who played a prominent role in the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal of 1998. Tripp's action in illegally and secretly recording Monica Lewinsky's confidential phone calls about her relationship with President Bill Clinton caused a sensation with their links to the earlier '' Clinton v. Jones'' lawsuit and with the disclosing of intimate details. Tripp claimed that her motives were purely patriotic, and she avoided a wiretap charge by agreeing to hand over the tapes. She later claimed that her firing from the Pentagon at the end of the Clinton administration was vindictive, but the administration called it standard procedure for a political appointee. From 2002, Tripp and her husband, Dieter Rausch, owned and ran a year-round holiday store, The Christmas Sleigh, in Middleburg, Virginia. Early life and career Tripp was born Linda Rose Carotenuto in Jersey City, New Jersey. She was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Seymour
Stephanie Michelle Seymour (born July 23, 1968) is an American model and actress. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the most popular supermodels, being featured in the '' Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' and the cover of ''Vogue'', as well as being a former Victoria's Secret Angel. She had a book published about beauty tips and has participated in advertising campaigns for clothing and cosmetic products. In 2017, Seymour launched her own line of lingerie. She has ventured into acting with one appearance in each medium of film, television, and video games. Early life and career Born in San Diego, California, the middle child of a California real estate-developer father and hairstylist mother, Seymour started her modeling career working for local newspapers and department stores in her hometown at the age of 16. In 1983, at 15, she was a finalist at the inaugural Elite Model Management Look of the Year modeling contest (now called Elite Model Look). In the late 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Murray
William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his deadpan delivery. He rose to fame on '' The National Lampoon Radio Hour'' (1973–1974) before becoming a national presence on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1977 to 1980, where he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. He starred in comedy films including ''Meatballs'' (1979), '' Caddyshack'' (1980), '' Stripes'' (1981), '' Tootsie'' (1982), ''Ghostbusters'' (1984), '' Scrooged'' (1988), '' What About Bob?'' (1991), ''Groundhog Day'' (1993), ''Kingpin'' (1996), '' The Man Who Knew Too Little'' (1997), ''Charlie's Angels'' (2000), and '' Osmosis Jones'' (2001). His only directorial credit is ''Quick Change'' (1990), which he co-directed with Howard Franklin. Murray's performance in Sofia Coppola's '' Lost in Translation'' (2003) earned him a Golden Globe and a British Academy Film Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He has fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Hewitt began her career as a child actress and singer, appearing in national television commercials before joining the cast of the Disney Channel series '' Kids Incorporated'' (1989–1991). She had her breakthrough as Sarah Reeves Merrin on the Fox teen drama '' Party of Five'' (1995–1999) and rose to fame as a teen star for her role as Julie James in the horror films '' I Know What You Did Last Summer'' (1997) and its 1998 sequel, as well as her role as Amanda Beckett in the teen comedy film '' Can't Hardly Wait'' (1998). Hewitt's other notable films include '' Heartbreakers'' (2001), ''The Tuxedo'' (2002) and the two ''Garfield'' live-action films (2004–2006). She has starred as Melinda Gordon on the CBS supernatural drama ''Ghost Whisperer'' (2005–2010), Riley Parks on the Lifetime drama series '' The Client List'' (2012–2013), Special Agent Kate Callahan on the CBS crime drama ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Report
The ''Starr Report'', officially the Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr in Conformity with the Requirement of Title 28, United States Code, Section 595(c), is a United States federal government report by Independent Counsel Ken Starr concerning his investigation of President Bill Clinton. Delivered to the United States Congress on September 9, 1998, the allegations in the report led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the five-year suspension of Clinton's law license. Background Initially chosen as Independent Counsel in 1994, and charged with investigating Bill and Hillary Clinton's pre-presidency financial dealings with the Whitewater Land Company, Ken Starr, with the approval of Attorney General Janet Reno, conducted a wide-ranging investigation of alleged abuses including the firing of White House travel agents, the alleged misuse of FBI files, and Clinton's conduct while he was a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former Arkansas st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
