Saturday Night Live FAQ by Stephen Tropiano

Saturday Night Live FAQ by Stephen Tropiano

Author:Stephen Tropiano
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: television
Publisher: Applause
Published: 2013-12-18T16:00:00+00:00


STREISAND, Barbra (17.14): In February 1992, Coffee Talk hostess Linda Richman (Mike Myers in drag), joined by her mother (guest host Roseanne) and Liz Rosenberg (surprise guest Madonna), were all verklempt when they received a surprise visit from Barbra Joan Streisand (17.14). Linda Richman repaid the favor when Myers appeared onstage as Richmond in the second act of the opening of Streisand’s 1994 tour on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1993, at the opening of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Myers brought along his then-wife Robin and her mother, on whom the character of Linda Richman was based, to meet Streisand in person. In between SNL and Vegas, Myers did an impersonation of Streisand singing a few bars of “People” at Clinton’s 1992 Inaugural Gala (18.11) and again later that year as one of a long line of artists recording a song with Frank Sinatra for his album Duets (19.6).

WAHLBERG, Mark (34.5): Actor Mark Wahlberg is another good sport because they don’t just go after him, they also go after his mom. Although October 18, 2008 (34.5) is best remembered for an appearance by the real Sarah Palin (or better yet, Adele, who sang “Chasing Pavements” and “Cold Shoulders”), it also featured a cameo by Mark Wahlberg. His appearance was prompted by Andy Samberg’s impression of him in a sketch entitled “Mark Wahlberg Talks to the Animals.” This was not the first time an SNL cast member imitated the actor with the heavy Boston accent. Adam Sandler played him as one of Sassy magazine’s “Sassiest Boys” (18.12), as well as his brother Donnie as one of the New Kids on the Block in a spoof of The Arsenio Hall Show (17.13). As played by Jim Breuer, Mark Wahlberg later turned up as a guest on The Robin Byrd Show (23.5), with Cheri Oteri as the porn star turned cable access host.

Samberg’s rendition of Wahlberg is less conventional. He walks through a farm set in the studio and stops to talk to a dog (“I like your fur, that looks great”), a donkey (“You eat apples, right? I produce Entourage”), a chicken (“How’s it hangin’?”), and a goat (“I like your beard. I had a beard like that in The Perfect Storm”). He punctuates each conversation with: “Say hi to your mom for me, all right?” The following week (34.5), Wahlberg confronts a nervous Samberg. Their conversation gets interrupted by Amy Poehler, host Josh Brolin, and a donkey—and he talks to each one just like Samberg in the sketch (including “Say hi to your mom for me, all right?,” though he includes “stepmom” for Brolin [his dad is married to Barbra Streisand]). Samberg promises not to do it again, and the two even “hug it out” à la Entourage.

But Samberg breaks his promise later in the season when Samberg’s Wahlberg is sitting in the audience during How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris’s monologue (34.12), which gives him the opportunity to make “Hey, you know how I met



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