Topic 3 of 92: Jan Hooks
Tue, Feb 24, 1998 (14:01) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Jan Hooks is my favorite comedienne. I loved her SNL skits with Nora
Dunn, remember the Swingle sisters? She was on SNL from 1986 through
1991. Her main characters were:
Tammy Faye Bakker
Eleanor Clift
Hillary Clinton
Nadia Comaneci
Bette Davis
Mia Farrow
Betty Ford
Kathie Lee Gifford
Nancy Glass (in Attitudes)
Jessica Hahn
Sally Kellerman
Dee Kelly (in Attitudes)
Marla Maples
Sinead O'Connor
Sally Jessy Raphael
Nancy Reagan
Diane Sawyer
Nancy Simmons (Wayne's World)
Candy Sweeney
and Ivana Trump
We run the http://www.janhooks.com site. That's how much we like Jan
Hooks (a lot!)
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Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 1 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Feb 24, 1998 (14:03) * 80 lines
We moved this from drool to babes recently, and there's the archive of
former postings:
Item 48 entered Sat, Aug 16, 1997 (22:35) by Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Jan Hooks
Jan Hooks is my favorite comedienne. I loved her skits with Nora
Dunn, remember the Swingle sisters? More about some of the stuff I liked
about her and her skits later in this topic.
Jan Hooks was on SNL from 1986 through 1991. Her main characters
were Tammy Faye Bakker, Eleanor Clift, Hillary Clinton, Nadia Comaneci, Bette
Davis, Mia Farrow, Betty Ford, Kathie Lee Gifford, Nancy Glass (in Attitudes),
Jessica Hahn, Sally Kellerman, Dee Kelly (in Attitudes), Marla Maples, Sinead
O'Connor, Sally Jessy Raphael, Nancy Reagan, Diane Sawyer, Nancy
Simmons (Waynes World), Candy Sweeney, and Ivana Trump.
And who can forget "The Planet of the Enormous Hooters" that she did
with Dolly Parton (on the planet Estrogena)? OK. OK. So you can forget
that one.
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Topic 48 of 85: 'Jan Hooks'
Response 1 of 4: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sat, Aug 16, 1997 (22:50) 17
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Attitudes, a take on a show on the Lifetime Channel, was great. The
earnest intentness of these two talk show hosts leaning forward in their
chairs while the Driftwood Artist explained what he did was hilarious.
And those Sweeney Sister song medleys. Two sisters who lived to
entertain, hitting the Holiday Inns, the Ramadas, and the "Blarney Stone". Nora Dunn
played Liz and Jan played Candy.
One time the Sweeneys played a party at the Ramada, to celebrate the
new primate house at the zoo. Charlton Heston is the unwilling guest.
They sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "Shock the Monkey", and "Yes, We Have No
Bananas".
But Cany says "I lied" and pulls one from the fruit bowl.
How do I remember all this? Two things,
1. Tapes from 86-91, I taped nearly every show
2. A book. Saturday Night Live, the First Twenty Years.
Topic 48 of 85: 'Jan Hooks'
Response 2 of 4: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sat, Aug 16, 1997 (23:09) 13
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I picked Jan Hooks because she did so many characters so well and I
had a crush on her. Other faves from SNL:
Jane Curtin - Lisa Loopner's mom
Nora Dunn - Jan Hooks frequent sidekick and Pat Schoeder
Mary Gross - Dr Ruth
Melanie Hutsell - Di, Tonya Harding, Tori Spelling
Victoria Jackson - Roseanne and Tina Yothers
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Marie Osmund
Laraine Newman - Rosalyn Carter, Lina Wertmuller
Gilda Radner - Annette, Olga Korbut, Emily Litella, jackie O
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Response 3 of 4: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sun, Aug 17, 1997 (22:18) 1
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Response 4 of 4: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sun, Aug 17, 1997 (23:42) 4
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Jan Hooks
Born: 23 Apr 1957 in Decatur, De Kalb, Georgia
SNL Credits: Player 11 Oct 1986 to 18 May 1991
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 2 of 15: John Burnett (mrchips) * Wed, Aug 18, 1999 (00:36) * 2 lines
"Clang, clang, clang went the trolley...
Ring, ring, reng went the bell!"
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 3 of 15: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Aug 18, 1999 (09:25) * 1 lines
howdy John! Welcome!
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 4 of 15: John Burnett (mrchips) * Wed, Aug 18, 1999 (21:19) * 1 lines
Hi Stacey...Thanks for the welcome! I saw your Babe site and your pic. Your babe-osity is unquestionable...as are your brains. A double treat and maybe even a double threat...
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 5 of 15: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Aug 19, 1999 (09:58) * 2 lines
*laugh*
be afraid... be very afraid!
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 6 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jun 11, 2001 (19:56) * 1 lines
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Response 7 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jun 11, 2001 (20:44) * 1 lines
hmmmm Terry got a "where an image should be" - that is good because it shows the rest of us that even the demigods of the computer world do it on occasion or they (from whomever it was borrowed) removed the source image!
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Response 8 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jun 12, 2001 (06:36) * 1 lines
This site needs serious fixing, and the above needs fixing and is the wrong topic.
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Response 9 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Aug 23, 2001 (18:54) * 1 lines
Have you any idea how to get messages to Jan Hooks? She is too good to be languishing in obscurity! (tell me about fixing things. I cannot even get my buttons and bars on Geo to work!)
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 10 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Aug 24, 2001 (13:09) * 1 lines
I'm not sure where to find Jan Hooks, she's still on some tv shows like Third Rock from the Sun.
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 11 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Aug 24, 2001 (21:18) * 1 lines
Hmm I did a search for her agent and came up empty but did find her "official web site" which I forwarded to the gentleman who asked the question.
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 12 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Aug 25, 2001 (13:09) * 1 lines
What's the url of her official site?
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Response 13 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 10, 2001 (20:36) * 2 lines
The "offical" website for Jan Hooks is http://www.janhooks.com/
It sounds way too easy to be true.
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 14 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Sep 11, 2001 (07:33) * 1 lines
That's our site!
Topic 3 of 92 [babes]: Jan Hooks
Response 15 of 15: GeoBabe (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 19, 2002 (14:25) * 1 lines
Hmmmmm !!! I knew it sounded familiar. You have several of them like this.
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