dana carvey played church lady on saturday night live.
dana carvey played church lady on saturday night live.
who played church lady on saturday night live?
dana carvey
recurring saturday night live characters and sketches introduced 1986–1987









































the following is a list of recurring "saturday night live" characters and sketches introduced between october 11, 1986, and may 23, 1987, the twelfth season of "snl".









































section::::marge keister.









































a jan hooks sketch. debuted october 11, 1986.









































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section::::the church lady.









































dana carvey plays a "holier-than-thou" talk show host. debuted october 11, 1986.









































section::::the church lady.:church chat.









































bullet::::- additional appearances:









































bullet::::- church potluck- december 6, 1986









































bullet::::- christmas eve- december 17, 1988









































bullet::::- the 90's- january 13, 1990









































bullet::::- weekend update- november 5, 2016









































section::::mr. subliminal.
recurring saturday night live characters and sketches introduced 1986–1987
usually they appear in their own sketch and the sketch itself can become a regular part of the show. some notable examples include the church lady and hans and franz from "saturday night live", the gumbys from "monty python's flying circus", and bob and doug mckenzie from "sctv". however, the characters are not always limited to their own sketches. sometimes, characters from a recurring sketch go on to appear in other sketches, or develop into their own tv shows. for example, when "the carol burnett show" was canceled the central character of a popular recurring sketch called "the family", thelma "mama" harper, went on to have her own show "mama's family". also, recurring characters in sketch comedy shows can go on to have their own movies. this is especially true with "saturday night live" which has had many recurring characters turn into movies such as stuart smalley, wayne and garth of "wayne's world", the blues brothers, and "the ladies man". recurring characters may even revisit shows long after the actor who played them has left the cast, for example, the character mary katherine gallagher was portrayed by molly shannon when she hosted "saturday night live" in 2007, six years after she left the cast. sometimes a recurring character from one show appears on another show, such as when dave thomas and rick moranis hosted "saturday night live" in 1983 and portrayed bob and doug mackenzie, or when emily litella (portrayed by gilda radner) from "saturday night live" appeared on "the muppet show" in 1978. sacha baron cohen's character ali g is another example, originating on the channel four series "the eleven o'clock show". the character was such a huge success that cohen got his own show as the original show was cancelled.
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