Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories This page details the other fictional characters created by Agatha Christie in her stories about the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Hastings first meets Poirot during his years as a private detective in Europe. Almost immediately after they both arrive in England, he becomes Poirot's partner, and appears in many of the novels and stories. Poirot's view of Hastings was of a man with plenty of imagination but not a great deal of brains. Hastings was capable of great bravery when the going got tough, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by the "Big Four"
Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1981–1982 speak all their lines in a whining, nasal tone, hence, a double meaning of their name. They both claim to suffer from diverticulitis, and neither eats anything but macaroni and cheese. In 1998, writer Stanley Ribbles, in a Turner-Allan magazine article, said this of "The Whiners": Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1981–1982 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced between October 3, 1981, and May 22, 1982, the seventh season of "SNL". An Eddie Murphy sketch. Debuted October 3, 1981. A parody of the "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney"