Jan Hooks

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. 4 responses total. Topic 48 of 85: 'Jan Hooks' Response 1 of 4: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sat, Aug 16, 1997 (22:50) 17 lines 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 lines 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 Topic 48 of 85: 'Jan Hooks' Response 3 of 4: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sun, Aug 17, 1997 (22:18) 1 lines Topic 48 of 85: 'Jan Hooks' Response 4 of 4: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sun, Aug 17, 1997 (23:42) 4 lines Jan Hooks Born: 23 Apr 1957 in Decatur, De Kalb, Georgia SNL Credits: Player 11 Oct 1986 to 18 May 1991

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howdy John! Welcome!

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...

*laugh* be afraid... be very afraid!

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!

This site needs serious fixing, and the above needs fixing and is the wrong topic.

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!)

I'm not sure where to find Jan Hooks, she's still on some tv shows like Third Rock from the Sun.

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.

What's the url of her official site?

The "offical" website for Jan Hooks is http://www.janhooks.com/ It sounds way too easy to be true.

That's our site!

Hmmmmm !!! I knew it sounded familiar. You have several of them like this.