No particular order

Wayne Campbell
Matt Foley
Mr. Robinson
Frank Sinatra (Hartmann)
Ross Perot
Bill Clinton (Hammond)
Sean Connery
Pat
Get off the shed/yelling dad (Will Ferrel)
Donald Trump (Baldwin)

I recall liking that copy guy, Rob Schneider? Stuart Smalley, gosh darn it people like me. And Farley with the van down by the river.


Didn't Mike Myers fart in a bath tub. Drawings? Oh yeah Simon or something.

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Richmeister seems so stuoid now but it was A1 comedy at the time. I almost put him on list..

The only guy I ever found funny was Farley.

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Change "ever" to since mid-eighties.

Jeez, Gilda Radner had 3 or 4 that were better than 1/2 of the list.

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“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Agree. We loved that dude, but it was dumb as hell.

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Admittedly age biased. Im a Carvey-Hartmann era fan

Yea the Radner 70s stuff is ok, just didnt work for me lile the 90s stuff. Comedy is very much a time and place thing.

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#1 Billy Crystal as the College recruiter..if you tell any one we will find you ,and we will kill you.

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/winston-university/n9203?snl=1

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Also just missed my list

Ed McMahon (Hartman)
Ed Grimley (Martin Short)

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Gumby
Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood
Buckwheat
Nat X

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And men have lost their reason.

Carvey's Bush and Fey's Palin deserve consideration.

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ok...apparently some of you can't tell the difference between an impersonation and a character. a character is a fictional creation, and an impression/impersonation is an actor presenting themselves as a real person in an exaggerated way.

may want to start over.

What about Turd Ferguson? That's an impression creating a character, although the character seems to be nothing more than a fake name.

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It's an extension of the Burt Reynolds impersonation, so it's still part of that. Characters are Church Lady, Mr. Robinson (a parody of a fictional chatacter, since Mister Rogers is technically a character), and Wayne Campbell. Caveman Lawyer, Lothar, Mary Katherine Gallagher, all characters.

And to that note, why not just make 2 lists...Top 10 Characters, and Top 10 Impersonations.

Roseanne Roseannadanna
Emily Litella
Belushi's Samurai 'x'
I think Belushi, Akroyd, & Murray did the Olympia Cafe bit ... don't think there were others
Garret Morris had a one-off as a convict auditioning for the prison production of 'Gigi' ... he performed a jaunty little song he wrote, with the opening line "I'm gonna get me a shotgun and kill all the whities I see"
Ed Grimley
Land Shark
The Coneheads
The Blues Brothers
Fernando (you look mahvelous)
I liked Lovitz' Master Thespian & the compulsive liar guy (yeah, that's the ticket)
Norm's Burt Reynolds
Sandler's Weekend Update characters

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WAT

No, its my list and I'll combine if I want to.

Should I type it louder?


It makes me laugh, sorry bro!

My favorite is when he breaks the 4th wall and says "this actually happened"

Fine.

What is Matt Foley then? Hes a hybrid! Based on a real guy!

the two nightclub singers (Dunn/Hooks)

it was tired the 2nd time it was used. plus you can jut feel the hatred seeping out of it. not what i'm looking for in a top character.

leon phelps,
matt foley
Herb Welch
the Continental
irwin mainway
waynes world
canteen boy
trebek
dancing mascot
one upper lady
target lady
greg stink - obviously

top X, not in order

Sean Connery
Bill Clinton (Hammond)
Diondre Cole
Mr. Bill
Bruce Dickinson
The Mango
George Bush (Carvey)
Sally O'Malley
GWB (Ferrell)
James Lipton

I was a big fan of Lothar. I showed a clip of it to my 13 year old and all I got was a blank wtf state from her. My boys on the other hand were amused.

Amen

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