Celebrities as GS Hosts

[Jeremy Nelson]

I just picked up the In Living Color 1st Season DVD yesterday, and in one sketch, they parody Love Connection with Jim Carrey as Chuck Woolery. I never knew he could do Chuck that well! He gets my nod, but the guy who plays Louie Anderson on Mad TV is pretty good, too.

Who else knows of any good impressions?


***Side Note*** If you buy the first season, you'll see Carrie Ann Inaba, one of the Dancing With The Stars judges, as one of the original Fly Girls.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' date=\'Sep 30 2005, 10:48 AM\']***Side Note*** If you buy the first season, you'll see Carrie Ann Inaba, one of the Dancing With The Stars judges, as one of the original Fly Girls.

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And a choreographer on "So You Think You Can Dance."  She got around this summer.

Of course, there's another Fly Girl from that first season who's gone on to other things--the one with the big booty that calls herself J-Lo now.

[calliaume]

[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' date=\'Sep 30 2005, 10:48 AM\']Who else knows of any good impressions?

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Will Ferrell and Eugene Levy both do a pretty good Alex Trebek.

[Jeremy Nelson]

[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Sep 30 2005, 11:28 AM\']Of course, there's another Fly Girl from that first season who's gone on to other things--the one with the big booty that calls herself J-Lo now.

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Actually, J-Lo didn't get introduced until Season 3, when Jamie Foxx joined the cast, but who's counting? Seeing J-Lo in a set of spandex from the early 90s is good FOX TV anytime.

I remember Dana Carvey playing Ray Combs on SNL's Dysfunctional Family Feud, and if anything, he looked the part.

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'calliaume\' date=\'Sep 30 2005, 12:36 PM\']Will Ferrell and Eugene Levy both do a pretty good Alex Trebek.[/quote]
If you get right down to it, Ferrell's impression of Alex isn't very good at all.  He's created an amusing Alex Trebek character, but his skill at mimicry really isn't being put to the test the way it is with, say, his George Bush or Harry Carey impressions.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Sep 30 2005, 12:35 PM\'][quote name=\'calliaume\' date=\'Sep 30 2005, 12:36 PM\']Will Ferrell and Eugene Levy both do a pretty good Alex Trebek.[/quote]
If you get right down to it, Ferrell's impression of Alex isn't very good at all.  He's created an amusing Alex Trebek character, but his skill at mimicry really isn't being put to the test the way it is with, say, his George Bush or Harry Carey impressions.

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I never liked Ferrell's Harry Caray impression.  He looked the part, but John Camponera has Caray nailed.  To be fair, Caray's voice is a little hard to get (even Jon Miller, who can impersonate with the best of 'em, sometimes struggles to get Caray down--but he still does a mean Vin Scully)--we can all do the caricature of a drunken Caray in the broadcast booth, but the best pure Caray impression I've heard was Camponera's.

Doug -- and the countdown to 1500 continues

[Jeremy Nelson]

If you really think about it, Alex Trebek isn't really funny on Celebrity Jeopardy! It would still be as funny if Jeff Probst was at the helm of R&R Jeopardy! (god forbid). It's the celebrities ineptness and Connery's dirty jokes which make it funny. Alex is just there as a whipping boy who moves the game along.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' date=\'Sep 30 2005, 01:17 PM\']If you really think about it, Alex Trebek isn't really funny on Celebrity Jeopardy! It would still be as funny if Jeff Probst was at the helm of R&R Jeopardy! (god forbid). It's the celebrities ineptness and Connery's dirty jokes which make it funny. Alex is just there as a whipping boy who moves the game along.

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Much like the real Trebek.  

[musicman]

[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' date=\'Sep 30 2005, 12:17 PM\']I remember Dana Carvey playing Ray Combs on SNL's Dysfunctional Family Feud, and if anything, he looked the part.

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With the exception of the bad blond moptop wig Dana wore, plus he didn't even try sounding like Ray.

[beatlefreak84]

I thought Darrell Hammond had Regis Philbin down perfectly on SNL; the mannerisms and accent at the end of each word made it almost seem like Regis WAS on SNL!  Of course, he didn't really look the part, but I don't think that took away from much of anything.

And I definitely have to agree that Dana Carvey did an excellent Ray Combs...

Anthony

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'cool245\' date=\'Sep 30 2005, 10:32 PM\']I liked the Who Wants to Be A Millionaire Parody in The Simpsons where Moe went on "Me Wantee".

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What the hell does that have to do with the thread, other than Millionaire impersonations being mentioned?

[gwarman2005]

I know he's not a host, but the guy on MAD TV who does the Rod Roddy impersonation has Rod down cold.

[chris319]

[quote name=\'gwarman2005\' date=\'Oct 1 2005, 12:03 AM\']I know he's not a host, but the guy on MAD TV who does the Rod Roddy impersonation has Rod down cold.

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Please don't use "Rod Roddy" and "cold" in the same sentence. Thank you.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'gwarman2005\' date=\'Oct 1 2005, 02:03 AM\']I know he's not a host, but the guy on MAD TV who does the Rod Roddy impersonation has Rod down cold.

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I think that's Frank Caliendo. If so, he does an EXCELLENT John Madden impression, all the way down to the blatantly obvious observations. :-)

[FOXSportsFan]

Yep, that's Frank...and he's incredible with Madden and Roddy.  I like Michael McDonald's portrayal of Barker on those MAD Price spoofs too.  Deadpan like Bob.

I thought Carvey's impersonation of Ray Combs wasn't too bad either...kinda like Ray on Sanka and such.