How Well Do You Know Dana Carvey’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Characters?
The Stern Show guest portrayed a number of iconic characters on NBC's sketch comedy series from 1986 to 1993 and later as guest host. How well do you remember them?
October 27, 2016
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1. Did Dana Carvey play Hans or Franz opposite Kevin Nealon?
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Hans
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Franz
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2. What’s the opening line of Derek Stevens’ (Carvey) stirring piano ballad “The Lady I Know” (aka “Choppin’ Broccoli”)?
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I gotta take a little time, to read between the lines, but now I’m going blind.
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So long, I’ve been looking too hard, if my heart’s a credit card you can charge me.
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Standing in the rain, I can taste your pain, it’s insane.
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She’s cold as ice, paradise, and the feeling was so nice.
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3. On what community access channel did Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Carvey) broadcast “Wayne’s World”?
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Channel 66
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Cable 10
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WRWK Aurora
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Channel 02
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4. Which of these wasn’t a catchphrase Dana used while playing President George H. W. Bush?
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“Read my lips”
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“Thousand points of light”
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“Wouldn’t be prudent”
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“Not gonna do it”
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5. What was the Church Lady’s real name?
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Betty Grindle
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Helen Cowley
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Enid Strict
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The Church Lady
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6. Dana licked the face of this 1991 guest host while playing the pervy maître d’ of Il Cantore.
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Mary Stuart Masterson
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Kirstie Alley
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Sharon Stone
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Macaulay Culkin
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7. Dana returned to the show for his first guest hosting stint in 1994. Which of these iconic characters didn’t he reprise?
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Garth Algar
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Hans
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Johnny Carson
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Ross Perot
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8. When he returned to host again in 1996, Dana’s musical monologue featured many of his old characters as well as ______.
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Goat Boy
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Arianna, the Spartan Cheerleader
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Leon Phelps
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Mary Katherine Gallagher
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9. Dana was in character as _______ when he told “Weekend Update” host Dennis Miller “my butt will not be trifled with!”
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The Grumpy Old Man
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Casey Kasem
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George Michael
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Larry Roman
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10. As Massive Headwound Harry, Carvey went to a party and dipped his bleeding head in _______.
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A Bowl of Shrimp
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Fruit Punch
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The Toilet
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French Onion Dip
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11. As John McLaughlin, Carvey once ended a “SNL” cold open and kicked off the show with this unexpected line.
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“Live from D.C., it’s Saturday night!”
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“Excuse me, Pat Buchanan still has the floor!”
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“Show, show, show, here we go!”
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“Wrong! Next issue!”
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