March 21st, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Last but not least of my sketches of famous characters played by the original cast of Saturday Night Live is the multitalented Garrett Morris as “Chico Escuela”, a retired professional baseball player from the Dominican Republic turned sports newscaster. Morris first appeared as Chico in a 1978 ensemble sketch set at a Knight’s of Columbus spaghetti dinner banquet, but the character then became a correspondent on Weekend Update, appearing a total of ten times from 1978-1980. He was also known for his tell all book Bad Stuff ‘Bout the Mets. During the 1979 season they also did a couple of pieces about Chico’s failed attempt… READ MORE
March 12th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m still doing my “Saturday Night Live” character series and am working on the original cast. Since this past Saturday was “International Women’s Day” I thought I’d wrap up the last of the ladies of the first “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” with the wonderful Laraine Newman! It was tough to decide what character to draw her doing, as she didn’t really have a single, signature character that she played multiple times that was instantly identifiable with her. Reportedly this was in part because Laraine resisted doing the same characters over and over, preferring to create new and different ones. “Connie Conehead” was one… READ MORE
March 5th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
MEBS! Unacceptable! This week’s SNL sketch subject is Jane Curtin as Prymaat Conehead! Subscribe to my free weekly Substack newsletter for more Coneheads fun, more art, and more MAD shenanigans. READ MORE
February 28th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I had been posting these sketches a week after subscribers to my newsletter had seen them, but I’m going to catch up and post them on the same week. I figure if you are not subscribed to my FREE weekly newsletter “The Ink Stained Wretch” by now you don’t care that these sketches are a week old when I post them here or not. Anyway here’s Bill Murray as “Nick the Lounge Singer” READ MORE
February 26th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m doing some of the SNL characters notably missing from that piece I did for New York magazine as SotW subjects. This week it’s John Belushi as Samurai Futaba! READ MORE
February 19th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s another of our “Famous SNL characters/skits” series. Will Ferrell from the infamous “More Cowbell” sketch! READ MORE
February 19th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Starting a news series… famous Saturday Night Live characters/skits. Here’s Gilda Radner as Roseanne Rosannadanna. READ MORE
February 6th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Yeah, mon. READ MORE
