Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1985–86

The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between November 9, 1985, and May 24, 1986, the eleventh season of SNL.

Cabrini Green Jackson

A Danitra Vance sketch. Debuted November 9, 1985.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	November 9, 1985	Madonna
11	November 23, 1985	Pee-wee Herman
11	December 21, 1985	Teri Garr
11	January 25, 1986	Dudley Moore
11	April 12, 1986	Oprah Winfrey
11	May 17, 1986	Jimmy Breslin

The Jones Brothers

A Damon Wayans and Anthony Michael Hall sketch. Debuted November 9, 1985.

The Limits of the Imagination

The Limits of the Imagination was a short-lived sketch featured on the 1985–1986 season. It featured Randy Quaid as "The Floating Head", a Rod Serling-like character who would introduce a creepy, Twilight Zone-esque story with a weak ending. The title was also reminiscent of the 1960s sci-fi anthology The Outer Limits.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	November 9, 1985	Madonna	In a loose parody of The Twilight Zone episode "The Hitch-hiker", Madonna plays a female motorist who is being followed by a crazy man living in the engine of her car.
11	December 7, 1985	John Lithgow	Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Nora Dunn, and Terry Sweeney play restaurant patrons who are trapped at an "all-you-can-eat" fish restaurant where patrons are forced to eat everything on the menu.
11	January 25, 1986	Dudley Moore	Dudley Moore plays a bad comedian who sells his soul to the devil in order to be popular.
11	February 8, 1986	Ron Reagan	In a parody of several Twilight Zone episodes, notably "Person or Persons Unknown", Ron Reagan Jr. plays a man who is treated like a stranger by his wife, son, and friends.
11	February 15, 1986	Jerry Hall	Jerry Hall plays "Maggie the Cat" from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, who traps and seduces a gay man in her hotel room.
11	May 10, 1986	Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Simon	Young Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel sell their souls to the Devil for success. Later, an elderly Paul Simon lives out his personal hell of listening to Muzak versions of his greatest hits while stuck in an elevator.

The Pat Stevens Show

played the host, a somewhat dim, shallow, ex-model who thought Vogue was literature. Debuted November 16, 1985.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	November 16, 1985	Chevy Chase
11	November 23, 1985	Pee-wee Herman
11	December 14, 1985	Tom Hanks
11	January 25, 1986	Dudley Moore
11	February 8, 1986	Ron Reagan
11	February 15, 1986	Jerry Hall
11	April 12, 1986	Oprah Winfrey
11	May 17, 1986	Jimmy Breslin
12	December 6, 1986	Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short
12	January 31, 1987	Paul Shaffer
12	April 11, 1987	John Lithgow
13	October 31, 1987	Dabney Coleman
13	February 20, 1988	Tom Hanks
14	October 8, 1988	Tom Hanks
14	November 19, 1988	John Lithgow
14	February 18, 1989	Leslie Nielsen
15	February 24, 1990	Fred Savage

Craig Sundberg, Idiot Savant

An Anthony Michael Hall sketch. Debuted November 16, 1985.

Tommy Flanagan, the Pathological Liar

The Pathological Liar is a character created and portrayed by Jon Lovitz, often appearing on Weekend Update segments to share his farcical views. The character's name was Tommy Flanagan — and he would tell outrageous whoppers in an effort to make himself seem important. One recurring lie was claiming he was married to Morgan Fairchild, and thus had seen her naked, "more than once." His devious look, hand rubbing and nervous speech made it clear he was making up lies, one after the other, on the spot. After a particularly outrageous lie he would often use an old Humphrey Bogart line, "Yeah! That's the ticket!", as a catchphrase.
One of his biggest lies, however, would work to his great advantage. During the cold opening when Jerry Hall hosted, Flanagan claimed to be an old friend of her then-boyfriend Mick Jagger; when Jagger entered moments later, he shocked her by revealing that the two were longtime friends, and had actually spent the previous weekend together, while she had no idea of his whereabouts, on a fishing trip. As he and Hall got up to leave, Jagger told Flanagan, "I owe you for this one," before opening the show.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	November 16, 1985	Chevy Chase
11	November 23, 1985	Pee-wee Herman
11	December 14, 1985	Tom Hanks
11	January 25, 1986	Dudley Moore
11	February 15, 1986	Jerry Hall
11	February 22, 1986	Jay Leno
11	March 15, 1986	Griffin Dunne
11	March 22, 1986	George Wendt, Francis Ford Coppola
11	April 12, 1986	Oprah Winfrey
11	May 10, 1986	Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Simon
11	May 17, 1986	Jimmy Breslin
12	October 11, 1986	Sigourney Weaver
12	November 8, 1986	Rosanna Arquette
12	December 6, 1986	Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short
12	January 24, 1987	Joe Montana, Walter Payton
12	February 21, 1987	Willie Nelson
12	May 23, 1987	Dennis Hopper
14	April 1, 1989	Mel Gibson
23	November 8, 1997	Jon Lovitz

Master Thespian

Jon Lovitz plays a ruthlessly ambitious, egomaniacal actor who spoke with a plummy "Shakespearean" English accent and often elicited the sympathy of other characters in the sketch, only to reveal the ruse by declaring his catchphrase, "Acting!" His arch-rival and mentor, Baudelaire, often had the last laugh in the escalating one-upmanship, in reality childish pranks and paperthin disguises that they both fell for, ostensibly due to their brilliant acting. On the few occasions we actually see him act, it is clear that he is not as good as his reputation would have us believe, on occasion seeming completely oblivious to the concept of acting. The sketch debuted December 7, 1985 and appeared 13 times between 1985 and 1989.
In 2016, Lovitz stated that the character was based on Canadian actor William Needles, who was his drama professor at the University of California at Irvine.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	December 7, 1985	John Lithgow
11	January 25, 1986	Dudley Moore
11	February 15, 1986	Jerry Hall
11	March 22, 1986	George Wendt, Francis Ford Coppola
11	April 19, 1986	Tony Danza
12	November 22, 1986	Robin Williams
12	April 11, 1987	John Lithgow
13	December 19, 1987	Paul Simon
13	January 23, 1988	Carl Weathers
14	November 19, 1988	John Lithgow
14	December 10, 1988	Kevin Kline
14	February 25, 1989	Glenn Close

The Rudy Randolphs

A Randy Quaid and Robert Downey, Jr. sketch. Debuted December 7, 1985.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	December 7, 1985	John Lithgow
11	January 18, 1986	Harry Dean Stanton
11	March 15, 1986	Griffin Dunne

The Stand-Ups

A Tom Hanks and Jon Lovitz and Damon Wayans and Dennis Miller sketch. Debuted December 14, 1985.
;Appearances

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	December 14, 1985	Tom Hanks
11	February 22, 1986	Jay Leno
13	February 20, 1988	Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks reprised his Paul character from this sketch in a Cut For Time "Bruce Chandling" Weekend Update feature on October 22, 2016.

That Black Girl

A Danitra Vance sketch. Debuted January 18, 1986.

Vinnie Barber

A Jon Lovitz sketch. Debuted January 18, 1986.

Mephistopheles

A Jon Lovitz sketch. Debuted January 25, 1986.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	January 25, 1986	Dudley Moore	Debuted as part of a recurring Limits of the Imagination sketch
11	May 10, 1986	Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Simon
11	May 24, 1986	Anjelica Huston, Billy Martin
12	November 8, 1986	Rosanna Arquette
12	December 6, 1986	Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short
12	February 21, 1987	Willie Nelson
14	December 17, 1988	Melanie Griffith
14	February 18, 1989	Leslie Nielsen
15	March 24, 1990	Debra Winger
15	May 12, 1990	Andrew Dice Clay

The Big Picture

A Weekend Update commentary segment with A. Whitney Brown.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	February 8, 1986	Ron Reagan
11	February 22, 1986	Jay Leno
11	March 15, 1986	Griffin Dunne
11	April 12, 1986	Oprah Winfrey
11	May 10, 1986	Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Simon
11	May 24, 1986	Anjelica Huston, Billy Martin
12	October 11, 1986	Sigourney Weaver
12	November 8, 1986	Rosanna Arquette
12	November 22, 1986	Robin Williams
12	January 24, 1987	Joe Montana, Walter Payton
12	February 14, 1987	Bronson Pinchot
12	February 21, 1987	Willie Nelson
12	April 11, 1987	John Lithgow
12	May 9, 1987	Mark Harmon
12	May 23, 1987	Dennis Hopper
13	November 14, 1987	Robert Mitchum
13	December 12, 1987	Angie Dickinson
13	January 30, 1988	Carl Weathers
13	February 27, 1988	Judge Reinhold
14	October 15, 1988	Matthew Broderick
14	November 5, 1988	Matthew Modine
14	December 10, 1988	Kevin Kline
14	January 21, 1989	John Malkovich
14	February 25, 1989	Glenn Close
14	May 20, 1989	Steve Martin
15	September 30, 1989	Bruce Willis
15	October 21, 1989	Kathleen Turner
15	October 28, 1989	James Woods
15	March 17, 1990	Rob Lowe
15	April 21, 1990	Alec Baldwin
15	May 19, 1990	Candice Bergen
16	October 27, 1990	Patrick Swayze
16	January 12, 1991	Joe Mantegna
16	February 9, 1991	Kevin Bacon
16	March 16, 1991	Michael J. Fox

Babette

A Nora Dunn sketch. Debuted February 15, 1986.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	February 15, 1986	Jerry Hall	Weekend Update
11	April 19, 1986	Tony Danza	Weekend Update
12	December 13, 1986	Steve Guttenberg	Weekend Update
12	February 14, 1987	Bronson Pinchot
12	April 18, 1987	John Larroquette	Weekend Update
12	May 16, 1987	Garry Shandling	Teeny Café
13	October 24, 1987	Sean Penn	Teeny Café

The Further Adventures of Biff and Salena

The various mundane events in the lives of a seemingly mentally disabled couple. Debuted February 22, 1986.

Actors of Film

A Nora Dunn and Robert Downey Jr sketch. Debuted March 22, 1986.
;Appearances:

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
11	March 22, 1986	George Wendt, Francis Ford Coppola
11	April 12, 1986	Oprah Winfrey
11	May 24, 1986	Anjelica Huston, Billy Martin

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