Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2009–10


The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 26, 2009, and May 15, 2010, the thirty-fifth season of SNL.

Pete Twinkle and Greg Stink

and Will Forte are commentators in an ESPN Classic presentation of a women's sporting event from the 1980s or 1990s. While Sudeikis' Pete Twinkle attempts to engage Forte's Greg Stink in actual discussion or analysis of the event, Greg is a cheerful moron incapable of even basic conversation.
The heart of the sketch is in the frequent asides where Pete promotes the feminine or sexual product sponsoring that day's event, using rhyming jingles such as "KY Jelly: Protect her from your girth, with the greatest lube on earth!"
The sketches are written by Forte, Sudeikis, and SNL writers John Lutz and John Solomon. At the end of the 2009-2010 season, Forte told The A.V. Club, "I dislike the overuse of recurring characters as much as the next person, but we just have so much fun doing that sketch. I know we've done it a lot this year, but God, we have fun. That's kind of what it's all about."
In January 2010, Pete Twinkle and Greg Stink hosted a two-hour special, SNL Presents: Sports All-Stars, featuring sports-related SNL clips.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35October 10, 2009Drew BarrymoreTampax to the Max Tournament of Champions 1991
35December 5, 2009Blake LivelyVagisil Superstars of Bowling Tournament 1989
35January 16, 2010Sigourney WeaverSummer's Eve Lady Stars of Darts Championship 1988
35February 27, 2010Jennifer LopezGyne-Lotrimin Ladies' World Cup of Curling 1987
35April 17, 2010Ryan PhillippeToday Sponge Women's Weightlifting Championship 1986
36April 2, 2011Elton JohnK-Y Jelly Ladies Shot Put Championship 1985
37May 12, 2012Will FerrellStayfree Maxi Pads Ladies Long Drive Championship 1994 ; Ferrell covers O.J. Simpson's police chase
40February 15, 201540th Anniversary SpecialEpilady feminine razors; as part of montage of famous sports sketches

What Up with That

Talk show host Diondre Cole constantly interrupts his guests by breaking into song and introducing gimmicky performers. His third guest is always Lindsey Buckingham who never gets an opportunity to utter a word. On the May 14, 2011, episode, the real Lindsey Buckingham appears and manages to get a few words in, attempting to explain how there happens to be two of him, but he is cut off by Diondre Cole breaking back into his song before he can do so,
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35October 17, 2009Gerard ButlerGuests: An environmental activist, James Franco, Lindsey Buckingham.
35November 21, 2009Joseph Gordon-LevittGuests: Al Gore, Mindy Kaling, Buckingham.
35December 19, 2009James FrancoGuests: Mike Tyson, Jack McBrayer, Buckingham.
35March 6, 2010Zach GalifianakisGuests: Paul Rudd, Frank Rich, Buckingham.
36October 2, 2010Bryan CranstonGuests: Morgan Freeman, Ernest Borgnine, Buckingham.
36December 4, 2010Robert De NiroGuests: De Niro, Robin Williams, Buckingham.
36May 14, 2011Ed HelmsGuests: Paul Simon, Chris Colfer, The real Lindsey Buckingham as an unexplained "another" Lindsey Buckingham, Lindsey Buckingham.
37February 18, 2012Maya RudolphGuests: Bill O'Reilly, Kate Upton, Buckingham.
38December 15, 2012Martin ShortGuests: Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie Brownstein, Buckingham.
40February 15, 201540th Anniversary SpecialAs part of montage of famous musical sketches
45April 25, 2020no hostWhat's Up With That returns with guests: Charles Barkley and DJ Khaled

Hollywood Dish

and Kristen Wiig play obnoxious celebrity interviewers Brady Trunk and Anastasia Sticks.
A typical Hollywood Dish sketch starts with Trunk and Sticks introducing themselves to their guest just before the interview starts. During the interview they distract their guest by making strange faces and gestures. The guest becomes more and more uncomfortable throughout the interview. They tempt the guest in giving an over-the-top reaction to some experience she has had. The guest becomes so uncomfortable she wants to leave, but is convinced to answer one more question. This question is about her opinion about a television show the guest has not seen. Bill Hader does a spit-take in response. The guest leaves when she realises the interviewers are not listening to her anymore. The sketch ends with a promo to the recording in which Trunk and Sticks question their guest's sanity, showing the over-the-top reaction.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35November 7, 2009Taylor Swift
35February 27, 2010Jennifer Lopez
36November 13, 2010Scarlett Johansson

Roger Brush

stars in this sketch where a talk show's female host is unavailable and the show's abrasive, vulgar and misogynistic producer fills in to answer the audience's questions. Bill Hader appears as a crew member getting the questions from the audience.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35November 21, 2009Joseph Gordon-LevittWoman to Woman
35April 17, 2010Ryan PhillippeTeen Talk
36September 25, 2010Amy PoehlerMaternity Matters
36December 11, 2010Paul RuddSexually Speaking
38September 15, 2012Seth MacFarlaneSex After 50

Secret Word

A parody of the 1960s game show Password, in which two contestants must guess hidden words based on clues from their celebrity partners. Bill Hader plays host Lyle Round, who often makes rude wisecracks about his wife; Kristen Wiig plays celebrity contestant Mindy Grayson, a washed-up stage actress. The celebrities spend more time displaying their egos and less on the game, which they are never good at playing.
The "Secret Word" sketches are written by James Anderson and Kent Sublette.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35November 21, 2009Joseph Gordon-LevittLevitt plays South American singer Ricardo Consoles. Will Forte and Jenny Slate play Wiig and Gordon-Levitt's respective partners.
35March 13, 2010Jude LawLaw plays Russian ballet star Vladimir Kuchev. Kenan Thompson and Fred Armisen play Wiig and Law's respective partners.
36October 9, 2010Jane LynchLynch plays comic Peggy Zellers. Armisen and Paul Brittain play and Lynch's respective partners.
36January 15, 2011Gwyneth PaltrowPaltrow plays racist socialite Titsy Bismark Dublinson. Taran Killam and Thompson play Wiig and Paltrow's respective partners.
36May 21, 2011Justin TimberlakeTimberlake plays illusionist The Amazing Crandell. Abby Elliott and Bobby Moynihan play Wiig and Timberlake's respective partners.
37November 12, 2011Emma StoneStone plays pageant winner and ventriloquist Charlene Stumphries. Brittain and Killam play Wiig and Stone's respective partners.
37February 4, 2012Channing TatumTatum plays an astronaut suffering flashbacks of alien anal probing. Nasim Pedrad and Andy Samburg play Wiig and Tatum's respective partners.
37May 19, 2012Mick JaggerJagger plays closeted actor Chaz Bragman. Vanessa Bayer and Killam play Wiig and Jagger's respective partners.
42November 19, 2016Kristen WiigGrant Choad, played by Kenan Thompson, replaces Lyle Round as host. Cecily Strong plays actress Isabella Lola Coppola with Melissa Villaseñor and Moynihan playing Wiig and Strong's respective partners.

Kickspit Underground Festival

As DJ Supersoak and Li'l Blaster, Jason Sudeikis and Nasim Pedrad host a series of commercials for bizarre music festivals, parodying the Gathering of the Juggalos. Bobby Moynihan appears in each one as special guest Ass Dan, and once as his identical twin brother, Butt Dave; Jay Pharoah has appeared twice as "charity" promoter MC George Castanza.
The sketches are written by Mike O'Brien and Colin Jost; according to O'Brien, they were originally prompted by seeing a lengthy infomercial for the Gathering:
Colin and I decided we were going to write a parody. We came back at 3 a.m. I sat at the keyboard and he would doze in and out of sleep. Every once in a while he'd say something. "Hot dog explosion. Cast of Growing Pains." Then he'd go back to sleep. Then it would be both of us staring for a while. "Fart Monsters. Return of the Fart Monsters. Mrs. Potato Dick." And that's the first one where I really couldn't stop laughing.

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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35December 5, 2009Blake LivelyKickspit Underground Rock Festival
36December 18, 2010Jeff BridgesCrunkmas Karnival
36April 9, 2011Helen MirrenCrunk-Ass Easter Festival
37October 8, 2011Ben StillerColumbus Day Assblast
38October 20, 2012Bruno MarsDonkey Punch the Ballot

The original sketch was first performed in dress rehearsal for the November 14, 2009, episode, featuring the episode's host January Jones instead of Pedrad, but was cut before airing. The version with Pedrad was performed in dress rehearsal for the November 21, 2009, episode, but was again cut before airing.
On the April 17, 2010, episode, the characters appeared in an "Underground Rock Minute" sketch introducing a new video from the "Thrilla Killa Klownz", played by Moynihan, as Ass Dan, and the episode's host Ryan Phillippe. The video was a parody of the video for the Insane Clown Posse's song "Miracles".

Tina Tina Cheneuse

plays the proprietor of an array of custom doorbells, car horns and alarm clocks, each of which features Cheneuse's voice simply speaking a phrase.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35December 12, 2009Taylor LautnerDoorbells and More
35February 27, 2010Jennifer LopezCar Horns and More
35April 24, 2010Gabourey SidibeAlarm Clocks and More

Garth and Kat

Fred Armisen and Kristen Wiig appear on Weekend Update as a singing team who are clearly making up their songs on the fly. Each sketch ends with Armisen asking to perform one more song, and Wiig asking to perform many more, with Meyers agreeing to just one. The final song begins with Armisen and Wiig singing an actual prepared song with music. As Meyers admits that he likes the song, it quickly breaks down into an improvised mess.
Wiig confirmed in an interview that Garth and Kat performances are unrehearsed; Armisen leads each song and she "just to follow." She told Movieline, "It's the most fun I have because so much of the show is writing, working, deadlines, trying to figure things out, punching up your sketch, knowing you're going to perform live. And that two and a half minutes of airtime is so freeing and fun."
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35December 19, 2009James Franco
35February 6, 2010Ashton Kutcher
35May 15, 2010Alec Baldwin
36October 30, 2010Jon Hamm
36January 15, 2011Gwyneth PaltrowPaltrow appears as Garth & Kat's new songwriter, Kim Castle.
36May 14, 2011Ed Helms
37November 12, 2011Emma StoneChris Martin appears as Garth & Kat's new back-up singer.
37April 14, 2012Josh Brolin
38May 11, 2013Kristen WiigThis was Wiig's first appearance on SNL following her departure from the show.
40Dec 20, 2014Amy Adams
40February 15, 201540th Anniversary SpecialAs part of montage of famous musical sketches

The Manuel Ortiz Show

Fred Armisen hosts a Latino talk show in which everyone dances wildly as each guest enters or exits.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35December 19, 2009James Franco
35May 8, 2010Betty White
36November 13, 2010Scarlett Johansson
37October 15, 2011Anna Faris
37April 7, 2012Sofía Vergara

Bedelia

Nasim Pedrad plays an adolescent girl who finds her parents and other adults to be much more enthralling than kids her own age.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35April 10, 2010Tina FeyAt a school dance, Bedelia would rather spend time with her mother, who's chaperoning, than with her classmates.
35May 15, 2010Alec BaldwinBedelia hangs out with her dad at her birthday party cookout.
36May 7, 2011Tina FeyBedelia wants her mother to attend a sleepover with her.

In the dress rehearsal for the December 18, 2010, episode, a sketch appeared in which Bedelia wanted to hang out with her drama teacher rather than her classmates; the sketch was cut for the live episode.

The Devil

Jason Sudeikis appears on Weekend Update to comment on the week's news as the Devil. Sudeikis has also appeared as Jesus in several sketches, portraying an almost identical personality and mannerisms as his portrayal of the Devil.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35April 10, 2010Tina FeyThe Devil is outraged by the Catholic sex abuse scandal.
36March 5, 2011Miley CyrusThe Devil is disgusted by the Westboro Baptist Church's funeral protests.
36May 7, 2011Tina FeyThe Devil is annoyed by Osama bin Laden's recent arrival in Hell.
37November 12, 2011Emma StoneThe Devil is horrified by the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
38May 18, 2013Ben AffleckAppears with other characters in the background of Stefon sketch.

Mort Mort Feingold - Accountant for the Stars

Mort Mort Feingold is an old-school, low tech, Jewish CPA with an old-fashioned adding machine on his desk and stacks upon stacks of paper files all over his office. He specializes in preparing tax returns for wealthy celebrities, and the sketches lampoon the publicly perceived lifestyles, eccentricities, and vices of those celebrities through Mort Mort's comments about their financial records. Mort Mort himself is a composite of good-natured Jewish stereotypes, and throughout each sketch he delivers a steady stream of Borscht Belt comic style self-deprecating one liners about himself and about his clients' public images. A running gag in the sketches is that Mort Mort is extremely short of stature. In one installment of the sketch, he displays a photo of himself with his good friend Danny DeVito, which has been digitally manipulated to make Andy Samberg appear to be several inches shorter than DeVito. The illusion of shortness is achieved in the live sketch via very simple forced perspective.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35April 17, 2010Ryan PhillippePhillippe plays Robert Pattinson.
36April 9, 2011Helen MirrenMirren plays Helena Bonham Carter.

Anthony Crispino

appears on Weekend Update as a "second-hand news correspondent", offering the latest headlines, each of which he's slightly misunderstood.
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SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
35April 17, 2010Ryan Phillippe
36October 2, 2010Bryan Cranston
36January 8, 2011Jim Carrey
36March 5, 2011Miley Cyrus
36May 14, 2011Ed Helms
37October 15, 2011Anna Faris
38January 19, 2013Jennifer Lawrence
38May 11, 2013Kristen Wiig
39October 26, 2013Edward Norton
40December 6, 2014James Franco
41December 5, 2015Ryan GoslingGosling appears as Angelo Skaggs.