# Chris Kattan bites **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032 "2002-03-31T05:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032/41 "2002-04-02T20:49:39Z")
You know, I loved what many refer to as the glory days of SNL (Lovitz, Carvey, et. al). But they’re showing reruns of them on NBC Up all night (which, thanks to TIVO, I get to see at a reasonable hour), and honestly, they’re not all that funny. Sure they have some truly hilarious moments, but they also have a lot that’s pretty forgettable. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032/42 "2002-04-02T20:52:52Z")
I do love Mango, but mostly Kattan creeps me out. ESPECIALLY that Mr. Peepers. Too on-target! ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032/43 "2002-04-02T20:59:49Z")
“Chris Kattan bites”? …tonight on SDMB…rain is wet. Stay tuned. ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032/44 "2002-04-02T22:08:05Z")
Oh yeah, and Cheri Oteri is fantastic as well. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032/45 "2002-04-02T22:37:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*I HATE Jimmy Fallon. \*\* ME TOO! He’s so mediocre it isn’t funny. > [@](#): > > **Love Rachel Dratch** Me too. She’s so weird-looking that makes me laugh without doing anything. \*\* > [@](#): > > Hate Tracy Morgan, who does too much “HEY I’M THE TOKEN BLACK GUY!!”\*\* I can’t stand Tracy. When he isn’t doing the inarticulate “thug” thing, he’s dressed up in drag pretending to be any black woman that can’t be played by Maya. (Which is a whole bunch of them.) And he needs to work on his impressions or get out of the SNL business. An imitation requires you to actually say more than one line over and over again, in your own inflection. > [@](#): > > **Sanz** He’s the funniest one on the cast, next to Hammond and Ferrell. Unlike Fallon, when Sanz smirks or laughs in the middle of his delivery, he ALWAYS makes me laugh. \*\* > [@](#): > > Maya Rudolph cracks me up \*\* There’s only two skits that she does which make me laugh. The airport security person and the lead singer on Gemini’s Twin. ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032/46 "2002-04-02T22:44:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > one vote for “his characters suck real bad (especially the garbled-guy and mr. peepers), but he might be a nice guy as far as i know”. I saw him on the Daily Show a while back, and he was charming, calm, and generally a likeable guy. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032/47 "2002-04-02T23:43:18Z")
It used ta be good I think even after Lorne kicks it, they’ll drag his body out to still keep it on the air. The show that NEVER ENDS!.. That said, very few hosts have bene good. Buck Henry was great because he didn’t have a star attitude. Frank Zappa was good,e speically since the coneheads made him crack up (we consume mass quantities!) I recall some weird musical guests way back when, the best of which (not weird, good) Kinky Friedman. I used to love the skit where Chris Kattan and Oteri did the married couple who couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Thats the only times I thought he was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032/48 "2002-04-03T20:03:42Z")
Here’s my theory on why everyone always thinks that the current cast of SNL sucks, no matter what the time is. In every iteration of the cast, there have been standout members and people who SUCK. Every iteration. When enough time goes by, we remember the good people and forget the hacks. I don’t know how many times I heard that SNL was horrible with the new cast in the early 90s. Mike Meyers, Dana Carvey, David Spade, Adam Sandler, Phil Hartman. All of them were hilarious. Who do we forget? People like Victoria Jackson. (AHHHHH). This new cast, we’ll remember Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond (who is one of the all time greatest SNL cast members…he is fantastic), and Tina Fey (for revitalizing WU). Hopefully, we’ll all forget Colin Quinn ever did WU…damn he was horrible. Just food for thought. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kattan-bites/101032.md?page=2)