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Conference ljsrv1::tv_chatter

Title:The TV Chatter Notes Conference
Notice:Welcome to TV Chatter :-)
Moderator:PASTA::PIERCE
Created:Wed Dec 16 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:498
Total number of notes:5416

297.0. "Jan Hooks" by CRISTA::MAYNARD (The Front Row Kid) Sat Sep 17 1994 04:10

    
    Since Jan Hooks was dissed in the Martin Short  note, I felt it
    my duty to begin a more positive discussion on a fine comedienne. 
    Beginning with her stint on Saturday Night Live, with her dead-on 
    impressions of Sally Jesse and Hilary Clinton among others, 
    to her brief role as the ditzy cousin on Designing Women, she never
    fails to make me laugh.
                           Jim
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297.1OK, I agreeSWAM2::SMITH_MASat Sep 17 1994 10:243
    Yeah, I like Jan.  She's not one of my favorites, though.
    
    MJ
297.2POWDML::MILLERTue Sep 20 1994 04:193
    I've liked Jan Hooks in most things.  However, the little bit that I
    saw her in Martin Short's show, I thought she was "forcing" a bit.  Of
    course, that could be because the skits (the writing) were rather lame. 
297.3OK doing 3 minute bits, but not for an entire half hourTNPUBS::NAZZAROWill edit for foodTue Sep 20 1994 05:355
    Jan Hooks is a mediocre talent who is passable when doing takeoffs of
    famous people but doesn't have the talent to sustain a character on
    her own.
    
    NAZZ
297.4HELIX::MAIEWSKIWed Sep 21 1994 01:2210
  I'm not sure I agree with that. I saw her a few times on Designing Women and
while I didn't like the show all that much she did her character well. The
problem was that their stories were not all that good and their lines were a
bit weak. Funny moments here and there but they never seemed to be able to keep
the quality up for an entire show. 

  Given a good script I believe she could do just about any character really
well. She does Nancy Reagan as well as anyone.

  George
297.5TNPUBS::C_MILLERWed Sep 28 1994 01:071
    She reminds me of a female Jim Carey.