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Janet Vivian "Jan" Hooks (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014) was an American actress and comedian best known for her work on Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player from 1986–91, and continued making cameo appearances until 1994. Her subsequent work included a regular role on the final two seasons of Designing Women, a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun and a number of other roles in film and television.
Hooks was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, where she attended Canby Lane Elementary School and Towers High School. In 1974 her family relocated to Fort Myers, Florida. She attended the University of West Florida in Pensacola, but opted to leave before completion to pursue acting.
She began her career as a member of the Los Angeles-based comedy troupe The Groundlings and in an Atlanta nightclub act called The Wits End Players.
From 1978-79, she appeared in Tush on Ted Turner's television station WTCG, which eventually became TBS. She gained notice in the early 1980s on the HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News. Hooks made guest appearances on Comedy Break with Mack and Jamie in the mid-1980s.
Fri, Oct 10: Jan Hooks was a cast member of Saturday Night Live for five years, at a time when the show needed her flair. She worked with the likes of Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey, in an era that saw the sketch comedy show get some of its highest ratings. Hooks died Thursday at age 57. Mike Le Couteur reports. For more info, please go to http://www.globalnews.ca
Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d SEASON 15: http://j.mp/19ycmGv Restaurants: http://j.mp/1apORKM In a small hick town, the conversations between a diner waitress and her patron are laced with sexual innuendos. Aired 04/21/90
The world of comedy and entertainment is still coping with the loss of celebrated comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast-member Jan Hooks, who passed away on Thursday from an undisclosed illness.
This video details the death of actress/comedian Jan Hooks!
Tina Fey is paying tribute to late Saturday Night Live star Jan Hooks. At last night's Elle Women in Hollywood, the 44-year-old funnylady told a story about recruiting Hooks to play the mother of Jane Krakowski's character Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock several years ago, before Hooks' recent passing. Fey said from the stage during her speech, "We were doing 30 Rock and we needed to cast Jane Krakoski's estranged Florida dirt bag mom. And I said, ‘Oh my god, do you think we could get Jan Hooks because she's an idol of mine? And the answer was like, ‘Yeah, you can get her.' She was living in Woodstock and the phone was not ringing. And we called her and asked, ‘Do you want to do this?' And she said, ‘OK.' And she was actually a little shy about kind of jumping back into the game, but she was so f...
Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d Celebrity Impressions: http://j.mp/1bEY4ok SEASON 15: http://j.mp/1c3pxQO Bette Davis' family watches the video will she created before her death. She spends most of the video telling stories. Aired 11/11/89
From David Bell's TBS Archives Jan Hooks on Tush spoofing Helen Reddy
Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d SEASON 15: http://j.mp/19ycmGv Restaurants: http://j.mp/1apORKM In a small hick town, the conversations between a diner waitress and her patron are laced with sexual innuendos. Aired 04/21/90
Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d Celebrity Impressions: http://j.mp/1bEY4ok SEASON 15: http://j.mp/1c3pxQO Bette Davis' family watches the video will she created before her death. She spends most of the video telling stories. Aired 11/11/89
Fri, Oct 10: Jan Hooks was a cast member of Saturday Night Live for five years, at a time when the show needed her flair. She worked with the likes of Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey, in an era that saw the sketch comedy show get some of its highest ratings. Hooks died Thursday at age 57. Mike Le Couteur reports. For more info, please go to http://www.globalnews.ca
The world of comedy and entertainment is still coping with the loss of celebrated comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast-member Jan Hooks, who passed away on Thursday from an undisclosed illness.
Jan Hooks, an actress whose flair for comedy and ability to inhabit a character was showcased during her five years on “Saturday Night Live,” died on Thursday. She was 57. Jan hooks death was confirmed by jan hooks agent, Lisa Lieberman, who did not provide any other details. Some news reports said she died in New York of an undisclosed illness. A spokeswoman for “S.N.L.” declined to comment. Ms. jan Hooks joined “S.N.L.” in 1986 and was part of a cast that is widely regarded as one of the best in the show’s history, alongside the likes of Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, Nora Dunn and later Mike Myers. Among the prominent women jan hooks impersonated were Donald Trump’s wife, Ivana, and the television evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, whom she had seen on cable in Atlanta before Ms. ...
Jan Hooks Dead at 57: Comedian Starred on 'Saturday Night Live' in the 1980's Subscribe Here: http://bit.ly/1CwuDiS "Saturday Night Live" great Jan Hooks died today at the age of 57, a representative for the actress and comedian confirmed to ABC News. Hooks was part of the show from 1986 to 1991 and worked alongside some of the best talent that the legendary live show had ever seen, including the likes of Mike Myers and Chris Farley. On the sketch comedy show, she played icons from the era, including Hillary Clinton, Tammy Faye Bakker and Sinead O'Conner. She was featured in films like "Coneheads" and "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," along with roles in game-changing TV programs like "Designing Women," "3rd Rock from the Sun" and "The Simpsons." Her most recent role was in 2010 on "30 Rock."...
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Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d Political Parodies: http://j.mp/16I5Shj Political Impressions: http://j.mp/18wvKkN SEASON 14: http://j.mp/19D1x0C Barbara Bush has Nancy Reagan over for a farewell tea. Nancy just can't seem to let the job of First Lady go. Aired 01/21/89
Skit is sourced from old videotapes of the original airings of the show on WTBS back in 1981-1982. I apologize for the quality, but these skits don't seem to be available anywhere else, so beggars can't be choosers :) Enjoy!
I WANT YOUR MTV! If you have old Beta or VHS tapes containing recordings of MTV from 1981 - 1987, I would love to talk with you (especially if the tapes contain the videos, VJs, and commercials!) I'll either buy your tapes, accept donations, or transfer them for you! Shoot me a message and let's talk! This recording was discovered on an old Sony Betamax video tape, recorded sometime in June of 1984. As I cannot find a detailed episode guide for this series, I cannot pinpoint the episode number of this particular episode, however, one sketch makes mention of the "Royal Screw Award, June 1984" so let's assume this is the June 1984 episode, shall we? From Wikipedia: NOT NECESSARILY THE NEWS was a satirical sketch comedy series that ran on HBO from 1983 to 1990. It featured sketches, pa...
In Memoriam 2014 (Vol.4) Dedicated to Roy Garber, Ralph Peduto, Stephen Lee, Jan Hooks, Marcia Strassman, Geoffrey Holder, Menahem Golan, Sumi Haru, Bobby Keys, Gordon Willis, Acker Bilk, Marian Seldes, Sam Hall, Mike Nichols, Luise Rainer, Oscar de la Renta, Virna Lisi, Eddie Rouse, Marilyn Burns, Alexandra Bastedo, and many, many others...
In this 15th episode of the series, we are going to learn about three subjects: Profiling, Benchmarking and Hooks. You can use these tools to analyze your CodeIgniter applications performance, and figure out what part of the code you need to optimize. We are also going to make even further improvements to the Profiler library to suit our needs.
In Memoriam 2014 (Vol.2) Dedicated to Ruby Dee, James Garner, Arlene Martel, Ann B. Davis, Luis Avalos, Maya Angelou, Jerome Willis, Richard Attenborough . This is my annual in Memoriam which I do to counter the lousy job the Film Academy does. And this year, once again, they forgot greats like Philip Seymour . In Memoriam 2014 -Slideshow- (Vol.1) Dedicated to Juanita Moore, Saul Zaentz, Alicia Rhett, Russell Johnson, Mónica Spear, Maximilian Schell, Shirley . In Memoriam 2014 (Vol.4) Dedicated to Roy Garber, Ralph Peduto, Stephen Lee, Jan Hooks, Marcia Strassman, Geoffrey Holder, Menahem Golan, Sumi Haru, .
Our Children's Librarian, Nancy, is back to discuss several of the wonderful new additions to our Juvenile literature collection.
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The world of comedy and entertainment is still coping with the loss of celebrated comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast-member Jan Hooks, who passed away on Thursday from an undisclosed illness.
Fri, Oct 10: Jan Hooks was a cast member of Saturday Night Live for five years, at a time when the show needed her flair. She worked with the likes of Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey, in an era that saw the sketch comedy show get some of its highest ratings. Hooks died Thursday at age 57. Mike Le Couteur reports. For more info, please go to http://www.globalnews.ca
Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d SEASON 15: http://j.mp/19ycmGv Restaurants: http://j.mp/1apORKM In a small hick town, the conversations between a diner waitress and her patron are laced with sexual innuendos. Aired 04/21/90
Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d Celebrity Impressions: http://j.mp/15szsgF Donald Trump Impressions: http://j.mp/1fwJW39 SEASON 15: http://j.mp/1ax1LJ3 Ivana Trump is visiting Donald at work to discuss their divorce settlement. Aired 02/17/90
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Martin Short as Bette Davis from "The Martin Short Show" with Phil Hartman
Fri, Oct 10: Jan Hooks was a cast member of Saturday Night Live for five years, at a time when the show needed her flair. She worked with the likes of Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey, in an era that saw the sketch comedy show get some of its highest ratings. Hooks died Thursday at age 57. Mike Le Couteur reports. For more info, please go to http://www.globalnews.ca
Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d SEASON 15: http://j.mp/19ycmGv Restaurants: http://j.mp/1apORKM In a small hick town, the conversations between a diner waitress and her patron are laced with sexual innuendos. Aired 04/21/90
The world of comedy and entertainment is still coping with the loss of celebrated comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast-member Jan Hooks, who passed away on Thursday from an undisclosed illness.
This video details the death of actress/comedian Jan Hooks!
Tina Fey is paying tribute to late Saturday Night Live star Jan Hooks. At last night's Elle Women in Hollywood, the 44-year-old funnylady told a story about recruiting Hooks to play the mother of Jane Krakowski's character Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock several years ago, before Hooks' recent passing. Fey said from the stage during her speech, "We were doing 30 Rock and we needed to cast Jane Krakoski's estranged Florida dirt bag mom. And I said, ‘Oh my god, do you think we could get Jan Hooks because she's an idol of mine? And the answer was like, ‘Yeah, you can get her.' She was living in Woodstock and the phone was not ringing. And we called her and asked, ‘Do you want to do this?' And she said, ‘OK.' And she was actually a little shy about kind of jumping back into the game, but she was so f...
Subscribe to SaturdayNightLive: http://j.mp/1bjU39d Celebrity Impressions: http://j.mp/1bEY4ok SEASON 15: http://j.mp/1c3pxQO Bette Davis' family watches the video will she created before her death. She spends most of the video telling stories. Aired 11/11/89
From David Bell's TBS Archives Jan Hooks on Tush spoofing Helen Reddy
Skit is sourced from old videotapes of the original airings of the show on WTBS back in 1981-1982. I apologize for the quality, but these skits don't seem to be available anywhere else, so beggars can't be choosers :) Enjoy!
I WANT YOUR MTV! If you have old Beta or VHS tapes containing recordings of MTV from 1981 - 1987, I would love to talk with you (especially if the tapes contain the videos, VJs, and commercials!) I'll either buy your tapes, accept donations, or transfer them for you! Shoot me a message and let's talk! This recording was discovered on an old Sony Betamax video tape, recorded sometime in June of 1984. As I cannot find a detailed episode guide for this series, I cannot pinpoint the episode number of this particular episode, however, one sketch makes mention of the "Royal Screw Award, June 1984" so let's assume this is the June 1984 episode, shall we? From Wikipedia: NOT NECESSARILY THE NEWS was a satirical sketch comedy series that ran on HBO from 1983 to 1990. It featured sketches, pa...
In Memoriam 2014 (Vol.4) Dedicated to Roy Garber, Ralph Peduto, Stephen Lee, Jan Hooks, Marcia Strassman, Geoffrey Holder, Menahem Golan, Sumi Haru, Bobby Keys, Gordon Willis, Acker Bilk, Marian Seldes, Sam Hall, Mike Nichols, Luise Rainer, Oscar de la Renta, Virna Lisi, Eddie Rouse, Marilyn Burns, Alexandra Bastedo, and many, many others...
In this 15th episode of the series, we are going to learn about three subjects: Profiling, Benchmarking and Hooks. You can use these tools to analyze your CodeIgniter applications performance, and figure out what part of the code you need to optimize. We are also going to make even further improvements to the Profiler library to suit our needs.
In Memoriam 2014 (Vol.2) Dedicated to Ruby Dee, James Garner, Arlene Martel, Ann B. Davis, Luis Avalos, Maya Angelou, Jerome Willis, Richard Attenborough . This is my annual in Memoriam which I do to counter the lousy job the Film Academy does. And this year, once again, they forgot greats like Philip Seymour . In Memoriam 2014 -Slideshow- (Vol.1) Dedicated to Juanita Moore, Saul Zaentz, Alicia Rhett, Russell Johnson, Mónica Spear, Maximilian Schell, Shirley . In Memoriam 2014 (Vol.4) Dedicated to Roy Garber, Ralph Peduto, Stephen Lee, Jan Hooks, Marcia Strassman, Geoffrey Holder, Menahem Golan, Sumi Haru, .
Our Children's Librarian, Nancy, is back to discuss several of the wonderful new additions to our Juvenile literature collection.
Removing More Hooks & Attachments With Don Prohasca Live Call In 734-230-2744 Do Your Part In Helping Us Raise Consciousness https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4389737 Join Our FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1812918838953177/... http://imconsciousnowwhat.com Call In Live 734-230-2744 International Callers Add me on Skype = Focusedguy Add Me on FB = Derek Dunlap http://Positivemarketer,com HELP US GROW!!! Don't Forget To Subscribe & Hit The Like Button. Share This Video On Your Social Media Platform. For The Absolute Best Guided Meditation On The Planet To Help You Center & Reach Your Higher Self & Break Free From Fear, 3-density and clearing Chakra blockages http://bit.ly/IamSelfMeditation --