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The best celebrity impressions on the show

posted 16 years ago by Mr_Robert_Z
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What are some of the most accurate celeb impressions that have ever been on the show? I know most of the cast has done some pretty spot-on impressions over the years, but here I'm talking about the ones that have struck you as almost surrealistically accurate. Not just the voices, but all the mannerisms, including facial expressions.

Three I can think of are:

Will Sasso's Robert De Niro
Ron Pederson's Woody Allen
Josh Meyers' Owen Wilson

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[–] ikilledfenner 16 years ago

my personal faves...

Nicole Parker- ellen degeneras/ britney spears/ paula (Americann idol judge) Ashley simpson/ judy garland (or dorathy which ever way u wanna look at it)/ Hilery clinton

Debra wilson- Whitney housten and opera winfrey spot frickin on lol

KMK- Borack obama

Mo collins- angelia jolie/ alanis morrisette

There all that come to mind at the mo

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[–] SoopremeBeing 16 years ago

Will Sasso- The Sopranos/Kenny Rogers/Lance Bass

Ron Pederson- Clay Aiken/the old guy from Condo Chat(i know, not an impression, but it's hilarious)

Ike Barinholtz- Dane Cook/Kevin Federline/Nick Nolte

Debra Wilson- Oprah/Whitney

Aries Spears-Shaquille ONeal

Mo Collins- Jewel/Madonna

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[–] Mr_Robert_Z 16 years ago

Good suggestions...Another two I forgot are:

Will Sasso's James Gandolfini/Tony Soprano (as mentioned)
Will Sasso's Steven Seagal

Sasso was the man.

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[–] joisepeterson 16 years ago

Nicole Parker as Britney :D

[–] Oulala87 16 years ago

Debra's Oprah and whitney

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[–] RedMal 16 years ago

Will Sasso's Arnold
Aries Spears's Eddie Murphy and Bill Cosby

And I don't know who played Tom Hanks in Gump Fiction, but that was great.

[–] Klavier_Puppington 16 years ago

I think Phil LaMarr was a pretty good impressionist, although he didn't do alot, but the Sass pwns all. Pretty much every impression he did was great.

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[–] Mr_Robert_Z 16 years ago

One more...

Josh Meyers' Matthew Mcconaughey.

Absolutely dead on perfect. I thought the real Matthew was guest starring when I saw him.

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[–] Klavier_Puppington 16 years ago

He did a pretty good Eminem too.

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[–] wallacesawyer 16 years ago

Will Sasso's Kenny Rogers

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[–] francodelrosario 16 years ago

Debra wilson as Oprah
(Classic, ultimate spot-on impression. No other Oprah impressionist comes close.)

Nicole Parker as Ellen DeGeneres, Britney Spears, James Blunt(!) and Judy Garland
(Hers is the only Ellen impersenation I've ever seen/heard and it's so well-done considering Ellen's style is kinda difficult to pull of. She also does a way more realistic, more amiable version of Britney compared to your average Britney impersenation. And it works. And her Judy Garland/Dorothy is just...wow. The best thing about all her impersenations is she actually physically resembles all those people to a certain extent.)

Stephanie Weir as Anna Nicole Smith
(Another super-accurate imperession. You could watch those ANS skits over and over again and Weir would always make you laugh.)

Will Sasso as Steven Seagal and James Lipton
(I never got a chance to watch most of the older MadTV skits but I've seen some. (Yeah, I know I missed out on a lot) I know Sasso did a lot of dead-on impressions but Sasso's Seagal is really a classic. And I like Sasso's Lipton impression a lot more than Will Ferrel's on SNL.)

Keegan Micheal Key as Snoop Dog and Barack Obama

Bobby Lee as Connie Chung

Alex Bornstein as Rosie O'Donnell

Frank Caliendo as Jay Leno

Ike Barinholtz as Dane Cook

Mo Collins as Madonna, Alanis Morisette and Andie MacDowell

Ron Pederson as Clay Aiken

[–] Acceler8 16 years ago

Pat Kilbane as Howard Stern

[–] Klavier_Puppington 16 years ago

I forgot about Kilbane's Stern. I ALWAYS thought Stern was guest-starring when he did it!

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[–] kronos251 16 years ago

Will Sasso as Arnold Governator

Frank Caliendo as George W. Bush

Michael McDonald as John Kerry, and the angry Persian cab driver guy

Debra Wilson as Oprah

Bobby Lee as Connie Chung, that geek from American Idol, the screwy North Korean dictator, ANY friggin Asian out there. dam the dude is funny

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[–] Mr_Robert_Z 16 years ago

Good ones, guys. Keep them coming.

Ron Pederson as Jimmy Fallon
Frank Caliendo as Robert David Hall from CSI
Nicole Parker as Hilary Swank

Keep in mind that when I said "best celebrity impressions", I meant the ones you literally thought were the real people guest starring for the first minute. For example, Frank Caliendo's GWB was amazingly accurate, but just from the face you could clearly see that it wasn't actually Bush. Same goes for most of Bobby Lee's characters.

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[–] lolaferrers 14 years ago

Debra Wilson as Whitney Houston

Mo Collins as Diane Sawyer.

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[–] SCP_One_Seven_Three 14 years ago

Debra Wilson's Whitney Houston and Oprah Impression (Add Ares Spears impression of Bobby Brown and you have comedic gold.)

Will Sasso's Steven Segal, Arnold Shwartzenegger (I don't know how to spell his name,) Robert Deniro.

Frank Caliendo as John Madden and president Bush (Again, add Michael's John Kerry impression and you have comedy gold...again!)

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[–] adamch 12 years ago

I can't believe none of you mentioned Andrew Bowen's name. ONCE. He was the best actor in the entire show!!

Instead, you praise Bobby Lee, a person who can't act! UGH!!!!

[–] farzhan 12 years ago

LaMarr as Michael Jackson, pretty spooky good

[–] FalconFan 11 years ago

Will Sasso as Stone Cold Steve Austin , ... Sasso even did this impression on a Monday Night Raw wrestling show

[–] crazyforblondes 11 years ago

Will Sasso - Louie Anderson
Frank Caliendo - John Madden
Debra Wilson - Oprah
Alex Borstein - Rosie O'Donnell
Aries Spears - Shaq

[–] theans09 10 years ago

Pat Kilbane as Charlton Heston. There was a sketch where he played all the roles in a film and I loved that sketch.

[–] seas286 10 years ago

Debra Wilson: Oprah, Whitney

Pat Kilbane: Howard Stern

Alex Bornstein: Rosie O'Donnel & Regis

Mary Scheer: Barbara Streisand

Nicole Sullivan: Dru Barrymore

Mo Collins: Madonna & Martha Stewart

Phil Lamarr: Michael Jackson & Prince

Aries Speers: Eddie Murphy

Will Sasso: Pretty much all his celeb impressions were spot on.

Frank Caliendo: Rod Roddy, John Madden and Robin Williams

Stephanie Weir: Anna Nicole

Nicole Parker: Ellen

[–] berga50 10 years ago

Pat Kilbane's Howard Stern. I honestly thought it was really Stern when he first did the impression.

[–] elwood-x 10 years ago

Nothing beats Deborah Wilson's Oprah and Whitney sketches. Some of the funniest celebrity impersonations I have seen.