The following characters, personalities, movies, TV shows and/or scenes never fail to deliver:
*Peter Sellers;
*Catherine O'Hara;
*Fred Willard;
*Corky St. Clair;
*"Waiting for Guffman";
*Albert Brooks trying to get his money back from the casino chieftan in "Lost in America";
*Albert Brooks creating his own ending in the faux documentary, "Real Life";
*the "I'll just die if I don't get that recipe" scene from the original "Stepford Wives";
*"Living Dolls," the HBO documentary about children's beauty pageants;
*Bob Newhart;
*The religious conversion sequence in "Hannah and Her Sisters";
*Woody Allen's character screening his documentary about Alan Alda's character in "Crimes and Misdemeanors";
*Howard Cosell's cameo in "Bananas";
*the incest survivors episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm";
*early Sam Kinison;
*Dale Gribble;
*Pat (from SNL), my weakness;
*Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp in "Blazing Saddles" and her seduction scene with the monster in "Young Frankenstein";
*the Chris Rock sketch, "Migger," from his old HBO show;
*Roberta Allsworth, the art teacher from "Ghost World";
*the nunchucks-wielding convenience store groupie from "Ghost World";
*"Ghost World";
*Patrick Bateman's dissertation about Huey Lewis in "American Psycho";
*Cartman;
*Ted Knight;
*the voice of Phil Hartman;
*Patty and Selma Bouvier;
*Mr. Burns;
*Comic book guy;
*Homer, natch;
*Bruno, of "Ali G" fame;
*Redd Foxx;
*the Barbara Walters sit-down with John Travolta and Kelly Preston from a few years back;
*Michael Moore interviewing "Miss Michigan" in "Roger and Me";
and
*anything with Peter Sellers.
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