You Might Know Her From

Jan Hooks


Listen Later

This quarantined week we are celebrating the legend that is the late, great Jan Hooks. You Might Know Her From Saturday Night Live, Designing Women, PeeWee's Big Adventure, 30 Rock, and A Dangerous Woman. Anne and Damian break down their favorite Jan sketches from SNL, Jan's penchant for musical comedy, and the film she made with Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, and Laurie Metcalf!

Follow us on social media:

@damianbellino || @rodemanne

Discussed this week:

Damian's skin disease: Meluscum, PLEVA

Hand slapping face disease = "SLAP CHEEK" aka fifth disease or parvovirus B19

Jan Hooks (1957-2014)

Her time on SNL: 1986-1991 bridged Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, to Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers

Our fave Jan sketches: Mary Jo Buttafucco, Bette Davis' Video Will, Tammy Faye Bakker, The Sweeney Sisters (Christmas Medley arranged by Marc Shaiman)

Tina Fey used her stage time at Elle's Women in Hollywood Awards to remember Jan Hooks, her "idol" and Saturday Night Live forebearer

Tina mentioned the Miss Self Esteem Pageant w/ Melanie Griffith

Replaced Sarah Jessica Parker in the Broadway play, Sylvia

Barbra Streisand and Mariah Carey have horrible stage fright

Jan Hooks on Victoria Jackson

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Coneheads, Batman Returns

A Dangerous Woman = Riding the Bus with My Sister + The Other Sister + Nell

Linda Bloodworth Thomason created Designing Women

Jan's character in Designing Women was Carlene (Charlene's sister)

Annie Potts is hot! She went to Stephens College (so did Jennifer Tilly!)

Long time listener, Colleen has been recommending we get into Julia Duffy

Neither of us watched Third Rock from the Sun. Distressing clip of Jan Hooks eating chicken (actually turkey) off French Stewart's head

Playing Dixie, Jiminy Glick's wife in Primetime Glick

Movie Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood is bad but has some good bits

The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show (where Jan plays Brett Butler, Rosie Perez, Faye Dunaway, and Whoopi)

Tina Fey campaigned for Jan to play Verna Maroney (Jenna's mom) on 30 Rock

After 9/11 Jan moved to Woodstock, New York

Recommend this great GRANTLAND piece on the anniversary of Jan's death

With Alec Baldwin on SNL who she later co=starred w/ on 30 Rock

Tina Fey puts Jan on her dream cast of SNL

Jan singing "I Didn't Evolve from You " as Kathie Lee Gifford

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

You Might Know Her FromBy Anne Rodeman & Damian Bellino

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

202 ratings


More shows like You Might Know Her From

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,992 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,816 Listeners

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast by Marc Maron

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

28,999 Listeners

TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live by TBTL

TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

2,333 Listeners

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast by Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

3,945 Listeners

ATW - Downstage Center by American Theatre Wing

ATW - Downstage Center

46 Listeners

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang by Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

9,168 Listeners

Awards Chatter by The Hollywood Reporter

Awards Chatter

1,350 Listeners

The Three Questions with Andy Richter by Team Coco & Earwolf

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

3,633 Listeners

PANTS with Kate and Leisha by Lemonada

PANTS with Kate and Leisha

5,113 Listeners

Sentimental Men by Broadway Podcast Network

Sentimental Men

262 Listeners

Dear Chelsea by iHeartPodcasts

Dear Chelsea

3,891 Listeners

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus by Lemonada Media

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

11,532 Listeners

Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson by Sony Music Entertainment

Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson

1,011 Listeners

Good Hang with Amy Poehler by The Ringer

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

13,993 Listeners