Snl News Guest That Is Funny
| Stefon Meyers | |
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 Stefon on Weekend Update | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Championship | City Correspondent |
| Occupation | Correspondent for SNL 'south Weekend Update |
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| Spouse | Seth Meyers (yard. ) |
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| Nationality | American |
Stefon Meyers (né Zolesky),[2] simply referred to every bit Stefon, is a character created by Bill Hader and former SNL writer John Mulaney, played past Hader on Saturday Dark Live, who appeared every bit the New York City correspondent for Weekend Update with Seth Meyers. Meyers introduced Stefon every bit a guide who knows all near New York and asks him for tips on essential destinations and events for visitors. Stefon recommends unusual clubs and parties with bizarre characters and very specific tastes, described as "visions a dying gay human being would accept if he was under too many blankets",[three] "nightmares of a crystal-meth aficionado",[4] or a "coked-up gay Candyland"; these outlandish descriptions often resulted in Hader breaking character.[5]
Origin [edit]
Stefon's segments were inspired past real people Hader and Mulaney had encountered. 1 was a lodge promoter who sent Mulaney an e-mail about a guild that "had everything," including "rooms full of cleaved glass" equally 1 of the highlights.[vi] The character's mannerisms were based on a barista at a java store in Chelsea, Manhattan, that Hader frequented, whose wait and talking fashion inspired the creation of Stefon.[7] Mulaney decided that Stefon should wear an Ed Hardy shirt, nether the assumption that it was made of latex and looked like something out of the Macaulay Culkin and Seth Dark-green picture, Political party Monster. Stefon's hair was inspired by the characters in that moving picture, "specifically based in popup social club culture in New York City circa 2007".[8]
Production [edit]
Initially, Stefon appeared in a 2008 sketch with Ben Affleck titled "Movie Pitch with Stefon," with Stefon portraying the outrageous brother of Affleck's more serious grapheme, David Zolesky; however, the thought "barely worked as a sketch," said Neb Hader. "It was a long walk to get to what the sketch was near."[nine]
The character was instead introduced as a contributor on Weekend Update the following season, later an invitation from the head of the segment. According to Seth Meyers, "It was a lot easier to but say, 'Hey, here'south Stefon.'"[9] During the production for his start appearance on Weekend Update, on the Apr 24, 2010 episode, Mulaney causeless it would be cut later rehearsal. He stated, "It was so weird that I so assumed information technology would exist cut, and I said, 'When you cut this, tin we try it again?' We just idea it was non going to be liked past anyone." Notwithstanding, the character became immensely popular.[viii]
Oft Hader can exist seen suppressing fits of laughter (known as "breaking" or "corpsing"), every bit some of the more than outlandish descriptions are new to him. Hader, on late-dark Television interviews, said that this happens with such frequency because changes are often made to the script up until the live evidence, and oft Hader does not see the final cue cards until the alive broadcast. Mulaney would deliberately modify bits of lines merely before Hader went on equally Stefon and, as a result, some of the more than outrageous things that Stefon says are relatively or completely new to Hader. "I take not gotten through a unmarried Stefon update without breaking," Hader says. "Still working on it."[x]
After beingness unable to perform the character without breaking for ii and a half years, Hader successfully remained in character equally Stefon during the season finale of the show's 36th flavor, with host Justin Timberlake. However, this advent was much briefer than his others, with his appearance just lasting about 30 seconds. According to Hader, it is "completely ironic" that he played a character like Stefon, because he avoids loud places such as clubs.[eleven]
Stefon'due south final regular appearance on SNL was on May eighteen, 2013, due to Bill Hader's leaving the show. When Meyers' Late Dark premiered on February 24, 2014, a Stefon matryoshka doll with a veil embellishment, originally manus-crafted past matryoshka artist Irene Hwang and deputed for a crew holiday gift, was unveiled every bit function of the decor of Meyers' desk-bound.[12] [xiii] Mulaney began writing a Stefon feature film before he left SNL. The film was intended to be a mockumentary, showing Stefon visiting different New York hotspots equally a contributor for Weekend Update. Mulaney wanted to bandage managing director Garry Marshall equally Lorne Michaels. However, the film never moved beyond an initial writing stage.[14]
Personality [edit]
Stefon is a flamboyantly gay "urban center correspondent" for Weekend Update. He appears to be always nervous, as indicated past how he tin can never keep his easily still and constantly rubs them together. Stefon always touches his face and hair, and it seems similar he has frequent anxiety attacks. A possible explanation for this is his excessive consumption of recreational drugs.[seven] Stefon is very knowledgeable almost parties and nightclubs featuring very bizarre themes and characters, which he recommends when host Seth Meyers asks for suggestions for tourists, much to Meyers' frustration. Stefon is apparently infatuated with Meyers; he expresses disappointment when Meyers mentions his girlfriend, and has stated that he envies Meyers' mother for changing his diapers as a child.
According to the May 7, 2011, episode of Sat Night Alive, his female parent is named Ms. Stefon, and his begetter is David Bowie. In the Oct xx, 2012, episode, he mentions that he has a domestic dog named Bawl Ruffalo. He lives in a trashcan exterior the RadioShack at 23rd and 7th. Stefon wears gaudy Ed Hardy shirts, multiple rings, and an asymmetrical, highlighted haircut.[xv]
Format [edit]
Stefon, the Metropolis Correspondent on Weekend Update, is introduced by Seth Meyers and is asked for recommendations for tourists. Stefon'due south dialogue always begins with "New York'southward hottest club is …" and and so he starts listing the outlandish patrons that y'all tin can meet at this guild. He is frequently interrupted by Seth Meyers, who asks for more family-friendly destinations, simply Stefon just continues talking most increasingly ludicrous New York clubs with suggestive or nonsensical names (Crease, Gush, Push, Booooooooof ["with nine O'south"], Spicy, Kevin?, Whimsy, Your Mother and I Are Separating, PANTS!, etc.).
Security, entertainers, and clientele at the venue are surreal, implied to be from hyper-specific or obscure subcultures, which an impressed Stefon usually introduces past complimenting "this place has everything". Bouncers include: jacked-up homeless guys in period swimming costumes, Hobocops (homeless RoboCops), a bulldog who looks like Wilford Brimley, and a rabbi who looks like Joaquin Phoenix. Passwords for some of the clubs include "My wallet? YEEEEAH, RIGHT!" ("the concluding words of murdered dejection legend Sweet Willie Walker"), "Diabetes" (said in a Wilford Brimley vox) and onomatopeias. When mentioning the club's typical patrons, he lists outlandish characters such as screaming babies in Mozart wigs, puppets in disguise, an Albino who looks like Susan Powter, Puppets practicing Karate, sunburned drifters with soap chimera beards, and groups of guys with afros in graduation caps. Underground celebrities to be establish at the venues include Blingo (Blackness Ringo), Jewish Dracula Sidney Applebaum, nine-year-old Tokyo pimp Ichi Yakaguro[seven] [16] and 300-pound Chinese baby deejay, DJ Babe Bok Choy.[17]
When describing the club's attractions, Stefon repeatedly uses vague faux pop civilization portmanteaux and slang terms including "Jewpids" (Jewish Cupids), "Furkels" (fat Urkels) and "Teddy Graham people" ("...when a guy has the stumpy arms only with the abdomen"). Stefon also ofttimes mentions objects personified by little people ("human fanny packs," "human traffic cones," "human burn hydrants," "human being boomboxes," "human suitcases," "human being kites", "homo R2-D2s", "man piñatas", "human Roombas" (also called "Hoombas") and "human Magic 8 assurance."), which he originally referred to as "midgets". When Seth Meyers pointed out in one segment that the term "midget" was politically wrong, Stefon corrected himself and referred to them as "fun-sized"; in a 2018 guest appearance alongside Colin Jost and Michael Che, Stefon brought his lawyer Shy (John Mulaney) to the segment to suggest him the correct term was "piddling people". The club owners Stefon describes are most e'er malapropisms of famous celebrities' names, east.g., Snoozin Lucci, Jew Diamond Phillips, Tranderson Cooper, Distortion Danza, Fat Sajak, Gay Liotta, Gay Dunaway, Tranny Oakley, D-bag Chopra, and Blow J. Simpson. His style comes shut to absurdist sense of humour, mocking New York City'due south notorious Guild Child scene.
Final regular advent [edit]
Stefon made his last recurring Weekend Update appearance on Season 38 Episode 21 on May 18, 2013. After Stefon'southward usual comment on "New York'due south hottest club", Meyers over again criticized his recommendations, making Stefon flee out of NBC Studios to get married. Seeing the error of his ways, Seth goes after him to the wedding at the Marble Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue only to find out that Stefon is marrying Anderson Cooper. Seth goes in afterwards Stefon and takes him away from the nuptials back to Studio 8H, where they proclaim their honey for each other.
The guests at the wedding included many of the weird types of people Stefon has mentioned during his Weekend Update segments, including: Black George Washington as the minister, a puppet in disguise (ALF in a trenchcoat), human traffic cones and a homo fire hydrant, HoboCops, Jewpids, infamous gay running dorsum Blowjay Simpson, a grouping of guys with afros and graduation caps, grown men in hymeneals dresses, jacked homeless guys in period bathing suits, Gizblow the coked-up Gremlin, Furkel (fatty Steve Urkel), evil chef Wario Batali, Germfs (German Smurfs), Jewish Dracula Sidney Applebaum, a screaming geisha, Hanukkah cartoon character Menorah the Explorer, and DJ Baby Bok Choy. Ben Affleck makes a cameo appearance reprising his role as Stefon'due south brother, David Zolefsky.[18] After Seth and Stefon return to the studio, various Weekend Update characters gathered to congratulate them, including: David Paterson (Fred Armisen), Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Male child (Vanessa Bayer), Boozer Uncle (Bobby Moynihan), Arianna Huffington (Nasim Pedrad), The Devil (Jason Sudeikis), Jean 1000. Jean (Kenan Thompson), Ann Romney (Kate McKinnon) and The Girl You lot Wished You Didn't Start a Conversation with at a Party (Cecily Strong) along with Amy Poehler. Seth refers to them every bit Seth and Stefon Meyers and closes out Weekend Update.
Guest appearances [edit]
In his outset guest advent, Stefon returned to Weekend Update in a guest appearance along with Amy Poehler to bid Meyers adieu in his final Weekend Update, as Meyers prepared to become the new host of Belatedly Dark. Stefon's jokes included that the world (outside SNL) "has everything...", such every bit homeless weightlifters that look like The Croods, Japanese daredevil YOLO Ono and homo DVRs, to which Stefon replied "It's that thing where a midget sits on your TV and tells yous what happened on Scandal. And like a regular cable box, it goes downwardly all the time". Before Seth's final Weekend Update goodbye, he acknowledged Stefon equally his husband. In this appearance, Hader again broke graphic symbol later the human DVR joke.
During Hader'southward first time hosting SNL, on Oct 11, 2014, Stefon recommended clubs for tourists interested in fall in New York. The sketch was co-written by John Mulaney, who worked on it with Hader over Skype and texted new jokes to the writers to once more surprise Hader, who barely began the sketch before having to comprehend his face from laughing. Hader had particular problem staying in character due to each club Stefon recommended including at the cease of its list of features Dan Cortese (mispronounced "Dan Cortez" due to a misspelling on Mulaney's role).[nineteen] [20] Stefon referenced his now-husband Meyers by explaining that he was at home "practicing sitting behind a desk-bound," and ended the sketch by announcing he was significant.[21]
As part of Sabbatum Night Live 's 40th Ceremony Special, Edward Norton appeared every bit Stefon during the special'due south 40th anniversary-themed Weekend Update. Feeling similar Norton was failing his impression, Stefon appeared to try to guide him into doing the correct hand gestures. Subsequently that, Meyers appeared behind both Norton and Stefon and briefly mentioned their unnamed children.[22] [23]
During Hader's second time hosting, on March 17, 2018, 3 years after his last appearance, Stefon returned to Weekend Update for a St. Patrick's Day-themed segment of his New York Urban center recommendations, which included multiple references to recent Academy Award-winning films, Farrahchauns (leprechauns that look similar Farrah Fawcett) and homo squatty potties. Stefon, who unremarkably uses the term "midget" to describe his bizarre recommendations, chose not to use information technology in order to not be insensitive and consulted his attorney and conceptual piss artist named Shy (played by John Mulaney, who co-created Stefon) for a better term, ultimately using "picayune people". Mulaney caused Hader to intermission grapheme yet once more past whispering into his ear during his cursory advent, "My girlfriend works at Yoshinoya Beef Bowl."[24] Stefon also made a reference to spouse Seth Meyers' A Closer Await segment at Late Dark.
- Appearances outside Saturday Night Live
In December 2011, Hader (as Stefon) and Seth Meyers made an advent at A Funny Affair for Autism do good.[25] [26]
Saturday Nighttime Live appearances [edit]
| Date | Host | Notes |
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| Flavour 34 | ||
| November 1, 2008 | Ben Affleck | First appearance as a grapheme in a sketch titled "Film Pitch with Stefon," with Affleck playing Stefon's blood brother, David Zolesky.[one] |
| Flavour 35 | ||
| April 24, 2010 | Gabourey Sidibe | First Weekend Update appearance. |
| May 15, 2010 | Alec Baldwin | |
| Flavor 36 | ||
| Oct 23, 2010 | Emma Stone | |
| December xi, 2010 | Paul Rudd | |
| December 18, 2010 | Jeff Bridges | Sang a Christmas vocal with David Paterson (Armisen) and Snooki (Moynihan). |
| February 12, 2011 | Russell Brand | |
| May 7, 2011 | Tina Fey | Kisses Seth Meyers for the beginning time in this episode, on the cheek. |
| May 21, 2011 | Justin Timberlake | But appearance where Hader did non break character; his appearance lasted roughly xxx seconds. |
| Season 37 | ||
| October 8, 2011 | Ben Stiller | Stefon and Derek Zoolander (Stiller) promote a charity to help fatty kids. |
| December ten, 2011 | Katy Perry | Also appears in promos for this episode. |
| February eighteen, 2012 | Maya Rudolph | Makes a cameo during Maya Rudolph'southward opening monologue. |
| March x, 2012 | Jonah Hill | Kisses Seth Meyers on the lips for the showtime fourth dimension. |
| May 19, 2012 | Mick Jagger | |
| Season 38 | ||
| October 20, 2012 | Bruno Mars | Also introduced Mars as the musical guest. |
| March 9, 2013 | Justin Timberlake | |
| May 18, 2013 | Ben Affleck | Stefon storms off Weekend Update to get married. Meyers realizes he loves Stefon and flees after him, crashing Stefon's wedding to Anderson Cooper. Ben Affleck makes a cameo appearance reprising his role as Stefon'south blood brother, David Zolesky. Stefon's appearance in this episode marked his terminal every bit a recurring character |
| Season 39 | ||
| February ane, 2014 | Melissa McCarthy | Stefon makes his kickoff invitee advent along with Amy Poehler on Seth Meyers' concluding Weekend Update. |
| Season 40 | ||
| October 11, 2014 | Nib Hader | 2d guest appearance and Hader's outset as SNL host. Stefon reveals he is pregnant.[27] |
| February 15, 2015 | SNL 40th Anniversary Special | Appeared alongside Edward Norton, who was dressed as Stefon and doing an impression of him. Seth Meyers mentions their unnamed children.[22] [23] |
| Season 43 | ||
| March 17, 2018 | Pecker Hader | Third guest appearance and Hader's second as SNL host. John Mulaney, the co-creator of Stefon, appears as his personal lawyer, Shy. |
In the November x, 2012 episode, hosted by Anne Hathaway, Stefon did non appear, simply Hathaway made a joking reference to playing him.
Tributes [edit]
- On Late Dark with Seth Meyers, Meyers has a Russian doll painted to look like Stefon.
Run across besides [edit]
- Recurring Sabbatum Night Live characters and sketches (introduced 2008–2009)
References [edit]
- ^ a b SNL Athenaeum | Episodes | Details Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Car – November 1, 2008
- ^ Flavor 38 Episode 21 (aired 5/18/2012)
- ^ Season 35 Episode 20 (aired 2/12/2011)
- ^ Season 36, Episode iv; Weekend Update (10/23/2010)
- ^ "How SNL's Beak Hader creates New York'southward weirdest nightclubs". Daily Dot. Nov xx, 2012. Retrieved Apr 17, 2015.
- ^ "Stefon, from "Southward.N.L.," Is Real and Works in a New York Coffee Shop". The New Yorker Festival. Oct xx, 2014. Retrieved Feb 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c Potts, Kim (September 24, 2010) "'SNL' Star Bill Hader Talks the New Season, Jon Hamm's Return and His 'Surreal Life' Experience with Corey Feldman". The Huffington Post.
- ^ a b "Behind the Sketch: Stefon with John Mulaney - SNL". Sabbatum Night Alive. April 14, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ a b "Bill Hader on the Origin of Stefon". Late Night with Seth Meyers. September 15, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ Statdtmiller, Mandy. Club kidding. New York Post. February 19, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ Fallon, Kevin (2013-09-05). "Bill Hader Is Sad to Leave 'Sat Dark Live' (and Stefon) Behind". The Daily Beast . Retrieved five September 2013.
- ^ Angelo, Megan (25 February 2014). "The Belatedly Nighttime With Seth Meyers Premiere: Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, and a Tiny Stefon". Glamour.com . Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Live From New York…". WordPress.com. BoBo Babushka. 26 Jan 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ Wright, Megh (March i, 2019). "John Mulaney and Seth Meyers Talk About the Stefon Film That Never Got Made". Vulture.
- ^ Vineyard, Jennifer (March 16, 2012). "Bill Hader Would Totally Do a Stefon Chip at the CFDA Awards". New York . Retrieved Apr 17, 2015.
- ^ Season 35, Episode twenty (aired 4/24/2010).
- ^ "He's a giant 300-pound Chinese baby, who wears tinted aviator spectacles and he spins records with his little ravioli hands." Season 25, Episode 20, Retrieved (Jan 25, 2011).
- ^ "DAVID ZOLEFSKY SKETCHES". NBC. Retrieved Apr 17, 2015.
- ^ Mulaney, John [@mulaney] (Oct 12, 2014). "Sent to Rob Klein last night. Apologies for misspelling Cortese. They didn't tell Bill most any of it earlier air" (Tweet). Retrieved April xv, 2018 – via Twitter.
- ^ Gupta, Prachi (13 Oct 2014). "John Mulaney's Dan Cortese line made Bill Hader break grapheme". Salon . Retrieved Apr 15, 2018.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Automobile: "Weekend Update: Stefon on Autumn's Hottest Tips - SNL". YouTube.
- ^ a b Orley, Emily (2015-02-sixteen). "At that place Were Two Stefons On The "SNL" 40th Anniversary Bear witness And The World Almost Exploded". BuzzFeed . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ a b McKinnon, Alex (2015-02-sixteen). "Edward Norton And Bill Hader Are Twin Stefon Doppelgangers For SNL's 40th Ceremony". Junkie . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Hither's what John Mulaney said to brand Bill Hader break graphic symbol on SNL".
- ^ Cantor, Hallie (December vii, 2011). "Stefon Offers Nightlife Advice to Autism Charity Eventgoers". SplitSider. Retrieved Oct 14, 2014.
- ^ Schreiber, Abby (December 6, 2011). "Bill Hader's Stefon Has Some Christmas Recommendations for Yous". Vulture . Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ^ Gajewski, Ryan (October 11, 2014). "'SNL' Recap: Bill Hader's Stefon Is Pregnant". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved Oct 12, 2014.
External links [edit]
- Stefon – SNL Exclusives
- EW.com: Complete listing of Stefon's clubs
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefon
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