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It was a prominent feature from 1991 to 1992, and its characters have made various other appearances since its inception. The sketch is notable as a media portrayal of the <a href="/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English" title="Inland Northern American English">Inland North</a> dialect of <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a> that predominates in Chicago, most famously through the distinctive pronunciation of the phrase "<b>Da Bears</b>" (<a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ˈd̪ʌː<span class="wrap"> </span>ˌbeɻs]</span>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Swerski%27s_Superfans&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly after <a href="/wiki/Robert_Smigel" title="Robert Smigel">Robert Smigel</a> moved from New York to Chicago in 1983 to start his career in comedy, he made his first visit to <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> to see the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Cubs</a> play. He noticed a prevalence of large men who wore <a href="/wiki/Walrus_mustache" class="mw-redirect" title="Walrus mustache">walrus mustaches</a> and aviator sunglasses, a look similar to <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a>, who had been hired to coach the city's <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> team, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>, the year before. "There was just a swagger among these very virile-looking men", he recalled. "All sports fans kind of have it."<sup id="cite_ref-Ringer_article_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ringer_article-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the following years, that swagger was rewarded as the fortunes of the city's teams improved. The Cubs and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">White Sox</a> both made the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball playoffs">playoffs</a> for the first time in decades, the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Bulls</a> <a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">drafted</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> and in 1985 the Bears capped <a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">a 15–1 regular season</a> with victory in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">Super Bowl XX</a>. Smigel began conceiving of characters based on that sort of fan, and the line "Da Bears!", but could not imagine a <a href="/wiki/Setting_(narrative)" title="Setting (narrative)">setting</a> that would work. He told an <a href="/wiki/Improvisational_theatre" title="Improvisational theatre">improv</a> classmate, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Odenkirk" title="Bob Odenkirk">Bob Odenkirk</a>, a native of nearby <a href="/wiki/Naperville,_Illinois" title="Naperville, Illinois">Naperville</a>, about his idea, and Odenkirk reminded him to include <a href="/wiki/Consonant_voicing_and_devoicing" title="Consonant voicing and devoicing">the slight hiss</a> with which the word ends when pronounced with a strong enough <a href="/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English" title="Inland Northern American English">Chicago accent</a>, something only natives of <a href="/wiki/Chicagoland" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicagoland">the area</a> would appreciate.<sup id="cite_ref-Ringer_article_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ringer_article-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smigel and Odenkirk eventually joined the writing staff of <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> (SNL) but did not write the sketch until <a href="/wiki/1988_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike" title="1988 Writers Guild of America strike">the 1988 writers' strike</a>, when they returned to Chicago to stage the improvisational <i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Happy_Good_Show" title="Happy Happy Good Show">Happy Happy Good Show</a></i>, as "Chicago Superfans".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, played by Smigel, Odenkirk and <a href="/wiki/David_Reynolds_(screenwriter)" title="David Reynolds (screenwriter)">Dave Reynolds</a> (with an occasional appearance by <a href="/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien" title="Conan O'Brien">Conan O'Brien</a> as one of the fan's sons), they were simply sitting on <a href="/wiki/Lawn_chair" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawn chair">lawn chairs</a> and drinking beer, but making the wild imaginative leaps by which they could assume the Bears would handily win another Super Bowl. The sketch drew considerable laughter, but when it came time to stage the show in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, Smigel cut it, believing audiences there would not understand it. "I'd never thought of it as something that could work on national television," he said, "because it just felt so regional."<sup id="cite_ref-Ringer_article_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ringer_article-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1991, Chicago native <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mantegna" title="Joe Mantegna">Joe Mantegna</a> hosted <i>SNL</i>. Odenkirk suggested to Smigel that they pitch the premise to him. Mantegna liked it, and the writers finally came up with a setting, parodying <i>The Sports Writers on TV</i>, a long-running Chicago-area radio show that had been adapted for television by local <a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a> station <a href="/wiki/WFLD-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WFLD-TV">WFLD-TV</a> in 1985, featuring three veteran local sportswriters, including Bill Gleason, known for his thick Chicago accent, and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Telander" title="Rick Telander">Rick Telander</a>, a relative newcomer, sitting around a table and discussing Chicago sports. Odenkirk imagined what the show would be like if its panelists were average fans rather than sportswriters. "The key was that table", said <i>Sports Writers</i> producer John Roach. "Men gathered at a table talking about the shit in an unscripted way that lets you eavesdrop on it." The name "Bill Swerski" was a play on the name of <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Swirsky" title="Chuck Swirsky">Chuck Swirsky</a>, a Chicago sportscaster.<sup id="cite_ref-Ringer_article_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ringer_article-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Swerski%27s_Superfans&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bill Swerski: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mantegna" title="Joe Mantegna">Joe Mantegna</a></li> <li>Todd O'Connor: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Farley" title="Chris Farley">Chris Farley</a></li> <li>Pat Arnold: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Myers" title="Mike Myers">Mike Myers</a></li> <li>Carl Wollarski: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Smigel" title="Robert Smigel">Robert Smigel</a></li> <li>Bob Swerski: <a href="/wiki/George_Wendt" title="George Wendt">George Wendt</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Swerski%27s_Superfans&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1991–1997"><span id="1991.E2.80.931997"></span>1991–1997</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Swerski%27s_Superfans&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1991–1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sketch premiered on January 12, 1991, hours before the Bears were to play the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> in <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_York_Giants_31,_Chicago_Bears_3" title="1990–91 NFL playoffs">a divisional playoff game</a> at <a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a>, a few miles from NBC's <a href="/wiki/Studio_8H" title="Studio 8H">Studio 8H</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rockefeller_Center" title="Rockefeller Center">Rockefeller Center</a>. Mantegna starred as Bill Swerski, along with <a href="/wiki/Chris_Farley" title="Chris Farley">Chris Farley</a> as Todd O'Connor, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Myers_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Myers (actor)">Mike Myers</a> as Pat Arnold, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Smigel" title="Robert Smigel">Robert Smigel</a> as Carl Wollarski, a part that the writer had intended for <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a> but was assigned by the show's head writer, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Downey_(comedian)" title="Jim Downey (comedian)">James Downey</a>, because Downey believed Smigel's accent was more authentic. Smigel said it was easy to play, as the sunglasses allowed him to read the <a href="/wiki/Cue_cards" class="mw-redirect" title="Cue cards">cue cards</a> without anyone noticing, and he could eat during the sketch, which helped him relax.<sup id="cite_ref-Ringer_article_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ringer_article-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nealon" title="Kevin Nealon">Kevin Nealon</a> also made a brief appearance as oddsmaker Danny Sheridan in the first sketch—he is promptly sent away by Bill after giving the Superfans an honest assessment of the prospect of <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a> single-handedly defeating the Giants.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Subsequent sketches starred <a href="/wiki/George_Wendt" title="George Wendt">George Wendt</a> as Bill's brother Bob, with occasional appearances by <a href="/wiki/Beth_Cahill" title="Beth Cahill">Beth Cahill</a> as Bob's daughter Denise. <a href="/wiki/Macaulay_Culkin" title="Macaulay Culkin">Macaulay Culkin</a> appeared as Tommy Arnold, Pat's young nephew, who played a Pilgrim in a short school program about Thanksgiving, saying that the first Thanksgiving had Indians giving gifts of Polish sausage, in which an Indian (played by Culkin's brother <a href="/wiki/Kieran_Culkin" title="Kieran Culkin">Kieran</a>) predicted the Bears would lead the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> 96–14 at the half. <a href="/wiki/John_Goodman" title="John Goodman">John Goodman</a> played Pat Arnold upon Myers's departure from SNL; the change in Pat Arnold's appearance was attributed to "massive weight gain." Mantegna's absence was invariably explained away by Wendt, saying his "brudder Bill" had just "had anudder <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a>." One sketch briefly had Todd's wife wearing a frumpy dress (also played by Chris Farley). </p><p>The characters were typically shown in <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sports_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports bar">sports bar</a>, drinking large amounts of beer, smoking, and gorging themselves on ribs, <a href="/wiki/Polish_sausage" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish sausage">Polish sausage</a>, and similar foods. All the characters wore dark sunglasses and thick mustaches to resemble Ditka, the Superfans' idol. In addition to discussing Ditka and the Bears, another frequent topic of discussion was the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> and their star player, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, who were winning their first three <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> Championships at the time. Both Ditka and Jordan made appearances (playing themselves) in episodes of the sketch. </p><p>SNL alumnus <a href="/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd" title="Dan Aykroyd">Dan Aykroyd</a> also appeared on the sketch as Todd's cousin, <a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1976%E2%80%931977#Irwin_Mainway" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1976–1977">Irwin Mainway</a>, who originated in the "<a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1976%E2%80%931977#Consumer_Probe_/_On_The_Spot" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1976–1977">Consumer Probe" and "On the Spot"</a> sketches. </p><p>Early sketches had posters in the background with the call letters <a href="/wiki/WBBM-TV" title="WBBM-TV">WBBM</a>, the CBS corporate-owned and -operated TV, AM and FM stations in Chicago, though later sketches changed the call letters to WBCM. </p><p>The group would discuss upcoming sporting events and inevitably predict a huge victory for the Chicago team, using an exaggerated Chicago accent—a variety of <a href="/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English" title="Inland Northern American English">Inland Northern American English</a>—normally culminating in a uniform toast to "<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Da Bearss</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Da Bullss</a>", although "<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Da Cubss</a>" was heard on at least one occasion, although they seldom talked about ice hockey, or "Da Blackhawks" or made mention of "Da White Sox". Their predictions were likewise exaggerated and their topics of conversation often ludicrous. Typical debates involved Mike Ditka versus a <a href="/wiki/Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane">hurricane</a>—in this particular debate, the Superfans believed that Ditka could defeat the hurricane, until it was revealed that the name of the hurricane was Hurricane Ditka, at which point Todd O'Connor had a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> out of confusion; who would win in a competition for World Domination—"Da Bearss" or "Da Bullss"; Ditka winning the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a> driving the Bears' team bus; or how many points Jordan could score if he played an entire game by himself while lounging in a <a href="/wiki/Recliner" title="Recliner">recliner</a>. </p><p>One episode asked the outcome of the Bulls/Pistons game where Todd said the Bulls would win 402–0—but Jordan would be held to under 200 points. Todd usually predicted shutouts. During the first episode, he predicted that the Bears would defeat the Giants 79–0, claiming that "the Bears' defense is like a wall. You can't go t'rough it." (The Giants won the actual game, 31–3.) Pat once predicted the Bears would win their game by a score of 31 to -7. When asked how a team could end up with negative points, Todd replied, "Ditka'll find a way." One episode featured a <i><a href="/wiki/Jeopardy!" title="Jeopardy!">Jeopardy!</a></i>-like <a href="/wiki/Game_show" title="Game show">game show</a> preempting the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVI" title="Super Bowl XXVI">Bearless, and therefore unimportant, Super Bowl</a>, starring Bob Swerski as host and the other Superfans as contestants. All the questions dealt with the Bears, Chicago, or Ditka. The Final Jeopardy! question was "Bears vs. Bulls," which produced hilarious responses from the contestants. The correct answer was revealed to be that such a match-up would tear the fabric of the <a href="/wiki/Space-time_continuum" class="mw-redirect" title="Space-time continuum">space-time continuum</a> and destroy the planet, meaning the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> would have to step in prior to the match to prevent the destruction. </p><p>The characters appeared in nine episodes in two years. With Ditka's departure from the Bears in <a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_season" title="1993 NFL season">1993</a> and significant cast changes on SNL, the sketch and characters all but disappeared. They made a special appearance at the celebration of the Chicago Bulls' 1991–1993 "<a href="/wiki/Three-peat" title="Three-peat">Three-peat</a>" championship victory. <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> interrupted daytime television to broadcast the short speeches made by the Superfans. Bob Swerski and Carl Wollarski also made a special appearance during Jordan's original jersey retirement ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a> in 1994. The final sketch (actually a taped segment narrated by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Kurtis" title="Bill Kurtis">Bill Kurtis</a>, ostensibly a TV documentary piece) featuring the original Superfans was on October 25, 1997, in an episode hosted by Farley. This featured the second appearance by Ditka (he had appeared on an episode of SNL after his firing by the Bears), though he was at the time coaching the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a>, which resulted in a schism among the Superfans (Carl had taken up with the Saints, Bob had moved to <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson, Tennessee</a>—halfway between Chicago and New Orleans—and Todd believed it was 1986, and had a heart attack if told otherwise). Farley's death two months later seemed to preclude the possibility of any future Superfan sketches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Swerski%27s_Superfans&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>One of Bob, Carl and Todd's first appearances outside of <i>Saturday Night Live</i> came in a skit during the introduction of <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NBC</a>'s introduction<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the November 24, 1991, game between the <a href="/wiki/1991_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1991 Chicago Bears season">Bears</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1991_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1991 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins</a> at <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>.</li> <li>Later in 1991, Wendt, Smigel, and Farley appeared in character during the halftime show of the Bears wild card playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys. The show ended with the trio attempting to kick field goals with Todd falling flat on his face while running up to kick, Carl drilling a field goal after taking a bite of a hot dog and a sip of beer, and Bob turning his try into a fake field goal ending with him scoring a touchdown.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1992, Bob, Carl, and Todd appeared in a skit that aired before <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVI" title="Super Bowl XXVI">Super Bowl XXVI</a>. Sportscaster <a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(radio_and_television_personality)" title="Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality)">Pat O'Brien</a> stops by their tailgate to get their thoughts on the game, and the group predicts a victory for the Bears. Confused, O'Brien points out the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> are the NFC representative and the Bears had actually lost to both them and the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> in the regular season. The group dismisses all of his claims with Todd in particular becoming more agitated. Eventually, Bob and Carl take O'Brien aside and explain they know the Bears aren't playing and are just pretending because they're afraid Todd will suffer another heart attack if he finds out the truth. O'Brien plays along thereafter, but slips up when signing off and Todd clutches his chest in pain.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/2003_in_television" title="2003 in television">2003</a>, Bart Swerski (Bob's nephew, played by <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Sanz" title="Horatio Sanz">Horatio Sanz</a>) was introduced on a <i><a href="/wiki/Weekend_Update_(sketch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Weekend Update (sketch)">Weekend Update</a></i> segment with his uncle, discussing the recent playoff failure of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>. Instead of referring to the team as "Da Cubs," Bart said "De Cubs," but it was learned that this was due to a <a href="/wiki/Speech_impediment" class="mw-redirect" title="Speech impediment">speech impediment</a>. The same year, sports journalist <a href="/wiki/Jay_Mariotti" title="Jay Mariotti">Jay Mariotti</a> decried the negative reactions of Chicago Cubs fans to the <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident" title="Steve Bartman incident">Steve Bartman incident</a>, which went as far as sending Bartman and his family death threats, remarking that they were making Cubs fans look like "those mopes from the Superfans skits on <i>Saturday Night Live</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The Superfans themselves could be considered part of that group: Bart Swerski claimed during the <i>Update</i> segment that the desire to exact retribution on Bartman had united the people of Chicago as never before, and Uncle Bob said he arrived late because he had been at church, praying for divine assistance in hunting him down.)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2006, George Wendt returned in Superfan garb alongside Ditka for a sketch prior to <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL">Super Bowl XL</a>.</li> <li>In a 2007 SNL sketch, <a href="/wiki/Donatella_Versace" title="Donatella Versace">Donatella Versace</a> said to <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">David</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Beckham" title="Victoria Beckham">Victoria Beckham</a>, "If you guys were a football team, you would be Da Bores." The episode aired the night before <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLI" title="Super Bowl XLI">Super Bowl XLI</a>, in which the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> beat the Bears. Following the Bears' loss, the Superfans Bill Swerski, Bob Swerski, and Carl Wollarski returned in a TV commercial for <a href="/wiki/Reebok" title="Reebok">Reebok</a>, alongside Colts kicker <a href="/wiki/Adam_Vinatieri" title="Adam Vinatieri">Adam Vinatieri</a>; this was the first time the Swerski brothers appeared together. A variety of Superfan-themed fan sites also sprang up during this time, including DaSuperfans.com, which gained significant media attention in Chicago and beyond.</li> <li>In November 2008, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> ran a segment featuring Bill Swerski discussing Ditka's real-life possible run for a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> seat in 2004, against <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. (Ditka decided not to run, and Obama <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004">won the seat</a>.)</li> <li>On September 11, 2011, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> ran a segment featuring Bob Swerski discussing <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> Quarterback <a href="/wiki/Jay_Cutler" title="Jay Cutler">Jay Cutler</a> and his image after the 2010 <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_game" class="mw-redirect" title="NFC Championship game">NFC Championship game</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/GEICO_Gecko" class="mw-redirect" title="GEICO Gecko">GEICO Gecko</a> performed an impersonation of the Superfans in a March 2012 commercial (complete with "Da Bears"), in which the gecko, who is in Chicago, demonstrates his efforts to make his <a href="/wiki/Cockney" title="Cockney">cockney</a> accent more understandable to the populace.</li> <li>In 2012, Old Navy introduced a commercial with the Superfans, including Ditka.</li> <li>In 2013, <a href="/wiki/State_Farm_Insurance" class="mw-redirect" title="State Farm Insurance">State Farm Insurance</a> introduced a commercial with Superfans Bob Swerski and Carl Wollarski interacting with <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Aaron Rodgers</a>, though they recognize him only as the "Discount DAAA-ble Check" guy—a reference to a series of commercials Rodgers made for State Farm (the Packers are the Bears' biggest rivals). This has led to a series of short weekly State Farm ads featuring the Superfans during the NFL regular season that features "Double Down Challenge" wagers for fantasy football.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In a 2019 NBC football promo Bob Swerski and Carl Wollarski are sitting in front of Soldier Field and Bill hands him a Bear doll sold in Green Bay. Carl says it appears to be a cute Bears kicking doll. When given a squeeze it says "<a href="/wiki/Double_Doink" title="Double Doink">Double Doink</a>" referring to the infamous missed Cody Parkey field goal in the 2019 playoffs. A follow-up promo features the two eating with former Packers quarterback <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a> and debating the two teams' histories, and it is revealed Favre is behind the kicking dolls. The promos were created for the Bears and Packers September 5 NFL season opener.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Also in 2019, Bob Swerski and Carl Wollarski made a guest appearance on the <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Plus" class="mw-redirect" title="ESPN Plus">ESPN Plus</a> series <i>Peyton's Places</i>. Former NFL quarterback <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a> hangs out with them as part of his trip to Chicago to discuss the league's history in the city. The duo end up baptizing Manning into the Bears superfandom using a vat of beef juice and Manning emerges dressed like them.</li> <li>On June 1, 2024, Smigel and Wendt were joined by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Sudeikis" title="Jason Sudeikis">Jason Sudeikis</a> (Wendt's nephew) taking over the role of Todd O'Connor (with the sketch explaining the character's change in appearance as the result of Todd losing weight from <a href="/wiki/Ozempic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozempic">Ozempic</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> players <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Patrick Mahomes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Travis_Kelce" title="Travis Kelce">Travis Kelce</a> in a Superfans skit at a charity event in Kansas City.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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1919</li> <li>Formerly the <b>Decatur Staleys</b> (1919–1920) and the <b>Chicago Staleys</b> (1921)</li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago"><span style="color: #000000">Chicago, Illinois</span></a></b></li> <li>Headquartered in <b><a href="/wiki/Lake_Forest,_Illinois" title="Lake Forest, Illinois"><span style="color: #000000">Lake Forest, Illinois</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears"><span style="color: #000000">Franchise</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Chicago_Bears" title="History of the Chicago Bears">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_head_coaches" title="List of Chicago Bears head coaches">Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_seasons" title="List of Chicago Bears seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2024 Chicago Bears season">Current season</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_team_records" title="List of Chicago Bears team records"><span style="color: #000000">Records</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_team_records" title="List of Chicago Bears team records">Franchise records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_award_winners" title="List of Chicago Bears award winners">Team awards and honors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_all-time_roster" title="Chicago Bears all-time roster">All-time roster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_all-time_roster_(A%E2%80%93Kla)" title="Chicago Bears all-time roster (A–Kla)">A–Kla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_all-time_roster_(Kle%E2%80%93Z)" title="Chicago Bears all-time roster (Kle–Z)">Kle–Z</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_head_coaches" title="List of Chicago Bears head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_in_the_Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of Chicago Bears in the Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Famers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Chicago Bears first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_starting_quarterbacks" title="List of Chicago Bears starting quarterbacks">Starting quarterbacks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Stadiums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Staley_Field" title="Staley Field">Staley Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(University_of_Illinois)" title="Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)">Memorial Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears_Stadium" title="Chicago Bears Stadium">Chicago Bears Stadium</a> (proposed)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Brian's Song</i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Brian%27s_Song" title="Brian's Song">1971</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brian%27s_Song_(2001_film)" title="Brian's Song (2001 film)">2001</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Piccolo_Award" title="Brian Piccolo Award">Brian Piccolo Award</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bear_Down,_Chicago_Bears" title="Bear Down, Chicago Bears">Bear Down, Chicago Bears</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Super_Bowl_Shuffle" title="The Super Bowl Shuffle">The Super Bowl Shuffle</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsters_of_the_Midway" title="Monsters of the Midway">Monsters of the Midway</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Home_Chicago" title="Sweet Home Chicago">Sweet Home Chicago</a>"</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bill Swerski's Superfans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Swirsky" title="Chuck Swirsky">Chuck Swirsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Honey_Bears" title="Chicago Honey Bears">Chicago Honey Bears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staley_Da_Bear" title="Staley Da Bear">Staley Da Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logos_and_uniforms_of_the_Chicago_Bears" title="Logos and uniforms of the Chicago Bears">Logos and uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halas_Hall" title="Halas Hall">Halas Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._E._Staley" title="A. E. Staley">A. E. Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brickhouse" title="Jack Brickhouse">Jack Brickhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_station_(CTA)" title="Roosevelt station (CTA)">Roosevelt/Wabash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85386_Payton" class="mw-redirect" title="85386 Payton">85386 Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cornelison" title="Jim Cornelison">Jim Cornelison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2018 Chicago Bears season">Club Dub</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Swag_Surfin" title="Swag Surfin">Swag Surfin</a>")</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_NFL_championship_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="1921 NFL championship controversy">Staley Swindle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_Playoff_Game" title="1932 NFL Playoff Game">1932 Playoff Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1933 NFL Championship Game">First NFL Championship Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1934 NFL Championship Game">Sneakers Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T_formation" title="T formation">T formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">73–0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">1985 season</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">Super Bowl XX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46_defense" title="46 defense">46 defense</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instant_Replay_Game" title="Instant Replay Game">Asterisk Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fog_Bowl_(American_football)" title="Fog Bowl (American football)">Fog Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Chicago_Bears%E2%80%93Arizona_Cardinals_game" title="2006 Chicago Bears–Arizona Cardinals game">"They are who we thought they were!"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Doink" title="Double Doink">Double Doink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhouse_in_Maryland" title="Madhouse in Maryland">Madhouse in Maryland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Cardinals_rivalry" title="Bears–Cardinals rivalry">Arizona Cardinals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Lions_rivalry" title="Bears–Lions rivalry">Detroit Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Packers_rivalry" title="Bears–Packers rivalry">Green Bay Packers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Vikings_rivalry" title="Bears–Vikings rivalry">Minnesota Vikings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bears%E2%80%93Giants_rivalry" title="Bears–Giants rivalry">New York Giants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Minor league affiliates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newark_Tornadoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Newark Tornadoes">Newark Bears</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">AA</a>, 1939–1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Aero_Commandos" title="Wichita Aero Commandos">Wichita Aero Commandos</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas#Akron_Bears" title="George Halas">Akron Bears</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1946)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Football League (1946)">AFL</a>, 1946)</li> <li>Bloomfield Cardinals (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1946)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Football League (1946)">AFL</a>, 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Rebels_(Dixie_League)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond Rebels (Dixie League)">Richmond Rebels</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1946)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Football League (1946)">AFL</a>, 1948–1950)</li> <li>Quad City Mohawks (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Midwest_Professional_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Midwest Professional Football League (page does not exist)">MWPFL</a>, 1970–1972)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski" title="Bronko Nagurski">3</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">5</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">7</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Willie_Galimore" title="Willie Galimore">28</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">34</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">40</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brian_Piccolo" title="Brian Piccolo">41</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">42</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">51</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewitt_(American_football)" title="Bill Hewitt (American football)">56</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">61</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bulldog_Turner" title="Bulldog Turner">66</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">77</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">89</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Principal owner: <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Halas_McCaskey" title="Virginia Halas McCaskey">Virginia Halas McCaskey</a></li> <li>Chairman: <a href="/wiki/George_McCaskey" title="George McCaskey">George McCaskey</a></li> <li>President/CEO: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Warren" title="Kevin Warren">Kevin Warren</a></li> <li>General manager: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Poles" title="Ryan Poles">Ryan Poles</a></li> <li>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Eberflus" title="Matt Eberflus">Matt Eberflus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Division championships (21)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1933_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1933 Chicago Bears season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1934 Chicago Bears season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1937 Chicago Bears season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1940 Chicago Bears season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1941 Chicago Bears season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1942 Chicago Bears season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1943 Chicago Bears season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1946 Chicago Bears season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1956 Chicago Bears season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1963 Chicago Bears season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1984 Chicago Bears season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1985 Chicago Bears season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1986 Chicago Bears season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1987 Chicago Bears season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1988 Chicago Bears season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1990 Chicago Bears season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2001 Chicago Bears season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2005 Chicago Bears season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2006 Chicago Bears season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2010 Chicago Bears season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2018 Chicago Bears season">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Conference championships (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_season" title="1956 NFL season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NFL_season" title="1985 NFL season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">League championships (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_NFL_championship_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="1921 NFL championship controversy">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_Playoff_Game" title="1932 NFL Playoff Game">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1933 NFL Championship Game">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1941 NFL Championship Game">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1943 NFL Championship Game">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1946 NFL Championship Game">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship Game">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XX" title="Super Bowl XX">1985 (XX)</a></li></ul> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Marquee_Sports_Network" title="Marquee Sports Network">Marquee Sports Network</a> (official post-game and in-season programming)</li></ul></li> <li>Personnel: <ul><li>Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Amin" title="Adam Amin">Adam Amin</a> (pre-season play-by-play)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Miller_(quarterback)" title="Jim Miller (quarterback)">Jim Miller</a> (pre-season analyst)</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Current league affiliations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>League: <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a></li> <li>Conference: <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a></li> <li>Division: <a href="/wiki/NFC_North" title="NFC North">North Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #E64100 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Chicago_Bears" title="Category:Chicago Bears"><span style="color: #000000">Category:Chicago Bears</span></a></b></li> <li><b><span 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<li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_34" title="Saturday Night Live season 34">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_35" title="Saturday Night Live season 35">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_36" title="Saturday Night Live season 36">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_37" title="Saturday Night Live season 37">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_38" title="Saturday Night Live season 38">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_39" title="Saturday Night Live season 39">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_40" title="Saturday Night Live season 40">40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_41" title="Saturday Night Live season 41">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_42" title="Saturday Night Live season 42">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_43" title="Saturday Night Live season 43">43</a></li> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_commercial_parodies" title="List of Saturday Night Live commercial parodies">Commercials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_cast_members" title="List of Saturday Night Live cast members">Cast members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_writers" title="List of Saturday Night Live writers">Writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_guests" title="List of Saturday Night Live guests">Guests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_guests_(A%E2%80%93D)" title="List of Saturday Night Live guests (A–D)">A–D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_guests_(E%E2%80%93H)" title="List of Saturday Night Live guests (E–H)">E–H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_guests_(I%E2%80%93L)" title="List of Saturday Night Live guests (I–L)">I–L</a></li> <li><a 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Night Live">Unsuccessful auditions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters<br />and sketches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches" title="List of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches">Chronological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_by_cast_member" title="List of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches by cast member">By cast member</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_musical_sketches" title="List of Saturday Night Live musical sketches">Musical sketches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_TV_show_sketches" title="Saturday Night Live TV show sketches">TV show sketches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_characters_appearing_on_Weekend_Update" title="Saturday Night Live characters appearing on Weekend Update"><i>Weekend Update</i> characters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_TV_Funhouse_segments" title="List of Saturday TV Funhouse segments"><i>TV Funhouse</i> segments</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Introducedin_season" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Introduced<br />in season</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1975%E2%80%9376" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1975–76">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1976%E2%80%9377" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1976–77">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1977%E2%80%9378" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1977–78">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1978%E2%80%9379" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1978–79">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1979%E2%80%9380" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1979–80">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1980%E2%80%9381" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1980–81">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1981%E2%80%9382" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1981–82">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1982%E2%80%9383" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1982–83">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1983%E2%80%9384" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1983–84">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1984%E2%80%9385" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1984–85">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1985%E2%80%9386" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1985–86">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1986%E2%80%9387" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1986–87">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1987%E2%80%9388" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1987–88">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1988%E2%80%9389" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1988–89">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1989%E2%80%9390" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1989–90">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1990%E2%80%9391" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1990–91">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1991%E2%80%9392" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1991–92">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1992%E2%80%9393" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1992–93">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1993%E2%80%9394" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1993–94">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1994%E2%80%9395" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1994–95">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1995%E2%80%9396" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1995–96">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1996%E2%80%9397" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1996–97">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1997%E2%80%9398" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1997–98">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1998%E2%80%9399" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1998–99">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_1999%E2%80%932000" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1999–2000">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2000%E2%80%9301" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2000–01">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2001%E2%80%9302" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2001–02">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2002%E2%80%9303" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2002–03">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2003%E2%80%9304" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2003–04">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2004%E2%80%9305" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2004–05">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2005%E2%80%9306" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2005–06">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2006%E2%80%9307" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2006–07">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2007%E2%80%9308" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2007–08">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2008%E2%80%9309" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2008–09">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2009%E2%80%9310" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2009–10">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2010%E2%80%9311" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2010–11">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2011%E2%80%9312" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2011–12">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2012%E2%80%9313" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2012–13">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2013%E2%80%9314" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2013–14">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2014%E2%80%9315" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2014–15">40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2015%E2%80%9316" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2015–16">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2016%E2%80%9317" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2016–17">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2017%E2%80%9318" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2017–18">43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2018%E2%80%9319" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2018–19">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2019%E2%80%9320" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2019–20">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2020%E2%80%9321" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2020–21">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2021%E2%80%9322" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2021–22">47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2022%E2%80%9323" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2022–23">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recurring_Saturday_Night_Live_characters_and_sketches_introduced_2023%E2%80%9324" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2023–24">49</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters<br /> and sketches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Barry_Gibb_Talk_Show" title="The Barry Gibb Talk Show">The Barry Gibb Talk Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Brasky" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Brasky">Bill Brasky</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bill Swerski's Superfans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Man" title="Blizzard Man">Blizzard Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers" title="The Blues Brothers">The Blues Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Teens" title="The Boston Teens">The Boston Teens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canteen_Boy" title="Canteen Boy">Canteen Boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Jeopardy!_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="Celebrity Jeopardy! (Saturday Night Live)">Celebrity Jeopardy!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="Chad (Saturday Night Live)">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippendales_Audition" title="Chippendales Audition">Chippendales Audition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Farley_Show" title="The Chris Farley Show">The Chris Farley Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_Lady" title="The Church Lady">The Church Lady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_Talk_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="Coffee Talk (Saturday Night Live)">Coffee Talk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coneheads" title="Coneheads">The Coneheads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Continental_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="The Continental (Saturday Night Live)">The Continental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Downer" title="Debbie Downer">Debbie Downer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Grimley" title="Ed Grimley">Ed Grimley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Litella" title="Emily Litella">Emily Litella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father_Guido_Sarducci" title="Father Guido Sarducci">Father Guido Sarducci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Folksmen" title="The Folksmen">The Folksmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_%22T-Bones%22_Tibbons" title="Gerald "T-Bones" Tibbons">Gerald "T-Bones" Tibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanukkah_Harry" title="Hanukkah Harry">Hanukkah Harry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_and_Franz" title="Hans and Franz">Hans and Franz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Fun_Ball" title="Happy Fun Ball">Happy Fun Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Land_of_Gorch" title="The Land of Gorch">The Land of Gorch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_Shark_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="Land Shark (Saturday Night Live)">Land Shark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_the_Lobster" title="Larry the Lobster">Larry the Lobster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Voyage_of_the_Starship_Enterprise" title="The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise">The Last Voyage of the Starship <i>Enterprise</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Limo_for_a_Lame-O" title="A Limo for a Lame-O">A Limo for a Lame-O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacGruber" title="MacGruber">MacGruber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mango_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="Mango (Saturday Night Live)">Mango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Katherine_Gallagher" title="Mary Katherine Gallagher">Mary Katherine Gallagher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Foley" title="Matt Foley">Matt Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Men_on%E2%80%A6" title="Men on…">Men On Film/Men On...</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/More_Cowbell" title="More Cowbell">More Cowbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Bill" title="Mr. Bill">Mr. Bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Nerds" title="The Nerds">The Nerds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympia_Caf%C3%A9" title="Olympia Café">Olympia Café</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="Pat (Saturday Night Live)">Pat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Please_Don%27t_Destroy" title="Please Don't Destroy">Please Don't Destroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Pumpkins" title="David S. Pumpkins">David S. Pumpkins</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_David_S._Pumpkins_Halloween_Special" title="The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special"><i>Halloween Special</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Word_Association_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="Word Association (Saturday Night Live)">Racist Word Association Interview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseanne_Roseannadanna" title="Roseanne Roseannadanna">Roseanne Roseannadanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_Samurai" title="Saturday Night Live Samurai">Samurai Futaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sprockets_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="Sprockets (Saturday Night Live)">Sprockets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stefon" title="Stefon">Stefon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Smalley" title="Stuart Smalley">Stuart Smalley</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/TV_Funhouse" title="TV Funhouse">TV Funhouse</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ambiguously_Gay_Duo" title="The Ambiguously Gay Duo">The Ambiguously Gay Duo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_X-Presidents" title="The X-Presidents">The X-Presidents</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unfrozen_Caveman_Lawyer" title="Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer">Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne%27s_World" title="Wayne's World">Wayne's World</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Weekend_Update" title="Weekend Update">Weekend Update</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/What_Up_with_That%3F" title="What Up with That?">What Up with That?</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Impersonations" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Impersonations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_parodies_of_Joe_Biden" title="Saturday Night Live parodies of Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_parodies_of_George_H._W._Bush" title="Saturday Night Live parodies of George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_parodies_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Saturday Night Live parodies of Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_parodies_of_Hillary_Clinton" title="Saturday Night Live parodies of Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_parodies_of_Sarah_Palin" title="Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_parodies_of_Donald_Trump" title="Saturday Night Live parodies of Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SNL_Digital_Short" title="SNL Digital Short">Digital Shorts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3-Way_(The_Golden_Rule)" title="3-Way (The Golden Rule)">3-Way (The Golden Rule)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incredibad" title="Incredibad">Boombox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Creep_(song)" title="The Creep (song)">The Creep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_in_a_Box" title="Dick in a Box">Dick in a Box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugs_(song)" title="Hugs (song)">Hugs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Just_Had_Sex" title="I Just Had Sex">I Just Had Sex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_on_a_Boat" title="I'm on a Boat">I'm on a Boat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sparrow_(song)" title="Jack Sparrow (song)">Jack Sparrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jizz_in_My_Pants" title="Jizz in My Pants">Jizz in My Pants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazy_Sunday_(The_Lonely_Island_song)" title="Lazy Sunday (The Lonely Island song)">Lazy Sunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Like_a_Boss" title="Like a Boss">Like a Boss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherlover" title="Motherlover">Motherlover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YOLO_(The_Lonely_Island_song)" title="YOLO (The Lonely Island song)">YOLO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_feature_films" title="List of Saturday Night Live feature films">Films based<br />on sketches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Mike%27s_Mondo_Video" title="Mr. Mike's Mondo Video">Mr. Mike's Mondo Video</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film)" title="The Blues Brothers (film)">The Blues Brothers</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Bill%27s_Real_Life_Adventures" title="Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures">Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bob_Roberts" title="Bob Roberts">Bob Roberts</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wayne%27s_World_(film)" title="Wayne's World (film)">Wayne's World</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wayne%27s_World_2" title="Wayne's World 2">Wayne's World 2</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coneheads_(film)" title="Coneheads (film)">Coneheads</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Pat" title="It's Pat">It's Pat</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Saves_His_Family" title="Stuart Saves His Family">Stuart Saves His Family</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Roxbury" title="A Night at the Roxbury">A Night at the Roxbury</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blues_Brothers_2000" title="Blues Brothers 2000">Blues Brothers 2000</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Waterboy" title="The Waterboy">The Waterboy</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superstar_(1999_film)" title="Superstar (1999 film)">Superstar</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ladies_Man_(2000_film)" title="The Ladies Man (2000 film)">The Ladies Man</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Mighty_Wind" title="A Mighty Wind">A Mighty Wind</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harold_(film)" title="Harold (film)">Harold</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MacGruber_(film)" title="MacGruber (film)">MacGruber</a></i> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_15th_Anniversary_Special" title="Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary Special">15th Anniversary</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_25th_Anniversary_Special" title="Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special">25th Anniversary</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_40th_Anniversary_Special" title="Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special">40th Anniversary</a> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Video" title="Broadway Video">Broadway Video</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead" title="Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead">Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Limo_for_a_Lame-O" title="A Limo for a Lame-O">A Limo for a Lame-O</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Live_from_New_York,_it%27s_Saturday_Night!" title="Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!">Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lonely_Island_discography" title="The Lonely Island discography">The Lonely Island discography</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_(2010_film)" title="Saturday Night (2010 film)">Saturday Night</a></i> (2010 film)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_Band" title="Saturday Night Live Band">Saturday Night Live 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