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This is an original Fox Television 35mm color slide sent out to promote the 1999 appearance of Donny Osmond on \"MadTV.\" He\'s pictured with series regular Michael McDonald as Rusty. It comes with the original FOX TV caption sheet.BACKGROUND

Donald Clark Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, dancer, actor, television host and former teen idol. He first gained fame performing with four of his elder brothers as the Osmonds, earning several top ten hits and gold albums. Then, in the early 1970s, Osmond began a solo career, earning several additional top ten songs.

He further gained fame due to the success of the 1976–1979 variety series Donny & Marie, which Osmond hosted with his sister Marie Osmond. The Donny & Marie duo also released a series of top ten hits and gold albums, and hosted a syndicated and Daytime Emmy Award–nominated 1998–2000 talk show. Donny & Marie retired from headlining an 11-year Las Vegas residency at the Flamingo Las Vegas in 2019.[1][2]

He also successfully competed on two reality TV shows, winning season 9 of Dancing with the Stars and being named runner-up for season 1 of The Masked Singer. He also hosted the game show Pyramid from 2002 to 2004.

Early life

Osmond was born on December 9, 1957, in Ogden, Utah, as the seventh child of Olive May (née Davis; 1925–2004) and George Virl Osmond (1917–2007). He is the brother of Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Marie, Jimmy, Tom, and Virl Osmond. Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Donny were members of the popular singing group Osmond Brothers. Osmond was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah along with his siblings. In his youth, Osmond held a ham radio license, listed as KA7EVD.[3]

Music careerTeen idol: 1971–1978Osmond in 1974

Andy Williams\'s father, Jay Emerson Williams, saw the Osmond Brothers (Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay) perform on a Disneyland televised special (Disneyland After Dark) as a barbershop quartet. The group was then invited to audition for The Andy Williams Show. Williams initially had reservations about featuring children on the program, but was encouraged by his father to try them out. The Osmond Brothers proved themselves as an asset to the program, soon becoming regulars on the show and quickly gaining popularity. In 1963, Donny Osmond made his debut on the show at the age of five singing \"You Are My Sunshine\". The brothers continued to perform on the show throughout the 1960s, along with an occasional visit from their sister Marie.

Osmond became a teen idol in the early 1970s as a solo singer, while continuing to sing with his older brothers. Osmond was one of the biggest \"cover boy\" pop stars for Tiger Beat, Flip and 16 magazines in the early 1970s. His first solo hit was a cover of Roy Orbison\'s 1958 recording of \"Sweet and Innocent\", which peaked at no. 7 in the U.S. in 1971. Osmond\'s follow-ups Steve Lawrence\'s \"Go Away Little Girl\" (1971) (U.S. no. 1), Paul Anka\'s \"Puppy Love\" (U.S. no. 3), and \"Hey Girl/I Knew You When\" (U.S. no. 9) (1972) vaulted him into international fame, further advanced by his November 20, 1972, appearance on the Here\'s Lucy show, where he sang Nat King Cole\'s \"Too Young\" to Lucy\'s niece, played by Eve Plumb, and sang with Lucie Arnaz (\"I\'ll Never Fall in Love Again\").

The Osmonds in the Netherlands (1973)Comeback: 1989–1990

In the 1980s, all of the Osmonds abandoned their earlier image—which had originally been crafted to appeal to young viewers—hoping to reach a more adult audience. While his brothers moved toward country music to modest success, Donny was able to revive his career in popular music. He made an unlikely appearance as one of several celebrities and unknowns auditioning to sing for guitarist Jeff Beck in the video for Beck\'s 1985 single \"Ambitious\", which was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich. This was followed in 1986 by an equally unlikely cameo in the animated Luis Cardenas music video \"Runaway\".[4] He spent several years as a performer, before hiring the services of music and entertainment guru Steven Machat, who got Osmond together with English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel to see whether Machat and Gabriel could turn Osmond\'s image into a contemporary young pop act. They succeeded, returning Osmond to the US charts in 1989 with the Billboard Hot 100 no. 2 song \"Soldier of Love\" (originally announced on radio stations as \"from a mystery singer\") and its top twenty follow-up \"Sacred Emotion\". Launching an extensive tour in support of the Eyes Don\'t Lie record, he enlisted guitarist Dick Smith of Earth Wind & Fire and Kenny Loggins, along with keyboardist Mark Jackson.

Current music career: 1991–present

Osmond was the guest vocalist on Dweezil Zappa\'s star-studded version of the Bee Gees\' \"Stayin\' Alive\" which appeared on Zappa\'s 1991 album Confessions. The song also included guitar solos from Zakk Wylde, Steve Lukather, Warren DeMartini, Nuno Bettencourt, and Tim Pierce. Osmond sang \"No One Has To Be Alone\", which was heard at the end of the film The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water. He also sang \"I\'ll Make a Man Out of You\" for Disney\'s Mulan.

In the 2000s, he released a Christmas album, an album of his favorite Broadway songs, and a compilation of popular love songs. In 2004, he returned to the UK Top 10 for the first time as a solo artist since 1973, with the George Benson-sampling \"Breeze On By\". The song was co-written with former teen idol Gary Barlow, from the 1990s UK boy band Take That, and reached number 8 on the UK charts.

His 17th solo album (and 61st album including those with his siblings) The Soundtrack of My Life features a collection of cover songs with personal meaning to Osmond. He enlisted Stevie Wonder to play harmonica on the track \"My Cherie Amour\".[5]

Donny & Marie in Las Vegas\"Donny & Marie\" marquee at the Flamingo Las Vegas

Following Marie\'s stint on Dancing with the Stars in 2007, the pair teamed up for a limited six-week engagement in Las Vegas. The residency began in September 2008, but proved so successful that it was ultimately extended for an eleven-year run through November 2019.[6][7] Donny and Marie performed at the 750-seat showroom at the Flamingo Hotel. \"Donny & Marie\" was a 90-minute show. The singing siblings were backed by eight dancers and a nine-piece band. Donny and Marie sang together at the beginning and end of the show, and had solo segments in between. The Flamingo Hotel\'s showroom was updated in 2014 and renamed the Donny and Marie Theater.

Osmond and the show earned three of the Las Vegas Review-Journal\'s Best of Las Vegas Awards in 2012 including \"Best Show\", \"Best All-Around Performer\" (Donny & Marie), and \"Best Singer\".[8] Osmond earned \"Best Singer\" for a second time in the Las Vegas Review-Journal\'s Best of Las Vegas Awards in 2013.[9]

Film, radio and televisionOsmond with Marie Osmond in 1977Donny & Marie

In 1974, Osmond and his sister Marie co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show for a week. Fred Silverman offered them a show of their own, The Donny & Marie Show, a television variety series which aired on ABC from 1976 to 1979. In honor of their impact on American pop culture, Donny and Marie received the Pop Culture Award at the 2015 TV Land Awards. In the past, Osmond has expressed regret that the show was canceled, and that he and Marie were unable to decide when to end the show.

Donny and Marie also co-hosted the eponymous and syndicated talk show Donny & Marie from 1998 to 2000. They would occasionally perform with musical guests. Though they received back-to-back nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host in 2000 and 2001, the show was canceled.

Other hosting opportunities

For two seasons in the US, Osmond hosted Pyramid (2002–2004), a syndicated version of the Dick Clark-hosted television game show. He reprised hosting for a British version of Pyramid on Challenge in 2007. For his performance on Pyramid, Osmond was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host in 2003; the award went to Alex Trebek.

Osmond is one of two game show hosts to host two different versions of the same game show in different countries; the other being Howie Mandel for Deal or No Deal.

Osmond returned to ABC as host of The Great American Dream Vote, a primetime reality-game show that debuted in March 2007. After earning lackluster ratings in its first two episodes, the program was canceled.[10]

Osmond hosted the daytime British version of the game show Identity on BBC Two in 2007.

On April 11, 2008, he hosted the 2008 Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas with his sister Marie.

He appeared on Entertainment Tonight as a commentator covering the ABC show Dancing with the Stars during his sister Marie\'s run as a contestant on the 5th season of the American version of the show in 2007.

Music

Osmond is mentioned in the lyrics of Alice Cooper\'s song \"Department of Youth\" on the album Welcome to My Nightmare. As the song fades, Cooper can be heard asking the youth choir backing him up, \"Who\'s got the power?\" to which a crowd of young people screams \"We do!\" After a couple of repetitions, this changes to \"We\'ve got the power\" with a cheering response. On the final repetition, Cooper changes the question to \"...and who gave it to you?\" The crowd answers, \"Donny Osmond!\" Cooper then responds \"What?!\"

Osmond is featured in the song \"Start the Par-dee\" with Lil Yachty, written as a promotion for Chef Boyardee\'s throwback recipe ravioli. His most iconic line is \"My name is Donny O, and you know I love my ravio\'s\".

Film and television

In the animated television series Johnny Bravo, Osmond voiced himself as a recurring character. He has also done guest spots on numerous other television shows such as Friends, Diagnosis: Murder, and Hannah Montana. He also appeared in a Pepsi Twist commercial during the Super Bowl with his sister, Marie, and Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. In 1982, he co-starred with Priscilla Barnes and Joan Collins in the television movie The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch for Aaron Spelling.

In 1978, he appeared in Goin\' Coconuts with sister Marie. His future wife Debbie (credited as Debbie Glenn) made a cameo appearance at the end of the film.[11][12]

In 1998, Osmond was chosen as the singing voice of Shang in Disney\'s Mulan. He sang \"I\'ll Make a Man Out of You\".

Also in 1999, he starred as Joseph in the movie version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber\'s request who said, \"to me, there is no better selection.\"

In 2002, he sang \"No One Has to Be Alone\" for the end credits of The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water.

In the Bob the Builder special \"Built to be Wild\", he played Jackaroo the pickup truck.

Osmond remarked in an interview that his movie appearance on College Road Trip and upcoming appearances on two Disney Channel shows would mean that he would be coming full circle since he and his family were discovered by Walt Disney.

Osmond appears in the music video of \"Weird Al\" Yankovic\'s song \"White & Nerdy\". The song is a parody of Chamillionaire\'s \"Ridin\'\"; Osmond\'s role is analogous to that of Krayzie Bone\'s role in the original video. Yankovic asked Osmond to appear because \"if you have to have a white and nerdy icon in your video, like who else do you go for?\"[13]

In February 2019, he was revealed to have portrayed \"Peacock\" on the first season of The Masked Singer, where he was the runner-up.[14]

Osmond was a guest on Kevin Nealon\'s web series on YouTube, Hiking with Kevin, in March 2019. The webisode begins with the two hiking and through the snow at the Sundance Resort in Utah, and ends with them walking a crowded Las Vegas Strip until Osmond brings Nealon backstage at the Donny & Marie Showroom in the Flamingo Hotel, at which he was to perform that evening.[15]

In 2020, Osmond was invited as a celebrity panelist for Fox\'s I Can See Your Voice, appearing on episode 5 in the first season of the show (4 November).[16][17][18][19]

Dancing with the Stars

Osmond and professional Kym Johnson were paired for the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars. He participated in the show to prove he was a better dancer than his sister. It was very difficult for him to manage to get to rehearsals and host his show in Las Vegas with his sister Marie. For the first week, the two were assigned to dance a foxtrot and a 30-second salsa. His foxtrot was said to be \"too theatrical\" and was scored 20/30 by the judges. He, however, managed to maintain a good score when his salsa scored 10 points and was safe that week. He danced a jive the following week which was guest-judged by Baz Luhrmann. He scored 25 and was scored second place, called first to be safe. That following week he danced a rumba and scored 21.

The following week introduced four new dances including the Charleston which he danced and scored 24. That following week, the two danced an Argentine tango which scored 29/30, the highest-scored dance to date until it was beaten by then-top scorer and future runner-up Mýa and her 70s-themed samba. He had also received that week\'s encore.

Following that week, Osmond and Johnson danced a train-station-themed jitterbug and scored a 24. He then danced a mambo against all couples and was eliminated 6th receiving seven points for a total of 31/40. The following week, he danced a quickstep which he quotes \"was one of the worst moments of my life\" and scored 24 and a team tango along with Joanna Krupa and Kelly Osbourne and received 28/30 and the encore.

In the 8th week of competition, Osmond was required to dance a ballroom and decade-themed Latin dance. His ballroom Viennese waltz received 26 but his 1980s themed pasodoble received 24 being quoted by judge Len Goodman as \"the scariest, bizarre pasodoble we\'ve ever seen\" being awarded the last place on the judges\' leaderboard for the first time. Following that week, he danced a tango and got advice from past runner-up Gilles Marini. He got tangled in Johnson\'s dress and received 21 saying the cause was that \"I saw Marie.\" He then danced the samba to a song originally recorded by his brothers and himself called \"One Bad Apple\", receiving 26 and a Jitterbug scored 27. He once again was scored last place.

For the finals week, he danced a cha-cha-cha (27), a megamix dance alongside Mya and Kelly Osbourne (28), the only perfect-scoring freestyle (30) and a repeat of his Argentine tango (30) and won the competition, making him the oldest winner. As he accepted his trophy, he hugged fellow finalist Mya and brought his wife Debbie, and sister Marie on stage.[20][21]

On season 18, he guest-judged week five on Disney Night. In October 2014, he guest judged on the British version of the show, Strictly Come Dancing, on week 3 (movie week) of the 12th series.


Mad TV (stylized as MADtv) is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Salzman, Fax Bahr, and Adam Small. Loosely based on the humor magazine Mad, Mad TV\'s pre-taped satirical sketches were primarily parodies of popular culture and occasionally politics. Many of its sketches featured the show\'s cast members playing recurring original characters and doing celebrity impressions. The series premiered on Fox on October 14, 1995, and ran for 14 seasons. Its final episode aired on May 16, 2009.

Salzman created Mad TV with record producer Quincy Jones after they purchased the rights to Mad in 1995. Salzman brought on Bahr and Small, who had formerly written for the sketch comedy television series In Living Color, as showrunners. The show was intended to compete with fellow sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), which was experiencing declining viewership and poor critical reception. Critics noted that Mad TV had a more diverse cast than SNL and dealt with edgier, more lowbrow humor.

Fox made few efforts to promote Mad TV, which typically fell behind SNL in ratings. Throughout its run, the network continually cut the series\' budget before eventually canceling it in 2009. It was nominated for numerous awards, including 43 Primetime Emmy Awards, five of which it won. Critical reception of the series was mostly negative during its run and its sketches attracted notable controversy. Since its cancellation, it has appeared on several critics\' lists of the best sketch comedy television series of all time.

A 20th anniversary reunion special aired on The CW on January 12, 2016. The CW also rebooted the series for a 15th and final season, which premiered on July 26, 2016.

DevelopmentRecord producer Quincy Jones (pictured) and television producer David Salzman executive produced Mad TV after buying the rights to its namesake magazine

William Gaines, who owned EC Comics and published the American humor magazine Mad from 1950 until his death in 1992, refused to sell the rights to the magazine as he disliked television. In 1995, three years after Gaines\'s death, EC Comics sold the rights to Mad to record producer Quincy Jones and TV producer David Salzman.[1] The two launched Mad TV through their joint venture, QDE.[2]

Fax Bahr and Adam Small were hired as the showrunners of Mad TV alongside Salzman. They had previously worked as staff writers on the sketch comedy television series In Living Color since 1992. The two left the show in its third season.[2] The series began with 12 writers, including Patton Oswalt, Blaine Capatch, and writers from The Ben Stiller Show. Its pilot episode premiered on October 14, 1995, at 11 p.m. on Fox. The network approved of the pilot and ordered 12 episodes for its first season, which was heavily inspired by the eponymous magazine. It was pre-taped and contained a combination of short live-action sketches, movie parodies, and animated sketches.[3][1] Animated segments of Spy vs. Spy, a wordless comic strip originally featured in Mad and created by Antonio Prohías, appeared on the first four seasons of Mad TV.[4] The show\'s theme song was created by American hip hop group Heavy D & The Boyz, who had previously created the theme song for In Living Color, and composed by Greg O\'Connor and Blake Aaron, the latter of whom was Mad TV\'s guitarist.[5][6] Filming took place in Hollywood at Hollywood Center Studios and later at Sunset Bronson Studios.[7][8]

The series satirized popular culture, with sketches parodying film, television and music.[9][10][11] Sketches often featured celebrity impressions and occasionally contained political satire, and Fox executive Joe Earley called the series \"an equal opportunity offender\".[9][10][12] Bruce Leddy became the show\'s director and supervising producer starting in 2000.[13] After Mad TV\'s first season, Fox rarely promoted the series and frequently made budget cuts, with cast and crew members such as Debra Wilson and Bahr referring to the series as the \"redheaded stepchild\" of Fox.[1] The Hollywood Reporter\'s James Hibbard wrote prior to its cancellation that Mad TV had been \"like a distant cousin of [Fox\'s] other programming\" during its runtime; David Nevins, Fox\'s former executive vice president of programming, attributed the lack of promotion to Fox focusing on advertising its new prime time series instead.[14][11] Fox executives and Mad TV\'s showrunners often shot down sketch ideas that were viewed admirably by the staff writers, who wanted the show to be \"edgy\".[1][15] Mad TV was partially intended to compete with fellow late-night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live,[16] which, at the time of Mad TV\'s debut, was being poorly received by critics.[17] However, SNL quickly bounced back and Mad TV typically trailed behind the show in ratings.[1]

In November 2008, Fox confirmed that Mad TV\'s 326th episode during its shortened 14th season would be its last, telling Salzman that the show was too expensive considering its ratings and time slot. By this point, it was the fourth longest-running Fox series after The Simpsons, Cops, and America\'s Most Wanted.[14] Salzman said that he would be exploring the continuation of the show on another channel, possibly cable.[16] In early 2009, the show was briefly moved to air after Talkshow with Spike Feresten, the show that normally followed MADtv, before being moved back. The series finale aired on May 16, 2009.[18] It featured both new and old sketches and revolved around a fictional telethon called \"Mad TV Gives Back\".[19]

Reunion special

Mad TV had a one-hour-long 20th anniversary reunion special, titled MADtv 20th Anniversary Reunion.[20] It was executive produced by Salzman, directed by Bruce Leddy, and produced by Telepictures and Epicenter Ventures. It aired on The CW on January 12, 2016, at 8 p.m. and garnered 1.7 million viewers.[21][9][22] Its plot involved 19 returning cast members going to an awards show where things go awry.[23]

Cast and charactersMain article: List of Mad TV cast membersThe inaugural 1995 cast of Mad TV, from left to right: David Herman, Nicole Sullivan, Phil LaMarr, Debra Wilson, Artie Lange, Orlando Jones, Mary Scheer, and Bryan Callen

Mad TV\'s cast was considered diverse by critics, especially compared to that of SNL.[9][24] According to casting director Nicole Garcia, the showrunners sought a diverse cast from the beginning of the series.[1] Its first season starred Debra Wilson, Nicole Sullivan, Phil LaMarr, Artie Lange, Mary Scheer, Bryan Callen, Orlando Jones, and David Herman.[25]

Wilson was the first cast member hired for Mad TV.[1] She starred in the first eight seasons of the series from 1995 to 2003, making her the longest-running original cast member and the only Black female cast member during her time on the show. She later stated that she left the series in 2003 after learning that she received a lower salary than a white male cast member who had joined after she did, and that her salary negotiations had failed.[26][27] Sullivan was added to the cast because, according to her, Bahr and Small wanted someone on the show who \"the audience would like to have dinner with\".[1] She starred on the show from 1995 to 2001 and left to star in the ABC sitcom Me and My Needs, which was not picked up by the network after its pilot episode.[11][28] Herman starred in the short-lived Fox sketch comedy series House of Buggin\' before appearing on Mad TV, while Jones had written for the Fox series Roc.[17] Jones, Callen, and Lange all left the show after its second season.[29][30]

Michael McDonald starred on Mad TV for ten seasons starting in 1997 and was the show\'s longest-running and oldest cast member, also occasionally directing segments.[29][10] The show\'s second longest-running cast member was Aries Spears, who appeared in 198 episodes from its third season in 1997 until its tenth season in 2005.[31][32] Other popular cast members included Alex Borstein, who starred on the show for five seasons from 1997 to 2002;[33] Ike Barinholtz, who joined in 2002 and left in 2007;[34] Will Sasso, who joined the show in its third season;[35] Mo Collins, who joined in 1998 and left in 2004;[36] Stephnie Weir, who starred on the show for six years;[29][37] Nicole Parker, who appeared on six seasons of the show; and Bobby Lee, who appeared on eight seasons of the show from 2001 to 2009.[38] Other cast members, such as Andy Daly, Simon Helberg, and Taran Killam, the last of whom was the youngest person ever to be cast on the show,[39] found fame after brief tenures on Mad TV.[30] Comedians Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key met after being cast on Mad TV in 2004 for its ninth season, and the two would later star together in the Comedy Central sketch comedy series Key & Peele.[40][41] Peele left the series in 2008, while Key stayed until the show\'s final season.[34]

Borstein and Peele were both kept from leaving Mad TV to pursue other roles due to their contracts, with Borstein having to turn down a role as Sookie on the CW series Gilmore Girls and Peele turning down a role playing Barack Obama for SNL.[42][43]

Recurring charactersMichael McDonald (pictured) was Mad TV\'s longest-running cast member and portrayed the spoiled child Stuart in 38 sketches

Numerous characters and sketches on Mad TV became notable for their frequent appearances.[44] Michael McDonald played Stuart Larkin,[45] an overgrown, spoiled child with a bowl cut, bright red cheeks,[46] and a rainbow plaid shirt.[47] His overbearing single mother, Doreen (played by Mo Collins), has a strong Wisconsin accent and was inspired by McDonald\'s own mother.[48] Sketches with Stuart often involve him and his mother visiting various businesses where he frustrates the employees with his antics.[10] He has a number of catch phrases, including \"Look what I can do!\", \"I don\'t wanna say,\" \"Let me do it!\", and \"Dooooon\'t!\", while his mother always mentions that Stuart\'s father left on Tuesday.[47] Stuart appeared in 38 sketches in nine seasons from 1998 to 2008.[10][46][49] He was described by Megh Wright of Vulture as the show\'s most memorable character and by Thomas Attila Lewis of LAist as \"incredibly popular\".[47][50]

Alex Borstein (pictured) portrayed the immigrant manicurist Ms. Swan in 44 sketches

Alex Borstein appeared in 44 sketches as the popular recurring character of Bunny Swan,[44] better known as Ms. Swan, an immigrant nail salon owner and manicurist[51] with a strong, exaggerated accent who annoys others by not being able to answer simple questions.[52][10] She has a bob cut and wears a muumuu and a rainbow plaid jumper; she also has catch phrases such as \"He look-a like-a man\".[52][47] Although Ms. Swan was presumed by audiences to be Asian, the series identifies her as hailing from Kuvaria, the home of Santa Claus, while Borstein stated that her inspirations for the character were her Hungarian-Jewish grandmother, and Icelandic singer Björk.[44][11] Elahe Izadi of the Washington Post included the Ms. Swan sketches on a list of the \"20 defining comedy sketches of the past 20 years\" in 2019, writing that they were \"among the most widely remembered of Mad TV\'s work\".[53] Borstein briefly reprised the role outside of Mad TV for a parody of the trailer for the 2010 film Black Swan and for a video about the 2016 United States presidential election.[54][52]

The Vancome Lady, an emotionally abusive, racist woman who struggled to keep a job due to her ignorant remarks, was played by Nicole Sullivan and made over 25 appearances on the show, starting with its pilot episode.[44][10] She was described by Candace Amos of the New York Daily News as \"one of the characters fans loved to hate\".[46] A sketch featuring cast member Anjelah Johnson as the irritable Latina fast food worker Bon Qui Qui became popular on YouTube.[30][55] Johnson has frequently reprised the character since, releasing the album Gold Plated Dreams as the character in 2015 through Warner Records.[56]

Many of the show\'s recurring characters were parodies of celebrities such as Will Sasso\'s portrayal of singer Randy Newman and Aries Spears\'s portrayal of Bill Cosby.[47][46] Debra Wilson and Aries Spears frequently appeared on the show as married singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, who they portrayed as drug-addled, frantic, and \"ghetto\".[57][58][59] Along with her impression of Houston, Wilson also earned fame and acclaim for her impression of Oprah Winfrey on the show, with Vanity Fair\'s Yohana Desta describing Wilson\'s impression of Winfrey as \"the gold standard\" and HuffPost\'s Pollo Del Mar writing that Wilson\'s impressions of Winfrey and Houston were \"as iconic as they were scathing\".[60][61] Wilson went on to play Winfrey on the animated sitcom The Proud Family and in the 2006 parody film Scary Movie 4.[34][62] Other frequent celebrity impressions included Sasso\'s impressions of actors Robert De Niro and James Gandolfini, Lee\'s impression of newscaster Connie Chung, and Frank Caliendo\'s impressions of John Madden and George W. Bush.[29]




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