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The Church Lady
The Church Lady was a recurring character in a series of sketches on the American television show ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1986 to 1990, with later appearances in 1996, 2000, and 2011. "She" also appeared on ''The Dana Carvey Show'' in March 1996, reading a Top Ten List, "New Titles for Princess Diana."〔James, Caryn (TELEVISION REVIEW;Sendups of Forbes, Clinton and Royalty ) ''The New York Times'' (March 14, 1996). Retrieved on 5-09-10.〕
==About the character==
Created and played by Dana Carvey, The Church Lady is a mature woman named “Enid Strict,” who is the uptight, smug and pious host of her own talk show, ''Church Chat.''〔http://tobingrant.religionnews.com/2015/02/16/top-10-saturday-night-live-sketches-religion-plus-one-jack-handy/〕 Enid is a spoof of “holier-than-thou” Christian churchgoers. On her show (which only lasts the duration of the sketch itself) she has multiple guests, usually celebrities of the time played by other cast members of ''SNL'' or by the actual celebrities themselves (usually whoever is guest-hosting that week's ''SNL'' episode, appearing as themselves), who appear to be interviewed by her. However, the interviews are only a guise for her to call the celebrity guests out on their various alleged sins (which are often publicly known news events of the day). They initially receive sarcastic praises from her, until the interview eventually degrades into a tirade against their apparent lack of piety and their secular lifestyles, culminating with her judgmental admonishments and damnation. She often takes others to task for following the desires of their “naughty parts.”
The Church Lady is known for always wearing a matching blue and purple sweater/dress set, visible knee-high stockings, and a pair of cat's eye horn-rimmed glasses. She was known for the catchphrases, “Well, isn't that ''SPE-CIAL''?!”, "How ''con-VEEN-ient''!", and “Could it be...''SATAN?''” (in later years, the latter would always end with a haunting echo). When sufficiently satisfied with herself, she would mug for the camera, while twitching the corners of her mouth from one side to the other for an indefinite length of time. She also gave advice in response to letters she ostensibly received. Furthermore, whenever she felt that she had demonstrated her superiority, she would do her "Superior dance" in which she would rhythmically strut to organ music (played by an organist named Pearl, who was played by musical director Cheryl Hardwick) in front of her alleged inferiors. Like her actor and several of his well known characters, she is a proficient drummer although this is only seen once.
Carvey said he based the character on women he knew from his church growing up, who would keep track of his and others' attendance. The Church Lady became immediately recognizable and played an important role in ''SNL''s resurgence in the mid-1980s. She made numerous appearances on ''SNL;'' Nora Dunn recalled that "everybody loved that character and () was pressured to do it so, so often," and The Church Lady reappeared even after Carvey's departure from the show as a regular cast member. She was never incorporated into a feature-length film, however, as many of ''SNLs other recurring characters were.
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