NBC Live Studio Chat 'Saturday Night Live'Cocktail Party

Recorded on Friday July 18th, 1997 at 7:30PM PST

Chris Kattan is about to join us...

Question #1088 from Profelub: Do you find that you are compared with past casts of SNL too much?

Chris Kattan: Not too much. Sometimes the only person is Mike Myers.

Question #1729 from Nice_angel: Are there any new characters you're working on?

Chris Kattan: I have one character, named Mango. He's an exotic dancer. I have another character based on my father and he's kinda crazy and overbearing.

Question #1602 from _pael_: Who were your influences?

Chris Kattan: Buster Keaton, Chaplin, and Peter Sellers.

Question #1666 from Rbro: Who is your favorite character to play?

Chris Kattan: I like doing the jibberish guy.

Question #1730 from Owen68: What's your favorite band that has been on SNL?

Chris Kattan: Jewel Gave Me a Kiss.

Question #1920 from Roxburygirl: Who was your favorite host to work with?

Chris Kattan: Kevin Spacey and Tom Hanks.

Question #1792 from Guinr: How are the guests chosen? How are they prepared for live TV?

Chris Kattan: Availability has a lot to do with it, and to answer your preparation question, it depends on what they want to do and what they're good at.

Question #1985 from Kattanfan: CHRIS-- WHAT'S WITH THE A NIGHT IN ROXBURY MOVIE!!!?!!!??!

Chris Kattan: Yes. But they have good things to say in small towns and not a lot to say in big towns.

Question #1025 from Rsa46: Do you ever review the skits from the very early years.

Chris Kattan: Yes. Some of the best skits were from the early years. And some of the worst were good to learn from.

Question #2049 from Palyea: How long does it take to prepare a skit?

Chris Kattan: Writing it or performing it? Writing a script takes one night. Rehearsing takes one day.

Question #1794 from Phatt138: How much of an average skit do you think is spontaneous?

Chris Kattan: Maybe 10 to 20% of it during the performance. Thank you for your questions and keep watching. The show will get better and better!

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