Alan Singer/NBCU Photo Bank, via Getty Images, “As a person, of course I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings,” Sweeney said. “Pat doesn’t know that Pat comes off in an androgynous way,” Sweeney said. We felt it kept the relationship alive!" O'Hara, overwrought, asks, "Roll-on or spray?" When Pat is about to speak, Adam Sandler is in the audience, breaking the fourth wall. For example, Sweeney said that her husband, whom she described as a “tall, thin, supernerdy scientist,” was bullied as a child because he looked like the character Poindexter from “Felix the Cat.”. Featuring John Mulaney, Chris Redd, Kenan Thompson & 3 more. She added that, at a time when “there’s so much vitriol, you can be friends and love people that don’t think the same things about everything you think about.”, Sweeney said that she was saddened to learn about McEnany’s difficult history with Pat. pat snl 18292 GIFs. Pat asks what is on sale. Sweeney played the role in more than a dozen sketches that placed Pat in everyday settings — a gym, a drugstore, a barbershop — and in parodies of films like “Basic Instinct” and “The Crying Game.” Pat became one of the most popular “S.N.L.” characters of the 1990s, with help from an opening jingle whose lyrics asked viewers to “accept him or her” for “whatever it might be — it’s time for androgyny, here comes Pat.”. Pat Riley, an obnoxious busybody of undeterminable sex, meets and falls in love with Chris, a sensitive, caring person also of undeterminable sex. Pat often makes statements that seem to reveal a sex, only to then immediately confuse things again. I think I was as giddy to meet her as is possible for me. ", "Weird Trivia: Quentin Tarantino Did An Uncredited Rewrite On 'It's Pat, "Julia Sweeney's 'SNL' backstage stories: 'You could just watch how many more Adam Sandler and David Spade and Chris Farley sketches there are, that white-male energy that I wasn't part of, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead, Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_(Saturday_Night_Live)&oldid=1015414546, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 April 2021, at 10:09. We had a great time writing and a lot of fun making the film. Pat is hired by a new firm. But the impact of the character has lasted well beyond Sweeney’s time on the show. McEnany did not previously know Sweeney before approaching her about the role, but she said that their real-life relationship has come to follow a similar trajectory. “It was aggressive. "Saturday Night Live," which premiered Oct. 11, 1975, is broadcast live from NBC's famed Studio 8H in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Sort: Relevant Newest # reaction # snl # popcorn # bill hader # eating popcorn # nbc # trump # snl # saturday night live # donald trump ... # snl # saturday night live … Graham tries to warn Pat about Hedra, but they can't understand why anyone would obsess. Saturday Night Live, also referred to as SNL, has been filming at 30 Rockefeller Plaza’s studio 8H since 1975. In fact, It's Pat became a popular example of a film so despised that it got a zero percent Rotten Tomatoes rating! The questions are sexual in nature: "Did you and Chris play any kind of games in bed?" ... height? March 13, 2007 Joe Leydon. “The person who created Poindexter, should they feel bad?” she asked. When we "return" to the Pat sketch, Andrea and Ron are laughing, with Andrea saying, "I guess our question is finally answered! PHOTOS: Every sketch J.J. Watt appeared in as host of "Saturday Night Live" "JJ Watt" Episode 1779 -- Pictured: (l-r) Host JJ Watt as Pat and … “As a person, of course I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings,” she said. It’s Pat, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/arts/television/julia-sweeney-pat-snl.html. Frank tells Bill, "Fire good." The central humorous aspect of sketches featuring Pat is the inability of others to determine the character's sex. Pat meets Chris, another sexually-ambiguous character, played by Dave Foley. “What we saw happen on ‘S.N.L.’ was shame embodied and turned into an it — a thing, not a person,” said Soloway, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. [13] The film was a critical and commercial bomb. According to Tom Shales' book Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, Executive Producer Lorne Michaels cited burnout as the reason behind his desire to take a year off, and had been led to believe by NBC executives that the show would go on hiatus with him, and be ready to start fresh upon his return. $22.99 $ 22. I started trying to do him. So then I thought, maybe that's the joke. Pat appears at the end of the episode, alongside other recurring characters, singing "So Long, Farewell". But times have changed so quickly that even things that seemed right three years ago are no longer right.”, Sweeney said that she was willing to listen to criticism of Pat and did not dismiss anyone who felt hurt by the character. I was very honored to have this. The Pat sketches, Soloway said, were a reflection of how people are expected to adhere to gender stereotypes and “everybody who doesn’t do that is subject to a wide array of bullying and hatred.”, Sweeney is well aware of Pat’s complicated legacy and the pain that the character represents to many people. But, she added, “As an artist, I don’t want to never hurt anyone’s feelings.”. Saturday Night Live Handsome Hard Backed Fridge Magnet measures 2.5-Inch width by 3.5-Inch height and comes individually wrapped in a cello bag with the trademark "SNL" logo on front. [2] The book Creating Contexts for Learning and Self-authorship: Constructive-developmental Pedagogy, states that the character's "gender is never revealed". But she does not disown the role. Julia Sweeney’s Pat, left, was popular enough on “S.N.L.” to inspire a movie. The central humorous aspect of sketches featuring Pat is the inability of others to determine the character's sex. Andrea does not know whether they are referring to Milla Jovovich or Brian Krause. Sweeney reckons with the consequences of Pat in a story line on “Work in Progress.” But she does not disown the role. Call her Patrick, call him Patricia. It was bigotry.” Even in the bathroom of a lesbian bar, McEnany said another woman confronted her and said, “Ugh, who are you? When Pat goes to get a haircut, the hairdresser (George Wendt), has no idea whether to administer a male or female style. Graham says, "Just look at the two of you. (That would suggest Pat is male.) Pat gives Pat's typical ambiguity, telling of the situation where Pat was on a luxury cruise playing shuffleboard "The battle of the sexes, and we won!" The sketch ends when the clerk swoons out of sight behind her counter. Like I couldn't quite pull off being in drag convincingly enough. Saturday Night Live (TV Series 1975– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. [4], Aired February 16, 1991 (Season 16, Episode 13). The movie didn't do well at the box office, not by a long shot. We just don’t know if Pat’s a man or a woman because of how Pat presents Patself.”, When she played Pat this way at the Groundlings, Sweeney said, “That was the biggest laugh. “You’d be able to say, ‘What are your pronouns?’” she explained. [17] Sweeney herself has not confirmed Pat's sex and denies that Pat is transgender. The film was a critical and commercial bomb. In another 30 years, she said, “It could be that people will watch movies from now, that are the most politically correct, and you know what they might say? In the sketch, Bill (Kevin Nealon) is thanking a friend over the phone for his new job, then asks whether Bill's supervisor is a man or a woman. [9], Julia Sweeney wrote, "Christine Zander and I wrote this sketch about Pat – personally I think this is the very best one of all the Pat sketches. Citing “Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer,” another popular recurring character from her era of “S.N.L.”, she said, “If there were Neanderthals now, working as lawyers, they would be like, ‘People call me ‘Caveman Lawyer’ and I was traumatized by it.’”. I never coached a professional basketball team. ", "Pat" debuted on December 1, 1990 (Season 16, Episode 7), with John Goodman hosting. They include Mea Culpa, the title character of Mea's Big Apology (co-written by then-husband Stephen Hibbert), which won the Best Written Play Award from L.A. Weekly in 1988 and has been developed by Sweeney (in collaboration with Jim Emerson) into a screenplay; and the androgynous Pat, whose impossible-to-determine gender was the basis for Sweeney's popular It's Pat! Pat was socially awkward and annoying — … “On the other hand, I created a character and then people happened to look like that character. Hinzu kommen noch einige weitere Mitglieder (featured players), die eine Art Probezeit durchlaufen. So that was the first time we'd seen Pat in an intimate situation – a smooch. Interrogator #2 (Carvey, who usually played Chris) begins to rant: "You're lying, Pat, you're lying! Pat states an inability to help on that matter, having rented a film: Tootsie. twins. It was the sketch that Pat did with Harvey Keitel. “She and I do not see totally eye-to-eye on Pat, and that’s O.K., because I love her,” McEnany said. The SNL cast wrote a spoof of the 1992 film Single White Female, in which Melanie Hutsell as Hedra, using a wig to look androgynous, plays a new roommate who becomes obsessed with wanting to look like and be like Pat. The sketches always revolve around the gag of Pat's unrevealed sex: the name "Pat" can be short for "Patricia", a female name, or "Patrick", a male name. Background. What can I say? I'll just have one joke in here about how we don't know if that's a man or a woman just to sort of cover up for my lack of ability to really play a guy convincingly."[3]. [5], Aired April 13, 1991 (Season 16, Episode 17). CLIP 02/14/21. “Of course I felt terrible,” she said. Bill Murray Suit T-Shirt. I rode my bike over here, and my calf muscles are KILLING me!". Next Bill says he's trying to decide what to watch tonight: either a Giants-49ers game, or Murphy Brown. Catherine O'Hara played a drugstore clerk, who tries to help when Pat asks for disposable razors. ", but they reply, "I'm a perfect combination of both!" The “Saturday Night Live” character has been used as an insult for decades. Pat asks for Vaseline Intensive Care. Maybe she's gay. Jill Soloway, the creator of the Amazon series “Transparent,” said that Pat typified a dehumanized depiction of real people. Before the wedding, Chris breaks up with Pat due to Pat's arrogance and lack of direction in life; Pat has a brief stint in a rock band, and Pat starts to believe that they are going to be an overnight celebrity. We had so much fun together."[16]. When they are asked for a middle name, the eager audience then finds out that the middle name is "O'Neill," again continuing the joke. Pat O'Neill Riley is fat, has short, curly black hair, and wears thick glasses. During her time at “S.N.L.”, Sweeney said she was invited to be the grand marshal of several gay pride parades, which she interpreted as an endorsement of the character. "[13], Aired March 20, 1993 (Season 18, Episode 16). “I thought I was going to do it once and be done,” she said. But while McEnany was preparing the pilot episode of “Work in Progress,” she and her collaborators decided to include a fictionalized incarnation of Julia Sweeney as a recurring character on the show — one who would be portrayed by the actress, and whom McEnany (who is also playing a heightened version of herself) would confront and later befriend. And the band Ween! 4.5 out of 5 stars 18. Pat sounds surprised: "Diapers were all white back then!" It has so many people in it who I love, and loved. At one point they were thinking of taking the kiss out of the sketch. Pat explains that Pat's planned marriage to Chris fell through, because Chris got involved with Terry. Abby McEnany, the co-creator and star of the Showtime comedy series “Work in Progress,” said she has been called Pat because she is a lesbian who happens to resemble the character. The character has been described as "hermaphroditic" in the book The Guide to United States Popular Culture. At the end of the film, Pat and Chris are reunited, and, in an epilogue, they marry. ‘I couldn’t listen to what the characters are saying because they were eating a hamburger.’”, She added, “Don’t dismiss everything, because norms and expectations that we once accepted are going to keep changing.”, McEnany, the “Work in Progress” co-creator, hasn’t been equivocal about her feelings on Pat; in her act, she has told a story that begins, “Julia Sweeney’s Pat made my life a living hell.” And in the debut episode of her series, she re-enacts an incident from her early 30s when she walked into a party and overheard a group of men say about her, “Oh, Pat’s here.” (The host of that party then kicked those men out. And then his secret was, he said, 'This doesn't go past these walls. Pat was one of several characters that Sweeney performed in her “Saturday Night Live” audition and one that she did not expect to catch on after she was hired there in 1990. Although Keitel was made up to have some ambiguity such as long hair, it was obvious he was male as he wrote in his journal "I miss the intimacy of a woman, or at least some good male companionship". O'Hara asks whether they would prefer a pink or blue package, but Pat says they will take whichever is cheaper. 1 of 41. Variety. There is a certain way that you hold your head, the way you come in for a kiss. sex?" It won't affect Pat, it'll just drive you crazy."[15]. (Many theatrical productions of Peter Pan feature a woman in the title role.) With fourteen SNL appearances, not to mention an Emmy Awards ceremony cameo and 1994 feature film, the grating, whiny, yet perennially enigmatic Pat continues to be hailed as one of the show's most annoying — and oddly groundbreaking — recurring characters. Aired on January 11, 1992 (Season 17, Episode 10) with Sweeney playing alongside Kevin Nealon as Bill, host Rob Morrow as Frank, Victoria Jackson as Dina, Dana Carvey and Mike Myers as guests, and Phil Hartman as the Narrator. “It’s like, wow, I can’t even find a safe space in what’s supposed to be a safe space?” she said. In her new Showtime comedy “Work in Progress,” Abby McEnany, left, discusses her past hurtful Pat comparisons with Sweeney, who plays a version of herself on the show. Some jokes would be a bit more buried, such as Pat remarking "In high school I did well in drama, especially when I played the role of Peter Pan!" Actress Julia Sweeney played Pat on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s. But Sweeney felt she could not pull off the character if she played Pat as a man. Pat remains oblivious, and endlessly frustrates the questioners with answers that leave Pat's sex vague. Today, Sweeney said, “You would not make fun of somebody for being that way,” adding that the fundamental premise of the sketch would fall apart in a matter of moments. When they say the haircut is to look good for a party, the barber asks what they'll be wearing, and they respond "Black". Aired November 16, 1991 (Season 17, Episode 6). Andrea tries again: "What kind of body are you going for? As she asks herself in her one-woman show, “My God, what did I do? Watch Saturday Night Live highlight 'Pat Stevens' on NBC.com. skits on Saturday Night … Sweeney did not ask to stop playing Pat on “S.N.L.” But after a 1994 movie based on the character, “It’s Pat,” was a resounding commercial and critical flop, she said, “To me, that was it — it had a natural end.” She left “S.N.L.” that same year. Aired on October 12, 1991 (Season 17, Episode 3). The problem of Pat represents an increasingly persistent debate in comedy: What happens when a joke, character or routine is re-examined outside of the era in which it was made and is deemed insensitive by contemporary standards? [7], Sweeney wrote on her website, "I lerve Catherine O'Hara!!!! Androgyne Pat on Saturday Night Live: Jorma Taccone: Comic: 19-Mar-1977 : The Lonely Island: Kenan Thompson: Comic: 10-May-1978 : Kenan & Kel: Nancy Walls: Comic: 19-Jul-1966 : SNL, The Daily Show: Kristen Wiig: Actor: 22-Aug-1973 : Saturday Night Live: Casey Wilson: Actor: 24-Oct-1980 : Penny Hartz on Happy Endings: EPISODE GUIDE. Should its creator still be held accountable for that material, and what if anything is owed to audiences who may have been offended or hurt by it? Take for example the "Saturday Night Live" character "Pat". Pat says, "'Yes, please!' ", Pat says, "We put it on together." criticized for perpetuating racist stereotypes, the character Poindexter from “Felix the Cat.”. And there are so many good friends in the film too: Kathy Griffin and Dave Foley and Kathy Najimy and Tim Stack and Tim Meadows. “I don’t know, Mom,” her daughter told her. So that’s a complicated situation.”. That work has earned him nine Emmys and thirteen nominations. In fact, SNL's recurring character mold, as well as male/female cast member divide, would have gone largely untested without Pat's existence. Andrea keeps trying: "Would you say that you're in good health? Aired on May 14, 1994 (Season 19, Episode 20). Additionally, he has been nominated for thirteen DGA Awards and won in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Well, that old joke now has a new punch line: It's Pat, a shockingly unfunny Saturday Night Live spinoff. You're not telling the truth, Pat, I'm gonna figure you out! Saturday Night Live Stefon New Yorks' Hottest Club Tee T-Shirt. Soloway said that Pat was emblematic of an era in “S.N.L.” history when the program was tilted toward its male cast members, who often performed in drag, and when it “used gender as a way to say, A, we don’t really need women around to make women, and, B, we’re going to make fun of how ugly we are when we’re dressed as them.”. We had a great time writing and a lot of fun making the film. She said that she based much of the character’s behavior on a socially awkward officemate she worked with as an accountant at Columbia Pictures, who drooled and stood too close to people when he talked. Bill's last effort, when they agree to go to lunch together, is to learn whether Pat has a wallet or a purse; Pat wears a fanny pack. "Strong enough for a woman, but made for a man" (transposing the slogan, "Strong Enough for a Man, Made for a Woman"[6]). That's my little joke! : My Life Exposed, a book which coincided with the film's release. “The dream is to be able to walk into a room, being the subject and not the object — to not be afraid that we’re going to be pointed at for not fitting in.”, Soloway expressed admiration for Sweeney, describing her as “important to the history of comedy and the history of women in comedy.” While Soloway said they wished that Sweeney would offer “a huge blanket apology to all nonbinary people for making fun of their essence,” the fact that she did not, Soloway said, “doesn’t make her a bad person. Amazon's Choice for saturday night live t-shirts. And for a featured player whose first year was spent in an overcrowded cast with 13 men and a mere 3 women, perhaps Sweeney sensed that a joke on the sex issue was the best way to get around it. ), As she has reflected on those experiences, McEnany said, “Julia Sweeney didn’t ruin my life; what ruined my life is people’s bigotry and their reaction to this character.”. Search, discover and share your favorite Pat Snl GIFs. In fact, It's Pat became a popular example of a … I was testing it out on my friends and they were just like, 'Yeah, it's good, but it doesn't seem like a guy that much.' It's Pat is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Adam Bernstein and starring Julia Sweeney, Dave Foley, Charles Rocket, and Kathy Griffin.The film was based on the Saturday Night Live (SNL) character Pat, created by Sweeney, an androgynous misfit whose sex is never revealed.. Dave Foley plays Pat's partner, Chris, and Charles Rocket, another SNL alumnus, plays Pat's neighbor, Kyle Jacobsen. Pat ... is a woman! … Saturday Night Live Season show reviews & Metacritic score: Live from New York, it's... Dana Carvey! But Harvey, being Harvey, demanded they keep it in, that there'd be no integrity without the kiss. This is likely an in-joke, because Hartman's Frankenstein's monster on "Saturday Night Live," on which Lovitz was a castmate, could speak only a few words, two of them being "Fire bad." Author: Don Roy King Don Roy King is directing his fourteenth season of Saturday Night Live. Vaccine Game Show Cold Open. The clerk says, "Yes, everybody likes that." Was I the Al Jolson of androgyny?”. Taking place again at the office, Roseanne Barr played Sue, who meets co-worker Pat. A writer for Splitsider wrote, "While she brought plenty of squeaky energy to her four-year stint at SNL, Julia Sweeney is known best for creating the most unnerving character in the show's history, the sex-unspecific nerd Pat. Comedies are continually revisited with fresh eyes and subjected to new scrutiny, whether the 1980s-era teen movies of John Hughes, which have been reproached for male chauvinism, or TV shows like “The Simpsons,” where the character of Apu has been criticized for perpetuating racist stereotypes. Für gewöhnlich werden diese nach zwei Jahren in der Show zu Stamm-Mitgliedern. Later, the sailor asks Pat what sex is Pat. The clerk offers a "bracing tonic" (for a man) or a "soothing lotion" (for a woman). Soloway said that Pat had taught a generation of viewers to see gender nonconforming people as outsiders, rather than people who have the right to participate in art, media and comedy. Sweeney never expected Pat, whom she created at the Groundlings, to become an “S.N.L.” mainstay. I'd sure like a body like that!" Hedra enters, wearing the same clothes, glasses, and short curly hair as Pat's. 4.6 out of 5 stars 17. While Sweeney considered it a worthwhile endeavor to look back at past efforts and consider how cultural standards have evolved, she said we should be careful not to reflexively dismiss performers or works that are deemed out of step. Get it as soon as Mon, Apr 5. But at other public appearances where she played Pat — say, the opening of a shopping mall in the Midwest — Sweeney said, “When I went there, I realized they were laughing at Pat.”, And Sweeney said she was aghast when her former college sorority asked her to give her blessing to a pledge button that displayed Pat and the caption “Pledge No Pats.” What Pat was telling some viewers, Sweeney said, was that “anyone who doesn’t look like a man or a woman is someone we can point at and laugh at.”. ... (Kenan Thompson), Rubber Band Ronnie (Chris Redd), Pitty Pat … Quentin Tarantino did an uncredited rewrite of the script. The celebrity guests on the show play everyday people who encounter Pat, and who then try to discern Pat's sex, without being so rude as to actually ask outright. Pat?”. In honor of having Sharon Stone as the host, Pat is brought in for a Basic Instinct interrogation process. “I didn’t know it was going to become this thing that people identified with.” But as Pat grew increasingly popular on “S.N.L.”, Sweeney said the ways in which the character was being used to demean other people — what she called “the icky part” of the role — became clearer to her. Sweeney helped co-write It's Pat! The character's popularity gave rise to a feature-length 1994 film called It's Pat (from the lyrics of the character's theme song on Saturday Night Live). when the ship was attacked by a violent storm and Pat was thrashed overboard and ended up on the sailor's island. Hartman asks, "if you were a baby, what color would your Pampers be, pink or blue?" ... Maya Rudolph Is Returning to Host Saturday Night Live! Julia Sweeney wrote on her Pat website, "I wrote It's Pat with Jim Emerson and Steve Hibbert. The character's popularity gave rise to a feature-length 1994 film called It's Pat (from the lyrics of the character's theme song on Saturday Night Live). ", but only the studio audience might have seen which door Pat entered; the television viewer is still in the dark. The stylist asks which magazine Pat would like to read, naming gender-specific titles (Sports Illustrated and Glamour). And the thing is, they kissed in it. "Well, maybe she's in love with you. Aired January 16, 1993 (Season 18, Episode 11). Das Ensemble der Sendung besteht in der Regel aus etwa zehn etablierten Stamm-Mitgliedern (repertory players). Dana Carvey, dressed androgynously, plays Pat's love interest Chris, and Nealon reprised his role as Bill. Their relationship suffers because Pat's a lout, and cannot decide on a direction for its life. He tells Pat that NBC is going through hard times with the departure of David Letterman and if Pat spoils the joke then Saturday Night Live will be ruined because NBC will be bereft of all comedy. In creating the character, actress Sweeney colored her lips beige, and colored in her eyebrows, to create the character's sex-ambiguous appearance. While audiences and performers can be reluctant to have these debates, Sweeney is open to further consideration of her work and she plays herself in a story line on “Work in Progress,” which premieres on Dec. 8, that reckons with the consequences of Pat. “It really feels like that character is just about making fun of someone where you can’t tell if it’s a man or a woman.”. One of their estranged parents (Kirstie Alley), also androgynous and named Francis or Frances, comes into the party; when Nealon asks about Pat's birth, again there are only ambiguous answers, as well as the parent saying "I had to be both mother and father to you ever since (Jean or Gene) ran off with...that thing". Quote not available. In a spoof of the movie The Crying Game, Pat sings the title song.[14]. ", Aired October 24, 1992 (Season 18, Episode 4). The androgynous jokes were easy. Pat replies, "Role reversal! The interrogators are played by Chris Farley, Dana Carvey, and Phil Hartman. “That sucked, because it was never a compliment,” McEnany said. I'm a very sexual being!" ... Regé-Jean Page Is Hosting Saturday Night Live! I’m not responsible if they take it negatively, either. “Because I have done so many wrong things.”, But she cautioned that even the most innocuous cultural offerings can boomerang in unexpected ways. CLIP 02/17/21. On the NYC TV & Movie Tour, tour-goers will catch a glimpse of the famed Rockefeller Center, home of the classic New York late night sketch comedy showSaturday Night Live. Pat kissed like a girl. (On SNL, Chris had been played by Dana Carvey.) Next, Pat asks the increasingly nervous shop-woman for some antiperspirant. CLIP 02/28/21. "[8], Aired on May 18, 1991 (Season 16, Episode 20). As soon as another character has an agenda, the jokes come quickly.”. Aired April 11, 1992 (Season 17, Episode 17). As the co-workers gather in the office, he expresses his extreme perplexity and discomfort around Pat to Phil Hartman. "Secret," O'Hara says with faux joviality. Meanwhile, Pat has become an object of obsession of a neighbor (Charles Rocket), who is so determined to discover Pat's sex that he goes insane. Sweeney has said, "I'd been an accountant for like five years, and there was one person I worked with in particular who had a lot of mannerisms like Pat. But “as an artist, I don’t want to never hurt anyone’s feelings.”. FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. Whatever the case, Pat's smarmy, pleading face will, for better or worse, remain the thing on SNL for which Sweeney is most remembered... Pat was a creepy yet instant recurring character hit..."[3], Pat was selected as #17 of "The 30 Best Saturday Night Live Characters" by Paste magazine in 2012: "Pat is probably a woman, but that doesn't really matter.