Mark McKinney: Difference between revisions

After the end of ''The Kids in the Hall'', McKinney joined the cast of another [[Lorne Michaels]] sketch comedy show, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in the middle of the 1994-1995 season (season 20) as a repertory player. McKinney survived the cast overhaul that occurred at the end of season 20 and stayed on ''SNL'' until the end of the 1996–1997 (season 22). During his time on ''SNL'', McKinney had six recurring characters (some of note include Ian Daglers from "Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly", Melanie, a Catholic schoolgirl, and Lucien Callow, a fop often paired with [[David Koechner]]'s fop character Fagan) and twenty-seven celebrity impersonations (some of note include [[Mel Gibson]], [[Barney Frank]], [[Al Gore]], [[Paul Shaffer]], [[Mark Russell]], [[Jim Carrey]], [[Lance Ito]], [[Tim Robbins]], [[Steve Forbes]], [[Wolf Blitzer]], [[Bill Gates]], and [[Ellen DeGeneres]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://snl.jt.org/cast.php?i=MaMc |title=SNL Archives &#124; Cast |publisher=Snl.jt.org |date=1995-01-14 |accessdate=2012-11-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022013303/http://snl.jt.org/cast.php?i=MaMc |archivedate=2012-10-22 |df= }}</ref>

As well, he directed and appeared on the [[CBC Radio]] [[post-apocalyptic]] comedy ''[[Steve, The First]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Steve, The Second]]'', for his friend [[Matt Watts (comedian)|Matt Watts]]. He is also a writer for Watts' new sitcom ''[[Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays]]'', which was scheduled to debut on [[CBC Television]] in fall 2011.<ref name=camelot>[http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/06/08/camelot-cover-songs-inside-cbcs-new-fall-lineup/#more-36525 "Camelot & cover songs: Inside CBC’s new fall lineup"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130129123205/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/06/08/camelot-cover-songs-inside-cbcs-new-fall-lineup/ |date=2013-01-29 }}. ''[[National Post]]'', June 8, 2011.</ref>