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Terry Sweeny (March 23, 1951) is an American artist, actor, and writer best known for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' the WB's short-lived sketch show ''Hype''[[note]](only remembered today for having Frank Caliendo and Danielle Gaither as cast members before they were hired on ''[=MADtv=]'')[[/note]]and ''Film/{{Shag}}''.
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Terry Sweeny (March 23, 1951) 1950) is an American artist, actor, and writer best known for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' the WB's short-lived sketch show ''Hype''[[note]](only remembered today for having Frank Caliendo and Danielle Gaither as cast members before they were hired on ''[=MADtv=]'')[[/note]]and ''Film/{{Shag}}''.
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He is openly gay and is married to writer Lanier Laney, the two of whom were writers for ''Saturday Night Live'' during its tumultuous 11th season (the season that also had Sweeney as a cast member), though Sweeney actually wrote for another tumultuous season of ''Saturday Night Live'' prior to season 11: the 1980-1981 season led by Jean Doumanian, a job Sweeney got, according to his book ''Irritable Bowels and Who to Give Them To'', by [[RefugeInAudacity buying a lot of sandwiches and lunch items, sticking samples of his sketches in with the food, and posing as a catering service delivery boy for Studio 8H]].
Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics under Ronald Reagan made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of First Lady Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who, if you can believe it, hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President -- living or dead, in office or out of office -- to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]] and even said that Terry acted more like his mom than Nancy), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season. Sweeney had no recurring characters[[note]]though he did have a somewhat popular one-shot character: Hildy, a chipper, hypercompetent maid who helps her scatterbrained family, The Deavers -- played by Jon Lovitz, Joan Cusack, and Robert Downey, Jr. -- set up for Christmas, only to make off with the family's plane tickets to Aruba and new sports car to go on vacation herself[[/note]], but did have celebrity impressions besides Nancy Reagan: Brooke Shields' StageMom, Teri; Diana Ross[[note]]which would be seen as ValuesDissonance today because they did darken his skin to make him black[[/note]], Patti [=LaBelle=][[note]]another ValuesDissonance role due to use of blackface[[/note]], Ted Kennedy[[note]]the only male celebrity he played, and a bit of IronyAsSheIsCast, as Ted Kennedy was a womanizer, while Terry Sweeney is openly gay and has been in a committed relationship with his lover, Lanier Laney, since the 1980s[[/note]], Joan Rivers, Joan Collins (both as herself and as her character Alexis Colby-Dexter from ''Dynasty''), and Barbara Howar.
And, on a final note, despite having the same last name, Terry Sweeney is not related to Creator/JuliaSweeney.
Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics under Ronald Reagan made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of First Lady Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who, if you can believe it, hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President -- living or dead, in office or out of office -- to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]] and even said that Terry acted more like his mom than Nancy), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season. Sweeney had no recurring characters[[note]]though he did have a somewhat popular one-shot character: Hildy, a chipper, hypercompetent maid who helps her scatterbrained family, The Deavers -- played by Jon Lovitz, Joan Cusack, and Robert Downey, Jr. -- set up for Christmas, only to make off with the family's plane tickets to Aruba and new sports car to go on vacation herself[[/note]], but did have celebrity impressions besides Nancy Reagan: Brooke Shields' StageMom, Teri; Diana Ross[[note]]which would be seen as ValuesDissonance today because they did darken his skin to make him black[[/note]], Patti [=LaBelle=][[note]]another ValuesDissonance role due to use of blackface[[/note]], Ted Kennedy[[note]]the only male celebrity he played, and a bit of IronyAsSheIsCast, as Ted Kennedy was a womanizer, while Terry Sweeney is openly gay and has been in a committed relationship with his lover, Lanier Laney, since the 1980s[[/note]], Joan Rivers, Joan Collins (both as herself and as her character Alexis Colby-Dexter from ''Dynasty''), and Barbara Howar.
And, on a final note, despite having the same last name, Terry Sweeney is not related to Creator/JuliaSweeney.
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He is openly gay and is married to writer Lanier Laney, the two of whom were writers for ''Saturday Night Live'' during its tumultuous 11th season (the season that also had Sweeney as a cast member), though Sweeney actually wrote for another tumultuous season of ''Saturday Night Live'' prior to season 11: the 1980-1981 season led by Jean Doumanian, a job Sweeney got, according to his book ''Irritable Bowels and Who to Give Them To'', by [[RefugeInAudacity buying a lot of sandwiches and lunch items, sticking samples of his sketches in with the food, and posing as a catering service delivery boy for Studio 8H]].
Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics under Ronald Reagan made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of First Lady Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who, if you can believe it, hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President -- living or dead, in office or out of office -- to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]] and even said that Terry acted more like his mom than Nancy), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season. Sweeney had no recurring characters[[note]]though he did have a somewhat popular one-shot character: Hildy, a chipper, hypercompetent maid who helps her scatterbrained family, The Deavers -- played by Jon Lovitz, Joan Cusack, and Robert Downey, Jr. -- set up for Christmas, only to make off with the family's plane tickets to Aruba and new sports car to go on vacation herself[[/note]], but did have celebrity impressions besides Nancy Reagan: Brooke Shields' StageMom, Teri; Diana Ross[[note]]which would be seen as ValuesDissonance today because they did darken his skin to make him black[[/note]], Patti [=LaBelle=][[note]]another ValuesDissonance role due to use of blackface[[/note]], Ted Kennedy[[note]]the only male celebrity he played, and a bit of IronyAsSheIsCast, as Ted Kennedy was a womanizer, while Terry Sweeney is openly gay and has been in a committed relationship with his lover, Lanier Laney, since the 1980s[[/note]], Joan Rivers, Joan Collins (both as herself and as her character Alexis Colby-Dexter from ''Dynasty''), and Barbara Howar.
And, on a final note, despite having the same last name, Terry Sweeney is not related to Creator/JuliaSweeney.
Creator/LanierLaney.
Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics under Ronald Reagan made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of First Lady Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who, if you can believe it, hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President -- living or dead, in office or out of office -- to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]] and even said that Terry acted more like his mom than Nancy), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season. Sweeney had no recurring characters[[note]]though he did have a somewhat popular one-shot character: Hildy, a chipper, hypercompetent maid who helps her scatterbrained family, The Deavers -- played by Jon Lovitz, Joan Cusack, and Robert Downey, Jr. -- set up for Christmas, only to make off with the family's plane tickets to Aruba and new sports car to go on vacation herself[[/note]], but did have celebrity impressions besides Nancy Reagan: Brooke Shields' StageMom, Teri; Diana Ross[[note]]which would be seen as ValuesDissonance today because they did darken his skin to make him black[[/note]], Patti [=LaBelle=][[note]]another ValuesDissonance role due to use of blackface[[/note]], Ted Kennedy[[note]]the only male celebrity he played, and a bit of IronyAsSheIsCast, as Ted Kennedy was a womanizer, while Terry Sweeney is openly gay and has been in a committed relationship with his lover, Lanier Laney, since the 1980s[[/note]], Joan Rivers, Joan Collins (both as herself and as her character Alexis Colby-Dexter from ''Dynasty''), and Barbara Howar.
And, on a final note, despite having the same last name, Terry Sweeney is not related to Creator/JuliaSweeney.
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Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics under Ronald Reagan made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of First Lady Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who, if you can believe it, hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President -- living or dead, in office or out of office -- to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]] and even said that Terry acted more like his mom than Nancy), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season. Sweeney had no recurring characters, but did have celebrity impressions besides Nancy Reagan: Brooke Shields' StageMom, Teri; Diana Ross[[note]]which would be seen as ValuesDissonance today because they did darken his skin to make him black[[/note]], Patti [=LaBelle=][[note]]another ValuesDissonance role due to use of blackface[[/note]], Ted Kennedy[[note]]the only male celebrity he played, and a bit of IronyAsSheIsCast, as Ted Kennedy was a womanizer, while Terry Sweeney is openly gay and has been in a committed relationship with his lover, Lanier Laney, since the 1980s[[/note]], Joan Rivers, Joan Collins (both as herself and as her character Alexis Colby-Dexter from ''Dynasty''), and Barbara Howar.
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Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics under Ronald Reagan made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of First Lady Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who, if you can believe it, hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President -- living or dead, in office or out of office -- to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]] and even said that Terry acted more like his mom than Nancy), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season. Sweeney had no recurring characters, characters[[note]]though he did have a somewhat popular one-shot character: Hildy, a chipper, hypercompetent maid who helps her scatterbrained family, The Deavers -- played by Jon Lovitz, Joan Cusack, and Robert Downey, Jr. -- set up for Christmas, only to make off with the family's plane tickets to Aruba and new sports car to go on vacation herself[[/note]], but did have celebrity impressions besides Nancy Reagan: Brooke Shields' StageMom, Teri; Diana Ross[[note]]which would be seen as ValuesDissonance today because they did darken his skin to make him black[[/note]], Patti [=LaBelle=][[note]]another ValuesDissonance role due to use of blackface[[/note]], Ted Kennedy[[note]]the only male celebrity he played, and a bit of IronyAsSheIsCast, as Ted Kennedy was a womanizer, while Terry Sweeney is openly gay and has been in a committed relationship with his lover, Lanier Laney, since the 1980s[[/note]], Joan Rivers, Joan Collins (both as herself and as her character Alexis Colby-Dexter from ''Dynasty''), and Barbara Howar.
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He is openly gay and is married to writer Lanier Laney, the two of whom were writers for ''Saturday Night Live'' during its tumultuous 11th season (the season that also had Sweeney as a cast member).
member), though Sweeney actually wrote for another tumultuous season of ''Saturday Night Live'' prior to season 11: the 1980-1981 season led by Jean Doumanian, a job Sweeney got, according to his book ''Irritable Bowels and Who to Give Them To'', by [[RefugeInAudacity buying a lot of sandwiches and lunch items, sticking samples of his sketches in with the food, and posing as a catering service delivery boy for Studio 8H]].
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Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics under Ronald Reagan made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of First Lady Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who, if you can believe it, hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President -- living or dead, in office or out of office -- to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]] and even said that Terry acted more like his mom than Nancy), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season. Sweeney had no recurring characters, but did have celebrity impressions besides Nancy Reagan: Brooke Shields' StageMom, Teri; Diana Ross[[note]]which would be seen as ValuesDissonance today because they did darken his skin to make him black[[/note]], Patti [=LaBelle=][[note]]another ValuesDissonance role due to use of blackface[[/note]], Ted Kennedy[[note]]the only male celebrity he played[[/note]], Joan Rivers, Joan Collins (both as herself and as her character Alexis Colby-Dexter from ''Dynasty''), and Barbara Howar.
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Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics under Ronald Reagan made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of First Lady Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who, if you can believe it, hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President -- living or dead, in office or out of office -- to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]] and even said that Terry acted more like his mom than Nancy), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season. Sweeney had no recurring characters, but did have celebrity impressions besides Nancy Reagan: Brooke Shields' StageMom, Teri; Diana Ross[[note]]which would be seen as ValuesDissonance today because they did darken his skin to make him black[[/note]], Patti [=LaBelle=][[note]]another ValuesDissonance role due to use of blackface[[/note]], Ted Kennedy[[note]]the only male celebrity he played[[/note]], played, and a bit of IronyAsSheIsCast, as Ted Kennedy was a womanizer, while Terry Sweeney is openly gay and has been in a committed relationship with his lover, Lanier Laney, since the 1980s[[/note]], Joan Rivers, Joan Collins (both as herself and as her character Alexis Colby-Dexter from ''Dynasty''), and Barbara Howar.
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Terry Sweeny (March 23, 1951) is an American artist, actor, and writer best known for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''Film/{{Shag}}''.
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Terry Sweeny (March 23, 1951) is an American artist, actor, and writer best known for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' the WB's short-lived sketch show ''Hype''[[note]](only remembered today for having Frank Caliendo and Danielle Gaither as cast members before they were hired on ''[=MADtv=]'')[[/note]]and ''Film/{{Shag}}''.
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He is openly gay and is married to writer Creator/LanierLaney, the two of whom were writers for ''Saturday Night Live'' during its tumultuous 11th season (the season that also had Sweeney as a cast member). Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics at the time made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]]), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season.
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He is openly gay and is married to writer Creator/LanierLaney, Lanier Laney, the two of whom were writers for ''Saturday Night Live'' during its tumultuous 11th season (the season that also had Sweeney as a cast member). member).
Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politicsat the time under Ronald Reagan made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of First Lady Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who [[note]]who, if you can believe it, hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President -- living or dead, in office or out of office -- to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]]), funny]] and even said that Terry acted more like his mom than Nancy), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season.
season. Sweeney had no recurring characters, but did have celebrity impressions besides Nancy Reagan: Brooke Shields' StageMom, Teri; Diana Ross[[note]]which would be seen as ValuesDissonance today because they did darken his skin to make him black[[/note]], Patti [=LaBelle=][[note]]another ValuesDissonance role due to use of blackface[[/note]], Ted Kennedy[[note]]the only male celebrity he played[[/note]], Joan Rivers, Joan Collins (both as herself and as her character Alexis Colby-Dexter from ''Dynasty''), and Barbara Howar.
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He is openly gay and is married to writer Creator/LanierLaney.
Creator/LanierLaney, the two of whom were writers for ''Saturday Night Live'' during its tumultuous 11th season (the season that also had Sweeney as a cast member). Terry Sweeney's hiring on that show marks the first time an openly gay male actor was featured on an American television show (which was very risky at the time, since the AIDS epidemic and America's conservative politics at the time made being on the LGBTQ spectrum rough, especially if you were a man). Sadly, despite gaining some fame on the show with his celebrity impression of Nancy Reagan (which the real Nancy hated, but her son, Ron Reagan, Jr.[[note]]who hosted during season 11, making him the only child of a U.S. President to ever host the show[[/note]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]]), Sweeney, along with Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]), Anthony Michael Hall, and Randy Quaid, were not welcomed with opened arms by audiences and only lasted for one season.
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* ''Film/LoveAtStake''
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He is openly gay and is married to writer Creator/LanierLaney.
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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' as various (1981-1986)
* ''Series/SomethingWilder'' as Clerk (1 episode)
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' as Keith (1 episode)
* ''Series/PlatypusMan'' as Alan (1 episode)
* ''Film/MagicIsland'' as Funny Face
* ''Series/FamilyMatters'' as Snooty Ticket Agent (1 episode)
* ''Film/ProsAndCons'' as Decorator
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' as Heart Curator (1 episode)
* ''Series/BabyDaddy'' as
!Writer
He is openly gay and is married to writer Creator/LanierLaney.
!Actor
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' as various (1981-1986)
* ''Series/SomethingWilder'' as Clerk (1 episode)
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' as Keith (1 episode)
* ''Series/PlatypusMan'' as Alan (1 episode)
* ''Film/MagicIsland'' as Funny Face
* ''Series/FamilyMatters'' as Snooty Ticket Agent (1 episode)
* ''Film/ProsAndCons'' as Decorator
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' as Heart Curator (1 episode)
* ''Series/BabyDaddy'' as
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