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Bill Hader’s talent for impressions is nothing short of incredible! From political figures like Eliot Spitzer and James Carville to comedy legends like Fred Armisen and Conan O’Brien, his ability to capture mannerisms and voices is unmatched. Join us as we reveal the funniest, most spot-on impressions that showcase the range and humor of this versatile comedian’s unforgettable performances.
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00:00Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most notable impressions that best show off
00:05Bill Hader's incredible talent.
00:07In order to make a movie about Mark Zuckerberg, interesting, they had to make stuff up.
00:10In order to make a movie about me, just rated R, they'll have to leave stuff out.
00:17Number 30, Harvey Fierstein.
00:20This is not a gay film.
00:23But it says in the script that we play volleyball in jean shorts.
00:26There's hardly any other Bill Hader impression that demonstrates his vocal range quite like that of Harvey Fierstein.
00:33In this sketch celebrating the 25th anniversary of Top Gun, Hader plays Fierstein auditioning for the movie,
00:38and becomes increasingly baffled that the supposedly macho fighter pilot drama is not, in fact, a gay film.
00:44I say, Iceman's on my tail. He's coming hard. I literally said that to a bathroom attendant.
00:50His unmistakable gravelly voice and theatrical hand gestures make the confusion even funnier,
00:55particularly as he points out details that, to him, seem rather suggestive.
01:00The joke depends on Fierstein's genuine stage persona colliding with Top Gun mythology,
01:04and Hader commits so completely that the entire audition feels delightfully unhinged.
01:09The last line in your movie is,
01:11You can ride my tail anytime.
01:14Yes, you guys.
01:17That's not my mantra.
01:18Number 29, Conan O'Brien.
01:20A late-night feud gives Bill Hader an excuse to deploy an impression built as much around movement as voice.
01:27We also have Conan O'Brien.
01:35How you doing, Larry?
01:37I'm doing great. I'm on this new Benefiber kick.
01:39In this SNL cold open parodying Larry King Live,
01:42Fred Armisen plays Larry King,
01:44while Hader portrays Conan O'Brien amid NBC's very public Leno O'Brien scheduling battle.
01:49Hader captures O'Brien's lanky physicality and distinctive vocal rhythm,
01:53making the performance instantly recognizable without simply copying his voice.
01:57Then they moved you to 1130, and it was a colossal failure. Is that right?
02:01No, Larry. I didn't really have a chance to...
02:03But that might have been because of your lead-in, which was J, which was, again, a colossal failure.
02:08Oh, come on. That is not fair.
02:11He later demonstrated the impression on Conan in front of the late-night host himself.
02:15That version, however, was less of faithful impersonation
02:18and more Hader using the character to hilariously roast the host.
02:23Every time we hang out with you, it's always weird at restaurants.
02:25Yeah.
02:25It's a brief my wife.
02:26I have them bring me whole fish.
02:32And for Mr. O'Brien, it's like...
02:39Impressions of fellow comedians carry a particular kind of risk.
02:42Get it wrong, and it's awkward.
02:44Get it right, and it is gold.
02:46Bill Hader lands squarely in the gold category
02:48with his impression of longtime SNL castmate and close friend Fred Armisen.
02:52Nice little bloke, isn't he? Used to be better looking, but still.
02:57Your majesties...
02:58Look, drop me your majesty crap, right? Call me Deborah.
03:01Years of working side-by-side clearly gave Hader intimate knowledge of Armisen's quirks.
03:06His take centers on two things, Armisen's expressive hand-talking
03:10and his undying devotion to Portland.
03:12Oh, I love Portland. I fly over there. I have my apartment. I have my records.
03:15I go across the street at my class.
03:17Drive out.
03:18Great. Great.
03:25Because the two were such close friends,
03:28the impression feels less like a celebrity caricature
03:30and more like Hader revealing the tiny habits
03:33that only someone that intimate would know.
03:35Yeah, Seth, that was right before I made this one an offer he couldn't refuse.
03:40An offer to spend the rest of his life with me
03:42through rain, shine, clear skies, or clouds.
03:47That was beautiful.
03:49Number 27.
03:50Lindsay Buckingham.
03:51Here's proof that silence, or near silence, can be funnier than any punchline.
03:56I promised my friend Lindsay Buckingham
03:57that he could sing a song about literacy.
04:00It's gonna be great, Lindsay.
04:02Yeah.
04:02Yeah, it is.
04:04Okay, then.
04:05Bill Hader's recurring bit as Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsay Buckingham
04:08in the beloved What Up With That sketches relies almost entirely on body language.
04:12He rarely, if ever, gets a word in,
04:14because Kenan Thompson's over-enthusiastic host keeps derailing the interview with song.
04:18Every week you have an incredible musician on the show, Lindsay Buckingham,
04:23and you never give the man a chance to talk.
04:29Paul, don't worry.
04:30I mean, if you've ever seen my show before, you know that everybody gets to talk.
04:34But Hader's exasperated, increasingly bewildered physical reactions are priceless.
04:39The bit reached a brilliant meta-peak when the real Lindsay Buckingham
04:43appeared alongside Hader in a sketch,
04:45with Buckingham's character pointedly calling out the host for never letting either of them speak.
04:49How did this happen?
04:51Shoulda let him talk, man. He woulda told you.
04:55I'm sorry, Lindsay. Can you ever forgive me?
04:58Come on, Lindsay.
05:00There you go, Lindsay. That's what I'm talking about.
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05:11Wait, wait, wait. Don't you want to hear the story behind this?
05:14Oh, absolutely. Next time.
05:16Number 26, Bob Simon.
05:17And it's one of my favorites.
05:19Yes.
05:20Because it was an observation. You wrote it with Mulaney.
05:22John Mulaney is the funniest human being on the planet.
05:24That 60 Minutes, that the third segment on 60 Minutes is the take it or leave it segment.
05:28Yeah, it was always Bob Simon, and he was always being sent off to some awful place.
05:32Sometimes Bill Hader's most obscure impressions are the ones that reveal
05:36how seriously he studied television personalities.
05:39Texas. How did you like Texas?
05:40I liked very much. I liked mostly the people.
05:43Now, with all the traveling you've done, how did you end up here?
05:47I was searching for a way of life.
05:50He developed an impression of 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon
05:53for a sketch he wrote with John Mulaney.
05:55But the piece was cut after dress rehearsal.
05:57Rather than letting the impression disappear,
05:59Hader later brought it to Late Night with Seth Meyers,
06:02performing Simon's restrained broadcast manner while discussing remarkably unexciting destinations.
06:07When I heard about my newest Simon, I thought,
06:09where am I going?
06:10The White House?
06:11The Capitol, perhaps.
06:13No, I was then 8,000 miles away to hellhole Africa
06:17to cover Jaguar poachers.
06:19Simon's soft, measured broadcast delivery
06:22gives Hader something genuinely different to play with.
06:24Hader reportedly loved that sketch deeply
06:26and was genuinely upset when it was cut.
06:29I go, so you're a Jaguar poachers?
06:31I go, what do you do?
06:31He goes, I kill the Jaguars.
06:34And I go, oh?
06:36Those are Jaguars?
06:38I go, I've been calling them spotty cats.
06:40I've been hitting them with my car ever since I landed at the airport.
06:43Number 25.
06:44Elliot Spitzer.
06:45Now that I've resigned as governor,
06:47I intend to bring that same passion and intensity to my new career
06:51as an attorney in private practice specializing in lurid, embarrassing sex cases.
06:58The political scandal practically wrote the premise
07:00for Bill Hader's Elliot Spitzer impression.
07:02Following Spitzer's 2008 resignation after revelations
07:05that he had patronized an escort service,
07:08Hader appeared as the former New York governor in this cold open
07:10announcing Spitzer and Associates,
07:12a law firm specializing in embarrassing sex crimes.
07:15Whether it's a major issue,
07:16such as the incompetent brothel worker
07:18who time after time screws up a simple erotic asphyxiation
07:23or something smaller,
07:24like not getting the reach around you paid for,
07:27you don't have to take it.
07:29He also appeared as Spitzer during Weekend Update,
07:31where the scandal was still fresh enough to require almost no setup.
07:35Here's a card for a married couple that's had their ups and downs.
07:38My love, you have given me five wonderful years.
07:43Happy 25th wedding anniversary!
07:48The other 20 years were crap!
07:51Hader's approach is deliberately stiff and uncomfortable,
07:54capturing Spitzer's public speaking style
07:56while allowing the sheer absurdity of the situation to carry the comedy.
08:00It became one of Hader's memorable early political impressions.
08:03This card shows the young bride and groom at the altar.
08:06Oh, that is sweet.
08:07It is, yeah.
08:08And it says,
08:09what's better than your wife being a Spitzer?
08:11What?
08:12Your wife being a Swalazer!
08:17Spitzer!
08:17Can I be covered here again now?
08:19Number 24, Dr. Oz.
08:21Some impressions succeed because the target gives you more than enough to work with.
08:26I bet there are people in this audience
08:27who are having the same problem as you
08:29and would appreciate your courage, okay?
08:31Am I right?
08:32Am I right?
08:32Am I right?
08:33Hader's take on television's most famously questionable doctor is sharp
08:37precisely because of how technically accurate it is.
08:40The cadence,
08:41the slightly rushed delivery,
08:43the way Dr. Oz skips over words while projecting total confidence?
08:46Hader nails every beat.
08:48Thousands of people share experience,
08:50and there's actually a name for it.
08:51You have what's commonly called a dead rectum.
08:54Okay, let me hear you say it, Kenny.
08:56I have a dead rectum.
08:58I have a dead rectum.
08:59Okay, okay.
09:00Who else are you saying it's a dead rectum?
09:01There's also an uncanny physical resemblance
09:04that gives the impression an extra layer of credibility.
09:06It's the kind of performance
09:08where you briefly have to remind yourself
09:09you're not watching actual footage.
09:11That is a normal rectum.
09:13It tightens the whole fecal matter
09:14until you're ready to get rid of it.
09:16But in your case,
09:16it just falls right out.
09:18My rectum doesn't fall right out.
09:20Okay, in other words,
09:21if your rectum was a musical instrument,
09:23a healthy one would sound like this.
09:24Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da!
09:26Yours sounds like a shift horn.
09:30Hater manages to be both affectionate and pointed,
09:32which is the sweet spot for any good celebrity impression.
09:36This is what happens to this guy all the time.
09:38No, it doesn't happen all the time!
09:39It just happened right now, didn't it?
09:41No, it didn't happen just now.
09:42Kenny, I have nostrils.
09:43Number 23, Charlie Sheen.
09:45Welcome to the winning show
09:49for people who are tired of apologizing
09:51for their bitchin', gnarly rockstar lives
09:54and are ready to celebrate being highly evolved warlocks.
09:58The year 2011 handed SNL a gift
10:00in the form of Charlie Sheen's
10:02very public, very spectacular unraveling,
10:04and Hater made sure they cashed in.
10:07His take on Sheen appeared on a fake talk show
10:09celebrating people who do outrageous,
10:11unapologetic things without a trace of shame.
10:13It's so terrible I was fired by Christian Dior.
10:16So what?
10:17You know, I lost my job too.
10:18Now I can, you know, I can do whatever I want.
10:20You know, I can do Major League 3,
10:22Hot Shots Part Quattro.
10:24I'm really excited about this.
10:26Platoon 2, Electric, Platoon-a-loo.
10:28Hater nailed Sheen's gruff, unpredictable energy
10:30and the era's defining catchphrases
10:32without letting the bit collapse into pure caricature.
10:35You and I have a lot in common.
10:37You know, you're a Vatican assassin and you're 79.
10:39I'm a Vatican assassin and I look 79.
10:43We've got tiger blood.
10:46Thanks, but you know, actually, I'm not doing so great.
10:49There's genuine comedic control behind it,
10:51even when the character is supposed to have none.
10:54Hater channeled the chaos of the real Sheen.
10:56Hater channeled the chaos of the real Sheen
10:58while keeping the performance tight
11:00and deliberately, hilariously unhinged.
11:03Hold on real quick.
11:04Hold on.
11:06Clear.
11:12And we're winning again.
11:16Number 22, Julian Assange.
11:18Hello again.
11:20It's me, Julian Assange.
11:22I've taken over your airwaves from inside a British prison.
11:26How'd I get a camera into a British prison?
11:28Maybe you weren't listening.
11:29I'm Julian Assange.
11:31Behind the polished performance
11:32lies one of the most genuinely difficult chapters
11:35of Bill Hater's SNL run.
11:36He portrayed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange multiple times,
11:40delivering a cold, smug, theatrically sinister version
11:43of the controversial figure
11:44that became a recurring presence on the show.
11:46Day five, Netflix.
11:48Have you seen the fourth season of Hanging with Mr. Cooper?
11:50You're about to.
11:54It's first on your cue.
11:56But offstage, the pressure was taking a real toll.
11:59Hater has spoken openly about experiencing a panic attack
12:02during one of the Assange performances,
12:03caused by the intense anxiety of live television.
12:06What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me?
12:08Let's take a look.
12:10I give you private information on corporations for free,
12:13and I'm a villain.
12:14Mark Zuckerberg gives your private information
12:16to corporations for money,
12:18and he's man of the year.
12:21Knowing that makes the composed, icy confidence
12:24of the finished impression all the more remarkable.
12:26It's one of his most technically accomplished portrayals,
12:29forged under genuinely stressful circumstances.
12:32In conclusion, a final reminder that no matter how I die,
12:35even if there's a video of me peacefully dying
12:37of natural causes, it was murder.
12:39Here's a status update.
12:41Democracy is dead.
12:42Happy holidays!
12:43Number 21.
12:45Rick Perry.
12:45Hey, Marie, before I start,
12:47I want to say I know I've had some trouble in past debates,
12:49but tonight I'm feeling good.
12:50I think I'm really going to nail it.
12:52Texas high five!
12:53When a politician hands you an oops moment
12:55heard round the world, you run with it.
12:58Bill Hater's impression of former Texas governor Rick Perry
13:00is arguably his strongest straight political characterization,
13:04built on a meticulous understanding
13:06of Perry's vocal and physical mannerisms.
13:08When I get to Washington, there are three,
13:09three agencies I cut immediately.
13:12Commerce, education, and, uh...
13:19Uh, what's the third one there?
13:22Uh, it's got to wait for me.
13:26Oops.
13:27The Texas drawl is pitch perfect.
13:29The long, vacant pauses feel painfully real,
13:32and the physical comedy hater layers on top
13:34elevates it beyond straight mimicry.
13:36I'm not going to be president, am I?
13:38No.
13:38No, you're not.
13:41Can I be your vice president?
13:43Sure, sure, sure.
13:46Where are we going after this, Mitt?
13:48The impression became especially resonant
13:50after Perry's catastrophic 2011 presidential debate moment,
13:54when he famously forgot the third government agency
13:57he'd planned to eliminate.
13:58Hater turned that discomfort into something brilliantly,
14:01almost unbearably funny.
14:02Look, Seth, a Hawaiian girl!
14:07Yeah, no, I can see that.
14:09Hola, Seth.
14:11Hola?
14:19Let me, let me do your taxes.
14:22Number 20.
14:23Lorne Michaels.
14:24The creator and longtime producer of Saturday Night Live,
14:28as well as Bill Hader's boss for many years,
14:30Lorne Michaels is known in many circles
14:33of the entertainment industry.
14:34He's also frequently the subject of imitation
14:36by those who've worked for him.
14:38Lorne Michaels tried to help me after season four.
14:41He went, you know, you can work here as long as you want.
14:43Hater does perhaps the best impression of the man.
14:46While being interviewed on Conan,
14:48Hater recounted an occasion when Lorne spent a whole plane trip
14:51speaking to him nonstop as he drifted in and out of sleep.
14:54You wake up and it's like,
14:55and Ray Charles said they all owe me money.
15:01You wake up and he's like,
15:02that's how you grow blueberries in May.
15:04Hater also does a great bit where he imitates Michael's habit
15:07of name-dropping the cavalcade of celebrities he knows.
15:09But instead of celebrities,
15:11he name-drops famous serial killers.
15:13I went to Kansas City, um,
15:16with Alec and Marcy,
15:18uh, to try to
15:20get
15:22BTK killer off death row.
15:27Jack Nicholson is one of the most famous actors out there,
15:30and his very particular acting style and mannerisms make him the perfect subject for imitation.
15:36As a guest on Ellen,
15:38Bill Hater does a spot-on rendition of the actor.
15:40You're gonna order a lemonade for me,
15:44little child.
15:45Given the prompt of Nicholson running a lemonade stand,
15:48Hater proceeds to mimic his squint and sinister grin,
15:51and he absolutely nails the voice as he threatens a young customer should they fail to buy from him.
15:56And if you don't order a lemonade for me,
15:59you're gonna go right to hell.
16:01Slap a pair of sunglasses on him,
16:03age him up a bit,
16:04and you would swear he was Nicholson himself.
16:07Number 18.
16:08Seth Rogen
16:09Bill Hater and Seth Rogen have worked together on more than a few occasions,
16:13most famously in the 2007 comedy Superbad.
16:16Naturally, working around Rogen has allowed Hater to pick up on his voice and mannerisms.
16:21Hater has recounted several anecdotes about Rogen,
16:23including their time on Superbad,
16:25and times they've smoked pot together.
16:27Seth Rogen says, he's like,
16:29smoking pot with you is like smoking pot with my dad.
16:33Because I'm just like,
16:34whoa, we're smoking grass?
16:36We're smoking grass, guys?
16:38We're smoking dough?
16:38He'll usually throw in a quick impression of Rogen somewhere in these stories,
16:42but his imitation of him on Ellen takes the cake.
16:44In this one,
16:45Hater stays consistent with the Amsterdam incident,
16:48and imagines Rogen reading his own on-brand version of Puff the Magic Dragon.
16:52Puff the Magic Dragon
16:56huffed and puffed
16:57and then kept puffing
17:00and puffed some more
17:01and then he, like,
17:03got some Oreos with his friends.
17:05Number 17.
17:06Star Wars Creatures
17:07Bill Hater loves Star Wars.
17:10Who doesn't?
17:11While he did make it into the franchise itself,
17:13brownie points if you know who he played,
17:15he'd honed his vocalizations for years beforehand.
17:18And it certainly paid off.
17:20His best impressions from the franchise
17:22are of non-human creatures.
17:24Firstly, he does a great job of the hut.
17:26I can do Jabba the Hutt dying.
17:28You can do Jabba the Hutt dying.
17:30Yeah.
17:30Can we hear it?
17:37He's previously done his impression of the slug-like gangster on Conan,
17:41and has also busted it out in the movie
17:43It Chapter 2
17:44as part of an extended
17:45Your Mom joke.
17:46She'll put her arm around me
17:47and she'll whisper to me,
17:48she'll go,
17:52We all get it.
17:54But perhaps his most bizarre impression overall
17:56is that of a dying Tauntaun.
17:58These domesticated Hoth animals
18:00may smell bad inside and out,
18:02but Hater's impression
18:03is positively rosy.
18:08Falcon, Falcon,
18:09and then dying Tauntaun.
18:12Very good!
18:13Number 16.
18:14Barack Obama
18:15Fans of SNL know of Fred Armisen's
18:18famous impression of Barack Obama.
18:20However,
18:20there are probably fewer people
18:22who know that Bill Hater's imitation
18:24of the former U.S. president
18:25is scarily good.
18:27While doing an interview
18:28with The Hollywood Reporter,
18:29Armisen and Hater recount how,
18:30while on set,
18:31the two of them would do a bit
18:33that involved emulating Obama.
18:34I went down to Venice Beach.
18:37We're in the 60s.
18:38A band taught us
18:39that if we work hard,
18:41we can break on through
18:42to the other side.
18:43Hater perfectly replicates
18:45the cadence of Obama's voice,
18:46and hearing his version
18:48of the politician
18:48in the bizarre scenarios
18:49the two comedians cooked up
18:51is a lot of fun.
18:52Take Obama giving a speech
18:54about his time in Los Angeles
18:55or working on the set
18:56of Two Broke Girls, for example.
18:57So you go,
18:58and then you go,
18:59and you two are on a date,
19:00and you talk to her.
19:02But you can't talk
19:03because then they have
19:04to pay you more,
19:05so you have to pretend
19:06like you're talking.
19:07There are few things
19:08more glorious than this.
19:10Number 15, Henry Winkler.
19:12A veteran television actor,
19:14Henry Winkler may have gotten
19:15his start as Fonzie
19:17on Happy Days,
19:18but he's pretty much
19:19the opposite of the
19:20over-the-top macho character
19:21in real life.
19:22He also stars alongside
19:24Bill Hader on the show Barry.
19:25I'm trying not to
19:26overwhelm you, Barry.
19:28I'm trying to give you
19:29the view from 10,000 feet
19:30before we dive in
19:32and break it down
19:33scene by scene.
19:34Given how closely
19:35they work together,
19:36Hader has managed to capture
19:37the essence of Winkler
19:38quite well.
19:39He's recounted
19:40Winkler's continued shock
19:41of the dark content
19:42of Barry on various talk shows,
19:44and has managed to imitate
19:45his co-star's soft-spoken,
19:47good-natured surprise
19:47perfectly.
19:49Incidentally,
19:49Hader's impression
19:50of Winkler's impression
19:52of John Travolta's
19:53hand-acting
19:53is also fantastic.
19:55Is that meta enough for you?
19:57John Travolta in that,
19:58he always uses his hands.
20:00His hands are just so,
20:02it's like they're only made
20:03to handle teacups,
20:05like little teacups.
20:06Number 14,
20:08Jim Jordan.
20:08In this cold-open
20:10SNL sketch,
20:11Bill Hader plays
20:11Jim Jordan,
20:12an Ohio congressman
20:13involved in questioning
20:14Donald Trump's
20:15former attorney,
20:16Michael Cohen,
20:16who was played
20:17by guest star
20:18Ben Stiller.
20:19Mr. Chairman,
20:20a good afternoon to you.
20:22Lying piece
20:23of human trash!
20:24Hader plays up
20:25Jordan's anger
20:26and increasing
20:27exasperation wonderfully.
20:29Although Jordan
20:30doesn't have
20:30as distinct a voice
20:31as some of the
20:32other impressions
20:33on this list,
20:34Hader more than
20:34makes up for it
20:35with his body language
20:36and overall enthusiasm
20:37in the role.
20:38I'm so angry
20:39I couldn't even
20:39wear a jacket today!
20:41It says a lot
20:42about his skills
20:42that he manages
20:43to steal the scene
20:44away from Ben Stiller's
20:45dead-on Cohen impression.
20:47Number 13,
20:48James Mason.
20:49While many today
20:50probably aren't
20:51familiar with him,
20:52James Mason was a huge
20:54star in the mid-20th century.
20:56The British actor
20:56had a very distinguished
20:58and suave voice.
20:59With such expert
21:00play acting,
21:01you make this very
21:02rumor theater.
21:03Bill Hader reportedly
21:04did an impression
21:05of him during his
21:06Saturday Night Live
21:06audition,
21:07which he has recounted
21:08on several talk shows.
21:10In the bit,
21:11Mason's trying to buy
21:11a dozen donuts
21:12with an expired
21:13gift certificate.
21:27Hader's impression work
21:28is always so fun
21:29because of these
21:29weird scenarios
21:30he puts the celebrities in.
21:32We hope that Mason
21:33was able to get
21:34the bottle of Yoo-Hoo
21:34at least.
21:35Number 12,
21:36John Malkovich.
21:38Impressions of John
21:39Malkovich are pretty rare.
21:40The actor is so singular
21:42that it seems impossible
21:44to imitate him.
21:45Yet somehow,
21:46Bill Hader not only
21:47manages it,
21:48but does so spectacularly.
21:50Hader has actually
21:51done the impression
21:52to Malkovich's face
21:53while interviewing
21:54the actor
21:54in an SNL
21:55Vinny Vidiči sketch.
21:57Hello,
21:58my name is
21:59John Malkovich.
22:01I don't sound
22:02anything like that.
22:03No, you sound
22:04exactly like this.
22:06Can you imagine
22:07the guts that takes?
22:08He's also busted out
22:09his Malko as a guest
22:10on Weekend Update.
22:11Regardless of the
22:13circumstance,
22:13Hader captures
22:14the very particular
22:15way that Malkovich
22:16emphasizes certain words
22:18as well as
22:19the intimidating aura
22:20he,
22:21or at least
22:22his most famous
22:23characters,
22:23exude.
22:24I might enjoy
22:25watching them
22:25slowly grow frustrated
22:27as they realize
22:28Olympic Games
22:29don't take breaks
22:30for t-shirt cannons.
22:33Number 11,
22:34Anthony Scaramucci.
22:35Some say that
22:36Anthony Scaramucci
22:37was put on this earth
22:38just so Hader
22:39could impersonate him.
22:40And after seeing
22:41Hader's take
22:41on the Mooch,
22:42it's hard to disagree.
22:43Yo!
22:44It's me,
22:45Anthony Scaramucci.
22:47The Mooch!
22:48When watching
22:49Scaramucci in interviews,
22:50you get the impression
22:51that he kinda likes
22:52the sound of his own voice.
22:53And Hader grabs hold
22:55of this with both hands.
22:56And when I hear
22:57my name three times,
22:58I appear like
22:59a Goomba Beetlejuice.
23:03Wow, well,
23:03thanks for calling in,
23:05Mr. Scaramucci.
23:06So,
23:07Mooch!
23:08With a scrunched up
23:10face like he's just
23:10sucked on a lemon
23:11and constant imposing
23:12hand gestures,
23:13Hader channels
23:14all the foibles
23:15of the ex-White House
23:16director of communications.
23:17And you know what?
23:18Hader's hardly
23:19even exaggerating.
23:20I think we're good, bro.
23:23No,
23:24you're not good, bro.
23:25Come on.
23:27Everybody loves
23:27the Mooch.
23:28Number 10,
23:29Arnold Schwarzenegger.
23:31Here's an impression
23:32that everyone likes
23:33to think they can do,
23:34but very few
23:35can actually pull off.
23:37Hader, however,
23:37has got the predator-crushing
23:39muscle man down to a T,
23:41from his trademark
23:42groaning to his cigar waving.
23:44And Arnold just hung,
23:45like, he just hung out,
23:46like,
23:46with, like,
23:47with no shirt on,
23:48like,
23:49and boxers,
23:50like, smoking a cigar,
23:51like, playing check.
23:52And bugs are coming around,
23:54they're like,
23:55and he's like,
23:56and he's like,
23:57and he's like,
23:57and he's like,
23:58Oh, and, of course,
24:00his schnitzel anecdotes.
24:01You know,
24:02this is where we show
24:02a predator.
24:03And I was like,
24:04I am.
24:05Because I would have
24:06schnitzel flown in
24:07for the casting crew.
24:08I go,
24:08I am.
24:09And Hader's done
24:10his research, too,
24:11famously acting as
24:12Arnie's personal assistant
24:13on the set of
24:14Collateral Damage.
24:15If his straight-up
24:16imitation of him
24:17wasn't enough
24:17to convince you
24:18of his Austrian prowess,
24:19then maybe his
24:20face-mapped reenactment
24:21on Jimmy Kimmel will be.
24:22Hi, Bill,
24:23remember me?
24:24It's me.
24:27Remember?
24:29Wow.
24:30It used to work for me.
24:31Oh, that's scary.
24:33Number 9.
24:34Tom Cruise.
24:35To say this iconic actor
24:36is known for being
24:37a little over the top
24:38is a huge understatement.
24:40Just ask Oprah.
24:42What has happened to you?
24:48During an interview
24:49on Letterman,
24:50Hader recounts
24:50how Cruise was trying
24:51to place him
24:52while filming
24:52on the set of
24:53Tropic Thunder.
24:54In true Tom Cruise fashion,
24:56Hader starts off slowly
24:57with some intense
24:58squinting and pointing,
24:59eventually escalating
25:01to loud,
25:02wide-eyed applause.
25:03And I did a Seth Rogen impression
25:04and it was like
25:04I did a magic trick.
25:05Tom Cruise was like,
25:06yeah-ho!
25:09Which is to say,
25:10Hader's Cruise impression
25:11probably hovers
25:12somewhere between
25:13the office scene
25:13from Jerry Maguire
25:14and any of the intense stares
25:16from the
25:16Mission Impossible franchise.
25:18Speaking of which,
25:19we wonder if Hader
25:20can do the run.
25:27From realistic
25:29to ridiculous next
25:30and a larger-than-life
25:32impression
25:32that's both inaccurate
25:33and offensive
25:34but in all the right ways.
25:42Presenting the royal family
25:43as a gang of cockney thugs,
25:45Hader plays Prince Philip
25:46alongside Fred Armisen's
25:47Queen Elizabeth.
25:48I beg your pardon,
25:49Your Majesty,
25:50but why are you two
25:52talking like that?
25:52This is how we really
25:53talk, love.
25:55Not so nice, right?
25:57But it gets the job done,
25:59don't it?
26:00Who, at every chance,
26:01tried to intimidate
26:02newly-initiated members
26:03Kate and Pippa Middleton.
26:05Whether it's his wildly
26:06inappropriate threats
26:07or his toothpick-twirling
26:08mannerisms,
26:09Hader's Prince Philip
26:10is a classic case
26:11of a caricature
26:12being more entertaining
26:13than the real thing.
26:14Your Majesty,
26:15your secretary briefed me
26:16and all the royal etiquette.
26:17I'm not talking about
26:18salad, forks, love.
26:19This ain't the princess diaries.
26:23Although, hey,
26:24for all we know,
26:25the real Phil
26:26could be a punk badass too.
26:27My name's a queen
26:29and this is not a democracy.
26:34Don is in a riot
26:36in the streets.
26:39Number seven,
26:40Vincent Price.
26:42Horror legend Vincent Price
26:43has always been
26:44a special kind of creepy.
26:46His rollercoaster
26:47of a persona
26:47can go from a jovial grin
26:49to an eerie stare
26:50in the blink of an eye.
26:51Ha, ha, ha, ha!
26:54All Hallows Eve,
26:56when the minions
26:56of Samhain come back!
26:59Guys,
27:00I'm not fully up yet.
27:01You gotta keep
27:02pressing the thing.
27:03And Hader's
27:04over-the-top take on Price
27:06is all the right
27:06kinds of dramatic.
27:07Sure, he's got
27:08the slouched body language
27:09down,
27:10but it's the squeaky voice
27:11that really sells it.
27:12Well, that and the raven
27:14on his shoulder.
27:15Tonight, prepare yourself
27:16for a night of spooks
27:17and scares,
27:18as we have invited over
27:20some of our most famous friends
27:22for some tricks
27:23and also some treats.
27:25Not only is his impression
27:27spot on,
27:28but seeing Hader's Price
27:29trying to wrestle
27:30with inappropriate guests
27:31and keep his show
27:32family-friendly
27:33as well as spooky
27:34is absolute gold.
27:36Let's wrap it up!
27:38You have just partaken
27:39in a celebration
27:40more sound
27:41for phantasms and race.
27:43You want a clear frame there?
27:45Just want to...
27:50wander the earthly plane
27:51in search of vengeance
27:52upon the living and...
27:53Guys,
27:54I thought we had
27:55this thing fixed.
27:56Number 6.
27:56Daniel Day-Lewis
27:58Daniel Day-Lewis
27:59is an actor
28:00who disappears
28:00into his roles,
28:01so any impression of him
28:03is bound to be specific,
28:04and Bill Hader's
28:05is no exception.
28:06In this SNL sketch,
28:08he parodies
28:08Day-Lewis' character
28:09Daniel Plainview
28:10from the film
28:11There Will Be Blood.
28:12I drink your milkshake!
28:18I drink it up!
28:20He literally acts out
28:22a famous metaphor
28:22from the film,
28:23drinking people's milkshakes.
28:25My straw goes across the room
28:27and I drink your milkshake!
28:37I drink it up!
28:39There are a ton of quotes
28:40lifted straight from the movie,
28:42but Hader's imitation
28:43of Plainview
28:44is positively uncanny
28:46and hilarious throughout.
28:47Good day, old man.
28:50I'm going to drink
28:51your milkshake.
28:53No, you're not.
28:54Go get your own milkshake.
28:56It's every bit as delicious
28:57as those milkshakes.
28:58In fact,
28:59you might say
28:59we drink it up.
29:01Number 5.
29:02Alan Alda
29:03Hey, what are you looking at,
29:04butthead?
29:05Hey, why don't you make
29:06like a tree
29:06and get out of here?
29:08You know,
29:08that is a great line.
29:10That is so great.
29:11The stuff you guys are doing
29:13with the 50s
29:14and everything.
29:14Out of all the impressions
29:15on this list,
29:16Hader's take on Alan Alda
29:18has got to be
29:18the most accurate
29:19vocal mimicry by far.
29:21Just close your eyes
29:22and you'd put money
29:23on the fact
29:23that it was Hawkeye Pierce
29:24for MASH himself.
29:26In the pink?
29:27Uh,
29:28I wanted to leave you
29:29a note before I left.
29:30I just didn't have the time.
29:31I didn't even know
29:32you were gone.
29:32I thought you were
29:33in the bathroom.
29:35Sure is great to be back.
29:36Where is this?
29:37This is thanks
29:38to Hader's mastery
29:39of the thick Bronx accent
29:40and the way in which
29:41Alda would stammer,
29:42which became trademarks
29:44over the years.
29:44But it's not just the voice.
29:47Hader even nails
29:47Alda's renowned
29:48hand gestures
29:49and body language,
29:50which is,
29:51as he'd say,
29:52terrific.
29:53Just terrific.
29:54Son,
29:55your ego's writing
29:56checks your body
29:57can't cash.
29:58You know,
29:59that is a terrific line.
30:01I feel like I understand
30:02everything about this movie
30:03just from the one line.
30:04That's good writing,
30:05you know.
30:06I don't know
30:06about airplanes.
30:08Number four,
30:09James Carville.
30:11Hey,
30:12how are you,
30:12James?
30:13Well,
30:13they ain't found
30:13the bodies yet,
30:14so I'm doing just fine.
30:16Our fourth entry
30:17is another politically
30:18charged impression
30:19and one that makes
30:20haters' take on
30:21Anthony Scaramucci
30:22look like child's play.
30:23Political commentator
30:24James Carville
30:25is known for his
30:26Louisiana accent,
30:27bald head,
30:27and, of course,
30:28his sometimes
30:29controversial views.
30:30Now, James,
30:31you know,
30:31while we have you here,
30:32we haven't had a chance
30:32to ask,
30:33what do you think
30:34of the Republican candidates?
30:35Oh,
30:37I think plenty about them.
30:40And I laugh.
30:42I laugh.
30:44And Hader rolls
30:45all that into one
30:46in this spot-on performance
30:48that sees him spoofing
30:49the ragin' Cajun Democrat
30:50flawlessly.
30:52Okay,
30:52so maybe Hader
30:53focuses on the wild
30:54frantic side of Carville
30:55more than anything else,
30:56with alligator anecdotes
30:58coming out of his ears.
30:59One night,
30:59Newt and I go paddle-boating
31:00on the Potomac River.
31:02Now,
31:02it doesn't matter why,
31:04but I'm friends
31:05with some alligators.
31:08But picture Carville
31:09on a whole bunch of caffeine
31:10and boom,
31:11you've got bald hater.
31:13Number three,
31:14Keith Morrison.
31:15You know an impression
31:16is good when it gets
31:17the seal of approval
31:18from the person themselves.
31:19We had just gotten married.
31:20Oh,
31:22you liked it,
31:22so you put a ring on it.
31:26And Hader got just that
31:28with Keith Morrison.
31:29His impression
31:30of the true crime presenter
31:31from the show Dateline
31:32has become legendary
31:33on SNL,
31:34with Hader delivering
31:35a pitch-perfect version
31:36of Morrison's seemingly
31:37morbid sense of intrigue.
31:38When I walked
31:39into the convenience store,
31:40I saw it was being held up.
31:42Oh, no.
31:45One of the robbers
31:46pointed his gun
31:46right at me.
31:47Oh.
31:50And when the self-proclaimed
31:51Dateline fanatic
31:52came face-to-face
31:53with Morrison,
31:54it only further highlighted
31:55just how accurate
31:56his take on the TV
31:57personality is.
31:58He's the perfect
31:59monster.
32:00He's the master.
32:00He is the master.
32:01I don't know
32:02how you get better
32:03than Keith Morrison.
32:03I knew he was gonna be here.
32:05I knew he was gonna be here.
32:07Anyone can make
32:08getting so into
32:09gruesome crime stories
32:10okay,
32:10then it's haters Morrison.
32:12No one tells a story
32:13like Dateline
32:14or do they?
32:18That's so rad.
32:20Number two,
32:21Al Pacino.
32:22There's a certain amount
32:23of anger,
32:24frustration,
32:25and high intensity
32:26that goes into
32:27an Al Pacino impression
32:28and pulling it off
32:29without looking like
32:30you're trying too hard
32:31ain't easy.
32:32Unless you're
32:33Bill Hader, that is.
32:34I was watching that
32:35and he was kind of like
32:35just totally into
32:37like the peripheral
32:38and like weird things.
32:39So he was like,
32:41oh, wow.
32:44We got some lights.
32:48A couple of cameras.
32:49That's nice.
32:51From the way
32:52he drags out
32:53the ends of his sentences
32:54to his slow,
32:55methodical head movements,
32:57Hader has perfected
32:58the enigmatic Pacino
32:59personality.
33:00Oh, you get shot
33:01walking your doggie.
33:02You know it's good
33:04when you can tell
33:04he's in character
33:05even when he isn't
33:06saying anything.
33:07But we guess
33:08the biggest part
33:09of selling it
33:09is making even
33:10the most boring stories
33:11sound enthralling.
33:12Like spotting
33:13a cantaloupe
33:14in a kitchen.
33:14If I walk
33:15into this kitchen
33:18and I see
33:19a cantaloupe
33:20on that table,
33:24I will lose
33:26my mind.
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33:58Take every aspect
34:00of stereotypical
34:01Clint Eastwood impersonations,
34:02throw them together,
34:03and you get
34:04haters' take
34:05on the movie god
34:05that is Eastwood.
34:06This is commercial for it again.
34:09All right, Chrysler.
34:11Get a Chrysler
34:12and get off
34:13my damn lawn.
34:15Let's see.
34:16Cold stare
34:17that could give you
34:17nightmares?
34:18Check.
34:19Gravelly, spiteful voice
34:21that induces
34:21fearful goosebumps?
34:23Check.
34:24I should know.
34:26I'm Batman.
34:29High trousers
34:30that almost touches chin?
34:31Check.
34:32In these spoof
34:33SNL Chrysler ads,
34:34Hater not only sells
34:35the impression comically,
34:37he even sells
34:38it cinematically.
34:39This is an ant
34:39for Christ.
34:40I think again.
34:42It's for Little Caesars.
34:45Pizza, pizza.
34:46Just look at him.
34:47From a distance,
34:48that glare
34:49could be Eastwood himself.
34:51All he needs now
34:52is a Smith & Wesson
34:53and a Gran Torino.
34:54What's your favorite
34:55Bill Hater impression?
34:56Let us know
34:56in the comments.
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