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kattan is in el paso — performing live at the comic strip this week! abc-7’s ashlie rodriguez talked to the funny man about his time on saturday night live: kattan was a member of several improv/sketch comedy troupes one of them being the groundlings in los angeles. his father was an original member of the troupe. kattan also did some minor roles on tv, including the first episode of the second season of newsradio, “no, this is not based entirely on julie’s life,” as a phot shop employee. he moved to new york city to work on saturday night live from 1996 to 2003. his recurring characters included mr. peepers, mango, azrael abyss, kyle demarco from the demarco brothers, gay hitler, josh zimmerman, suel forrester and, most notably, one half of the butabi brothers with fellow snl cast member will ferrell, known for their trademark head-bobbing. kattan and ferrell continued the characters in 1998’s a night at the roxbury. chris performs this wednesday and thursday night at 8 – p-m. go to kvia.com under the links mentioned section — or call 779-laff for tickets.
