Weekend Update has been a platform for Saturday Night Live characters to grow and gain popularity ever since Gilda Radner used it to create Emily Litella and Roseanne Roseannadanna. Many cast members have used Update as the primary vehicle for a certain character. Don Novello was featured almost exclusively on the news segment as his breakout character, Father Guido Sarducci, and Tim Kazurinsky, in the face of Eddie Murphy's overshadowing popularity, created characters almost exclusively for Update. Before becoming an anchor on Update, Colin Quinn used the segment as his main sounding board as well. Significant characters who appeared chiefly on Weekend Update are listed here in chronological order of their first appearance. Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) – November 15, 1975 Baba Wawa (Gilda Radner) Audrey Peart Dickman (Jane Curtin) Debbie Doodie (Gilda Radner) Roseanne Roseannadanna (Gilda Radner) – January 21, 1978 (first overall appearance was in a fake commercial called "Hire the Incompetent" which aired on the season 3 episode hosted by Charles Grodin) Lester Crackfield (Al Franken) – February 18, 1978 Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) – May 13, 1978 Chico Escuela (Garrett Morris) – November 11, 1978 Big Vic Ricker (Harry Shearer) – January 26, 1980 Raheem Abdul Muhammed (Eddie Murphy) Dr. Jack Badofsky (Tim Kazurinsky) – March 20, 1982 Siobhan Cahill (Mary Gross) – January 22, 1983 Dwight MacNamara (Gary Kroeger) – November 12, 1983 Worthington Clotman (Tim Kazurinsky) – January 28, 1984 Wayne Huevos (Tim Kazurinsky) – February 18, 1984 Lew Goldman (Billy Crystal) – October 13, 1984 Buddy Young, Jr. (Billy Crystal) – October 20, 1984 Nathan Thurm (Martin Short) – November 17, 1984 Tommy Flanagan, the Pathological Liar (Jon Lovitz) – November 16, 1985 Babette (Nora Dunn) – April 19, 1986 Mr. Subliminal (Kevin Nealon) – October 11, 1986 A Grumpy Old Man (Dana Carvey) – February 11, 1989 Annoying Man (Jon Lovitz) – November 11, 1989 Queen Shenequa (Ellen Cleghorne) – October 26, 1991 Jan Brady (Melanie Hutsell) – January 11, 1992 Cajun Man (Adam Sandler) – February 8, 1992 Buster Jenkins (Chris Rock) – February 15, 1992 Opera Man (Adam Sandler) – April 18, 1992 Hank Fielding (Robert Smigel) – November 14, 1992 Bennett Brauer (Chris Farley) – April 10, 1993 The British Fops (Mark McKinney, David Koechner) – November 11, 1995 Joe Blow (Colin Quinn) – November 18, 1995 Gary Macdonald (David Koechner) – December 2, 1995 Lenny The Lion