Leonard Pinth-Garnell

Leonard Pinth-Garnell was a recurring character played by Dan Aykroyd on the NBC late-night television show Saturday Night Live. Pinth-Garnell, always clad in a tuxedo and black tie, would ly introduce a short performance of "Bad Conceptual Theater," "Bad Playhouse," "Bad Cinema," "Bad Opera," "Bad Ballet," "Bad Red Chinese Ballet," or "Bad Cabaret for Children," and then exult in its sheer awfulness. Aykroyd played the character nine times from 1977 through 1979, and returned for a single appearance on November 3, 2001, introducing "Bad Conceptual Theater."

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Some believe that Pinth-Garnell was loosely based on the longtime PBS Masterpiece Theater host Alistair Cooke.

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Pinth-Garnell's catchphrases include:

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• "Stunningly bad!"
• "Monumentally ill-advised!"
• "Perfectly awful!"
• "Couldn't be worse!"
• "Exquisitely awful!"
• "Astonishingly ill-chosen!"
• "Really bit the big one!"

Dan Aykroyd: Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a comedian, actor and screenwriter. He attended Catholic high schools (St Pius X and St. Patricks), He was briefly expelled from St. Patricks. Aykroyd studied criminology at Carleton University, leaving before he completed a deg...

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