"[2] Jacob Silj is a Will Ferrell character who suffers from 'Voice Immodulation Syndrome', a disease which makes him unable to control the volume or inflection of his voice.
Silj begins each segment by attempting to offer serious commentary on a current event, but inevitably gets interrupted by the Weekend Update anchor, who can't stand his loud, relentless monotone.
Silj then begins to lecture the anchor about Voice Immodulation Syndrome, and describe situations that make the disease particularly unbearable (like praying in church, or soothing a baby to sleep).
Appearances: Molly Shannon portrayed Sally O'Malley, a proud 50-year-old woman sporting a red jump-suit and bouffant hairstyle.
Colin Quinn, and later Jimmy Fallon, would bristle and try to stop him, but the drawing would usually end up as a moose or other animal with a phallic-shaped nose or proboscis.
Season 25, Episode 10 (January 15, 2000):[7] Dr. Beaman meets with Tom (Chris Parnell) and Kathy Framingham (Molly Shannon), who recently gave birth to a baby boy and are there for his test results.
In the dress rehearsal version of the sketch, Dr. Poop was played by guest host Freddie Prinze Jr.[11][8] Beaman finally admits he misplaced the couple's baby while he was at a BoDeans concert.
After losing his temper, Tom says he forgives Dr. Beaman for his mistake because he is a "straight shooter", then tells his shocked wife that they can just make another baby.
After prolonged tangents where he does not help the couple, Beaman finally claims that Mrs. Daberhoff is not actually pregnant, and that the heartbeat she supposedly heard during the ultrasound was in fact the bass drum from a Toto cover band in the neighboring room.
The nurse arrives to aid the couple, and once they leave, Beaman closes his office door shut, letting out a sigh of relief at not having to deal with patients.
The Bloater brothers, Kip (Fallon) and Wayne (Chris Parnell), make obnoxious jokes, no matter what situation, and laughing incessantly at themselves.
They usually go back and forth, taking turns making jokes, which are generally little more than puns or comic references based on whatever situation they are in, much to the chagrin of whoever happens to be listening to them.
Tracy Morgan played Woodrow, a homeless man who lived in the sewer, was filthy, smelled terrible, and was psychotically disconnected from reality in disturbing ways.
The theme of the sketches was that the young, attractive host of the episode (always playing herself, not an impression of someone else or a fictional person) would be oblivious to his filth and psychosis and fall in love with him.
Morgan reprises his role as Woodrow on the October 17, 2015 episode, serving as a life coach for Weekend Update character Willie.