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Chris Parnell joined '' Saturday Night Live '' as a featured player on September 26 , 1998 and was promoted to regular cast status the following season. He was fired in the Summer of 2001 and then re-hired the following year in March. Parnell is currently in his eighth season on ''SNL''. Only five people ( Darrell Hammond , Tim Meadows , Kevin Nealon , Phil Hartman and Horatio Sanz ) were cast members longer than he. He had expressed an interest in simultaneously remaining on ''SNL'' and working on his new TV Sitcom entitled '' Thick And Thin '', which begins in 2006 . Parnell has played in numerous Sketches , Commercial Parodies , and has performed memorable Impression s of various Celebrities . Some of his most recognized characters are Sean Demarco, a dancer Wannabe , barfly Wayne Bloater, Tyler from the Appalachian Emergency Room , and Mervin " Merv The Perv " Watson. Some of his most memorable impersonations are of Tom Brokaw , Sen. Joe Lieberman in which he appears in a Hot Tub with former Vice President Al Gore and discusses politics, Pat Buchanan , Jim Lehrer , Bing Crosby , John McCain and Eminem . Parnell is particularly adept at Rapping . One of his most popular rap sketches is Lazy Sunday , a Nerdcore rap video he shot with Andy Samberg about buying Cupcakes and going to see '' The Chronicles Of Narnia ''. The sketch has gained such widespread fame that it has been reprodcued and parodied itself, mainly by amateurs who have posted their versions of the sketch at online viral video sites. He has also performed raps about hosts Jennifer Garner , Britney Spears , Kirsten Dunst and Ashton Kutcher . MOVIE APPEARANCES
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