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{{quote|Kermit, all your impressions are you just saying the person's name in your own voice.|Jason Segel|[[Saturday Night Live]], [https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/jason-segel-and-muppets-monologue/n13275 here]}}
Impressions have been a staple of comedy for quite a long time (see [[Eddie Izzard]], and before him [[Rich Little]]) Ergo, when one of your characters is an (often bad by his own right) comedian, impressions tend to crop up. If your character is a bad comedian, though, his impression is likely to suck balls. Want to point this out to the audience? Couldn't be easier. Simply have him do one or more of the following:
* Having them say who they're impersonating, either before or after they do so.
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* A running joke on both versions of ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' is that Colin Mochrie isn't the best impressionist in the world. Taken to an extreme during one infamous "Questionable Impressions" sketch, where his Craig T. Nelson impression is... his own voice, completely unaltered. (Both are Canadian.)
** Ryan Stiles is hardly any better—in particular, his John Wayne impression is... "unique".
* In one episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', John MacEnroe is pleading with [[Lorne Michaels]] to let him host the show, and attempts to display his comic ability with a [[Jack Nicholson]] impression. It's very bad, and Lorne tells him so, causing John to mimic one of his infamous on-court outbursts. "You're deaf, Lorne Michaels! That impression was right on the line!"
** Also done with a one-shot sketch with [[Alec Baldwin]] as "The Mimic," who supposedly could imitate any possible voice, but it turned out he was completely incompetent, except for one impression. When Jameson the butler (played by musical guest
** Also one of the Jeopardy episodes where [[James Earl Jones]] shows off impressionist skills with such characters as Tweety-pie and Lucy Ricardo, not changing his voice in the least for his lines.
* Taylor Dedominicantonio from ''[[Naturally, Sadie]]''. Her 'impersonations' consist of her describing the person she is 'impersonating'.
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* [[Glee|Sam Evans']] impressions aren't ''terrible'', per se, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRhHYt7qA_Q but they're not great either]. What makes them more awkward is his [[Adorkable|tendency to try and impress girls with them]].
* James Quall from ''[[Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!]]'' supposedly makes a living off of horrible impressions of celebrities such as [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Bill Cosby]], always mentioning spaghetti and meatballs.
* Impressions were always the weak point for the [[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]. By the time they switched from radio to TV, they were at the "Hi, I'm (insert name here)!" level of Bad Impressionists.
== Newspaper Comics ==▼
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': When said characters imitate each other, they do the "I'm so and so, DURR" variety. One time, Calvin's mom cut it short by calling him back to the house, leading to this exchange:▼
{{quote|'''Calvin:''' Leave it up to mom to interrupt our repartee.▼
'''Hobbes:''' Just when I had you writhing within the crushing grip of reason, too. }}▼
== [[Radio]] ==
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* An early running gag on ''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]] After Hours'' was Dan O'Brien using the exact same loud, screechy voice to impersonate various celebrities. Michael and Katie don't seem to be impressed (when Dan attempts to imitate [[Back to The Future|Goldie Wilson]], Michael retorts "You sound like a blender!"), but Soren is bowled over every time.
* Both [[Jake and Amir]] have done bad impressions in their videos.
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* [[Calvin and Hobbes]]: When said characters imitate each other, they do the "I'm so and so, DURR" variety. One time, Calvin's mom cut it short by calling him back to the house, leading to this exchange:
▲{{quote|'''Calvin:''' Leave it up to mom to interrupt our repartee.
▲'''Hobbes:''' Just when I had you writhing within the crushing grip of reason, too. }}
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