Paula Pell and I wrote the first Debbie Downer, set at Disney World, in 2004. As we were writing it we kept making the sad trombone sound as a joke. It was making us laugh so much, we thought ...

Downer, who first appeared in 2004 and most ... “I don’t want to talk about plastic in my balls. I want to laugh and feel joy, and have a sliver of hope for three goddamn hours of my life.

If you were to ask someone who their favorite Saturday Night Live character is, the name Debbie Downer could certainly ... get through the scene without laughing. "But I told you that once ...