'Saturday Night Live' fans will have to bid farewell to two memorable characters brought to life by Kristen Wiig. In an interview with Time, the comedienne revealed she's retiring one-note characters Penelope and Gilly from the late-night show.Wiig told Time it was her decision to put constant one-upper Penelope and troublemaker Gilly to rest and won't bring them back -- even at 'SNL' executive producer Lorne Michaels' request.
Wiig, whose new movie 'Bridesmaids,' opens next week, received high praise from Michaels in the Time article, comparing her some of the show's greatest performers.
"There are two people who arrived fully formed -- her and Dana Carvey -- where you saw what they did in their audition and you put it on the air," Michaels said. "She has that thing that Phil Hartman and Dan Aykroyd had, which is absolute precision, but also this lightness that isn't what they had." Michaels also recently told the New York Times that Wiig is one of "top three or four" performers in the show's history.




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wiig SHOULD RETIRE, her bits are so freakin stale...and drawn out..her movie, btw, will bomb!!
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Wiig is very funny. I don't know why you're so critical and hateful. And to say that the movie is going to bomb. It's not "her" movie. There are many stars in it. I for one am looking forward to seeing it. I also love that Melissa McCarthy from Mike and Molly is in it. You haven't even seen it yet and you're already wishing it bombs? You people scare me. To wish such evil on someone you don't know shows a lot of jealously and hate. How do you live with yourselves?
"Gilly" was, without a doubt, one of the worst characters in the history of SNL. Thank goodness she had the intelligence to dump it. I wish Molly Shannon's armpit-sniffing Mary Katherine Gallagher had met the same fate. And Nora Dunne and Jan Hooks "Sweeney Sisters?" They also stunk to high heaven.
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"Gilly" was the worst character ever!
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She only has 3 funny characters and she's retiring 2 of them? Not smart. I have a feeling she's going to be leaving the show soon (like in a year or 2).
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All her charecters have the same voice and mannerisms. I don't find her funny at all.
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Bring back Target lady!
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I haven't been able to watch SNL for more than a few minutes at a time for years...the show has been swirling the toilet bowl for what seems like forever! Bring back Mad TV!
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Kristen is very cute she will make it in movies eventually from her looks and acting takes care of people in the business. Unfortunaely she is not funny and should have never been on SNL. I want to watch SNL more but I am pissed off they got rid of the funniest ever NORM McDONALD APOLOGIZE BRING NORM BACK
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LOVE Kristen Wiig, very sad Gilly is being retired. Gilly is the perfect depiction of my darling daughter when she is mischevious!
Thank you Kristen!
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I find most of her characters extremely annoying also, but do think she's a tremendous talent...just needs some direction. Hopefully, by trying new things and discarding what doesn't work she'll continue to develop into a great entertainer.
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I will miss penelope and gilly the most, so I will miss them more than you. I married penelope, gilly, and the target lady all at once. We had sex 4 billion times so probably more than you have had.... we had a baby with tiny hands who dances to Warren Welch show or whatever it was called....
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m gunna miss Penelope always one-upping everyone else. "well i just bought a new house" well i just bought a new house with a rocket ship in it"... and then Gilly.. oh sweet sweet gilly how you'll be missed by us fans but not missed by all the special guest that she makes laugh during the gilly skits.
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