Mango was a character performed by Chris Kattan on the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. The character was co-created and developed by Kattan and SNL writer Scott Wainio along with initial creative contributions by Roy Jenkins. Mango is a male exotic dancer who performed in a strip club. He would always wear tight lamé shorts and often a spangled beret. Mango spoke with a Hispanic accent, and though his nationality was never identi...
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Mango was a character performed by Chris Kattan on the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. The character was co-created and developed by Kattan and SNL writer Scott Wainio along with initial creative contributions by Roy Jenkins. Mango is a male exotic dancer who performed in a strip club. He would always wear tight lamé shorts and often a spangled beret. Mango spoke with a Hispanic accent, and though his nationality was never identified, he was said to be born on "Mango Island". He appeared on 16 SNL episodes between 1997 and 2002.
The concept was that Mango's sexual appeal was irresistible to anyone of either gender, though his admirer was typically a man, played by the episode's guest host (the celebrity on the show for that week). Neither Mango nor his male admirers were homosexual, the conceit being that Mango's love was magical, pure, powerful, and located in his butt. One of the women attracted to Mango was Ellen DeGeneres. His high school sweetheart was played by...
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