Tim Meadows

Meadows was born in Highland Park, Michigan, the son of Mardell, a nurse\'s assistant, and Lathon Meadows, a janitor. He studied television and radio broadcasting at Wayne State University.\n', '

Meadows began performing improvisational comedy at the Soup Kitchen Saloon. Meadows\' start in show business was in Chicago as a member of The Second City comedy troupe alongside future star Chris Farley. In 1991, Meadows landed a spot on Saturday Night Live and would go on to become a longtime cast member, appearing on the program until 2000. (Meadows was on the show for ten seasons; this was the record for the longest tenure on the show until it was surpassed by Darrell Hammond in 2005, whose record was also surpassed by Kenan Thompson in 2017.) Meadows\' lengthy tenure on the show was used as a gag in three monologues when former cast members Phil Hartman and Mike Myers returned to the show…