A face you won’t forget
Leon Phelps
Played by Tim Meadows
Leon Phelps, the Ladies' Man, is Tim Meadows's recurring Saturday Night Live character: an afro-sporting lothario in a silk shirt who hosts a romantic advice show with a glass of Courvoisier in hand, courting any woman under 250 pounds and…
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Leon Phelps, the Ladies' Man, is Tim Meadows's recurring Saturday Night Live character: an afro-sporting lothario in a silk shirt who hosts a romantic advice show with a glass of Courvoisier in hand, courting any woman under 250 pounds and offering wildly inappropriate sex tips. SNL Archives lists 16 appearances from 1997 to 2000; Meadows later starred as Leon in the 2000 film The Ladies Man.
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