Lorraine Swanson Mo Collins is sturdy, older midwestern woman from Fridley, Minnesota who has a penchant for musing over the mundane and unintentionally annoying people. She often manages to startle people with a winnowing throat clearing sound, and has a tendency to stand out as a tourist in the areas she visits. She has a keen ability for numerical estimations, particularly on the subject of pricing, and often kicks or bangs on objects in her price determination process. Lorraine also wears an unbuttoned knit sweater usually red and her trademark oversized thick glasses. She speaks with a very thick Midwestern accent. Lorraine's family includes her grossly overweight and relatively passive husband Carl Swanson, Sr. Paul Vogt , her overweight son Carl Swanson, Jr. The Swanson family also has a large number of dogs.
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Collins became well known for several characters during her tenure on the show. She was a cast member from the 4th season through the 9th season ; she only appeared in fourteen episodes during season 9 due to contractual reasons. She returned to Mad TV in the 10th season for one episode, and again when she made an appearance on the th episode doing her popular character Lorraine Swanson. Her best known role following her departure from Mad TV was as morning talk show host Joan Callamezzo on the sitcom Parks and Recreation. Collins joined the cast of Mad TV at the beginning of season 4 Fall and stayed until the end of season 9 Spring , despite appearing in only 14 episodes during the ninth season. Her popular stint on the show led her to come back to guest star in during Season 10, in during the th episode on season 13, final episode of season 14 in and the 20th anniversary reunion special in She was also known for trying to stifle laughter during some of her skits much like Harvey Korman on The Carol Burnett Show. Her most featured and arguably most popular characters were Doreen, the screechy-voiced mother of overgrown toddler Stuart when Mo Collins left the show, Doreen was written off as being asleep after her latest alcoholic bender or never mentioned ; the odd, annoying, confused middle-aged woman Lorraine, and the perpetually unlucky Trina. Collins is in remission from a rare form of cancer known as gastrointestinal stromal tumor GIST. She was diagnosed in spring when she noticed an odd lump in her abdomen.
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