![]() When I got back, the name popped into my head. Negative Nancy is more likely to find herself with heart disease, cardiovascular problems and even dementia than Positive Pete. On explaining how the idea for the Debbie Downer character came to her, Dratch explained, “I was on vacation in Costa Rica, and when I told someone that I was from New York, they asked, ‘Were you there for 9/11?’ The conversation froze. Realize that you don’t have to solve their problems. If you expect this type of behavior, you can shield yourself from it so that the negativity doesn’t affect your mood. Realize that this type of person doesn’t care about solutions they just want someone to listen to them vent. Installments of the Debbie Downer sketch ran regularly on SNL from 2004–06.Īlthough many assume Debbie Downer was an expression prior to the sketch, Dratch confirms that the term took off after the sketch character became popular. For a Negative Nancy, life is one big problem after another. Featuring host Lindsay Lohan, the first Debbie Downer sketch has gone down as one of SNL’s finest moments. The original Debbie Downer sketch aired on with Dratch’s character interrupting a family vacation to Walt Disney World with negative contributions to each conversation topic. Communicate Clearly Consider for a moment that perhaps with good reason clients sometimes lean toward the negative because their past experiences with hired experts have too often involved failure to communicate plans, processes, and schedules in a courteous and timely manner. This character consistently ruins a group’s fun by sharing unsolicited sad remarks. While a downer has been used to refer to a “depressing person” since at least the 1970s, the name Debbie Downer was popularized by a hit Saturday Night Live sketch starring Rachel Dratch, who played a character named Debbie Downer.
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