Betsy Sodaro has cited Chris Farley as a major influence, and you can see it in her big, infectious personality and commitment to the cartoonish-ness of her characters: It's easy to imagine Farley playing Paula Deen in the aggressive, unhinged way that Sodaro does. As the bizarro animal handler Angela on "Animal Practice," she was easily the best part of the quickly canceled show (yes, even better than the monkey); she was supposed to just be a guest in its pilot but was then picked up for the series.

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