Phil Hartman

...series is hardly in one of its historic lulls (think of the state of SNL just prior to the arrivals of Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey/Phil Hartman, and Will Ferrell), there's the sense that we're all just waiting around for Lorne Michaels to...

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...Idol for this classic sketch featuring the who's-who of 1990s SNL. In the end, the sketch served as a vehicle for the late, great Phil Hartman to deliver his belligerent Frank Sinatra impression, but Sting did a respectable job as the...

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...them at any time. That's a great experience, but then doing "NewsRadio" for five years was a great experience; working with Phil Hartman and the rest of the gang was great. And I've worked for 13 years on "King of the Hill," so it's hard to...

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...to have known nothing of her condition. In 2006, Lovitz claimed that Dick had approached him at a restaurant and said, "I put the Phil Hartman hex on you; you're the next one to die." The following year at the Laugh Factory comedy club in Los...

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...career on Farley's and made the rounds after his death about how it affected him so much) for taking the easy paycheck. Can't wait to see Phil Hartman and John Belushi out touting next. Paul Farhi: I thought it was still on the air. I could...

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But if we can go beyond the Depp-DiCaprio-Clooney trifecta, I think the best person for the job would've been the late Phil Hartman. His version of Sinatra was on for the books (clip and poll, after the jump). Who do you guys think...

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...(and will feature familiar memes like "today's secret word")-will be true to that spirit. Out of respect for his slain friend Phil Hartman, who played Captain Carl, that character has been retired; Cowboy Curtis, the part Fishburne...

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...fan clubs such as Gerela's Gorillas or Franco's Italian Army. Not only was Brantford the home of Wayne Gretzky and comedian Phil Hartman, it was the residence of Alexander Graham Bell. And in the bar of a hotel named after the...

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...that scene does not occur in the actual '70s pulp sci-fi movie -- it was the nifty Saturday Night Live parody where the late Phil Hartman made a mockery of Chuck's hambone line delivery. Let's pause for a moment and reflect on Charlton...

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...from his popular CBS television series, "Pee-wee's Playhouse." In one notable change, a character played on stage by the late comedian Phil Hartman has been replaced with another character. "I didn't want to be looking at someone else...

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