A thread for Phil Hartman

Alec Baldwin says that he didn't always like some of the more juvenile sketches he appeared in (like the "Schwetti balls" one), but there was a scene he was in where Hartman simply tugged at him with a look of manic desperation in his eye and said "Take me with you" that caused Baldwin to totally lose it.

His best moment was him as Reagan during the skit where he was a manic, mafia type guy behind the scenes, but that sweet old man to the press. (This was in the midst of the Iran-Contra scandal.)

...Compulsion.

The little car made out of clay.

"Gaybee? What the hell is a gaybee?"

"You'd have to buy a Ram Van for that!"

too late.

Ally OTM, still a tragic void, all the years later....

"Jon Lovitz:

"I'll tell you a story about Phil. You know, we do that sketch Jim Downey wrote, 'Tarzan, Tonto, and Frankenstein.' So they did it once where it was like a talk show and Nora Dunn was doing the 'Pat Stevens Show' with Tarzan, Tonto, and Frankenstein. And Phil is Frankenstein and all of a sudden he starts laughing, right, like he just completely broke up -- ha ha, you know, he laughed out loud. And then he stopped.

"And then about fifteen seconds later, he just completely lost it. So then of course we all started laughing, because he's just losing it. And I'm thinking, 'What is he doing? We're on live television. It's not the Groundlings.' . . . So afterward I asked him, I said, 'What happened? What was so funny?' So he said, well, he was sitting there as Frankenstein and something happened, and thinking about how silly the sketch was, you know, just the idea of it made him laugh all of a sudden. So he started laughing. And then he stopped, right? And then, he said, he was sitting there thinking how funny it must have looked to see Frankenstein laugh like that. And then that just made him like lose it."

Ed OTM about the Zapp Braningan thing too. That was the plan, that Groening wanted him for the voice, but then he passed away, so when Billy West showed them the voice he could do for it they were flabbergasted.

"Quoth the raven - what a shine!"

"Jon Lovitz:

"I'll tell you a story about Phil. You know, we do that sketch Jim Downey wrote, 'Tarzan, Tonto, and Frankenstein.' So they did it once where it was like a talk show and Nora Dunn was doing the 'Pat Stevens Show' with Tarzan, Tonto, and Frankenstein. And Phil is Frankenstein and all of a sudden he starts laughing, right, like he just completely broke up -- ha ha, you know, he laughed out loud. And then he stopped.

"And then about fifteen seconds later, he just completely lost it. So then of course we all started laughing, because he's just losing it. And I'm thinking, 'What is he doing? We're on live television. It's not the Groundlings.' . . . So afterward I asked him, I said, 'What happened? What was so funny?' So he said, well, he was sitting there as Frankenstein and something happened, and thinking about how silly the sketch was, you know, just the idea of it made him laugh all of a sudden. So he started laughing. And then he stopped, right? And then, he said, he was sitting there thinking how funny it must have looked to see Frankenstein laugh like that. And then that just made him like lose it."

-- Rickey Wright (rrricke...), September 8th, 2005.

That's a great bit - "Succinctly Speaking"

Host: Tonight's topic -- fire. Tarzan?

Tarzan: Fire good.

Host: Tonto?

Tonto: Fire good, keemosabe.

Host: Frankenstein?

Frankenstein: fire BAAAAD!!!!

Hartman grew up in Connecticut and L.A., where he pursued a career in graphic art. (Hartman designed several album covers, including Steely Dan's Aja, as well as a logo for Crosby, Stills and Nash.)

from http://www.laweekly.com/ink/98/28/tv-shulman.php

Now, I can'ty find that fact about Aja anywhere else. Is it true??

haha YES

Belushi has a sketch like this, too, where he's dressed like an old man with a cane, surveying the graves of his SNL cast members. He says something like, "Pity.. I always thought I'd be the first to go."

Both of them were shot on actual film, too, and weren't performed in front of an audience, so (appropriately, it turns out) there's no laughter.

Cooking with The Anal Retentive Chef

Gene ... Phil Hartman

[open on the Anal Retentive Chef's tidy kitchen]

Gene: Hello! And welcome to "The Anal Retentive Chef"! I'm Gene. Today, we're going to be making Pepper Steak. Now, you're going to need: one large bell pepper, three onions, exactly two inches in diameter, and 17 1/3 ounces of lean beef cut into 43 pieces. Okay, let's get started.
Now, I've already cut up my bell pepper. Look at this. [holds up bowl] Isn't this nice? See how all the pieces are the same size? People try to tell you that the secret to Pepper Steak is the seasoning - but we know differently, don't we? Uh-huh. It's getting all the pieces the same size. And that's what I've done here. Beauti ... uh-oh! [pulls out piece of pepper] This one's a little bigger than the rest, so we'll just discard that one. [pulls out another piece] And I don't think this little wrinkly one belongs in here. [pulls out another] And this ... well, I just don't like the look of that one at all. Alright, as a matter of fact, why don't we just start over and throw this out? [places bowl on counter]

And how do we throw things out? Okay. We take our paper towel, two pieces, unbroken, lay it out neatly, dump the refuse inside, arranged neatly ... [assembles the garbage] ... let's take these little nasties we separated earlier, put that back ... fold over carefully, making sure the corners are square ... and ... we take a piece of aluminum foil, and we place our refuse onto the foil, and fold over very carefully - this way, it won't leak onto the other garbage. Aluminum foil is such a miracle product! It's really an extraordinary product. Alright, and then we take a brown, paper sandwich bag ... [opens bag] ...place the refuse inside ... [drops it in] ...and ... oh no, this bag is torn.. [looks around] Well ... no, that's alright. We'll just fold over, and no one will see. We'll fold it over twice to be careful ... then we get our tape. [grabs tape, which is naturally covered in a cozy] And, we tape it shut - be very careful to center the tape on the bag. I like to keep my tape dispenser right here on the counter. There we go! [holds up bag] All ready for the trash. Now that's some garbage you can live with! [laughs]
Alright, I noticed some of you were admiring my tape dispenser cozy. Isn't that pretty? I made it myself, out of toothpicks, felt, plain old buckroom, a couple of pearl buttons and some eyelets. Now, isn't that better than looking at an old tape dispenser? I think so! Alright. Let's set this over here. [places tape dispenser onto the counter next to the sink, behind him]

Okay, where were we? We were going to dice the bell pepper. But ... oh ... [thinking] ... so, we're going to need our chopping block ... [pulls it out] But we can't put that down, because there's some water there from the bell pepper, so let's clean that up. As a matter of fact, this stovetop could use a lick and a promise while we're at it! So, how do we clean? We take our bucket ... but, first, let's remove the food products, because we don't want to get any caustic substances on the food, of course. [places food products on the counter next to the sink, behind him] Place these neatly in the background - this floor will be cleaned later.
Okay, so we're ready to clean. [pulls up mop bucket] We've got our glove, to protect us - we don't want to ruin our manicure. And we've got a clean white cloth, and abrasive cleanser - none of that non-abrasive cleanser for us, it's good old-fashioned cleanser. That'll get us started, I think I'll clean these cabinets while I'm at it. And, oh! Look at this. [points to the stove] Aluminum foil is filthy! I'm going to have to replace that. So, we might as well pull that up right now. [closing music starts up] I don't when I cleaned that up last, I'd hate to think. And, God knows what those mopboards look like. But! We start at the top, and clean down, so as not to drip ...

Announcer: This has been "Cooking With The Anal Retentive Chef".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500148/

And its avail on DVD? I must have this. :D

"I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS JOHN LENNON...AND YOU TOO, ELVIS!"

"I'm just a caveman. I fell in some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses me!"(followed by elaborate legal argument)

For me it's a three way tie between Phil Hartman, Eddie Murphy and Dana Carvey with regards to my all-time favourite cast member. He was also spectacular as Bill McNeal on "News Radio".

Gaw'bless old TV shows surfacig on DVD, to save shmos like me who dont have cable and whose country's free to air TV both blows AND sucks.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92jsexontape.phtml

"Back in the early days of radio, all they had were jungle drums beating the rhythmic message of traffic and weather from village to village, but did they complain?"

Don't kid yourself, Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!

Hi. I'm Troy McClure, you might remember me from such driver's ed films as "Alice's Adventures through the Windshield Glass" and "The Decapitation of Larry Leadfoot."

Hi. I'm Troy McClure, you might remember me from such public service videos as "Designated Drivers, the Lifesaving Nerds" and "Phony Tornado Alarms Reduce Readiness."

My good looks paid for that pool, and my talent filled it with water.

Troy McClure: Hi, I'm Troy McClure, your future uncle.
Lisa: Hi. I remember you from such filmstrips as Locker Room Towel Fight: the Blinding of Larry Driscoll.
Troy McClure: You know, I was one of the first to speak out against horseplay.

Selma: But ... don't you love me?
Troy McClure: Sure I do! Like I love Fresca. Isn't that enough? The only difference between our marriage and any one else's is: we know ours is a sham.

Parker: Troy! Mac Parker. Ever hear of Planet of the Apes?
Troy McClure: Uh ... the movie or the planet?
Parker: The brand-new multimillion dollar musical. And you are starring ... as the human.
Troy McClure: It's the part I was born to play, baby!

Troy McClure: Hi. I'm Troy McClure, you might remember me from such celebrity funerals as "Andre The Giant, We Hardly Knew Ye" and "Shemp Howard, Today We Mourn A Stooge."

Oh my god, I was wrong
It was Earth all along
You finally made a monkey
(Yes we finally made a monkey)
You finally made a monkey out of me.

"Someone's in the kitchen with Bob Dole... someone's in the kitchen with Bob Dole... someone's in the kitchen with Bob... that's really all I have right now... say, do you know if Bob Dole cooks?"

-- Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr_...) (webmail), August 30th, 2005 4:17 PM. (dr g) (link)

And that "This is one of those things we'll never know the full truth of" line is still one of my favorites.

This way to the cafeteria!

[At a crime scene where five cheerleaders have been turned into a "human shish-kebob"]
Photographer: This must be the act of a maniac.
Reporter: Either that, or a very large chef.

Also the line about "Is there anything you won't drink?" "Yeah...POISON. I'm saving it for YOU."

Bill Clinton: [ chews his McMuffin ] Mmm.. that's a good question. Yes, I do, and let me tell you why. See, right now, we're sending in.. [ holds us McMuffin ] ...food... [ puts McMuffin in front of Male Customer ] ...to Somalia... but it's not getting to the people who need it because... [ brings McMuffin back to himself ] ...it's being intercepted by the warlords. [ chews McMuffin some more ] And it's not just us. It's other countries, too... [ grabs a McNugget from another customer ] Your McNugget is aid from Great Britain... [takes it to other customer, then gobbles it down ] ...intercepted by warlords! [ grabs someone's Filet-o-Fish ] This man's Filet-o-Fish sandwich over here is relief from Italy.. [ pops it in his mouth ] ...warlords! And you can send all the food you want... [ grabs different items ] ...a McDLT, hot apple pie...it's just gonna end up with... [ puts it all in his mouth ] ...the warlords! Now, with a broad-based international military force, we can make sure that the McRib sandwich... [ grabs one and places it on someone's tray ] ...gets to the people who need it. [ picks it up and gobbles it anyway ] Can I get a Coke?

"PEOPLE WANNA LIKE YOU!"

-- latebloomer: snakes, snails, and puppydog tails (posercore24...), September 8th, 2005.

nor a necro...

-- when something smacks of something (right.knewi...), September 8th, 2005.

ironically i do have an iq of 32, though!

http://giganticmag.com/images/ilx/hartman_broccoli.jpg

or that Jan Hooks completely improvised her Alamo tour guide bits?

Thats sweet.

Say more.

Say more.

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), September 9th, 2005.

Just seemed like a lot of the skits he's in happen to involve him berating or talking down to women. Maybe one of the writers just kept writing him those parts though, or maybe it's just what they selected.

Anyway, it's not in a "what a misogynistic prick" kind of way so much as a repressed anger kind of way, which, as said above, might be understandable.

Lisa: Ok...

Bill: Well how could she do that to me, Lisa? How could she... french her daddy?

pffft. I fail to see how lines from NewsRadio (an innocuous and forgettable sitcom) are somehow inherently more worthwhile than his work on the Simpsons (the greatest television show of the last 20 years).

NewsRadio is obviously more indie than the Simpsons. Less played out. Less tainted by this conception of the ultra-geeky fan. Less funny though, too. Quoting it shows that you are a connosseur of fine, less well-known vintage comedy, and better than Simpsons geeks.

Very nice. Now is this where I point out the 'crezappy' bit was already quoted near the top of the thread?

I don't think that anyone did this.

-- Allyzay knows a little German (allyza...), September 8th, 2005. (later)

I mean, I agree it's wonderful to quote again and again and all. ;-)

Dave quit coffee, Bill quit smoking. To wit:

Dave: Hey I have an idea. I'll give up coffee, if you give up cigarettes. Huh? We'll go through this together.
Bill: But you should have to give up something of equal difficulty. Like going to the bathroom.

Anyway, kenan, the best line of that isn't in your quote. The best line of it is the part where Dave admits to drinking 2-3 POTS of coffee per day and Bill is like, "That's just...SICK."

Also the episode where he gives himself a heart attack wearing the Patch "like a belt" around his waist and they revive him with Foghat.

Say more.

One of his wives remarked that he "wasn't all there" emotionally, but what comedian/actor/entertainment guy isn't.

I liked his "Max Jerome - Private Eye!" character from the 1-800-COLLECT commercials

I think you're conflating Bill eating the patch and Jimmy James in the coma.

He didn't EAT it! My God, do I have to LOAN you all the DVDs?

Anyway... yeah... Phil Hartman... great.

"Are you challenging my constitutional right to make nude phone calls?"

Johnny O'Connor: Hello, Harry, how's tricks?

Harry: not bad for an old dog! [ both men laugh ] Have a seat. [ Johnny sits ] How's the film going?

Johnny O'Connor: Well, I just shot the last scene. [ re-enacts that last scene for Harry ] There I was in the cockpit, surrounded by zeroes, enemy aircraft carrier in my sight! My machine guns were empty! I had one bullet left! [ screams ] Aaaagggghhhhhhh!!!!

Harry: [ jumps up ] Alright, snap out of it!

Johnny O'Connor: You snap out of it!

Harry: You snap out of it! [ slaps Jonnhy's face ]

Johnny O'Connor: Sorry, Harry. I think I got a little lost in this role.

Harry: Yeah, I guess you did.

Johnny O'Connor: Anyway, I'm sure "Yankee Kamikazee" is going to be a real winner.

Harry: Well, I hope you're right..

Johnny O'Connor: [ reflecting ] Maybe I've made too many of these war movies. Maybe I should take a rest, huh, Harry?

Harry: Well, I'm glad you brought that up, Johnny.. I was thinking you should take a rest, too. A permanent one.

Johnny O'Connor: [ confused ] What do you mean?

Harry: I'm letting you go.

Johnny O'Connor: You mean..?

Harry: Yes. Your contract isn't being renewed.

Johnny O'Connor: But, Harry, I..

Harry: You're finished, Johnny!

Johnny O'Connor: Don't mince words!

Harry: I think you stink!

Johnny O'Connor: Listen, Harry, if you're unhappy with my work, tell me now!

Harry: You're through, do you hear me, through! You'll never work in this town again!

Johnny O'Connor:Don't leave me hanging by a thread! Let me know how I stand!

Harry: I think you're the worst actor I've ever seen, and I get five hundred letters a day telling me the same!

Johnny O'Connor: What's the word on the street?

Harry: [ angry ] Now, you listen to me, Johnny O'Connor: you've been flying in that airplane too long, and it's time you were grounded!

Johnny O'Connor: Nobody shoots down Johnny O'Connor.. You're forgetting something, Harry! I'm a hero! I've made twelve war movies for you, Harry, and they've all made gold! I've knocked more Mitsubishis out of the sky than any man alive!

Harry: Look, Johnny.. Johnny, you're forgetting something: the Japanese are our allies now. The war is over, Johnny. So are you.

Johnny O'Connor: [ persistent ] Is it the booze, Harry? The dames? I'll cut back!

Harry: No, no, Johnny..

Johnny O'Connor: Is it the pills?

Harry: No.

Johnny O'Connor: The sheep?

Harry: No.

Johnny O'Connor: The ducks?

Harry: No.

Johnny O'Connor: Your wife?

Harry: No, not.. what?!

Johnny O'Connor: What?!

Harry: What?! Oh! Get off!

Johnny O'Connor: [ near tears ] I'm sorry if I let you down, Harry. You've always been like a father to me..

Harry: [ reconsidering ] Oh, Johnny.. Johnny.. Alright. I'm going to give you one more chance..

Johnny O'Connor: [ excited ] Do you mean it, Harry?

Harry: Yes, I'm afraid I do.. Now, listen - I'm doing a new picture: "Reptilla". A lizard gets mutated by an atomic blast, see? It swells up, twenty stories high! And there's a fire-breathing tango all over Tokyo!

Johnny O'Connor: [ thinking ] Yeah.. yeah.. I think I can play a giant reptile..

Harry: Don't be ridiculous! Reptilla will be played by a man in a rubber suit.

Johnny O'Connor: Oh.. I don't want my face covered.

Harry: Of course not. Now, the part I have in mind for you is this one.. [ flips through script ] You're Man #3.

Johnny O'Connor: Man #3.

Harry: You're on an elevated train. You slip off, and get squished by Reptilla's toe. Here, read this line.

Johnny O'Connor: [ looks at the line and recites it dramatically ] Aaaagggghhhhhh!!

Harry: Good! You can start packing, we sail a week from Tuesday.

Johnny O'Connor: Thanks, Harry, you won't regret it! [ walks away from Harry ]

Harry: Hey, don't forget your script!

Johnny O'Connor: [ returns, grabs script ] Yes! Science fiction! The wave of the future!

. . .

I'll tell you what you better understand. Next time Old Glory rides up that pole, you'd better sing that anthem, darling.

It's not my flag, I'm Irish.

Oh yeah? Well then stay off of this stuff. That's the curse of you people.

Seriously, fuck Andy Dick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U27SzxD1Xyo

Ten years ago next week :-(

:(

Damn, I had thought it was coming up soon.

I think it's eleven.

It is eleven, he died in 1998.

Sorry!

No big deal, I just thought I remembered reading a "10 years on" type of article last year.

I just remember 1998 a little too well.

watched a truckload of Newsradio on Hulu the last couple of weeks

brief mention upthread of his side career --

http://valgalart.blogspot.com/2006/05/art-of-phil-hartman.html

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Little snippet of the clueless 40s actor at the end of his SNL audition...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X2hqdOMxyM

"I can do any dialect. Go ahead, call out a dialect."

"French!"

"I don't do that."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLyJ4QMj-5M

From the Shales/Miller book:

"Jon Lovitz:

"I'll tell you a story about Phil. You know, we do that sketch Jim Downey wrote, 'Tarzan, Tonto, and Frankenstein.' So they did it once where it was like a talk show and Nora Dunn was doing the 'Pat Stevens Show' with Tarzan, Tonto, and Frankenstein. And Phil is Frankenstein and all of a sudden he starts laughing, right, like he just completely broke up -- ha ha, you know, he laughed out loud. And then he stopped.

"And then about fifteen seconds later, he just completely lost it. So then of course we all started laughing, because he's just losing it. And I'm thinking, 'What is he doing? We're on live television. It's not the Groundlings.' . . . So afterward I asked him, I said, 'What happened? What was so funny?' So he said, well, he was sitting there as Frankenstein and something happened, and thinking about how silly the sketch was, you know, just the idea of it made him laugh all of a sudden. So he started laughing. And then he stopped, right? And then, he said, he was sitting there thinking how funny it must have looked to see Frankenstein laugh like that. And then that just made him like lose it."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, September 7, 2005 8:01 PM (5 years ago)

Absolutely crying laughing over the German impressionist about halfway through the audition tape.

Zomg real tears of real laughter at the German. Ow it hurts

I get so sad every time I hear his voice on the simpsons

http://www.ecovoxrecords.com/noodlemuffin/curseofsimpsons/jpegs/PhilHartman1.jpg

Now this is something the other tour guides won't tell you. In this particular cell-block, Machine Gun Kelly had what we call in the prison system, a "bitch". And one night in a jealous rage Kelly took a make-shift knife or "shiv", and cut out the bitch's eyes. And as if this wasn't enough retribution for Kelly, the next day he and four other inmates took turns pissing into the bitch's ocular cavities.
This way to the cafeteria!

― Phil Hartman, also the king of cameos (nickalicious), Thursday, September 8, 2005 12:19 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

<3 <3 <3

feel like if I had phil hartman's voice I would get so many chicks

just found out we went to the same highschool

that german impressionist bit had me crying with laughter. oh my god.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bb55b081bd/player-with-yourselves-club

I hope his wife is burning in hell
blunty6feetunder 3 months ago

How heart-breaking is that odd sketch with and Jan Hooks where she plays an old woman that goes to a safety deposit box to reminisce? She puts on some pearls or something and is transformed into a young woman and dances with Phil Hartman while they sing a duet, and then at the end she becomes the old woman again, and the bank security guard puts his hand on her shoulder and its Phil as an old man...? This summary doesn't really do it justice, but when they aired it after Phil's death there wasn't a dry eye in (my) house.

Spot on. Bless ya, Phil:

http://vimeo.com/23450183

"He fancied himself a master thespian - the actor's actor. His performances had more filigree than a Gothic cathedral."

...fifteen years. Jesus.

:(

still remember hearing about this on the radio while coming home from a family vacation -- my mom and i were both seriously bummed out.

Simply the best.

I was at work the day it happened, and part of my job was actually monitoring the AP and other newswires for news about our clients, and I saw this come across. I was dumbfounded. I still can't believe he's dead sometimes.

I was just recently re-watching some season 3 Simpsons, and watched the one where Bart is accused of murdering Skinner. Lionel Hutz is so great in that episode, esp. when Skinner turns up alive at the end. "Your honor, do I still get paid>"

I hope that, in honor of the anniversary yesterday, Jon Lovitz went out and beat up Andy Dick.

Would have been 65 today.

go with god you big palooka

There's a book coming out Tuesday. Excerpt about the murder: http://www.salon.com/2014/09/21/phil_hartmans_final_night_the_tragic_death_of_a_saturday_night_live_genius/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

I've already got it coming in the mail (hopefully today).

seein him in Pee Wee's Playhouse episodes makes me miss him all over again

http://www.avclub.com/article/maura-tierney-affair-newsradio-and-being-fired-gro-210942

AVC: Do you have a definitive Phil Hartman story?

MT: Um. [Long pause.] I don’t know. I do remember one thing he said to me. Joe Rogan was being so fucking mean to me one day—and mostly we were all friends, but Joe could be a weirdo—and I was sort of upset about it, so I was just sitting over in the corner. And Phil came over and put his arm around me, and he said, “You know, I just want to tell you you’re loved.” Isn’t that really nice? I know you expected me to tell some wacky story about Phil, but he was like that, too. He just put his arm around me and said that. He was so sweet. He was a really nice man.

:)

20 years ago today.

Didn't remember him doing Trump (and Jan Hooks as Ivana) on SNL...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1gC912LUq0

Also: Somebody uploaded a mastercut of the Max Jerome ads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jlvK3Uc7e4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BdwxUXRbTk

Would have been 75 today...

Joe Rogan was being so fucking mean to me one day—and mostly we were all friends, but Joe could be a weirdo

Nice to know he was always like this.

Yeah, looking again at Newsradio in recent years and it's pretty much all there already, except his character is generally regarded by the show as an idiot and tool.

Wasnt he an afterthought/change of actor anyway? ISTR the pilot had anoter guy.

Sort of. They originally cast Ray Romano as the handyman/tech guy, but he was dismissed before the pilot was filmed, and was replaced by an actor named Greg Lee, who was then replaced by Rogan when the series was picked up. Lee's character was a little different from Rogan's, which was probably tailored to his existing style (Rogan had already been doing standup and had other similar TV roles)

IIRC Rogan's character is depicted and constantly called out as a paranoid nut who's into crazy conspiracies. Anyway, that show has one of the craziest casts - it's pretty cool how they were able to tap into the best-known ensembles from that era due to the connections each actor had with either SNL, Kids in the Hall, the Ben Stiller Show, etc. with all of their other alum doing good guest turns, but so many of the main cast had these ridiculous fates. I guess everyone knew Andy Dick was a nutty creep, but Hartman getting murdered, Foley's horrendous divorce and Rogan's rise to fame, influence and billions of dollars....who would've guessed.

connections each actor had with either SNL, Kids in the Hall, the Ben Stiller Show

^all those fall under SNL either by SNL itself or Broadway Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjNP3tiE6N8

Here's something really amazing from Tom Snyder's show from the night after...an excerpt from an earlier interview wherein Hartman explains how easily impressions came to him by demonstrating how he, John Wayne, Jack Benny, and Jack Nicholson have the same voice projected from different places (clip at 2:50)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciDcWCDXxas

The whole original interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thBO3PG5GPQ

xpost They also had a lot of the Mr. Show cast on, though that’s another SNL connection obv

^^Was just thinking thinking of that ep with Odenkirk, Posehn and Cross as Dave's college Acapella group.

Oh my god, I completely forgot about the thing where Bill McNeal was Mark Russell in the elevator....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FvW66hEjyo

Bonus Early Lauren Graham Action!

The Dana Carvey & David Spade "Fly On The Wall" pod just dropped two episodes (around 5 hours total) recorded live at The Groundlings' Tribute To Phil.

^^Panel Discussion w/the hosts, Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney, and Jim Downey.

Thanks!!!

He was a really nice man.

Not many SNL cast members you could say that about.

Here's those SNL Change Bank ads with Downey they go on at length about. Hartman's in the second one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXDxNCzUspM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KodqIPMbyUg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0w2R2JvZ7U

"She gave me several options"

Here's that hostage sketch Downey was enthusing about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8PLGXHW5gY

and the follow-up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ZyffcKxu0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtrT3E4vb8