This probably won't be the first post I do in salute of the great Phil Hartman. After the last season, it seems like SNL has completely forgotten how to skewer a President in a funny way. Fred Armisan's Obama just stops the show dead almost every time he shows up. Every week, I find myself wondering when we'll get a cast member who's able to find the hilarious comic takes that Phil Hartman brought to his work
Here's Hartman as mastermind Ronald Reagan:
And here he is as Bill Clinton, jogging into McDonalds:
Friday, April 23, 2010
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Insert the obvious: SNL has completely forgotten how to do anything in a funny way.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I just want to punch Armisen in the face.
And yes, Hartman was fantastic. Hard to believe how long it's been since that tragedy happened.
This is a great topic. On Hulu, they have (I think) all full episodes of NewsRadio posted. I've been watching them in order. Phil Hartman was a mofo genius. Here is one of my favorite eps, only the 3rd one and they're already hitting their stride.
ReplyDeleteNewsRadio: Smoking
I don't know if I can find it, but I also love when he did Frank Sinatra on SNL. Oh, here it is:
Phil Hartman does Frank