Phil Hartman’s voice acting on The Simpsons is legendary. Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure were always my favorite part of the show. I am glad they never replaced him with anyone, because there is no one that could have.
I’m not a huge Joe Rohan fan but I love how much he loved Phil Hartman and you can sense how much Joe misses and the sincerity in his voice. I respect Joe a lot for praising Phil and trashing his evil wife. I cried when Phil Hartman died. Love how highly he talks of Phil. Feel bad for Joe. Such a loss personally to him.
"I’m not a huge Joe Rohan fan but I love how much he loved Phil Hartman and you can sense how much Joe misses and the sincerity in his voice. I respect Joe a lot for praising Phil and trashing his evil wife. I cried when Phil Hartman died. Love how highly he talks of Phil. Feel bad for Joe. Such a loss personally to him." You are correct and I completely agree with you. Phil Hartman is happy in Heaven now with God forever while Phil's evil wife is suffering in Hell now with Satan forever.
know this comment is like 3 years old but I was just watching the simpsons and thinking about him and how great he could have been in like a tarantino movie later in his life. imagine him in like, once upon a time in hollywood playing an exec or something with that pompous attitude he could play... would have had an incredible career, its such a shame
Phil was murdered in 98. If he was still living in 2021 he would have contributed 23 years of movies, voice overs, skits, guest hosting SNL, etc. Like you said. What COULD have been! What a tragic loss!
And the best part of that fact is something I've heard so many of his old castmates say; instead of using all that brilliant talent to hog the attention and keep everything focused on himself, he would instead try to play up to the other's performances and do his best make _everyone else look better._ They called him "the Glue," holding on tight to each different element to make everything come together the right way. Hell, Phil even made _Andy Dick_ watchable and occasionally entertaining, a feat I haven't seen accomplished outside of _NewsRadio_ and _The Ben Stiller Show._
NewsRadio was one of the best sitcoms ever and still every bit as funny as it ever was. Phil Hartman and the entire cast, Dave Foley, Stephen Root, Andy Dick, Maura Tierney, Vicki Lewis, Khandi Alexander, and Joe Rogan. You were all absolutely brilliant. The heat wave episode, the Stargate Defender episode, NewsRadio in space, so many classics!
I can still binge watch it to this day. Such an underrated show that I often wonder how it would’ve turned out had we not lost Phil. It’s impossible to watch him and not see how brilliant he was. By far my favorite actor just such a talent.
I own the NewsRadio DVD season sets and I still break them out and watch them to this day. Well, I own the first _four_ season sets. I never bought the 5th, for obvious reasons. "Your name is Garelli??"
I love when Joe Rogan shares Phil Hartman stories. . . it would have been incredible to hang out with such a wonderful, talented and professional person. His death was unbelievably tragic and heart breaking. RIP Phil Hartman.
Remember on Jingle All The Way movie he told Arnold Swartzeneger "You can't bench press your way out of this one ". 🤣 It was hilarious and come to find out Phil improv that line
phil hartman took in his wife practically off the streets when she was just a pro... the thanks he got from her was being shot. So sad. My mom's fav comedian and mine was phil hartman on news radio in the 90s... what a time to be back in the day. Tragic
To go back 20 years, drugs were uncut and readily available!!! What caveman they must've been!!! Book me there!!! I had fun 20 fucking years ago!! RIP I owe my speech to Phil... He made me want to articulate my words and learn languages..
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I can imagine Phil Hartman getting his own Netflix show. I can also imagine directors like Wes Anderson, Judd Apatow, or Edgar Wright using Phil in their films. And, outside of "The Simpsons," Phil wouldn't have had a problem being an in-demand voice actor for Disney. Phil obviously had the talent to make that crossover from being a comedic actor to doing drama in the same manner that Bryan Cranston, Robin Williams, and Steve Carell made that leap.... All that awesome potential snuffed out by that mentally unstable, cokehead wife of his. Sad, tragic, and overall scary... (sigh) :-(
That sucks for Joe to suffer a loss like that. I'm glad it he is doing well. Phil Hartman is from my hometown and he was always a. hero of mine, I like to hear stories about his life.
It’s 20 years ago now. Incredible how time has passed. Think of all the great characters he would’ve played and all the many memorable moments we never got to see.
Phil Hartman is a fucking legend. Probably the most consistently funny comedic actor I've ever seen. Thankfully, his kids are okay. His daughter is a beautiful young lady who's on Instagram and proudly posted pics of her beautiful wedding a few years ago. Her brother leads a very low-key life as an artist and does not do social media at all. It's good to know that, despite everything, they turned-out okay. The daughter did go-through a major bout of alcoholism for a number of years, but then got sober and she's been doing great for years ever since then. 👍🏻
I agree completely regarding Andy Dick.....but, I've always found Jon Lovitz funny for some reason...and I've seen him in a couple interviews....he actually comes off like a fairly decent guy. (But....you may know something I don't). But having said that, he doesn't hold a candle to Phil Hartman...
I'm on season three of NewsRadio and Phil Hartman is just such a top notch actor on this show. The more and more I watch his amazing acting skills the more sad I am about his unfortunate demise.
Remember on Jingle All The Way movie he told Arnold Swartzeneger "You can't bench press your way out of this one ". 🤣 It was hilarious and come to find out Phil improv that line
I'm reading a book about Phil Hartman right now ...it's really incredible he lived in extraordinary life ...they really need to make a mini series about him because they wouldn't be able to get it all in a 2 or 3 hour movie. I still feel really bad for the guy and I remember very clearly the moment I heard that he died and then heard the details of what happened ... it was bizarre and shocking and actually 20 years ago today. It's so sad that he stayed with his wife and she was known to be very vicious at times. I also feel very bad for his kids
I don’t remember where I saw it. It was a crime series. One of the episodes was about Phil Hartman. They interviewd Phil’s second wife. She said she sent Phil and Brynn a congratulations card when they had their first child. She said that Brynn sent her a letter back threading to kill her if she ever contacted them again. That lets you know what Phil was dealing with. I imagine he felt trapped. I wish that he could have broke away. My heart breaks for his kids and what they’ve had to endure. Like I’ve said before. I have no sympathy for Brynn. What kind of mother would do that to her children. Phil deserved better!
I can imagine Phil Hartman getting his own Netflix show. I can also imagine directors like Wes Anderson, Judd Apatow, or Edgar Wright using Phil in their films. And, outside of "The Simpsons," Phil wouldn't have had a problem being an in-demand voice actor for Disney. Phil obviously had the talent to make that crossover from being a comedic actor to doing drama in the same manner that Bryan Cranston, Robin Williams, and Steve Carell made that leap.... All that awesome potential snuffed out by that mentally unstable, cokehead wife of his. Sad, tragic, and overall scary... (sigh) :-(
I think Phil REALLY grew as an all-around comedic actor during the years on Newsradio. He was definitely smart and you could tell by how much he learned and improved over those years. By season 4, his last season, he had his acting style for that show perfected. He figured out how to play the mean guy with the kind of smarmy charm that still kept him likable to the audience. And he had the ability to do both deadpan comedy and zany, fast-paced comedy without going over-the-top. I definitely think he would've gone onto bigger and better movie roles. One part he almost certainly would've been up for is J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man movies. Think if he would've gotten a part like the principal in Ferris Bueller. He would've crushed a part like that. He would've been able to do any kind of comedic villain, like Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor in the old Superman movies. I think he could've swung around to more dramatic roles eventually too. As for his working with Paul Reubens, he apparently developed the Pee-Wee character along with Reubens. They were basically partners up until Phil got on SNL. He did co-write the Pee-Wee's Big Adventure script and of course had his small cameo role at the end of the movie. In one interview, Reubens said Phil wrote anything in the movie that was a long speech. And there were a lot of funny and memorable speeches in the movie.
Phil Hartman was hands down the best SNL cast member of all time. If you haven't seen "SNL The Best of Phil Hartman", drop what you're doing & go watch it! RIP Phil, another genius stolen from us too soon. 💔
I rewatched newsradio. My favorite scene with phil is when he is playing the piano with political satire. You can see phil cracking up on the "hes gay hes gay" to dave Foley
That's a great one. Anything from season 4 is great. I love the episode where Bill thinks he's not funny anymore. "See...made you laugh." He got to do such a different kind of humor in that one. The one where he's convincing Dave Lisa is dating another man. The one where he becomes the boss and pretends to know how to run things. The one where he is terrible at negotiating and asks Lisa to help him.
I saw an old Phil Hartman interview with Dick Cavett. He was modest and dignified, then he'd pull hilarious bits out of thin air without making too much of it. Very self-contained. And it occurred to me that nothing could be more disastrous than an insecure, frustrated person living with a guy that talented.
Couples should not shit on each other, ever. I do not get relationships where some guy is calling his girlfriend a "stupid bitch." Then she calls him an asshole. I am thinking, "why are these two people together?" Very childish and insecure behavior.
let not go that far. hartman was talented comic but hoffman was one the greatest actors of all time . hartman even said all he can do is impressions and weird charactors. hartman was funny but you can not really compare him to hoffman . hartman is more a comic who success was on tv while hoffman was a critically acclaimed actor who has played a wide range of charactors.
She was so desperate for attention but her personality was so off putting. When she was dealing with her internal demons it effected her jealousy and her attitude towards others and I think Phil was a trigger for her that reminded her of what she wasn’t achieving. Phil is probably the one actor that still makes me so sad and mad that he was taken from his life, we all knew his tremendous range of talent and he wasn’t given the time to achieve all of his magic. I saw a photo of their daughter all grown now and she is drop dead GORGEOUS!
When I was in high school, several of my classmates were big Chris Farley fans and said it was such a shame that he died so young. I feel the same way about Phil Hartman. He was good at standup, movies, sketches, and voicework, and I wouldn't be surprised if he had gone on to have a TV sitcom. But alas, we'll never know, because his stupid wife decided to murder him.
I was running errands during my first job out of college. While driving around, the news anchor discussed the death of Phil and his wife. At the time it was breaking news. The anchor stated it was an act of domestic violence that led to a murder suicide. The anchor implied that Phil was the killer. Then, on the way back to the job site, the same anchor gave an update that it was phil that was murdered. I was sad and angry at the same time. I was sad we lost such a great talent. But, was very angry that the listeners were led to believe he was the killer.
rip phil hartman. truly one of the greats, i love going back and watching his old work, you could just tell by his charisma and how he carried himself. so sharp so quick so warm so clever. everything he did was effortlessly amazing. a timeless talent that you only find once in a generation. anywhere he went he was one of the funniest nicest smartest people in the room. unbelievably talented. lately on youtube i found a phil hartman collection of all of his appearances on david letterman from 1984-1996 it’s almost 2hrs long and it’s amazing seeing him improvise and work a crowd through the interview dynamic. i could study this man all day and never be bored. rip to one of the truly greats
New radio is probably my favorite sitcom ever!! I was 17/18 when I saw the reruns and was mad that I didn't get to see it when it was on. Hartman was a treasure!!
He always reminded me of Harvey Korman. My favourite thing he did was the 1940's failing actor sketch with Jon Lovitz. Those two do an amazing 1940's accent
Phil Hartman was so incredibly talented. I loved him. He was also an amazing artist. He did the artwork on Poco's Legend album. If Andy Dick hadn't persuaded Brynn to do Coke, ending her 13 yr sobriety, Phil would have been alive today.
I'm on a Phil kick today idk why. he was so brilliant and on my mind. and so i put in stories about phil and here i am. i love it when people who knew him, talk about him.
I love hearing stories about Phil Hartman and him I would like to hear him just tell stories without the other person talking at all and just have him talk about him and Phil
Phil Hartman was a rare talent. Often people describe such rarity as genius because it’s something brilliant we haven’t quite seen before. Yet so many genius artists are self destructive in one form or another. Clearly his relationship with his wife was unhealthy and abusive. Sad that such public genius often can’t escape a personal fatalism.
Hartman was a legend. I drank anything he was in back then, as a teenager. Can’t imagine the amazing stuff he would’ve gone on to do had he lived. It was so heartbreaking to hear about him being murdered by her.
Phil Hartman was a great person and it’s sad to her how he die rip Phil Hartman I get to whatch you on news radio the tv series it was the last show he did before he died
