# I Am Only A Simple Caveman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 25, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-only-a-simple-caveman/968534 "2022-07-25T15:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-only-a-simple-caveman/968534/1 "2022-07-25T15:59:00Z")
I am only a simple caveman. I have been frozen in ice for thousands of years until recently - and I know little of your laws and customs and suchlike. But I do know one thing. Even I know that it is wrong to swear to follow democratic rules and norms, then try to incite violence because I did not win election a second time. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-only-a-simple-caveman/968534/2 "2022-07-25T16:06:04Z")
I know it’s not your point, but God that skit was so funny. The obvious joke would be to make the unfrozen caveman lawyer dumb and a fish out of water, and draw the humor from that. The way Phil Hartman plays him as a smart, smarmy, self-satisfied huckster manipulating the jury through cornpone analogies is brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-only-a-simple-caveman/968534/3 "2022-07-25T16:19:24Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Even I know that it is wrong to swear to follow democratic rules and norms, then try to incite violence because I did not win election a second time. Once you decide that hypocrisy is a legitimate political tool, being accused of it brings as much shame as being accused of having hazel eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-only-a-simple-caveman/968534/4 "2022-07-25T16:40:49Z")
Don’t you hate it when that happens? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-only-a-simple-caveman/968534/5 "2022-07-25T18:28:21Z")
I am not that big a fan of SNL and haven’t really watched it for years, but I always thought Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer was a character of genius. The idea, which would probably work pretty well, still makes me chuckle decades later. There are a dozen or so similar things from that show that still make me chuckle, probably not more than that. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-only-a-simple-caveman/968534/6 "2022-07-27T02:58:31Z")
Since this is a reference to Saturday night live, I’ve moved it to cafe society. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-only-a-simple-caveman/968534/7 "2022-07-27T10:29:19Z")
Since this thread already started with a political bent, I will mention that I have long nurtured the theory that Tucker Carlson is actually a still-alive Phil Hartmann still doing his “Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer” shtick. “I’m just a caveman! Your ‘normal demographic change’ frightens me! Now get me a double bourbon!”