# Lovitz Beats Dick **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134 "2007-07-17T14:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/1 "2007-07-17T14:59:04Z")
[Awesome!](http://www.nypost.com/seven/07172007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm)! I knew there was a reason I liked Jon Lovitz! Couldn’t have happened to a bigger Dick. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/2 "2007-07-17T15:03:10Z")
Is there some defense fund to which I can make a donation? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/3 "2007-07-17T15:03:39Z")
Wow. I wish Andy Dick would just disappear. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/4 "2007-07-17T15:15:21Z")
Every time I see him (Edit: Dick) at one of those roasts I cringe as I know I’m going to have to watch him make an ass of himself. He’s the one person in Hollywood who actually needs rehab so I wish he’d go for six or eight years. ---
**Author:** ![dannyness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b77776/32.png) [@dannyness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dannyness)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/5 "2007-07-17T15:20:25Z")
Hmm. I used to hold on to a twinge of liking for Andy Dick because he was on the short-lived **Ben Stiller Show** years ago. Poof. It’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/6 "2007-07-17T15:23:55Z")
Dang. Is there any way I can send flowers to Mr. Lovitz? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/7 "2007-07-17T15:28:56Z")
I’ve always liked Lovitz more than his actual product justified - maybe I psychically knew he’d do this some day. On the other hand, the most disturbing news from the article is that Andy Dick is supposedly getting a movie. Can I request Carrot Top instead? At least he seems to have few illusions about himself. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/8 "2007-07-17T15:33:14Z")
I have never heard of Andy Dick, but he sure is appropriately named. (where is the appalled smiley?) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/9 "2007-07-17T15:36:21Z")
I think he’s hilarious, but I’ve only seen him on News Radio and a few talk or awards show appearances. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/10 "2007-07-17T15:40:43Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] I think he’s hilarious, but I’ve only seen him on News Radio and a few talk or awards show appearances. [/QUOTE] One of the most amazing achievements of _Newsradio_ was being funny despite the presence of Andy Dick and Joe Rogan. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/11 "2007-07-17T15:45:56Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] One of the most amazing achievements of _Newsradio_ was being funny despite the presence of Andy Dick and Joe Rogan. [/QUOTE] Hey, Joe Rogan was funny because he was played totally straight and non-comic. Andy Dick was supposed to be “wacky”. I hate “wacky”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/12 "2007-07-17T15:50:41Z")
It’s true, [Andy Dick deserves the Lecter treatment](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_x354BgkOI). I’m curious why he needed the groin strap loosened … what could it possibly be pinching? I’m sure whatever Lovitz did was justified. I wouldn’t have ever imagined him as being the type to physically lash out at anyone to begin with because he’s so jovial, but I’d believe the urge to want to smash Andy Dick’s face into a bar half a dozen times. I doubt Andy is any less of a bizarre sociopath in his private life than he is in front of the cameras. I’m sure he’s ten times worse, and I’ve never found his little shock act to be even marginally charming or tolerable. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/13 "2007-07-17T15:51:03Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] Hey, Joe Rogan was funny because he was played totally straight and non-comic. [/QUOTE] Fair enough. “Joe” on _Newsradio_ was funny enough, but by the time I discovered the show, Joe Rogan was that jackass from Fear Factor who thinks the moon landing was faked ([arguing with our own Bad Astronomer](http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/02/26/joe-rogan-me-and-penn-and-the-moon-hoax-take-iii/)). Of course, since the Carlos Mencia thing and his Paris Hilton blog entry, I do have more respect for him, as bizarre as that feels. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/14 "2007-07-17T15:54:41Z")
So, who had Andy Dick in the Celebrity Beating Poll? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/15 "2007-07-17T16:03:20Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] So, who had Andy Dick in the Celebrity Beating Poll? [/QUOTE] It’s a bit sticky, since the pool is named after him. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/16 "2007-07-17T16:16:52Z")
You know, I can understand Andy Dick being upset Lovitz accused him of causing Phil Hartman’s death. On the other hand, the idea that Andy Dick contributed to Phil Hartman’s death makes me wish I’d delivered the beating myself. So bravo to Jon. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/17 "2007-07-17T16:23:09Z")
I’ve always been a Lovitz fan. I loved the Pathological Liar skits on SNL, I loved _The Critic_, and I became even more of a fan when I saw him sing “Just Another Rhumba” on the [Ira Gershwin at 100](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246703/) episode of _Great Performances_. And now my fandom may have to cross over into idolatry. I’d rather watch a dog puke than sit through ten seconds of Andy Dick deluding himself into believing he’s “lovable” or “edgy” or whatever the hell he thinks he is other than “insanely irritating.” ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/18 "2007-07-17T16:40:30Z")
Nitpick: the OP’s linked article says “Jon Lovitz roughed up Andy Dick over the murder of their _Saturday Night Live_ colleague, Phil Hartman.” Hartman wasn’t “their” _Saturday Night Live_ colleague. Dick was never a castmember of _Saturday Night Live._ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/19 "2007-07-17T16:44:18Z")
> [@](#): > > So, who had Andy Dick in the Celebrity Beating Poll? Jon Lovitz apparently. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134/20 "2007-07-17T17:45:20Z")
man, half a page and I’m the first one to comment on the title of this thread? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovitz-beats-dick/412134.md?page=2)