# Phil Hartman Appreciation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525 "2005-06-16T12:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/21 "2005-06-16T17:12:21Z")
How about Phil as Barbara Bush on the Pat Stevens Show: PAT: You must be so proud of your son! BARBARA (offended): George is my HUSBAND!! I still remember the day I heard the news. Mr. S was laying tile in our “back room.” Still think of Phil when I look at that tile. We named two pets after him (Phil the kitten, also RIP ☹ , and Phyllis the Wonder Springer). ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/22 "2005-06-16T17:20:58Z")
I’ve been watching **SNL: Best Of Phil Hartman** while I’ve been sick for the last few days. The Clinton McDonald’s skit, the Sinatra with Sinead O’Connor, and some Caveman Lawyer is on it. I agree with those of you who say that his death was the only celebrity death that really touched you. My mom still says, “Ohh… Phil Hartman” in a really sad voice whenever there’s a Troy McLure moment on The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/23 "2005-06-16T17:24:15Z")
I have to say that the Troy McClure bit where he was at the beef factory was probably one of the 10 funniest Simpson moments ever. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/24 "2005-06-16T17:45:09Z")
What about the skit where he played a host on some sort of talk show with young male actors as guests? I think Jason Priestley was the only real one. Phil would use the word “sassy” in as many different ways as he could when the actors were rude. “I smell sassy!” “You’re the captain of the SS Sassy!” “S-A-double-S-Y!” I found that extremely funny. I also enjoyed the SInatra skit. There was another time when he played Sinatra that I really loved. He showed up at the “Reagan White House” and pretended to be a pizza delivery man for Nancy. The two (Phil and Jan Hooks?) proceeded to romp on the bed which shook the ceiling in the Oval Office below. What put me over the top was Phil as Sinatra shouting “Start spreading the news!” when throwing her on the bed. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/25 "2005-06-16T18:26:14Z")
“She gave me several options.” The credit card commercial he did with Roseanne still makes me laugh until I cry. I was at my mother’s house, in a flu medicine-enduced stupor when I saw the news. I thought I was hallucinating. I HOPED I was hallucinating. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/26 "2005-06-16T20:20:17Z")
On the SNL 25th anniversary special they had moments for all the dead people. Farley and Belushi and Radner all had one or two people come out and speak warmly for a minute or two, for Hartman like 20 people were on stage and they all were weeping. My personal favorite bit of his was Captain Carl on Pee Wee Herman’s original special. “Captain Carl, did you remember to wash your hands?” Shoves hands into Pee-Wee’s face “NOOOO!” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/27 "2005-06-16T20:56:15Z")
[singing] I hate every ape I see / From chimpan-A to chimpan-Zee…[/singing] ---
**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:** [June 16, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/28 "2005-06-16T23:17:05Z")
Phil who? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/29 "2005-06-17T00:13:14Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Phil who? You might remember him. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/30 "2005-06-17T03:58:00Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > You might remember him. …From such dates as last nights dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/31 "2005-06-17T04:12:37Z")
“First of all, it’s _pronounced_ **Evil** yn.” The seriousness with which he says it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/32 "2005-06-17T13:59:33Z")
“My first question is what does Lisa look like naked, and my second is what does Lisa _feel_ like naked.” Being something of a Maura Tierney fan, this resonates. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/33 "2005-06-17T14:04:35Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > I have to say that the Troy McClure bit where he was at the beef factory was probably one of the 10 funniest Simpson moments ever. Don’t let the name fool you! It’s not really a floor, it’s more of a loose grating that allows blood and other fluids to pass through. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/34 "2005-06-17T14:04:48Z")
“Why, Lisa? Why would she…french her daddy?” ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/35 "2005-06-17T16:32:53Z")
I remember the day at work when one of my co-workers returned from lunch telling us she just heard on the radio that Phil Hartman was murdered. She was kind of a joker, so we were all sure she was having us on at first. When we found it was really true, the whole office was depressed the rest of the day. When we heard it was his psycho wife who was responsible, we were gobsmacked. I miss him, too. I remember Jay Leno talking about it and how sick he was of all the drugs and violence so prevalent in people’s personal lives. He talked about how angry he was that he’d never hear Phil calling him on the phone and saying “Oh, Jaaay . . .” in his best Jack Benny voice. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/36 "2005-06-17T17:57:32Z")
From _The Simpsons_, of course: Lionel Hutz: Your Honor, I’d like to move for one of those… bad-court thingies. Judge: You mean a mistrial? Lionel Hutz (brightly): Yeah! That’s why you’re the judge, and I’m the… law-talkin’ dude. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/37 "2005-06-17T20:01:25Z")
Works on contigency? No, money down! ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525/38 "2005-06-18T16:37:25Z")
From _So I Married An Axe Murderer_: > [@](#): > > 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! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-hartman-appreciation/308525.md?page=1)