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After all, this is very simple: you should have this if Phil Hartman made you laugh.
Yes, some reviewers are correct, this DVD could be better. Maybe there are missing, funnier, sketches; maybe the finale is too romantic; maybe ... (that's why it gets a 4 star rating from me).
But still, this will make you laugh and remember good old Phil.
Among others, you will find him impersonating Bill Clinton, Frank Sinatra, Phil Donahue, Alm. Stockdale, Donald Trump, Jesus, Barbara Bush, Frankenstein, Ronald Reagan and Ed McMahon. He also appears as the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, a russian weightlifter, the Anal Retentive Chef, and other funny characters.
Again, if you were a Hartman fan and miss him, get this. It might not be perfect but it's good enough. Hopefully they will make a second DVD with more sketches.
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Compulsion! Who REALLY remembers cut for cut CK's Obsession commercial? Superb parody. First airing I LOL 'til I couldn't breathe. And the Anal Retentive Chef! True madness. I'll treasure this DVD forever.
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We love Phil Hartman, we love this collection of some of his best skits and characters. Also love the audition segment.
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A few good sketches, but I know I've seen so many more that are not included that are much better.
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Phil Hartman was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" for eight years. During that time, he gave the show some its most memorable and hilarious moments. From zany recurring characters to dead - on impressions of people in the news, he always knew how the grab the audience. So after his untimely death in 1998, it was only fitting that the good peole at "SNL" would put together a collection of Phil's best moments on the show. The result, "The Best Of Phil Hartman", was a good collection but many people felt something was wrong.
"The Best Of Phil Hartman" starts off on a high note. Showcasing his memorable impressions such as Bill Clinton (I personally like his better than Darrell Hammond), Phil Donahue, Peter Graves, Ronald Reagan, Barbara Bush and Frank Sinatra (in the funniest sketch on the whole dvd) is a great way to kick things off. In fact, the first 45 minutes or so is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
However, there's a noticable drop in quality after the "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer" sketch. Sketches like "Anne Boleyn" and "Robot Repair" are basically filler sketches added for time. Also, there are funnier Frankenstein, Tonto And Tarzan sketches than the one here, but they opt for their first appearance. I would havee loved for an "As World Turn" or "Season's Greetings" sketch. The only real keepers throughout this entire half are the end tribute and "Cooking With The Anal Retentive Chef".
If they wanted to make a great tribute to Hartman, they should have devoted the first half to his impressions and the rest to his many recurring characters. Phil had a lot of memorable and funny characters - Mr. Claymore, gay talk show host Russell Clark, Mace the convict, Susan The Transsexual, Helen and even Jesus (which is actually more of an impression depending on your beliefs). All of them are either missing are butchered to mere snippets in montages.
I was also very surprised that they didn't included "The Environentally Conscious One". This sketch was a parody of the movie "The Wild One" with Alec Baldwin in the Brando role, except he's a defender of the environment fighting pollutionist Phil Hartman. The best part of the sketch is at the end when Baldwin is about to ride off on his motorcycle while the town is being destroyed by pollution when Hartman jumps on and says, "take me with you". Hartman says it so funny and woman - like that Baldwin starts laughing. I truly expected it to be here (though I'm glad they kept the part in the "Greenhilly" sketch from the same episode where Baldwin and Hartman kiss each other).
Overall, this dvd starts off great but really loses steam toward the end. Hopefully they will release of volume 2 of Hartman's best (like Phil's 1990s' successor Will Ferrell, although his second best - off was a lot less funnier than his first). Maybe then they can spare us a complete sketch of his Charlton Heston impression or maybe the "Dating Game" parody on "Sprockets" where he played Susan. Until then, this will just have to do.
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