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00:00I am a comedy Buddha, the laughing Buddha.
00:04You say you don't do impressions of people, you do impersonations.
00:08Yeah.
00:09What's the difference?
00:10An impression is a caricature.
00:12Impression is a John Wayne that is cartoony and goes,
00:17Come on, Pilgrim, let's get out of here.
00:21An impersonation is,
00:23I'm sorry, Stone, you flunked your depth perception test.
00:27You can't fly with the flying tigers.
00:30I like to be real, or as close to real as I can.
00:34They fall into certain categories.
00:36For example, there is the breathy type voice, which Jimmy Cagney would have.
00:41Why are you a dirty rat?
00:42It's a lot of air going over the vocal cords.
00:46Donald Trump has a very similar voice.
00:49You know, it's wonderful that we're here in New York, Stone.
00:51I want to show you some real estate while we're up here.
00:53Own it, own it, own it, own it, own it, own it, and own it.
00:56And that one I sold to a Japanese conglomerate.
00:58Then they took a bath on it.
01:00That was a very good deal.
01:01John Wayne is down here in the chest.
01:03It's very low in the instrument.
01:06Jack Benny is a similar tone, but it's up in the back of the throat,
01:10where he's swallowing it and going,
01:12Now, wait a minute!
01:14You take the same quality,
01:15and you push it up into the nasopharynx,
01:18and you've got Mr. Nicholson!
01:24Come on, Jimmy.
01:25Let's take a peek at the killing floor.
01:28Don't let the name throw you, Jimmy.
01:29It's not really a floor.
01:31It's more of a steel grating that allows material to sluice through
01:34so it can be collected and exported.
01:36Are you ready to tell him that?
01:37Oh, my God.
02:06Please welcome the man of a thousand voices,
02:21Bill Hartman!
02:22You do that dance often, Phil.
02:41Well, you know, I am quite a dancer.
02:44I just flew in from Hollywood,
02:46and boy, is my full of crap tired.
02:48You're exhausted.
02:52But I love you, I really do.
02:58She's faking it.
03:00The most satisfying part of the night
03:02was knowing that they waited.
03:04Nine months later,
03:05Fluffy gave birth to 14 beautiful bunnies.
03:08Eight survived.
03:10And now that you know how it's done,
03:12don't do it.
03:13I call myself the man of a hundred voices now.
03:17Oh, really?
03:18Hundreds plenty.
03:19Yeah, that's enough.
03:21That's enough.
03:21Pick a number between one and a hundred.
03:23Seriously?
03:23Yeah.
03:24Uh, 68.
03:26Popeye.
03:30Actually, Popeye is, uh...
03:32That's it.
03:34You never actually do it.
03:35You just go,
03:35Oh, that would be Popeye.
03:36You don't have to.
03:36It's just a list.
03:38Uh, 81.
03:3981 is Jim Neighbors.
03:42Really?
03:43Yeah.
03:43I didn't know that.
03:44You know, like,
03:44I got a Thanksgiving gift for you,
03:46Sergeant Carter.
03:52Oh, yeah.
03:54You know, you know what's great?
03:55I'm great, all right.
03:55This makes you the perfect talk show guest.
03:57Yes.
03:57You're fully automated.
03:59You can just sit here.
04:00Push my buttons, baby.
04:02But now I'm here to tell you
04:03about a remarkable new invention.
04:09Until now,
04:10this was the only way
04:12to get juice from an orange.
04:15You mean there's a better way?
04:18He can talk.
04:19He can talk.
04:20He can talk.
04:21He can talk.
04:21He can talk.
04:22He can talk.
04:23He can talk.
04:23I can sing.
04:27Oh, help me, Dr. Seuss.
04:31Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss.
04:33Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss.
04:36Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss.
04:38Oh, Dr. Seuss.
04:40Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss.
04:41Things get cut between dress and air,
04:43as you well know, my friend.
04:44I don't know.
04:44I don't know much about that Sarnet Lodge.
04:46Oh, no.
04:46He was a kingpin over there
04:48before he went to the Simpsons
04:49and sold out for Hollywood.
04:52I sold out for that Simpsons cash.
04:54Man, look at this.
04:54What?
04:55Big bald spot.
05:00Yeah, I took a bullet there
05:02back in 49.
05:03Learjudge 3057 Delta
05:06and bounce over to pass
05:07with information, Julianne.
05:09Roger, 57 Delta.
05:10Make right traffic.
05:11One, six, right.
05:11Report downwind.
05:1257 Delta.
05:13Squawk, we'll go.
05:14Squawk, five, five, five, five.
05:15Roger, squawk,
05:16and double nickel, double nickel.
05:17Five, five, seven, delta.
05:19Entering the downwind
05:20under 45 and be in the tower.
05:21Roger, 57 Delta.
05:23Follow traffic ahead.
05:24Sesto.
05:2557 Delta looking.
05:26Roger, traffic inside.
05:27I move on the mic.
05:29And Jingle All The Way
05:33is out now.
05:34People can check it out.
05:37What more is there to say, really?
05:38Bill Hartman.
05:40Thanks so much for coming by.
05:42Roger Ebert.
05:43Ken Shamrock
05:44will beat me senseless.
05:46They're coming up.
05:47Saturday Night Live
05:48has produced far too many
05:50legendary comedy actors
05:52and long, fruitful careers
05:54to lend its title to any kind of curse,
05:57but the iconic variety sketch series
06:00has seen tragedy
06:01befall a fair number of its alumni
06:04and few tragedies
06:06were as shocking or heartbreaking
06:08as the death of Bill Hartman,
06:11who was shot to death in his sleep
06:13by his wife
06:14in the late night hours
06:16of May 28th, 1998.
06:20Unlike late stars
06:21such as John Belushi
06:22or Chris Farley,
06:24who were larger than life,
06:26or Gilda Radner,
06:27who was an iconic original,
06:29Hartman was an adaptable everyman
06:32who layered subtle charm
06:33and smarm
06:34into original characters
06:36while nailing impressions
06:38of the rich, famous, and powerful.
06:42A naturally shy person
06:43who was educated
06:45and had a successful run
06:46as a graphic designer,
06:48Hartman transitioned to comedy
06:50after volunteering to go on stage
06:53during a performance
06:54by the iconic Groundlings troupe
06:56in Los Angeles.
06:58I never saw an audience member
07:00come up with that kind of excitement
07:02and energy.
07:04It was like a hurricane hit the stage.
07:06And I mean in a good way,
07:07Tracy Newman,
07:09a comedian
07:09and founding member
07:10of the Groundlings,
07:11told ABC years later.
07:14They were so impressed
07:15that they invited Hartman
07:17to join their traveling troupe
07:18as he took classes
07:20with them in L.A.
07:21He proved not just energetic,
07:23but a natural showman
07:25and brilliant writer.
07:26He helped create
07:27the Pee-Wee Herman character
07:29with Paul Reubens
07:30and co-wrote the screenplay
07:31to its first movie,
07:33Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
07:35Whatever he was going to imagine
07:36or say
07:37was nothing you could imagine
07:38or think of,
07:39Groundlings and SNL castmate
07:41John Lovitz
07:43later told the biographer.
07:44He could do any voice,
07:46play any character,
07:48make his face look different
07:49without makeup.
07:50He was king of the Groundlings.
07:52In 1986,
07:54Hartman joined the cast
07:55of Saturday Night Live
07:56as its creator,
07:58Lorne Michaels,
07:59took back control of the show.
08:02Hartman was an instant success
08:03there too
08:04with original characters
08:06like the unfrozen
08:07caveman lawyer
08:08and hit impressions
08:09of Ronald Reagan,
08:10Bill Clinton,
08:11Charlton Heston
08:12and Ed McMahon.
08:13By the time he left
08:14SNL in 1994,
08:16he'd won an Emmy
08:17as a writer,
08:18been nominated
08:19for another
08:19as a performer
08:20and was generally
08:21considered the most
08:22important cast member
08:23of a show
08:24that he'd helped revive.
08:26Hartman was also
08:27a regular on
08:28The Simpsons,
08:29giving voice
08:29to a staple of characters,
08:31including B-movie actor
08:33Troy McClure.
08:36Doctor,
08:36are you sure it's on?
08:38I can't hear a thing.
08:40It's Wister Quiet!
08:42You got all that
08:47from one bag
08:47of oranges?
08:48Now, let's get
08:49down to business.
08:51To my executor,
08:52Lionel Hutz,
08:53I leave
08:54$50,000.
08:56Mr. Hutz?
08:57You'd be surprised
08:59how often that works.
09:00You really would.
09:01What's happening?
09:02Is it noon already?
09:04You truly are
09:06the king of kings.
09:08Oh my, hello.
09:10I'm Evan Conover
09:11with the U.S. State Department.
09:13What have I done
09:14to deserve this
09:15flat, flavorless Manhattan?
09:17You know,
09:17a town with money
09:18is a little like
09:19the mule with a spinning wheel.
09:21No one knows
09:22how he got it
09:22and dangd if he knows
09:23how to use it.
09:24His own variety series
09:26failed to get off the ground,
09:28so he joined the cast
09:29of the sitcom News Radio,
09:31in which he played
09:32an arrogant and clueless
09:33radio news anchor.
09:35Despite all of his
09:36on-screen success,
09:38Hartman's personal life
09:39proved to be more difficult.
09:41He was married
09:42for a brief time
09:43between 1970 and 1972,
09:46then again from 1982
09:48to 1985.
09:50But his charisma on stage
09:52didn't always translate
09:53to an energetic,
09:55gregarious personality
09:56offstage.
09:58Hartman was known
09:59for being low-key,
10:00sometimes to a fault.
10:02My sense of Phil
10:03was that he was
10:04really two people.
10:06his second wife,
10:07Lisa Jarvis,
10:08told ABC.
10:09He was the guy
10:10who wanted to draw
10:11and write and think
10:12and create
10:13and come up with ideas.
10:14He was the actor
10:15and entertainer,
10:17and then he was the recluse.
10:19Down after his divorce
10:21from Jarvis,
10:22it didn't take Hartman long
10:23to meet the woman
10:24who would be
10:25his third wife,
10:26Bryn Omdahl.
10:27His relationships
10:29would always start out
10:30very intensely,
10:32intense emotionally,
10:34sexually,
10:34and then they would
10:35inevitably peter out,
10:37his biographer,
10:38Mike Rogers,
10:39said in an interview.
10:41I mean,
10:42with Phil,
10:42he was always on the hunt
10:44for the new,
10:44the fresh,
10:45and he had an artist's
10:46eye for beauty.
10:48Omdahl was certainly beautiful,
10:50having moved to Los Angeles
10:51to work as a model
10:52and pursue an acting career.
10:54When she struggled
10:56in the cutthroat world
10:57of entertainment,
10:58she developed an addiction
11:00to cocaine.
11:01But she was in recovery
11:02and sober
11:03when she was set up
11:04on a blind date
11:05with Hartman in 1986.
11:08The pair were married
11:09a year later.
11:11The Hartmans had two children,
11:13a boy named Sean
11:14and a girl named Bergen,
11:15and based on what he told
11:17family and friends,
11:18Hartman had never been happier
11:20than he was in the mid-90s.
11:22But the gap
11:24in their success levels
11:25and Hartman's
11:26reclusive personality
11:27were causing problems.
11:30Phil?
11:31So, needless to say,
11:32when I was invited
11:33to his house,
11:34I was kind of surprised.
11:35It sure wasn't
11:36the typical home
11:37of a big-time Hollywood star.
11:38Don't forget, Peter,
11:39I'm a Canadian.
11:41We're a proud
11:42but modest people.
11:44Why have a bigger house
11:45than you need?
11:46True.
11:47True.
11:47I guess, but...
11:48Come on inside.
11:49Oh, really?
11:50Thanks.
11:51Oh, wow, it's quite
11:55destructive, isn't it?
11:56I put it here
11:56because I keep hoping
11:58I'll get another one
11:59and then you can eat
12:00corn on the cob.
12:01This is one of my favorite
12:02pieces of memorabilia.
12:04It says,
12:04to Phil Hartman,
12:05you're not the president
12:06but you play one on TV
12:08and you're okay.
12:10Mostly.
12:11And it's underlined
12:12with a squiggly line.
12:13He seems to be
12:14a funny, happy,
12:15surfing, plane-flying,
12:16guitar-playing,
12:17fast car kind of guy.
12:19Come on, Peter,
12:20we gotta go to work.
12:21Wow.
12:22Simple pleasures
12:23with simple people.
12:24She's getting kind of
12:26like perturbed
12:26that Phil's still doing well
12:28and her career
12:29is going nowhere
12:29so she hasn't been able
12:31to kind of latch on
12:32the back of his
12:32kind of train
12:33and like do well
12:34which was her theory
12:35getting into this marriage.
12:37Brynn told me
12:38that Phil
12:40kind of got his hooks
12:41in her
12:42by saying,
12:43you know,
12:44stick with me, baby,
12:45and I'll see
12:46that you get acting roles
12:47and you will have
12:48a career too.
12:49And I told that story
12:50where during the opening
12:52credits of SNL
12:53when they announced
12:54Phil Hartman,
12:55he's facing a blonde
12:57at a table
12:57and then he smiles
12:59at the camera.
13:00You can see her earring
13:01moving
13:02because it was Brynn
13:04sitting there
13:04and you see the back
13:05of her head
13:05and her earring
13:06is moving
13:07because she kept
13:08wanting to show
13:09her face on camera
13:10and the director
13:11kept saying,
13:12no, no, no,
13:12turn around.
13:13Like we just want Phil.
13:14And they finally
13:16managed to capture
13:17a shot where
13:18she didn't ruin it
13:19by turning around.
13:20for the PA
13:21or whoever
13:21was working on that.
13:22Well, there you have it.
13:23Kind of a downer, huh?
13:24Especially with everyone
13:25dying and Matthew
13:27and I eating each other
13:28and all of that.
13:29But it's just a TV show.
13:30None of us really died.
13:31Right, gang?
13:32Right.
13:34Hey, where's Dave?
13:35Oh, Dave drowned
13:36while we shot that last scene.
13:37Oh, what about Vicky?
13:38Off making a movie
13:39in Toronto?
13:40Oh, okay.
13:41So only one person died
13:43and one is off
13:44working on her
13:45feature film career
13:46so it all evens out.
13:47Good night, everybody.
13:48Good night, folks.
13:51As the months go on,
13:53the cracks begin to show
13:54and Phil does what he did
13:56with his last two relationships.
13:58He begins to withdraw
13:59emotionally,
14:01Thomas told ABC.
14:03They begin this pattern
14:04of fighting
14:04and making up
14:05and fighting
14:06and making up
14:07that would mark
14:08their relationship
14:09from there on out.
14:10Omdahl's supercharged temper
14:13and sense of jealousy
14:15even during her years
14:16of sobriety
14:17also caused problems.
14:20When Hartman's prior wife
14:22wrote them a note
14:23of congratulations
14:24after the birth
14:25of their son,
14:26for example,
14:27Omdahl did not
14:28receive it graciously.
14:29I got back a letter
14:31that was hair-curling
14:32fury rage
14:33and a death threat
14:34from Bryn,
14:35Jarvis said.
14:37The gist of it was
14:38Don't ever fucking
14:39get near me
14:40or my family
14:41or I will hurt you.
14:42I never want
14:43to hear from you.
14:44Never, ever, ever
14:45come near us
14:46or you will really be sorry.
14:49She had trouble
14:50controlling her anger,
14:51Steve Small,
14:52Hartman's lawyer
14:53and close friend,
14:55told the Los Angeles Times.
14:57She got attention
14:58by losing her temper.
15:00Phil said he had to
15:01restrain her at times.
15:03According to Small,
15:04Hartman would often
15:05end their fights
15:06by withdrawing
15:07and going to sleep,
15:09preferring to let her
15:09cool off overnight.
15:11This is the end,
15:38end, beautiful friend.
15:45This is the end,
15:48my only friend,
15:51the end.
15:52Happy birthday to you.
15:56Of our elaborate
15:58plans, the end.
15:59Happy birthday, dear Sean.
16:03Happy birthday to you.
16:05Of everything
16:07that stands, the end.
16:15No safety,
16:17no surprise, the end.
16:21I never look into your eyes
16:33again.
16:36I never look into your eyes
16:37again.
16:38I never look into your eyes
16:39again.
16:40Can you
16:44sing, I love you.
16:45I love you.
16:47I love you.
16:48You love me.
16:50Lyra and me,
16:53family.
16:59The odds are good.
17:00How are your kids
17:01doing, Phil?
17:02Kids are terrific.
17:03Sean is eight years old now.
17:06Bergen's four and a half.
17:07Four and three quarters,
17:08she says.
17:10Have they seen the film yet?
17:11Jingle All The Way?
17:12No, I believe they're
17:14going to see it this weekend
17:15with their mom while I'm
17:16doing Saturday Night Live.
17:17The Hartmans are a
17:18playful crowd.
17:19A playful bunch.
17:21We play a lot of games.
17:22In fact, I brought some
17:23drawing games we play.
17:24Oh, yeah?
17:24I wanted to share with
17:25people because anybody
17:27could do this.
17:28And we play a game
17:29called Squiggles,
17:31which when I was a little
17:32kid growing up in Los
17:33Angeles, there was a Popeye
17:35cartoon show with a man
17:38named Tom Hatton,
17:39and he used to do
17:39Squiggles.
17:40And this is a Squiggle.
17:42This is just a nondescript
17:45amount of lines,
17:47and this is one that my son
17:49did this for me.
17:50Yeah.
17:50And you play with two
17:51different color pens,
17:53and this is what I made
17:54of this Squiggle.
17:56Oh, look at that.
17:56It says, what does it say?
17:58It says, Lewis just adored
18:00his cat, Marcel.
18:02Now, look, you're quite
18:03artistic there, Mr. Hartman.
18:05Well, I used to be an
18:06artist.
18:06Now, here's one I made
18:08for my son, this Squiggle.
18:10Yeah.
18:10And he turned it into this.
18:13Johnny Partridge, what have
18:15you done to your face?
18:18Okay, here's one more.
18:20Oh, I think it looks like
18:22this.
18:23I gave this to, or no,
18:24my son gave this to me.
18:26And it says, Mike took
18:29drugs, too bad for him.
18:34And a group of us were
18:35at the stage door, and we
18:36could see what was going
18:37on.
18:37You could see Brynn and
18:39Phil obviously having an
18:41animated argument, and the
18:42proof of that was the
18:43gestures, the arm gestures.
18:45And on at least one
18:46occasion that was even more
18:48dramatic, he came to the
18:49makeup chair, trembling,
18:51just trembling.
18:52He was white as a sheet.
18:53And I said, Phil, what's
18:55the matter?
18:56And he said, in a comedy
18:57Phil Hartman voice, well,
18:59Norm, looks like the wife's
19:01going to divorce me this
19:02time.
19:04And I was like, wow.
19:06And he said, well, it's my
19:07schedule.
19:07I work so much, and she
19:09doesn't have a career, and
19:10I'm away from the house a
19:11lot, and she'd like me to
19:12trim things back.
19:14But he's like, I'm the
19:15breadwinner.
19:15I'm the one who's making
19:16the money.
19:17Phil was always working, and
19:18Brynn was resenting him more
19:21and more because of that.
19:22She even brings it up when
19:23she calls a friend about a
19:24play date.
19:25It's Brynn Hartman.
19:26I got your message.
19:28Phil's just been working like
19:29crazy, and he's real cranky.
19:33Work was very important to
19:35him, and so he did what he
19:37had to do.
19:37What did he do?
19:38Swimsuits?
19:38Lingerie?
19:39He did a lot of swimsuits.
19:40She was a runway model for
19:42swimsuits.
19:43Clearly, Phil's making an effort
19:44to raise her profile.
19:46If he screws up this marriage,
19:47then there's something wrong
19:48with him.
19:48Did you ever meet the other
19:49two wives?
19:50No.
19:51Were they ever as beautiful?
19:52Gretchen on the phone never
19:54wanted to meet the second one.
19:56Were they as beautiful as
19:57Brynn?
19:58No.
19:58Maybe she felt Phil was
20:01spending too much time with
20:02his boat or airplane or not
20:04enough time with the kids, or
20:06she wanted him to go to the
20:08grocery store with him, and he
20:09didn't.
20:09And I would kind of reassure her
20:11that that's normal, and that he
20:15still loved her.
20:16He wasn't home nearly as much as
20:18she thought he should be.
20:19He wasn't being a father nearly
20:21as much as she thought he would
20:23be.
20:23And so that was also a source of
20:25friction in the relationship.
20:28Omdahl began to drink and abuse
20:31cocaine again.
20:32I go into my cave, and she throws
20:34grenades to get me out, Small
20:36remembered Hartman telling him.
20:38Omdahl had been in and out of
20:40rehab by late May 1998, trying to
20:43kick the addiction to the drugs and
20:46alcohol that, when mixed with her
20:48antidepressants, triggered violent
20:51outbursts.
20:52One of those outbursts occurred on
20:54the evening of May 27th, after she
20:57returned home from eating dinner
20:59with a friend.
21:00She had two drinks and did not seem
21:02upset.
21:03Her friend later told People
21:04magazine a fight ensued, and again
21:06Hartman retreated to their bedroom.
21:09The couple had a pair of guns, a
21:11small collection that Omdahl began
21:13when they'd moved back from LA.
21:16from New York City.
21:17At around 2 a.m., she removed a 38
21:20Smith & Wesson from their metal lockbox
21:22in the closet, and shot Hartman
21:25multiple times in the head and chest.
21:27As he slept in bed, clad only in a
21:30t-shirt and boxer shorts, he died instantly.
21:33An hour later, after downing some more
21:42liquor, Omdahl called her friend Ron Douglas
21:45in hysterics.
21:47She told him that Hartman was gone for the
21:49evening and had left her a note saying he'd be
21:51back later.
21:53Douglas told her to go back to sleep, a suggestion
21:55that she promptly ignored.
21:57Instead, Omdahl showed up at his front door, about
22:0120 minutes later, stinking of alcohol and hysterical.
22:05He was angry, but concerned, and moreover, knew better than to try her temper.
22:10So, he invited her into his home.
22:12She promptly collapsed on the living room floor.
22:16Afraid that she'd overdosed, Douglas woke her.
22:20And after that, she made a beeline to the bathroom, where she vomited again and again.
22:25Omdahl also repeatedly told him that she'd killed her husband.
22:29But even when she brandished the murder weapon, he still didn't believe her confession.
22:35Douglas misread the number of bullets in the chamber.
22:38Eventually, she sobered up enough to drive home, but insisted that she'd only do so if
22:44Douglas followed her.
22:46On the way, she called and confessed to her friend Judy, who took her admission more seriously
22:52and booked it to the Hartman house.
22:55Omdahl and Douglas arrived first.
22:57Upon ascending up the stairs and turning into the Hartman's bedroom, a grisly scene proved
23:03to Douglas that his friend had indeed done the unthinkable.
23:08He called 911 to report the murder of Hartman.
23:12As the police raced toward the house, Omdahl's friends arrived on scene.
23:18They worked to remove Sean, 9, and Virgin, 6, from the house.
23:22Sean told them that the gunshots had sounded like a door being slammed over and over again.
23:29The arrival of the Los Angeles Police Department heralded the beginning of the end.
23:34With the authorities closing in, Omdahl locked herself in the bedroom, sat next to her husband
23:39she'd slain, and called her sister.
23:41When the cops banged on the door, Omdahl hung up on her sister, and took her alive.
23:48The end of lights, the end of lights, we tried to die.
24:02This is the end.
24:12This is the end.
24:14This is the end.
24:17What a terrible waste.
24:37Hi, I'm actor Troy McClure.
24:39You might remember me from such driver's ed films
24:42as Alice's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass
24:44and the decapitation of Larry Ledfoot.
24:47And now some sad news.
24:51And now some sad news.
24:55Quick, put some sincerity lines around my eyes.
24:58Where is that makeup man?
24:59If you want the world to love you,
25:00you must be big and jolly like Santa Claus or Rush Limbaugh.
25:04A quack?
25:05Could a quack have escaped from a mental hospital in the Philippines?
25:09I don't think so.
25:10Hey, you.
25:12My favorite guy or girl?
25:16Sorry, I thought you were the Pat character from Saturday Night Live.
25:19And what's with airline peanuts these days?
25:22I mean, you need a wrench to open the bag.
25:25Was expected to be the pinnacle of his career.
25:28In one of his last interviews done just last month,
25:31Hartman in his flip style talked about his latest effort.
25:35I made this movie for my son.
25:37I knew I'd be a hero.
25:39He's already spent hours and hours drawing every character in the movie.
25:44And came to the set.
25:46Oh, he's just beside himself.
25:49My older brother, Phil Hartman, spent eight years at Saturday Night Live.
25:54And he eventually worked with over 25 cast members.
25:59But all of us were with him at the beginning.
26:02The summer of 84.
26:03Right.
26:03And he walked by and I literally in my head thought,
26:06Oh my God, Phil Hartman spoke to me.
26:09That's how highly regarded he was.
26:12And because I got to understudy the part, I got in the groundlings.
26:16And I was so grateful.
26:17So I was like a puppy dog.
26:18And he was like, you know, nine years older than me.
26:21And he was like the big brother I always wanted.
26:22And he was just the nicest guy ever.
26:24And we became the best of friends.
26:27Phil Hartman's friend and former SNL colleague,
26:30John Lovitz had accused Hartman's news radio co-star Andy Dick
26:35of reintroducing Omdahl to cocaine,
26:39causing her to relapse and suffer a nervous breakdown.
26:42Dick claimed to have known nothing of her condition.
26:46Lovitz later said he no longer blamed Dick for Hartman's murder.
26:51But in 2006, Lovitz claimed Dick had approached him at a restaurant and said,
26:56I put the Phil Hartman hex on you.
26:58You're the next one to die.
27:01Lovitz then had him ejected from the restaurant.
27:05The following year at the Laugh Factory Comedy Club in Los Angeles,
27:09Lovitz and Dick had another argument.
27:12With Lovitz slamming Dick's head into the bar.
27:15Nice.
27:16Dick asserted he was not at fault in relation to Hartman's death.
27:21Bryn's sister, Catherine Omdahl, and brother-in-law, Mike Wright,
27:25raised the two Hartman children.
27:27Hartman's will stipulated that each child would inherit money over several years after turning 25.
27:35The total value of Hartman's estate was estimated at $1.23 million.
27:41In accordance with their wishes,
27:43both Hartman's and Bryn's bodies were cremated by Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary,
27:49Glendale, California,
27:51and their ashes were scattered over Santa Catalina Island's Emerald Bay.
27:57Hartman has a headstone in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, with wife Bryn.
28:03NBC executive Dawn Ulmire stated that Hartman was blessed with a tremendous gift for creating characters that made people laugh.
28:13Everyone who had the pleasure of working with Phil knows that he was a man of tremendous warmth,
28:18a true professional, and a loyal friend.
28:21Dan Snearson of Entertainment Weekly concluded that Hartman was the last person you'd expect to read about in lurid headlines in your morning paper,
28:31and a decidedly regular guy, beloved by everyone he worked with.
28:36On the day of Hartman's death, rehearsals for The Simpsons and that night's performance by The Groundlings were canceled.
28:43The season five premiere episode of NewsRadio, Bill Moves On, aired September 23rd,
28:50the day that would have been his 50th birthday,
28:53finds Hartman's character, Bill McNeil, has died of a heart attack.
28:58While the other characters reminisce about his life,
29:01Lovitz joined the show in his place, beginning with the next episode.
29:05A special episode of Saturday Night Live commemorating Hartman's work on the show aired on June 13th, 1998.
29:14Rather than substituting another voice actor,
29:17the writers on The Simpsons retired Hartman's characters.
29:21His final appearance in the 10th season episode,
29:24Bart the Mother is dedicated to him,
29:27as is his final film, Small Soldiers.
29:30In all the animal kingdom, no mother is more devoted than the Blue Jay.
29:34Valuing her eggs above even her own life,
29:38the mother bird bravely fights off such fearsome predators as the badger and the mongoose.
29:44Of course, one thing Mother Blue Jay can't defend against is a set of steel tongs.
29:51Eggs, precious eggs.
29:54If they're to survive, they require the gentle warmth and tender love that only a mother can provide.
29:59Or better yet, a 75-watt bulb.
30:01Oh, hello.
30:05In a few days, our eggs will hatch into nestlings like these over here.
30:09They look awfully hungry, Mr. McClure.
30:12They sure are, Billy.
30:13In nature, their mother would regurgitate food for them to eat.
30:17That's gross!
30:19It sure is, Billy.
30:21It sure is.
30:22Hartman was preparing to voice Zap Branigan, a character written specifically for him on Groening's second animated series, Futurama, at the time of his death.
30:41Even though the role was specifically made for him, Hartman still insisted on trying out for the role.
30:48About a week before his death, he auditioned for Groening and Futurama executive producer David X. Cohen.
30:56Groening wrote that Hartman blew us away with his performances.
31:00After Hartman's death, Billy West took over the role.
31:03Though Cohen credits West with using his own take on the character, West later said that he purposefully tweaked Zap's voice to better match Hartman's intended portrayal.
31:15Leela, perhaps this is an awkward time, but if things don't work out with this pipsqueak here, I just want you to know I'll be there to score you on the rebound.
31:24I like your style, Fry. You remind me of a young me. Not much younger, mind you. Perhaps even a couple years older.
31:32Thank you, sir.
31:33But as a gentleman, I must warn you, if you so much as glance at another woman, I'll be all over Leela like a fly on a pile of very seductive manure.
31:43Hartman was planning to appear with Lovitz in the indie film The Day of Swine and Roses, scheduled to begin production in August 1998.
31:52A campaign was started on Facebook by Alex Stevens in 2007 and endorsed by Hartman's brother, Paul, to have Bill inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame.
32:04Among the campaign's numerous publicity events, Ben Minor of the Sirius XM radio channel Laugh Attack dedicated the month of April 2012 to Hartman.
32:14The campaign ended in success and Hartman was inducted on September 22, 2012 to the Walk of Fame, with Paul accepting the award on his late brother's behalf.
32:26So I'm gonna fly, fly.
32:33Hey, it's morning and Mom and Dad aren't home yet.
32:40Don't worry, Mr. Hutz is still here to take care of us.
32:44Don't touch my stuff!
32:47Hey, this isn't the YMCA.
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