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- Helmlsey Spook House. Jan Hooks was often cast as Phil’s spouse thanks to their easy chemistry together. “I loved Phil, even though it was only on-screen,” Hooks said in You Might Remember Me.
- Thugs. Co-workers sometimes used sports analogies to describe Hartman’s ability to score with sketches like Thugs. “Just like baseball fans and baseball fanatics put together the best Yankee team ever, so the Saturday Night Live dream cast is another game that the writers play,” says writer Andy Breckman in Live From New York.
- New York Word Exchange. Troy McClure was one of Hartman’s signature Simpsons characters, but SNL fans probably believed they heard McClure first on Saturday nights.
- Apex Novelty. “Phil Hartman was built by NASA to make every bit he was in better,” Bob Odenkirk wrote in his memoir, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama. That’s certainly the case in Apex Novelty, with Hartman putting his slow burn to good use versus Jeff Daniels, not quite as stupid as in Dumb and Dumber mode but close enough.
Jan Hooks. Janet Vivian Hooks[1][2] (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014) was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player from 1986 to 1991. After leaving SNL, she continued to make cameo appearances until 1994.
Oct 10, 2014 · The energy between Jan, Nora Dunn, and Victoria Jackson flowed nicely, but it was with the men, particularly Phil Hartman, where Jan honed her edge.
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Hooks and Hartman both understood that you didn’t have to be a clown, or even the kind of “SNL” character who has a catchphrase or becomes a movie star, to be comedically brilliant.
Oct 10, 2014 · During the scandal that brought down their PTL Club empire, Hartman’s Jim Bakker and Hooks’s Tammy Faye Bakker stopped by for a chat with Dana Carvey’s Church Lady, who was determined to find...
Nov 19, 2014 · When Jan Hooks – SNL cast member from 1986-1991 – died at the age of 57 last month, the show truly lost one of its stealthy greats. Like frequent sketch costar Phil Hartman, Hooks’s ...
Oct 10, 2014 · Jan Hooks, who died Thursday at age 57, wasn’t one of the stars who summons up half a dozen trademarked characters when her name comes to mind (though fans who watched her 1986-1991 run will...
