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Phil Hartman Tribute Episode Preview I Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

September 27, 2023 / 02:02

This episode is a tribute to Phil Hartman, featuring discussions about his impact on Saturday Night Live and the comedy community. Guests include Julia Sweeney, Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey, and Jim Downey.

The hosts reflect on Hartman's legacy, sharing anecdotes from fellow comedians like Will Ferrell and Bill Hader, who admired his work. They emphasize the fun and laughter Hartman brought to the stage.

A special moment occurs when Phil's daughter attends the live show at the Groundlings, where Hartman spent 11 years. The episode captures the love and admiration from the crowd.

Julia Sweeney shares her own experiences on the same stage where she got her break, adding to the nostalgic atmosphere. The episode balances humor with heartfelt memories.

Listeners can expect a mix of laughter and emotional reflections as the guests celebrate Hartman's contributions to comedy.

TLDR

A tribute to Phil Hartman featuring comedians sharing memories and laughs at the Groundlings.

Episode

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okay guys we have a special episode uh today this is um this is Phil Hartman sort of a looking back a remembrance

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fondly at the late great tribute to Phil yeah there you go because on our podcast

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we kept hearing all kinds of people mentioning Phil um Will Ferrell Bill Hader uh at

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admiring Phil even trying to be like Phil so we just thought let's do a show about Phil's greatness on Saturday Night

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Live and for that reason we know there was a tragic tragedy that happened and we it steered away from it for the most

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part because we wanted this to be fun and we let people ramble around but uh it was uh I'll just say from my side of

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the fans is um I'd had dinner with Phil's daughter and her husband about a year and a half

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ago and she expressed kind of wanting to talk about her mom and dad and um we went you know

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we told her do whatever you want but she did decide to come to the live show at the growlings which you're about to hear

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so that was really nice for her to see all that love pouring out for her dad and um it was it was emotional but it

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also was just a blast to revisit Phil's greatness and he just made me laugh so much yeah and you're gonna hear a lot of

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laughs because it's old writers and cast members you know and uh we went to the Groundlings where Phil's from got on

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stage and had a great crowd that loved him and we decided or he is a Hall of Famer or maybe the goat of the

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Groundlings he was there for 11 years and so we went to the home base of where it all happened and Julia Sweeney was

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with us on this particular show and she got her break on that stage so a lot of a lot of great fun to be had on this

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episode it's very interesting and a lot lots of laughs yeah we got Kevin Nealon we got Jim Downey Dana myself and Julia

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so hope you like it part one

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Episode Highlights

Tribute to Phil Hartman
A special episode honoring the late Phil Hartman, featuring stories and laughter from his peers.
“We wanted this to be fun and revisit Phil's greatness.”
@ 00m 36s
September 27, 2023

Episode Quotes

Let's do a show about Phil's greatness.
Phil Hartman Tribute Episode Preview I Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
It was emotional but also just a blast to revisit Phil's greatness.
Phil Hartman Tribute Episode Preview I Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

Key Moments

Remembering Phil00:05
Emotional Tribute01:07
Groundlings Connection01:37