Wow. Thanks for this upload. Phil Hartman helped make my childhood a lot better and I was so sad to see him go so tragically. When he said "our kids play together" in the interview, my heart sank. To those of us who were lucky enough to be alive when you were, we will never forget you, Phil Hartman!
Phil’s death was so tragic and affected me more than any other celebrity. He was just raw talent and in so many layers. I had wrecked my Ford Explorer that day and my insurance guy suggested a pub crawl. His image came on the tv in the bar at 5pm with his birth year hyphen to 1998. A sobering news report that I will never forget. So very sad.
I'm 36 and I still remember watching TV the afternoon it was announced he was murdered and seeing all the coverage on Hard Copy, Current Affair, etc. He was the greatest!
I'm 37, didn't laugh once back then, and still haven't laughed once at Hartman. Go ahead and flame me, but Hartman is exponentially better playing it straight than attempting comedy, and this excellent interview from Snyder is a perfect example.
@@jshepard152 because he never really knew who he really was. A very insightful observation because Phil admitted he basically got famous by doing a bad impression of someone else(Bill Murray). Phil stated that he couldn't do but wished that "..he could that Swarmy thing he did in Ghostbusters and Groundhog day" even more wild when he actually acted with Bill Murray in Quick Change which also was his only directorial effort.
@@dhpbear2 I promise I mean no sarcasm or disrespect but he was blown off the treadmill. She should have had the common decency to call 911 and turn herself in rather than what she actually did.
Was just thinking of Phil Hartman after we saw Poco in concert earlier this month....he did the artwork on their album LEGEND....you know, the galloping wild horse outline. (Phil's bro was Poco's manager) Phil was so talented, loved him on NewsRadio! Such an underappreciated show.....you are the man, Don! Thank you so much!! ;-))
God, hearing his hilarious Sgt Bilko impression spurs me to remember an interview from a writer on the Simpsons who said that writing for Hartman was a pleasure because he could squeeze every drop of comedy from a line. I can see how given Hartman's ability to make lines, and he is remembering extemporaneously hilarious. What a fantastic talent and one of my top five inspirational comedians.
I am sitting here watching this and I can't believe how genuinely Phil Hartman comes across offstage in an interview just a good guy & a pro. I was in my 20s in the 90s and remembered some of his great Clinton impressions but I sort of took him for granted back then. Looking back now he got off life's treadmill way too early and that's a tragedy. He seemed destined to even greater success than at that time. Godspeed, Phil👍
damn, this guy was not only totally hilarious but sharp as hell. so rare to see comedians as articulate and on point as him whilst having an effortless gift in making people laugh. it's easy to tell why he was so loved by his peers in the industry. as for his death, what a tragedy.
May I suggest: That "Effortless Gift" that you describe is a result of a LOT of hours of very hard work, training, and practice. How about complimenting the artist on the amount of hard work they've done. They worked hard to make it seem easy.
@@omahabigbill2789 I'm the other Lumpy. Hard work and practice. That's what makes what we see that looks so easy. Sorry if the explanation is not low-key enough for you.
Thank you, Don, for the Snyder piece! Snyder was the best. Was real and unapologetic for his sometimes insensitive questions but all his interviews got to the heart of his fascinating guests! And often TS was funny as hell!
hard to watch. i am an insomniac so tom snyder and i had been friends for many many years. phil hartman had more talent in his little finger than many. days gone by
Wow! This is so entertaining. I just love Tom Snyder. I had many many many late nites with Tom and the college books. Man, this brings back so many memories. I worked a full time job while going to school. Seems so long ago.
I wish Simpsons would do an episode focused on like a tribute to troy McClure and Lionel hutz. Phil's charachters were my favorite in the simpsons. god it's hard to believe he's died almost 25 years ago
Troy McClure, a wonderful witty voice character of Phil on the Simpson's amongst others, I wished Phil had the chance to pursue his retirement painting. I hate when bad things happen to good people.
I watched this interview when it was originally aired. Both of these men were genuinely nice and entertaining. Hartman is Canadian and Snyder is Canadianish because he is from Wisconsin.
Thank you for posting this. "NewsRadio" is my all-time favorite sitcom and Phil Hartman was one of the greatest performers ever. It's nice to see him being so genuine in his responses, too. I used to have a Dave Foley interview with Tom Snyder from around the same time (the first season of "NewsRadio") on tape but I've since lost all my VHS tapes. Who knows, maybe that interview is already up on UA-cam though.
I have a full set if NewsRadio VHS tapes on CD-ROM. Bootleg. Got those off of eBay. Did my best to wear them out, even though the quality was literally a VHS camera recording of the show as it was playing on TV. Terrible, but I still watched the whole series dozens of times. When a legitimate full set came out on Amazon I was happy to get every episode on CD-ROM. Better quality. I guess you could say it is my favorite sitcom.
"The 1995-96 season almost completely rebuilt the cast with new members Jim Breuer, Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond, David Koechner, Cheri Oteri, Nancy Walls, Chris Kattan, Colin Quinn & Fred Wolf. The only holdovers from the previous season were Norm Macdonald, Mark McKinney, Tim Meadows, Molly Shannon & David Spade."
My wife took care of Tom Snyder last 2 week's of his life at hospital where she worked. She lost her life to breast cancer stage 4 4 months ago at age 55.
I show I saw pointed something about Hartman that surprised me then, but doesn't surprise me now: his greatest joy in life was his children. I think it's what makes him so charming, without being obvious.
I loved this show when I was in high school. Tom Snyder was great, and I love the more quite intimate atmosphere compared to most late night talk shows. And man, Phil Hartman's murder still stings. Such a talented guy. A shame he'll never get to retire as an artist.
Exact same. I was (and still am) a night owl. I watched this show nearly every single night at 12:30 in my bedroom as a high school and college student. Intimate and live with no audience and live phone calls. Fire up a colortini and relax.
I just wish there was still room for this style of interview in late night, does it always have to be high octane playing for the crowd? I love late night shows, but can't we mix up the styles?
@@Howard007 Agreed. It was nice to see Phil Hartman again, albeit sad. The whole interview was worthwhile; the extra fifteen minutes wouldn't have been wasted. Just sayin'...
When Phil talked about retiring that was so sad because he didnt live long enough to see it happen. Everyone will miss Phil Hartman everyday of our lives.
Don, thank you for posting this. Was having a bad night, found your clip of 2 legends I still adore till this day. It made me smile a lot. Took me back in time and it felt great. Thank you. I subscribed, can't wait to see what else is on your channel.
I dug both of these guys. I can not think of a gig that either of these guys did that I did not enjoy. Tom from early KNBC news guy to late night talk guy. Phil, in every character he ever played, every bit he ever did, on SNL, or NewsRadio. Both of them, very hard working entertainers. Both of them, made it look very easy. Thank You Tom and Phil.
Phil is so good at characters that I actually expected him to sound a lot more like his News Radio character. That's how I pictured him just being himself.
Yeah, around '94-'95 the writing started faltering on SNL and the old magic wasn't there. Soon became a bunch of talents from sitcom backgrounds with no idea how to gel as an ensemble (I understand his desire to move from visual arts to performing. Poor guy never got to that plein-air dream. RIP).
Phil's murder was the most shocking of all the SNL crew...his mother lost a son and her husband within a month of each other...I often wonder if his father died as a result of grief.
Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks - the greatest utility players on SNL. RIP.
Nice that he mentioned Jan Hooks this way; she is an underrated SNL alum.
Wow. Thanks for this upload.
Phil Hartman helped make my childhood a lot better and I was so sad to see him go so tragically. When he said "our kids play together" in the interview, my heart sank.
To those of us who were lucky enough to be alive when you were, we will never forget you, Phil Hartman!
Phil’s death was so tragic and affected me more than any other celebrity. He was just raw talent and in so many layers. I had wrecked my Ford Explorer that day and my insurance guy suggested a pub crawl. His image came on the tv in the bar at 5pm with his birth year hyphen to 1998. A sobering news report that I will never forget. So very sad.
If a stranger’s death affects you like that, I can’t wait to see how you’re gonna react to the IRS audit that’s coming your way
@@stanleymasterson1135 😆🤣😂
Just remember: Drug abuse is a "victimless crime". And Andy Dick is a dick.
Also Another Total Waste!! re;JFK.thru Dr MLK..John Lennon..From Bill Hicks!.RIP.Phil.Will always Love Seeing "TROY MCLURE '+"LIONEL HUTZ..😮😅😅😊😊❤😂
I agree, it was a total shock and utterly heart breaking. Seeing Phil always makes me feel so sorry for him and his family. Phil is greatly missed!
Thanks Don, I’m 37 & I still miss Phil. Grew up watching him on SNL, News Radio, & always loved his appearances as Troy McClure on The Simpson’s.
I'm 36 and I still remember watching TV the afternoon it was announced he was murdered and seeing all the coverage on Hard Copy, Current Affair, etc. He was the greatest!
News Radio was a great show. Still blows my mind that Joe Rogan was in it.
I'm 37, didn't laugh once back then, and still haven't laughed once at Hartman. Go ahead and flame me, but Hartman is exponentially better playing it straight than attempting comedy, and this excellent interview from Snyder is a perfect example.
He was a titan.. life cut far too short
Don’t forget in addition to Troy McClure, he was also the shitty attorney, Lionel Hutz.
" I envision myself retiring " 😢😢.. He had so much to look forward to .. god, every year that goes by I miss Phil more and more.
Imagine where Phil would be now, I always thought he was the very best. RIP my dude.
Every time I hear Phil's voice, I think he's in character. He was an absolute giant.
Same. Stephen Root said he was "one of those people who never seemed to come out of character."
@@jshepard152 because he never really knew who he really was. A very insightful observation because Phil admitted he basically got famous by doing a bad impression of someone else(Bill Murray). Phil stated that he couldn't do but wished that "..he could that Swarmy thing he did in Ghostbusters and Groundhog day" even more wild when he actually acted with Bill Murray in Quick Change which also was his only directorial effort.
My heart actually hurt a little when he talked about seeing himself retiring as an open-air artist.
Me too. When he talked about how he imagined himself after retiring. That part hit
He "got off this treadmill" way too soon :( (19:40)
@@dhpbear2 I promise I mean no sarcasm or disrespect but he was blown off the treadmill.
She should have had the common decency to call 911 and turn herself in rather than what she actually did.
I as well…
Kinda sad watching some of these old (time flies) shows, knowing that many of them are now gone.
I paused the video at that point. Such a loss. :(
Was just thinking of Phil Hartman after we saw Poco in concert earlier this month....he did the artwork on their album LEGEND....you know, the galloping wild horse outline. (Phil's bro was Poco's manager) Phil was so talented, loved him on NewsRadio! Such an underappreciated show.....you are the man, Don! Thank you so much!! ;-))
God, hearing his hilarious Sgt Bilko impression spurs me to remember an interview from a writer on the Simpsons who said that writing for Hartman was a pleasure because he could squeeze every drop of comedy from a line. I can see how given Hartman's ability to make lines, and he is remembering extemporaneously hilarious.
What a fantastic talent and one of my top five inspirational comedians.
I'm glad I found this. I had no idea Phil had been in graphic design before comedic acting. :{
I am sitting here watching this and I can't believe how genuinely Phil Hartman comes across offstage in an interview just a good guy & a pro. I was in my 20s in the 90s and remembered some of his great Clinton impressions but I sort of took him for granted back then. Looking back now he got off life's treadmill way too early and that's a tragedy. He seemed destined to even greater success than at that time. Godspeed, Phil👍
damn, this guy was not only totally hilarious but sharp as hell. so rare to see comedians as articulate and on point as him whilst having an effortless gift in making people laugh. it's easy to tell why he was so loved by his peers in the industry. as for his death, what a tragedy.
May I suggest: That "Effortless Gift" that you describe is a result of a LOT of hours of very hard work, training, and practice. How about complimenting the artist on the amount of hard work they've done. They worked hard to make it seem easy.
@@CraigLumpyLemke Take a chill pill Frank Bank!
@@omahabigbill2789 I'm the other Lumpy. Hard work and practice. That's what makes what we see that looks so easy.
Sorry if the explanation is not low-key enough for you.
@@CraigLumpyLemke Apology accepted Lumpy II.
Your right Alex Phil Hartman he was hilarious and sharp
Phil Hartman is a favorite of mine, mostly from NewsRadio... but he was just an AMAZINGLY nuanced, interesting person overall as evidenced here.
Thank you, Don, for the Snyder piece! Snyder was the best. Was real and unapologetic for his sometimes insensitive questions but all his interviews got to the heart of his fascinating guests! And often TS was funny as hell!
Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer is one of his best skits.
Fixing Robots...
Phil looks more comfortable immitting others than he is being himself.
Man, I miss them both.
I miss them and the time back then.
Me too, both legends!
hard to watch. i am an insomniac so tom snyder and i had been friends for many many years.
phil hartman had more talent in his little finger than many. days gone by
I forgot how good looking Phil Hartman was.
A comic genius. I loved all his characters on SNL as well his Simpsons work. A great loss. RIP Phil.
Wow! This is so entertaining. I just love Tom Snyder. I had many many many late nites with Tom and the college books. Man, this brings back so many memories. I worked a full time job while going to school. Seems so long ago.
BAAAAAAAAAART
Still love and miss Phil Hartman. Respect ✊
I wish Simpsons would do an episode focused on like a tribute to troy McClure and Lionel hutz. Phil's charachters were my favorite in the simpsons. god it's hard to believe he's died almost 25 years ago
so do I Chris
Troy McClure, a wonderful witty voice character of Phil on the Simpson's amongst others, I wished Phil had the chance to pursue his retirement painting. I hate when bad things happen to good people.
I'm 58, never forgot him, a legend
The Phil Show would have been a great show, undoubtedly! RIP Mr. Hartman, a greatly missed genius!
i would kill to have a Phil Hartman sketch show.... AHHHH. 😭😭😭😭😭
I watched this interview when it was originally aired. Both of these men were genuinely nice and entertaining. Hartman is Canadian and Snyder is Canadianish because he is from Wisconsin.
Smart analysis about SNL by Hartman. Instead of just saying Sandler was great or he sucks. Like many passionate fans did at the time.
Sandler sucked, never funny except to little girls.
Mr. Hartman said once that SNL lost its humour and also he said he didn't like Sandler humour
I MISS PHIL
We all do
Thank you for posting this. "NewsRadio" is my all-time favorite sitcom and Phil Hartman was one of the greatest performers ever. It's nice to see him being so genuine in his responses, too.
I used to have a Dave Foley interview with Tom Snyder from around the same time (the first season of "NewsRadio") on tape but I've since lost all my VHS tapes. Who knows, maybe that interview is already up on UA-cam though.
August 23, 1995. Once I digitize it, I’ll put it up.
I have a full set if NewsRadio VHS tapes on CD-ROM. Bootleg. Got those off of eBay. Did my best to wear them out, even though the quality was literally a VHS camera recording of the show as it was playing on TV. Terrible, but I still watched the whole series dozens of times. When a legitimate full set came out on Amazon I was happy to get every episode on CD-ROM. Better quality. I guess you could say it is my favorite sitcom.
Catch Dave talking about UFOs with Joe Rogan.
My favorite thing he did of all was a set of sketches he did for SNL called "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer." It was HILARIOUS
Unfrozen caveman Lionel hutz haha
My fav was the acting coach - "This is something, this is nothing."
God I miss Tom Snyder. This show was sublime. Happy to have had 5 years of it.
I used to stay up late and watch Tom's show when I was in high school in the 70s'
"The 1995-96 season almost completely rebuilt the cast with new members Jim Breuer, Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond, David Koechner, Cheri Oteri, Nancy Walls, Chris Kattan, Colin Quinn & Fred Wolf. The only holdovers from the previous season were Norm Macdonald, Mark McKinney, Tim Meadows, Molly Shannon & David Spade."
What a delight this is, hardest I've laughed in a while
Love your channel dude, stoked you're a Hartman fan too.
watch every night
Yeah that abortion story was hilarious!
@@jeffreydean5112 I know it! Along with everything Tom said during the interview!
My wife took care of Tom Snyder last 2 week's of his life at hospital where she worked. She lost her life to breast cancer stage 4 4 months ago at age 55.
I’m so sorry, Mike. 55 is hideously too young. Bless her for caring for Tom’s final days.
Mike, sorry to hear of your Mother's passing. God bless her.
You live in the Bay Area. Beautiful place. Be well.
God bless
Here we have 2 of the all time great speaking voices in entertainment history.
Phil Hartman and Eric from Atlanta, GA?
@@allendracabal0819 LOL. Yes, I’ve always been a fan of Eric from Atlanta.
Phil Hartman had a great smile
Yes he did. He also looked like he had way too much on his mind.
@@DrLuke49 Interesting. What makes you say that?
I show I saw pointed something about Hartman that surprised me then, but doesn't surprise me now: his greatest joy in life was his children. I think it's what makes him so charming, without being obvious.
thank you tom...
for making phil infinite...
we will love him forever
they broke the mold with Phil-such a comedic genius and like many of the greats-gone too soon
This is great. Phil is a national treasure IMO.
Canadian national treasure
Hartman was part of the zenith of SNL and it sounds like he knew it.
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure is one of my all time favorite movies. I even wrote a paper in law school about it in professional school.
I'd forgotten how wonderfully talented and likeable he was.🥺
Even in this interview it is quite evident how tired and stressed out Phil is from all that he had on his mind.
Damn. I miss both of these guys.
Although we loved them while they were here, the devastation at their absense is so intense, even now, years later.
I loved this show when I was in high school. Tom Snyder was great, and I love the more quite intimate atmosphere compared to most late night talk shows. And man, Phil Hartman's murder still stings. Such a talented guy. A shame he'll never get to retire as an artist.
Exact same. I was (and still am) a night owl. I watched this show nearly every single night at 12:30 in my bedroom as a high school and college student. Intimate and live with no audience and live phone calls. Fire up a colortini and relax.
Boys, be careful who you marry.
This...Guy...Here. Legendary. What a talent!
Snyder = class act. Kind words for Hartman at the end.
I used to love Tom's interviews, and Phil's death still shocks me.
I can't watch this without thinking, "What a loss!"
It still makes me cry
I just wish there was still room for this style of interview in late night, does it always have to be high octane playing for the crowd? I love late night shows, but can't we mix up the styles?
I wouldn’t even DVR it.....I would stay up to watch it.
So sad to hear him talk about his visions of retirement as an artist. RIP Phil
19:25 So sad that you don’t provide the time stamp to save us some time.
XXXGRAPENUTSXXX You & everyone else should watch the whole thing.. it’ll put hair under your armpits
@@Howard007 Agreed. It was nice to see Phil Hartman again, albeit sad. The whole interview was worthwhile; the extra fifteen minutes wouldn't have been wasted. Just sayin'...
absolutely Chandler
When Phil talked about retiring that was so sad because he didnt live long enough to see it happen. Everyone will miss Phil Hartman everyday of our lives.
Nearly 25 years, and so much good creative stuff missed.
Thanks for uploading this!
Don, thank you for posting this. Was having a bad night, found your clip of 2 legends I still adore till this day. It made me smile a lot. Took me back in time and it felt great. Thank you. I subscribed, can't wait to see what else is on your channel.
Thanks, Tiffany. Welcome to the Rabbit Hole. :)
Nice to see Phil being a bit more honest, here. Very smart and very handsome.
Great interview, interesting to see him so relaxed talking about his life in his comedic way. Thanks for sharing!
Tom Snyder had one of the best late late shows ever ! It was a pleasure to see his twilight work years as a teenager going to high school .
I dug both of these guys. I can not think of a gig that either of these guys did that I did not enjoy. Tom from early KNBC news guy to late night talk guy. Phil, in every character he ever played, every bit he ever did, on SNL, or NewsRadio.
Both of them, very hard working entertainers. Both of them, made it look very easy. Thank You Tom and Phil.
Tom had such a great laugh.
I borrowed NewsRadio on DVD during the pandemic to compensate for the lack of office banter while working from home.
Tom snyder show was my favorite I love him tom I miss you alat
Phil is so good at characters that I actually expected him to sound a lot more like his News Radio character. That's how I pictured him just being himself.
Phil Hartman would have been an amazing Joe Biden character
@Chris Bradshaw: DAMN! That would've been BRILLIANT!
For all we know Phil Hartman IS the current president.
Without question, he would've been the perfect Dick Cheney.
Phil is to intelligent and articulate to imitate a idiot like Trump
Still can't believe he's gone
Damn I miss this guy. 23 years or more he's been gone
He was such a great talent!
Miss miss miss Tom Tom Tom and Phill Phill Phil!
one of Phil's most underrated album covers: Fighting Clowns by Firesign Theatre
Phil Hartman was no fool that’s for sure.
Yeah, around '94-'95 the writing started faltering on SNL and the old magic wasn't there. Soon became a bunch of talents from sitcom backgrounds with no idea how to gel as an ensemble
(I understand his desire to move from visual arts to performing. Poor guy never got to that plein-air dream. RIP).
The spare a dime, got a second joke is so good! First time hearing it and Tom delivers it perfectly, made me laughed out loud
Still remember hearing of Phil’s death on my Walkman in HS. RIP thanks for the laughs.
Two legends gone too soon
💓Jan Hooks.
Good analogy by Snyder about the penalty box. May we all avoid it or get out of it soon.
Phil's murder was the most shocking of all the SNL crew...his mother lost a son and her husband within a month of each other...I often wonder if his father died as a result of grief.
His father died a month before him
I miss both Tom and Phil :(
The intro story about the late late show time slot in the Bay Area warmed my heart.
Two gentlemen I miss desperately.
He can talk, He can talk! I can SIIIIIIIIIING!
So glad he named Frankenstein.
The best one is where he's laughing so hard he starts breaking character... and that's something he rarely did.
Ehhh!
Most talented comedian ever to live in my opinion. Also, love this tv host wish he was still alive!
2 brilliant men! Amazing.
I miss thoughtful interviews like this
i can't BELIEVE this was 25 years ago. i miss tom. i'd be thrilled if he was back.
Rest In Peace Phil Hartman
Thanks for sharing, Phil is a fascinating figure and this was a nice little glimpse into the real Bill McNeal 😂
It makes me mad that these two are gone and Jimmy Fallon is the host of the Tonight Show. Life stinks
Hi Don, I was at a 1984 Letterman taping which featured an appearance by Don King. Is this episode available?
Small world, I'm pretty sure I used to own your VHS reel. I can see if I ever transferred it to digital if you're interested.
Had he lived he would have went so much further than his great comedy. Maybe even politics. He had no limits on what he could do. SO missed.
Phil thanks man.
He was so talented . His death was tragic .
Phil was a brilliant guy…❤RIP
mentioned KPIX (channel 5 in SF)
Tom Snyder demonstrated the type of interviewing that is sadly missing now #tomsnyder #philhartman
The greatest Canadian to do comedy shows and movies.
Phil Hartman! One of a kind.