Re: Not Ready For Primetime Player Rankings
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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
Everything funny that Dan Ackroyd has ever done was funny in spite of, not because of, his performance.
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The writing for SNL was so variable that you have to think hard about the bits that worked because of the concept and the bits that worked because of the players -- e.g., Amy Poehler here. Phil Hartman pushed a lot of things into the second category.
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And fuck that article for telling me that blonde was Phil Hartman’s wife. And, always and forever, double-fuck Phil Hartman’s wife.
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Sigh.
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