This is the story of SNL star Phil Hartman
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So this guy is one of the top comedic talents in the world, working on one of the biggest comedy shows in the world. And then, one day, suddenly, bang! Someone unalives him. Why? Now the guy, his name's Phil, and Phil wants nothing more than to be a famous comedian one day. He's taking improv classes, he's doing stand-up comedy, he's working as much as he can to make it big.
But then, one day, he gets a little success. He and his friend, they create a fictional character named Pee-Wee Herman. And that character ends up having his own show called Pee-Wee's Playhouse. And Phil, sometimes on that show, he plays a side character named Captain Carl. So Phil's career, it starts to move along.
And he gets even more success when he co-writes the script for the Pee-Wee Herman movie. And then he gets to cameo in that movie. Look, there he is right there. So then that movie blows up and Phil, he's getting some cameos and some movies and some TV shows and he's even getting some voice acting roles. So his life is going really well. But then he meets this woman, Brynn.
And Brynn's a former swimsuit model and she's an aspiring actress and Phil thinks she is foint and they start dating. And around the time he starts dating Brynn, Phil finally gets a career opportunity that's going to change his life. he gets the chance to audition for Saturday Night Live. And he goes in there and he freaking nails this audition. And so they cast him on the show.
And this is his dream job. And the other cast members, they love him. And the SNL audience, they love him. They love his impressions of Ronald Reagan.
Jimmy, don't make me have to kill you.
And everyone especially loves his impression of Bill Clinton.
Please, don't tell Mrs. Clinton. Jim, let me tell you something. There's gonna be a whole bunch of things we don't tell Mrs. Clinton.
Then he starts doing a lot of voiceover work, namely on the biggest animated sitcom ever, The Simpsons, where he plays several characters, including Troy McClure.
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