One More Mission: Acting Career - Saturday Night Live
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Johnny O'Conner meets with a studio head to discuss his acting career. Aired 10/18/86
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This skit came about, according to Lovitz, because he and Hartmann (old friends from their previous sketch group The Groundlings) had a daily habit of greeting/speaking to each other in a mock 40's Hollywood dialect. According to other cast members, they would improvise these random conversations daily for years. So when they finally wrote this sketch and read for table, it was pretty much honed to the razor sharp sketch we enjoy here on youtube now. Makes sense between this and their 3 Amigos parts.
Three Amigos? You mean Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short? (One of my favorite movie comedies.)
Yeah, these two are in that favorite comedy of yours.@@lewgoogle5530
@@lewgoogle5530 - Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman are both in Three Amigos. They were fast-talking Hollywood assistants. Have you seen the movie?
It was also used during Hartman's audition
ruclips.net/video/NrH676MdCzM/видео.htmlsi=bXFSBW0SED0tiQJ8&t=585
Interesting how that story is similar to how the Californians sketch came about with Fred Armisen and Bill Hader.
Hartman was rightfully known for his legendary abilities, but I sometimes forget how great Lovitz was and that’s a shame. He really added a lot to the show.
Yeah that’s the ticket
I'm not a big fan of Adam Sandler movies, but I love "The Wedding Singer". Jon Lovitz was so damn funny as Adam Sandler's nemesis. They were both brilliant on SNL. Mid-eighties to early nineties were the funniest years for that show, IMHO. The cast had such electric chemistry. The Gap Girls, Lyle, the Effeminate Heterosexual, The Sweeney Sisters, Massive Headwound Harry, Ya Can't Get There from Here, Nat X, Wayne's World- comedy gold. I'm so thankful to whoever is posting these. The nostalgia is overwhelming. Sorry for rambling. 😊
Yawn
“What’s the word on the street?” 😂
Don't leave me hanging!!!!
My best friend and I absolutely love the skit. It's not uncommon for one of us to randomly send each other a text asking "What's the word on the street?" or "You'll be playing Man #3".
I fancy the "How's tricks?" " Not bad for an old dogg.." *UNANIMOUS LAUGHTER*
'I think you're the worst actor I've ever seen, and I get 500 letters a day telling me the same!' 'What's the word on the street?'
This was a well-written sketch. Whoever wrote it clearly was very familiar with the style of a lot of films from the 1940s and 1950s. Lovitz and Hartman did great jobs here. Real comedic acting.
They wrote it themselves- they performed an early version of it as an audition piece when Phil Hartman was auditioning for SNL. You can find it on RUclips. I agree, very well written and acted!
3 amigos
@@BlueMHart They probably performed it in the Groundlings.
Sounds like the work of Conan O’Brien. He uses the word “flabber-jabber, ” frequently speaks in 1940s idiom and is a real history buff.
@@BlueMHart That's interesting. My first thought was that they were doing this to amuse themselves and we are lucky enough that they let us in.
They don’t make SNL sketches like this anymore. Phil Hartman is committed 100%
You get other cast members here and there that are awesome like Hartman was IMO. Like Will Ferrel, Kirsten Wiig, Chris Farley and Bill Hader to name a few.
@@Radwar99 I think Wiig, Sudakis and Forte have definitely put out sketches where their characters have gone out on a wire-and I mean sketches that don’t beat the premise into the dirt with 2 minutes of poor follow-up jokes. That said, I think Hartman and Lovitz went old school in the writing. That’s rare.
Phil Hartman is the measuring stick.
Correct. The years these two were in were the final years of never missing an episode. They should just end it now. SNL isn't even mediocre at this point, it is just bad.
There has not been a full cast that has been funny since the 90s. Even MadTV with short run was way better than anything was better than anything current for SNL.
What has ruined comedy is the bloated increase of political correction in current times. Comedy used to defy the system in its own way alot. For too long comedy has been stifled and ruined because of weak minds who can't stand seeing others who aren't miserable so instead of just turning away from comedy they don't care for. Like a jealous child smashing some other kids toys because "If I'm miserable then everyone else is going to be"mentality.
Phil Hartman facial expressions are priceless in this sketch.
The "American Kamikaze" punchline was too funny for the crowd.
Was it the sheep, the ducks, your wife? What a line.
imdao (in my dumb ass opinion) this is one of the best sketches of all time. It works if you close your eyes, as a radio play; as a live performance piece; read to yourself, as a written work - it's funny in every medium. I come back to this sketch all the time, just to marvel at the timing, and I am never not blown away by how perfect Lovitz and Hartman are in it. And Lovitz has never really had a partner that brought out his best like this again (not a slam at all, love the guy.) I hope this is in one of those TV museums somewhere; when they look back at sketch comedy in the future, this one deserves to be mentioned.
They would have both been radio legends. Video killed the radio star 😅
I used to love all of those radio shows.
"The war's over Johnny...and so are you." Classic.
The perfect balance between excellent comic actors bringing a well written sketch to life. No clapter, no cutesy mugging, no lame attempts at self-referential irony, and no breaking up mid-sketch.
Chapter?
@@christinecrites835, clapter: a cheap attempt at giving the audience what they want to hear so that clapping is generated instead of genuine laughter. Almost every modern SNL cold opening and monologue relies on it.
They really were huge comedic talents, with inimitable chemistry. I was so lucky to be a kid when these skits aired. My brother and our friends would wake our parents up laughing. My mum got mad, but my dad would laugh along with us in his dorky dad pajamas. I would give everything I own to go back to the eighties.
@@jzbass72Jimmy Fallon broke about ten seconds into every sketch. It drove me nuts. I can't watch his talk show because it's just him constantly interrupting his guests with that loud, phony laughter.
@@JennyJeong425 Jenny, I'm with you on Fallon. He is particularly insufferable with his
game show, That's My Jam, or appearances on other game shows. He makes it all about him.
Two of the very Best!! 'What's the word on the street?'
This isn't the funniest SNL skit, but it is probably the most well-acted I've ever seen. No glancing at the cue cards, the timing and reactions are bang-on, the 1940s movie-talk affectations, not a single word or action flubbed and the lines spoken like something deep and profound while being ridiculous. Just amazing.
I remember watching this years ago when it was on live. The timing from Phil Hartman and John Lovitz for this skit was incredible.
The level of smart humor was raised in whatever SNL sketch Phil Hartman appeared in.
Fire... BAD!
I could listen to Jon Lovitz talk like that all day
Watch "Brave Little Toaster," the voice Jon does as The Radio is virtually identical to this.
This sketch was on the Best of Jon Lovitz DVD. This was one of his favorites that he ever was in. Both he and Phil Hartman had a deep love for the golden age of Hollywood and absolutely loved playing these type of roles. I always thought that was pretty evident from their appearance in Three Amigos
This was also on the Best of Phil Hartman DVD. Great sketch!
They already had this sketch brewing when Hartman auditioned for SNL. He and Lovitz do an embryonic version of this.
Brilliant performance by Lovitz
No obvious cue card reading with these two. They were awesome.
I agree! They were fantastic!
They actually learned their lines. Lovitz just told the story on Spade and Carveys podcast
Not just them two. ALL of the cast. They didnt read until Horatio Sanz and Jimmy Fallon came along
The Zapp Brannigan we should've had, the Zapp Brannigan the world needed. RIP man.
This is comedy gold. If it were in black and white, I would almost believe it was a movie from the forties. Excellent performances by both.
What a great skit by Phil and John.
I love how Lovitz keeps mouthing words after the end of the sketch
My favorite skit of all time. Phil Hartmann was such a comedic genuis!
Phil Hartman was funny no matter what he did. He was the Harvey Korman of his generation. Only he was 2nd banana to no one. I miss him so much.
I miss him so much and get so angry! Comedians or actors that know him have a hard time bringing him up 😢 not only was he hilarious, he was also a stand up guy.
Good analogy with HK! Very true.
An exceptional sketch carried out by two exceptional performers.
has to be one of the all time best! these two guys were so good together.
Any time I see Hartman, it makes me both very sad and very happy.
Yes. That says it all, really miss his incredible comic genius and I'm determined to view every available film or sketch he ever acted in or contributed to. What a gift.
i always thought this skit was more charming than funny, but the, 'what's the word on the street,' reaction was priceless.
And he went on to win an Academy Award for man number 3!
Lovits is such a brilliant comic genius.
Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman were legends together
They had insanely good chemistry... wow
They were best friends.
Brilliant send up of old Hollywood. "Is it the booze or the dames?
... the sheep, the ducks ... your wife? What!?
Phil Hartman looks so cool like that
i dont see enough people talking about that in the comments section. he is handsome
Pace and timing. Brilliant
Wow, they really captured the 1940’s speech patterns perfectly and didn’t once look at a tele-prompter.
You’re right! Right, I tells ya!
these two worked really closely together, were friends from before SNL. this was based on a bit theyd worked on for hartman's audition so it was obviously something they were very serious about
Or at least the speech patterns we hear in movies, which they got bang on. If you hear 'regular' speech from back then it sounds the same as today.
I watched SNL last night with Kim Kardashian. Horrifyingly unfunny, yet all the 20-somethings online thought it was hilarious. They should watch this. A well-written, well-acted skit. And check out how they're not constantly staring at the cue cards!
this 20 something shares your sentiment
Imho, most 20 somethings wouldn't get the humor. Glad some do 😊
To be fair, they did write this themselves, so they didn't really need the cue cards for this.
I stopped watching SNL after 2004. Any material other than the political satire is all I see.
EXACTLY. The kids these days think SNL is funny. They have no idea.
Now you listen to me….are you forgetting what you signed on the battleship Missouri?
Love that part.
Remember that time SNL has comics who could act and writers who were comedic?....... That was awesome. (Chris Farley reference)
Yeah the show died after they started hiring from Nickelodeon
You must mean pre-1981, post-1990, pre-2013, post-2015? Luckily we’re still in those times, brother! There are a dozen or more sketches from last year as good or better than this- especially if you judge from the audience reaction.
The stuff cut for time these days is the best. This wouldn’t have made the cut no matter how well they memorized the weak lines.
ruclips.net/p/PL9oktSg6FG_zIjok7fIhS8KWgA7-69keq
@@lookbovine millennial says what?
Chris Farley isn’t funny but I agree
What's the word on the street?? Classic..
Holy shit phil Hartman was so good
I must've watched this skit hundreds of times - so good!
Phil Hartman looked awesome like this!
It's the same idea from Hartman's audition!
Yes it is!
Right.
One of my favorite sketches ever!
2:36 he almost laughed
Back when SNL actors learned their lines and didn't use cue cards. just like watching a stage play. BRILLIANT!!!
? what ?
@@scottmcfarland5830 SNL actors used to learn their lines and not rely on cue cards. The actors on SNL over the past 15 years completely rely on cue cards. It's embarrassingly lazy! They need to step it up or be fired!
They had rehearsed this bit for years before they got this sketch on the air. They didn't need them by this point.
They both did this bit as part of their auditions. Hence the perfection
Perfection.
This is a classic sketch, deserving of many more views than it currently has. Love the "Harry Meyer" touch, presumably a cross between Harry Cohn and Louis Mayer.
Phil Hartman ladies and gentlemen.
Huge difference from back when you actually had comedic actors that memorized their lines for a skit as opposed to the sloppy teleprompter/cue card readers of today on SNL. There are some very funny and talented performers on SNL these days, but they are no where in the league or of the standards set back in this era. That us unfortunate.
It depends on your tastes, I guess. From what I've heard, they shifted from a more stage production quality to making the skits funnier, which meant rewrites up until the last moment. I have to admit I find the skits today are overall funnier, although it may also be that I started watching SNL after the transition in the 90s. Funnier in the immediate laugh sense, but perhaps not as memorable. Or maybe humour has changed as it always does. Things that you might find gut-busting at the time could be eye-rolling 20 years later.
I think a perfect illustration of this change is the Brenda the Waitress sketch. It is not laugh-out-loud funny but it's very memorable. Jan Hooks and Alec Baldwin at their best.
Not to mention actual acting chops, they understood creating characters with some depth went a long way to lure the audience in
@@squamish4244 SNL today isn't funny at all
@@tonycaniggia Well, that's, like, your opinion, man.
@@squamish4244 nice touch to quote an actually funny film but it doesn't make modern SNL any bit funnier, it still just sucks
Current SNL kids could never pull this off
From great beginnings to the Septic Tank that is now SNL.
How's Tricks?! And the fake laugh after that always crack me up!
this sketch has stuck in my memory too. he really had to dumb it down. Lovitz is underrated. he is good at sketch comedy. he was a great devil when Rosanna Arquette sold her soul for a hair salon
Worship meeeee! I command you!
Other than the classic Akroyd, Belushi, Curtain, Murray, Chase group, I would say that this ensemble was my favorite. Yeah, that's the ticket!
If you look up Phil's SNL audition, he and Jon play these characters and use some of this dialogue near the end of it.
This has to have been one of the sketches these guys did back in their Groundlings days together.
they did this on Phil's SNL audition
True entertainment, top notch quality writing and comedic acting, Jon Lovitz is underrated and what can i say about Phil? a legend.
3:58 is just gold
Brilliant! Absolutely flawless!
These guys? This is what we call professionals, not the hacks currently who couldn't make themselves funny if their lives depended on it
Absolute genius. Not a single glance at a cue card. Impeccable timing, elite performance. Damn I wish Phil were still around. One of the very, very best.
Back when they got comedic actors instead of people who think they're comedians
They’re playing actors, but are still comedians, idiot.
@@lookbovine No, Henrietta. Anybody with two brain cells can tell the difference between a good comedic actor and a comedian. I guess that you are shy one brain cell...
@@lookbovine Your reading comprehension is fucking horrible.
"The sheep? The dogs? Your wife?" - Ugh ! 🤣🤣🤣
I would watch a movie called Yankee Kamikaze.
Nobody on todays cast could do either of these characters near as well
Didn't see this BITD. It is funny and skillfully acted and crafted
I worship this.
Phil Hartman, legend. Love this skit!
Is it the pills ? the sheep ? the ducks ? your wife ? lol !
This is what it’s like trying break up with my girlfriend.
Interesting watching Phil’s early episodes. You could tell at this point, Lovitz was treated as the utility guy in the cast, while Phil a comical supporting player. I’m glad by the end of the season, they switched roles. I feel like it was a better fit for both of them.
"Was it the pills, the sheep, the ducks, your wife?"
Two comic actors at the top of their game. Love both of these guys’ careers, albeit one much too short.
Agreed - Lovitz is far from statuesque.
These two had a connection and rhythm. You don’t see that with any of the current cast or casts from the last 10 years or so.
EPIC!! It was as if they had it memorized. That back & forth was so funny. I grew up watching all that fast talking dialogue. Hartman was as great as they ever got & Lovitz was great in this too.
Love this sketch!
500 letters a day telling new the same!
What's the word on the street?!?
Phil and Jon...simply the best!
Phil Hartman will never be surpassed. Lovitz was good, too.
I love Lovitz :)
What's the word on the street? Hilarious!
THANK GOD that snl us putting up these random sketches there’s a bunch I can’t find on the web
The booze, the the dames, your wife? What? What? What? Lol.
At that point, I literally burst out laughing! What a skit. Gold.
Is this how they got cast for that scene in The Three Amigos?
Lovitz and Hartman did a version of this at Phil’s SNL audition. On RUclips somewhere. He also did a German impressionist. Genius.
..."You get squished between Repitlus' toes." ...🤣🤣🤣🤣A-A-H-H-H-H-H!!!
Two Masters At Work #Bravo
Yeah, yeah that’s the ticket!!!
What talent.
The ending made me hope that someday I see a video from decades past where someone says, "Light: it's the wave of the future!"
"What's the word on the street?!" Lol!
So Funny!! What a Grreat Skit!! WE LOVE YA Phil Hartman!! GOD BLESS Ya!! ;] it’s So Funny...I Fell off my Sofa Laughing ;] Coach ;] Okay!! It was a BIG Chair...
What's the word on the street?!
Lovitz and Hartman. Awesome
This is so funny. Great timing.
He was so good.
This is real comedy!!