The Mid-Atlantic accent, or Transatlantic accent, is a consciously learned accent of English, fashionably used by the late 19th-century and early 20th-century American upper class and entertainment industry, which blended together features regarded as the most prestigious from both American and British English (specifically Received Pronunciation). It is not a native or regional accent; rather, according to voice and drama professor Dudley Knight, "its earliest advocates bragged that its chief quality was that no Americans actually spoke it unless educated to do so". The accent was embraced in private independent American preparatory schools, especially by members of the Northeastern upper class, as well as in schools for film and stage acting, with its overall use sharply declining after the Second World War. A similar accent that resulted from different historical processes, Canadian dainty, was also known in Canada, existing for a century before waning in the 1950s.[7] More broadly, the term "mid-Atlantic accent" can also refer to any accent with a perceived mixture of American and British characteristics.
This is one of my favorites too. I think it flew under the radar a bit (pun intended) but I always think of it when someone isn’t understanding something I think is obvious.
@@t045tSKTFirst of all, no need to be rude. Second, many people under the age of 35 don't even know the Critic... wider recognition of his work would be good. We need a Renaissance for the work of all that era's SNL cast, they were so talented.
@@ericwalters5382 Bunker Buster over Niagara was just swell! The damage to the orphanage was unexpected, but provided fine visuals. Johnny O'Connor at his best!
I’ll admit, I took him for granted and didn’t particularly like him when he was on the show. It wasn’t until I watched reruns that I was able to see how brilliant he truly was! I thought Hanukah Harry was hilarious!! 😂
@@beanindividual4000"Duckman" was pretty cool too in the late 1990s as an animated show he was in as well. Phil Hartman was of course irreplaceable. But Jon Lovitz could kinda just be a supporting actor or go right out there for a direct strike! i took him and 1990s SNL for granted big time thinking I wished it were the 70s or something in the early 90s. Now my opinion is opposite, thanks all those E network reruns of that era in early 2000s in my late 20s
@@elainepatino5625m'kay, ya got me. They're definitely portraying real events in a historically accurate manner. "Is it the booze, Harry? The dames?...Is it the pills? The sheep? The ducks? Your wife?... I'm sorry if I let you down, Harry. You've always been like a father to me!"
"Don't mince words!" Classic skit from SNL. I remember this from 30 years ago and it is still just as funny. Phil Hartman is missed but I'm glad Jon Lovitz is still with us.
This is heartbreaking, these two guys were best friends, and would have been till the end of their lives, Phil's wife crushed all that, RIP Phil Hartman
I always loved Lovitz, his 40’s acting was magical and I also loved Hartman, both talents truly missed. RIP Phil and 🙏 Jon Lovitz, you’re not on tv enough.
I've been searching for this comment, his role in that movie is classic Phil Hartman, and probably Sinbad's best role, I watch that movie ever Christmas, it's in my top five
Hartman and Lovitz. Belushi and Ackroyd. Carvey and Myers. Farley and Spade. Miller and Nealon. Crystal and Guest. Some of the great SNL comedic duos 🏆😂
Phil was an iconic comedic actor. And as successful as he was, I feel that he was underutilized and underrated. He should have been featured in at least as many movies as Adam Sandler, whose talent pales in comparison.
This sketch is pure perfection from beginning to end. Phil and Jon don’t set a single step wrong. I remember watching it live and knowing right away that it was a masterpiece. Rest in peace Phil. You were the best to ever do it.
All these years later and I still mourn this great artist. He made me laugh and smile so many times and still does. His work was always inspiring. Thanks for posting!!
I remember where I was when I heard that Phil Hartman died. I heard it on the radio in my car after a house call to a client in an old folk's home. I had never cried about a celebrity death before, but I cried the way home that day.
That was pure acting magic ! A little cheeky , but not silly. In perfect character and tone for the golden era of movies , the dialogue between them is dead on , pulls you in. You just relax and get entertained. Even the face expressions . “ The wars over ……. and so are you.”
This was the best era SNL and Phil was a key part of. I was watching since 1975 when I was 15, and I think the late 80s to early 90s had the best all around cast.
It was a great era. I also loved the original cast (including Bill Murray who joined in the 2nd season). But I'll admit, I feel a strong sense of nostalgia regarding the original cast. That was a great era for me, too.
Two of the true professionals. Never looking at the cue cards, not cracking up....just pure comedic acting.
Jon Lovitz is truly a Master Thespian.
Yes. Almost every single one now are not just glancing but almost staring at cue cards. It's rather distracting
I absolutely hate the "looking at cue cards" skits.
And most of the laughing is FAKE. I'm looking at you Jimmy Fallon.
Snl has been horrible for quite a while. Looking at cue cards or not. They’re so afraid of offending the “wrong people”. Snl is pathetic.
Love every second of Phil's work he was such a legend...
And IIRC he was a really nice person in real life. Some comedians are just mean, but Phil wasn't.
Underrated & one of my favorites 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
He is greatly missed😢
😅Come on now, tell me what you really think
DON'T MINCE WORDS!!!
I love how they did that '40s style dialog! Hilarious!
"Oh! Wiseguy, eh." Lol
mehhhhhhhh
The Mid-Atlantic accent, or Transatlantic accent, is a consciously learned accent of English, fashionably used by the late 19th-century and early 20th-century American upper class and entertainment industry, which blended together features regarded as the most prestigious from both American and British English (specifically Received Pronunciation). It is not a native or regional accent; rather, according to voice and drama professor Dudley Knight, "its earliest advocates bragged that its chief quality was that no Americans actually spoke it unless educated to do so".
The accent was embraced in private independent American preparatory schools, especially by members of the Northeastern upper class, as well as in schools for film and stage acting, with its overall use sharply declining after the Second World War. A similar accent that resulted from different historical processes, Canadian dainty, was also known in Canada, existing for a century before waning in the 1950s.[7] More broadly, the term "mid-Atlantic accent" can also refer to any accent with a perceived mixture of American and British characteristics.
@@connorbrennan2920What do you know, needle d**k?
It’s funny I still here it a bit in the condescending tone of some of the highly educated in canada
I remember watching this. John Lovitz and Phil Hartman together were magic.
100%
One of the best episodes of Newsradio was when they were in the insane asylum together.
I was talking to the cigarette
@@gdog9010 prepare to be smoked
Two of the best, whether they appeared together or separately.
@@jasonpoletta1797 You could see the sadness in Jon's eyes when he replaced Phil in the final season.
LOL "What's the word on the street?!"
I think you're the worst actor I've ever seen. And I get 500 letters a day telling me the same thing.😂
It's one of my favorite SNL skits.
To be fair that’s all I ever care about as well
This is one of my favorites too. I think it flew under the radar a bit (pun intended) but I always think of it when someone isn’t understanding something I think is obvious.
"Im calling Security as we speak, and have
you thrown out!!"
"Stop mincing words, and come out with it already!!!"
"You stink!"
"Look, we've known each other a long time! I know when you're hiding something!"
You're an albatross I've needed to get rid of for years already!
Damn it, don't lead me through a connect-the-dots! Just tell me the score!
Is it the booze, the pills, your wife?? What? WHAT?!
WHAT?!
WHEN?!
Doesn't say much for the wife when she comes after the sheep and the duck.
@@ZincOxideGingerIt's just that he was saving the best for last. . . 😂
I'll cut back!!
Jon Lovitz is really underrated. He deserves more recognition imo.
Agreed..... he's awesome 🎉
He's losing his mind. And im reaping all the benefits.
He's gotten it. What are you? Twelve? The critic is a certified classic, poser.
@@t045tSKTFirst of all, no need to be rude.
Second, many people under the age of 35 don't even know the Critic... wider recognition of his work would be good. We need a Renaissance for the work of all that era's SNL cast, they were so talented.
@@melissasaint3283 I do what i want. Stop being a poser. Gatekeep jon lovitz.
The perfect timing of line delivery in this scene cannot be overlooked. True masters showing how it’s done.
Those two could've coached those over actors on Burnett's show how it should be done! ❤
And live!!!
Phil Hartman was one of the greatest ever. He was taken far too soon. RIP Phil Hartman.
And his wife
@@zapkvr His wife murdered him. So, no, not her.
@@zapkvr why would you have sympathy for the wife? She murdered a great man.
Still to this day... everytime i see that biography of phil. It just breaks my heart.. he was incredible.. rip phil.
jealous woman = ☠️
Phil is a legend, gone too soon 💜
Joe rogan has talked about her. Said she was toxic. @@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLLcocaine = death
@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Joe Rogan says so - so it's official now
this agent is out of his damn mind Johnny O'Connor made some of the best war films i have ever seen.
But the war's over!
Did they bomb?
@@dcolb121They took a big nose-dive after the war ended.
Truncated Torpedo to Tupelo was classic cinema verite.
@@ericwalters5382 Bunker Buster over Niagara was just swell! The damage to the orphanage was unexpected, but provided fine visuals. Johnny O'Connor at his best!
His characters never feel like characters. They feel like real people. Which makes them even funnier.
I always loved John Lovitz
Thought I was the only one.
He was great on SNL. Who remembers "You shot me!"?
Everything he did was great. Especially The Critic. "Balder than Siskel. Fatter than Ebert." It's a shame that it got canceled. 😢
I’ll admit, I took him for granted and didn’t particularly like him when he was on the show. It wasn’t until I watched reruns that I was able to see how brilliant he truly was! I thought Hanukah Harry was hilarious!! 😂
Zionist scum bag but good comedian.
Phil Hartman brought SNL back. He was the backbone and no one after him measures up.
It was going downhill after the original cast, until Eddie Murphy showed up.
Bill Hader
@@paullosasso7147 Will Ferrel too
Leslie Jones
I liked Tim and Tracy and Chris kattan too also can’t forget Mike and Dana.
This what high quality live performance sketch comedy looks like.
Both men were underrated, but Lovitz shows he can go toe to toe with Hartman--WAY underrated!
He was hilarious as his replacement on News Radio after Hartman passed.
@@beanindividual4000"Duckman" was pretty cool too in the late 1990s as an animated show he was in as well. Phil Hartman was of course irreplaceable. But Jon Lovitz could kinda just be a supporting actor or go right out there for a direct strike!
i took him and 1990s SNL for granted big time thinking I wished it were the 70s or something in the early 90s.
Now my opinion is opposite, thanks all those E network reruns of that era in early 2000s in my late 20s
He’s a true thespian
@@benvad9010I forgot about that sketch! 😂
When SNL was actually funny.
All I hear is Artie Ziff trying to fire Lionel Hutz with an accent
I hear Jay Sherman.
“You, sir, are an ignoramus.”
No
😂
2 legends showing how it’s done. Phil was one of my favorites. Simply built for sketch comedy & improv. I miss him 😢so much.
:'(
Ditto. Phil was one of the greatest.
I love these two!! And the 40s style dialogue is hilarious 😂❤
🤵♂️📣"(You suck)...and I get 500 letters a day telling me the same thing."
🛩️👨✈️🤔:"What's the word on the street?!"
That part always gets me.😆
He said “You stink” they wouldn’t have said “suck” in the forties.
@@elainepatino5625m'kay, ya got me. They're definitely portraying real events in a historically accurate manner.
"Is it the booze, Harry? The dames?...Is it the pills? The sheep? The ducks? Your wife?... I'm sorry if I let you down, Harry. You've always been like a father to me!"
"Don't mince words!"
Classic skit from SNL. I remember this from 30 years ago and it is still just as funny. Phil Hartman is missed but I'm glad Jon Lovitz is still with us.
I've heard Phil and Jon spoke to each other like this all the time since they were together in the Groundlings.
Classic improvisers. Always going for the bit just to make each other laugh. RIP Phil.
Phil Hartman lives forever as he is one of the True Greats. RIP and many thanks Philly!
It's crazy to think that this entire skit was part of Phil Hartman's SNL audition tape
oh look mom, it's professionals that don't break character to laugh at each other every other line ! 😲
Phil almost does but deftly turns it into a sob.
@@Pagliacci_Rex which we both know for him to even come close is super rare
I was thinking exactly the same thing. 😂
Professions?
Did you type that through your tears?
Lmaooo
@@TheFairyDickmother ty
There will never be another like Phil. A truly unique great, still miss him.
Love Lovitz as well 😂
Phil with the classic turning a laugh into a cry to cover breaking. Such a pro he was.
This is heartbreaking, these two guys were best friends, and would have been till the end of their lives, Phil's wife crushed all that, RIP Phil Hartman
Reminds me of Zapp Brannigan a little bit.
You probably know this but Zapp was written for him
@chrislyne377 Yeah I do, it's cool to see the seeds of why Matt created the role with him in mind. Makes a lot of sense, Phil was great.
@@chrislyne377Omg I never knew that but Ive always felt the voice actor was trying to go for a Phil Hartman type feel. That explains it.
They're both mimicking the same type of 1940s and 50s Hollywood dialogue.
This cast never let me catch them looking at the cards.
Phil Hartman. Legend.
They did a partial of this in Hartman's SNL audition.
Hartman, the real GOAT. Rest his soul.
I LOVE Jon lovitz and Phil together!!! I remember this skit!! LMAO!!!♥️♥️♥️
Two absolute legends.
"Don't leave me hangin' by a thread. Let me know where I stand!" 😂😂😂💀 Thanks for all the laughs, Mr. Hartman. 🫡 R.I.P. 🕊 ❤
I think you're the worst actor I've ever seen!
Love these two together, both great comedians riffing on a gag that they found funny, and making it funny for the rest of us.
I miss the old SNL, it was such great stuff.
@flux4359..💀..well, That ain't "THIS"..!!
Fine actors of SNL
And to think that today's dogshit cast members think they can compare.
You cut the part where Jon gets mildly flustered after Phil says "what's the word on the street?"
That's the funniest part of the whole bit.
Came here to say that. I remember every beat of this skit and it was an odd choice to show the windup but not deliver the punch.
It's there.
I always loved Lovitz, his 40’s acting was magical and I also loved Hartman, both talents truly missed. RIP Phil and 🙏 Jon Lovitz, you’re not on tv enough.
Best Era of SNL
@torontoyao..NOPE..THAT was thee ORIGINAL..Aykroyd, Beloosh, & Co.!!!✌️😉🎄
@@Maldoror200
Nah. Hartmann was the best. Only one to equal him was Aykroyd. They could play any characters.
These two synchronized flawlessly!!
Classic Phil Hartman! ONE of SNL's greatest!
War is over johnny , so are you 😂😂 what a line 😂
Phil is the king of SNL.
I didn't realize how handsome Phil was!
"Don't leave me hanging by a thread, let me know where I stand " 🤣🤣🤣
Phil Hartman is a comedy icon. Sorely missed.
What’s the word on the street?!? Gets me every time! Lol
RIP Phil Hartman I loved his performance in “Jingle All The Way”
I forgot about that movie. 😅
PUT THE COOKIE DOWN
A Christmas must.
Oh yes. He was creep-a-liscious
I've been searching for this comment, his role in that movie is classic Phil Hartman, and probably Sinbad's best role, I watch that movie ever Christmas, it's in my top five
"What's the word on the street?" After the 500 letters a day line 😅😅😅
Two of the best!
Hartman and Lovitz.
Belushi and Ackroyd.
Carvey and Myers.
Farley and Spade.
Miller and Nealon.
Crystal and Guest.
Some of the great SNL comedic duos 🏆😂
Aykroyd and Martin as the Festrunk Bros. Two Wild an Crazy Guys. Even, for the few times we saw them. 😅 😅
2 of SNL’s absolute best. Boot black anyone?
This banter back and forth was freaking top notch 📽 🎬 🏆👌
Acting! Brilliant!
THANK yoow!
Good God I miss Phil. He was such a tremendous talent. Such an iconic legend.
Wouldn`t it be awesome if he hired Previously Frozen Caveman to sue for several million dollars and save his job?
"I'll make sure You never work in this business again!!" I use to love saying that SNL line to my drivers at the Pizza Hut. 😂
When snl was funny and not woke
Greatness!
I like how loyal Jon was to Phil.
Phil was an iconic comedic actor. And as successful as he was, I feel that he was underutilized and underrated. He should have been featured in at least as many movies as Adam Sandler, whose talent pales in comparison.
Agreed. Nothing against Adam, but truth is truth.
He was brilliant in News Radio
This sketch is pure perfection from beginning to end. Phil and Jon don’t set a single step wrong. I remember watching it live and knowing right away that it was a masterpiece. Rest in peace Phil. You were the best to ever do it.
I wish today’s clowns could do this, but they can’t
Fantastic work from these two.
That look on Phil is top-notch 👌
Two of the greatest of all time
All these years later and I still mourn this great artist. He made me laugh and smile so many times and still does. His work was always inspiring. Thanks for posting!!
These two worked so well off each other!!! You really feel that close bond they had. R.I.P. Phil..
Two of the best ever. Miss Phil Hartman so much.
Two master thespians ACTING!
The best years of SNL.
It's people like this that made SNL so good and enjoyable to watch . Phil Hartman was one of my favorites.
Very good, I miss those days, at least we have each other here at youtube!
This is my favorite SNL bit.
That nervous laughter from Hartman, such talent!!
RIP GOAT Phil Hartman
I remember where I was when I heard that Phil Hartman died. I heard it on the radio in my car after a house call to a client in an old folk's home. I had never cried about a celebrity death before, but I cried the way home that day.
You mean murdered by his stupid, jealous wife who left two kids to become orphans!
Best straight man EVER!! Love and miss you Phil, thanks so much for the laughs
Both perfectly preforming old timey style acting.
He said maybe it was the sheeps or the ducks ,im on the floor over here😢😢
Phil Hartman was phenomenal.
Man he left too soon Hartman was falling down hilarious
I love how John Levitz makes his voice sound like an acting or radio voice from the 1940s.
That was pure acting magic ! A little cheeky , but not silly. In perfect character and tone for the golden era of movies , the dialogue between them is dead on , pulls you in. You just relax and get entertained. Even the face expressions . “ The wars over ……. and so are you.”
Phil was a treasure from news radio to SNL his work will make people laugh for generations
This was the best era SNL and Phil was a key part of. I was watching since 1975 when I was 15, and I think the late 80s to early 90s had the best all around cast.
It was a great era. I also loved the original cast (including Bill Murray who joined in the 2nd season). But I'll admit, I feel a strong sense of nostalgia regarding the original cast. That was a great era for me, too.
Gone way too soon. RIP Mr Hartman!
Genius. I miss Phil so much!
Best friends and real comedians
We sure do miss you Phil
One of the greatest skits in SNL history between 2 amazing comedians. A classic!
This was the skit that got Phil Hartman a job on SNL. Pure comedy gold that is sorely missed.
So fucking funny.
Don't mince words.
You're through!
Damn, this was brilliant. We still miss you, Phil! R.I.P
“Is it the BOOZE?! The DAMES?! The DUCKS?! The SHEEP?! …YOUR WIFE?!”
So underrated RIP Phill gone but never forgotten
This just makes me miss Phil...he was such a brilliant actor.