You Might Remember Me by Mike Thomas

You Might Remember Me

The Life and Times of Phil Hartman

Mike Thomas

St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · December 1, 2015

Beloved TV comedic actor Phil Hartman is best known for his eight brilliant seasons on Saturday Night Live, where his versatility and comedic timing resulted in some of the funniest and most famous sketches in the television show's history.

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Who it’s for
A thoughtful portrait pairs Phil Hartman’s celebrated comic work with the complications of his private life.
Themes
Phil Hartman's comedy career, A complicated personal life, Tragic death
Genres
Lives in Entertainment, TV Comedy, Lives of the Rich & Famous

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Beloved TV comedic actor Phil Hartman is best known for his eight brilliant seasons on Saturday Night Live, where his versatility and comedic timing resulted in some of the funniest and most famous sketches in the television show's history. Besides his hilarious impersonations of Phil Donahue, Frank Sinatra and Bill Clinton, Hartman's other indelible characters included Cirroc the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Eugene the Anal Retentive Chef and, of course, Frankenstein.

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He also starred as pompous radio broadcaster Bill McNeal in the NBC sitcom NewsRadio and voiced numerous classic roles — most memorably washed-up actor and commercial pitchman Troy McClure — on Fox's long-running animated hit The Simpsons. But Hartman's seemingly charmed life was cut tragically short when he was fatally shot by his troubled third wife, Brynn, who turned a gun on herself several hours later. The shocking and headline-generating turn of events stunned those closest to the couple as well as countless fans who knew Phil only from afar. Now, for the first time ever, the years and moments leading up to his untimely end are described in illuminating detail through information gleaned from exclusive interviews with scores of famous cast mates, close friends and family members as well as private letters, audio/video recordings, extensive police records, and more. Both joyous tribute and serious biography, Mike Thomas' You Might Remember Me is a celebration of Phil Hartman's multi-faceted career and an exhaustively reported, warts-and-all examination of his often intriguing and sometimes complicated life—a powerful, humor-filled and disquieting portrait of a man who was loved by many, admired by millions and taken from them far too early.

Comedy, Complicated

A thoughtful portrait pairs Phil Hartman’s celebrated comic work with the complications of his private life.

Come here for

  • The comic range behind familiar SNL and Simpsons performances
  • A life considered beyond the laughter

Expect

  • An affectionate tribute with a serious, unsparing biographical edge
  • Career and personal life held in view together

Where it sits

Lives in Entertainment96%
Lives of the Rich & Famous55%
TV Comedy28%

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Publisher categories

  • Lives in Entertainment
  • Television History & Criticism
Authors
Mike Thomas
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Published
December 1, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Phil Hartman's comedy career · A complicated personal life · Tragic death
Reading lane
Lives in Entertainment