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I can’t speak much to his work on The Carol Burnett Show (I am too young to remember that – that felt good to type), but his performance in Blazing Saddles is one of the best comedic performances in movies. He was an amazing straight man.

They’re sailing the seas of smiles on a gentle breeze of rock!
And coming to New York, Minneapolis, Detroit and Muskegon Michigan.
But not Philly…ohh Yacht Rock; we watched UnacceptableTV!

Videogum has the details.

Photo by Singapore National Day; Fireworks by Starmaker!’s photostream

Thanks to CC Insider, I now know that today is the 10th Anniversary of Phil Hartman’s murder. Very sad. I even remember where I was when I heard: I was working at The Wilma Theater. I logged on to AOL after lunch (yes when people actually used AOL) and saw that he had been murdered. [...]

I could post it here, but I won’t. Best Week Ever said it best.

One of my favorite movie scenes, ever.

Supposedly Dustin Hoffman and Pollack did not get along while making the movie (Dabney Coleman was originally cast as the agent, but Hoffman wanted to use the tension between him and Pollack in their scenes together). The back and forth is so sharp and funny, [...]