"The Art of Being Unctuous"

"When 'Hartman' spoke, it was in a language of lies. Keyrock the Caveman jived his way through a closing statement; Clinton emoted feel-your-pain liberalism; for McClure, it was the golden patter of the announcer reading a bogus script.
"'Hartman' affected a common touch: I’m just a caveman… As Steve Lookner, who joined SNL's writing staff in 1993, put it, 'It’s taking it to the limit of how cocky you can be and still fool people into thinking you're simple.'"


Bryan Curtis at Grantland writes an appreciation of Phil Hartman, Saturday Night Live's greatest performer.


As does Jack Handey in Slate.