Those dry looks at the camera, his expressions, his comments, mad me laugh. The early Steve Martin used to have me smiling as he walked on stage. Phil did the same thing.
When his wife shot him, it really bothered me. It still does to this day, all the humor that man would have brought to the world, and that selfish POS wife of his ended it.
Needed to be said again.
I still remember the title of a Boston Phoenix article: From Fever to Fatigue: Saturday Night Live Ain’s As Funny As It Used To Be.
That was 1979. A year before the original cast left.
Chase on Weekend Update during the Ford years: “If he’s so dumb...how come he’s President?”
Of course Ford was never elected President or even VP. He was appointed VP after Nixon replaced Agnew, then Nixon resigned.
But I still recall that line every time people say Trump is dumb. If he’s so dumb, how come he’s President?
And unlike Ford he was elected.