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...hear the one about Jon Lovitz banging Andy Dick's head into a bar last week? How about the one about Dave Chappelle being hospitalized for "exhaustion" over the weekend? Even by the forgiving behavioral standards of show business, an industry that treats DUIs like parking tickets, stand-up comics manage to stand out as problem performers. Lots of them are moody, prickly and perfectionistic; many struggle with depression and substance abuse. And, as evidenced by the March suicide of comic Richard Jeni, some comics never get loud enough laughs to bring them peace...
...Lovitz/Dick incident was the culmination of a nearly decade-long grudge between the former News Radio co-stars. Lovitz took over for his close friend Phil Hartman on the show after Hartman was murdered by his wife, Brynn, who then committed suicide, in 1998. Lovitz has said that, at the time, he held Dick responsible for the tragedy, because Dick, Lovitz claims, had reintroduced Brynn to cocaine at a party months before the murder, leading Brynn to end a decade of sobriety and start a downward spiral. "I was angry and I was blaming him for what happened," Lovitz said...
Neither Dick nor Lovitz returned calls for comment on this story, but Masada confirmed Lovitz's version of events. As much as the fight itself, the pleased reaction of many to Dick's thumping (gossip site Gawker's headline: "Andy Dick Gets the Beat-Down We've All Craved") reveals what a harsh business comedy really is. Dick, whose public displays of weirdness have included licking other celebrities' faces, is a comic other comics love to hate. "Andy doesn't really care for anybody except Andy," Masada says. "If he has to get a laugh at the expense...
...keyboards for the Righteous Brothers, and his mother was a teacher) and learned the art of improvisation while with the Los Angeles comedy troupe the Groundlings. By all accounts, he worked hard but was such a natural that it was a given he would follow Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz on the well-worn road from the Groundlings to Saturday Night Live. When Ferrell arrived at SNL during the 1995-96 season, he rapidly pulled off the difficult trick of being both favored by the writers (he was often in 30 of the 40 sketches prepared for the show...
...classic image of the TV superfan is the minutiae-obsessed, Vulcan-eared Star Trek fan, played by Jon Lovitz opposite William Shatner in a classic Saturday Night Live skit. Today the Lovitzization of entertainment is widespread. When Lost used stock footage from Norway to depict the founder of the Hanso Foundation--the apparent prime mover behind its conspiracy--Norwegian fans went nuts speculating over their homeland's connection to the mystery...