Unfrozen Caveman Laywer was a recurring character played by Phil Hartman from 1991-1996. He is a caveman who fell into a crevice whle hunting, was frozen, and several thousand years later was found by scientists and unfrozen. He then went to law school and became a lawyer.
Bill Hader has said that Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer was one of his favorite sketches growing up.
It was one of the few times I ever saw Phil clown around at the office. His demeanor was usually that of the reserved, self-contained Everyman. Not cold, but polite and pensive. He usually saved his comic brilliance for Studio 8H, where he was unequalled.
Phil Hartman was perhaps the best cast member, ever, of Saturday Night Live. I loved writing for him. So did the other writers. Phil was rarely “light in the show,” as the saying went.
Afterwards, he appeared in The Flintstones Comedy Show . Captain Caveman was thawed from the ice by a group of teenagers and became a crime-fighting superhero with his caveman strength, ability to fly, and a magic club. 1980 Ayla.
Brendan Frasier played Link (the "missing link") in the 1992 comedy Encino Man. Two California teenagers (Sean Astin and Pauly Shore) find a frozen caveman in their backyard and decide to take him to school, where he becomes quite popular. The reviews were awful, but it was nice to see Brendan Frasier in a loincloth.
The sitcom based on the GEICO Caveman ads will premiere in October. But cavemen are nothing new to pop culture. A man (or woman) who resembles us but does not understand or fit in with the confusing modern world is a wonderful device for both comedy and adventure.
Ishbo is the hero of National Lampoon's Homo Erectus, which comes out in September. Played by Adam Rifkin, who also wrote and directed the film, Ishbo is smarter than the other cavemen, and carries a torch for a girl who prefers her men big, dumb, and strong.
1958 B.C. B.C. is a comic strip by Johnny Hart, who died this past April. The strip will continue under the production of Hart's daughter and grandson. B.C. was also the caveman character, playing straight man to all the silliness going on around him.
The late, great Phil Hartman had two classic lawyer roles under his belt: first, the unfrozen caveman lawyer from Saturday Night Live, and then from The Simpsons, Lionel Hutz (aka Miguel Sanchez, aka Dr. Nguyen Van Phuoc). Hutz wasn’t the greatest at his day job, but if you needed a paranoid knife-wielding babysitter for your kids, he was your man.
Hutz wasn’t the greatest at his day job, but if you needed a paranoid knife-wielding babysitter for your kids, he was your man. Night Court. John Larroquette as horndog scumbag prosecutor Dan Fielding stole the show, giving Larroquette more screen time as the show went on. Suits.
Bob Odenkirk threatens to break bad as Jimmy McGill begins his transformation into beloved scumbag Saul Goodman in Better Call Saul, which is back for its third season. The rise of Saul is a momentous occasion for Breaking Bad fans, inspiring this week’s gallery of 24 favorite TV lawyers!
In addition to Scott Baio’s incompetent Bob Loblaw, Arrested Development liked to trot out deviant family lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn (played by Henry Winkler) for laughs. Like any good lawyer (who paid an impersonator to take his Bar exam), Zuckerkorn knows to turn to AskJeeves when hounded by pesky legal questions.
Best quality: he works pro bono. Better Call Saul. Back by popular demand, Bob Odenkirk stars as small-time pubic defender Jimmy McGill (aka Saul Goodman ) in this spinoff to Breaking Bad.
A light, fourth wall-breaking spinoff to The Practice, starring James Spader, Candice Bergen, and William Shatner (whose character would pull out occasional quips regarding Star Trek ).
Once again reinforcing the point that success is frequently a matter of confidence and nice suits. The Cosby Show. Clair Huxtable, played by Phylicia Rashad, was the true disciplanarian of the house as her husband (Bill Cosby) dispensed yarns and folksy advice.