The brother of late actor, comedian and artist Phil Hartman, best known to his many fans for his work on shows including Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, is hoping to seal his sibling’s legacy with a posthumous Oscar.
: ‘It was meant to be an animation voiceover demo, and it got lost in the process.His audio recording and drawings are now the basis for Phil Hartman's Flat TV ‘When [Phil] died, I ended up with a portfolio and a doodle file that was all kinds of cartoon characters that he did.
Following the audio recording’s release, Paul decided that Phil Hartman’s Flat TV had the scope for a bigger project.. And I thought, “This is an opportunity to potentially get Phil an Oscar in the animated short category.” So, I enlisted Brian Lemay in that process, and he has expertly channelled Phil's artistic sensibility and cartooning style and done about eight minutes of the 45 minutes that exists and that we're trying to complete.
‘It's been interesting to see Phil’s comic sensibilities come to light through animation, and I think that's something that he would really enjoy.’Tracy Lamourie and Dave Parkinson are also on board Phil Hartman's Flat TV as executive producers ‘In high school, he used to make extra money drawing on people's notebooks, drawing these elaborate cartoon scenes that wrapped around the whole binder. He would do it for 20 bucks.
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