"BURN CYCLE!"
One unlikely demonstration of Phil Hartman's amazing knack for playing multiple characters came in a series of commercials for the Entertainment and Gaming Console called "CD-I". These images show him (in order) playing the soft-spoken, sleepy-voiced announcer, you the consumer, your mom, your "babe", the crazy TV Sales Guy, that groovy announcer again (this time in a different sweater), you the (different) consumer, an Awesome kid, a girl who thinks CD-I is "Cute", a late night TV Viewer who likes looking at men and that crazy TV Sales Guy again... And this was in only TWO thirty second ads.
Want a Closer Look? Click each pic to enlarge. You can of course find these ads on Youtube these days :)
If you experienced CD-i when it was on the market, no doubt you have seen the 30 second ads on television with Phil Hartman. Phil is a famous guy: He was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic artist. Hartman garnered fame in 1986 when he joined the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He voiced various roles on The Simpsons. Below you see Phil as your CD-i Mother:
And Phil as your CD-i Babe:
Phil as your crazy CD-i sales guy:
CD-i is so awesome:
CD-i is so cute:
