History Creator / JonLovitz

* ''Film/{{Benchwarmers}}'' (2006)

Jonathan Michael "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. Once described by for SNL writer Creator/ConanOBrien as "a living cartoon character", most of Lovitz's performances hinge on combining copious amounts of HamAndCheese with his booming 1940s newsreel announcer voice.

* ''[[Film/GrownUps Grown Ups 2]] (2013)

* ''Film/TheBenchwarmers'' (2006)

* ''Film/TheRidiculousSix'' (2015)

Jonathan Michael "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. Once described by former SNL writer Conan O'Brien as "a living cartoon character", most of Lovitz's performances hinge on combining copious amounts of HamAndCheese with his booming 1940s newsreel announcer voice.

* ''Film/LastResort'' (1986)

* ''Film/LostAndFound'' (1999)

* ''Air Bound'' (2017)

* ''Series/ThePaperChase''

!!Film roles with Wiki/TVTropes pages:

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* ''Film/{{Happiness}}'' (1998)

He's best known as a cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1985[[note]]during the 11th season, when Lorne Michaels came back. Lovitz was one in a handful of survivors of that tumultuous season, along with Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, A. Whitney Brown, and Al Franken[[/note]] to 1990[[note]]though Lovitz did make some cameos after leaving the show and hosted in season 23[[/note]]. Lovitz's most popular recurring characters include The Master Thespian (a hammy acting teacher), Hanukkah Harry (a Jewish take on Santa Claus), Evelyn Quince (the host of a show called ''Tales of Ribaldry'' where all the stories are allegedly titillating bodice-rippers), Tommy Flanagan (a member...uh...the ''president'' of Pathological Liars Anonymous), Mephistopheles (a man in a cheap Devil costume), and Tonto (of the trio Tarzan[[note]]played by Kevin Nealon[[/note]], Tonto, and Frankenstein[[note]]played by Phil Hartman[[/note]]). Lovitz's celebrity impressions include Don Adams, Howie Mandel[[note]]back when he had hair and wasn't diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder[[/note]], Yasser Arafat, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Gene Shalit, Harvey Fierstein, UsefulNotes/MichaelDukakis, David Crosby, Andrew "Dice" Clay[[note]]the same one who hosted the last episode of season 15, and whose appearance was so controversial that cast member Creator/NoraDunn and the planned musical guest at the time, Sinead O'Connor refused to appear on the episode. Dunn protesting over Andrew "Dice" Clay appearing on the show is what cost her her job[[/note]], and Alan Dershowitz[[note]]in a cameo appearance on the season 45 episode hosted by Creator/AdamDriver[[/note]]

Lovitz most famously did voicework on the short-lived 1990s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' (all three versions: ABC, FOX, and the webisodes that [[FanonDiscontinuity no one likes or wants to remember]]) as the title character, Jay Sherman, a fat, ugly, miserably divorced film critic who tries to stay sane in a world whose tastes in film and TV entertainment are severely going downhill. Lovitz also voiced Jay Sherman on the season six ''Simpsons'' episode "A Star is Burns"[[note]]the episode where Springfield holds a film festival to prove that they're not the most anti-intellectual town in America. This episode is notable for being the only one where Matt Groening's name isn't in the credits, as he protested over the cross-over[[/note]], the season eight episode "Hurricane Neddy"[[note]]the episode where Flanders' life falls apart after a hurricane destroys his house and his left-handed store gets looted, and ends up committed to a mental hospital after yelling at everyone for their failed attempt at rebuilding his house[[/note]] in a quick gag where Jay is seen in a mental hospital room repeatedly yelling, "It stinks!", and in another quick gag on the season 15 episode "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"[[note]]the episode where Marge's ex-prom date from season two's "The Way We Was" is on the run for defrauding his shareholders and frames Homer for his white-collar crimes[[/note]], which shows all of the characters Lovitz voiced on ''The Simpsons'' sitting at Moe's Tavern.

He's best known as a cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1985[[note]]during the 11th season, when Lorne Michaels came back and almost ruined his own show by hiring semi-famous actors at the time who couldn't be funny as a coherent unit and frustrated writers who didn't know how to make them funny. Lovitz was one in a handful of survivors of that tumultuous season, along with Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, A. Whitney Brown, and Al Franken[[/note]] to 1990[[note]]though Lovitz did make some cameos after leaving the show and hosted in season 23[[/note]]. Lovitz's most popular recurring characters include The Master Thespian (a hammy acting teacher), Hanukkah Harry (a Jewish take on Santa Claus), Evelyn Quince (the host of a show called ''Tales of Ribaldry'' where all the stories are allegedly titillating bodice-rippers), Tommy Flanagan (a member...uh...the ''president'' of Pathological Liars Anonymous), Mephistopheles (a man in a cheap Devil costume), and Tonto (of the trio Tarzan[[note]]played by Kevin Nealon[[/note]], Tonto, and Frankenstein[[note]]played by Phil Hartman[[/note]]). Lovitz's celebrity impressions include Don Adams, Howie Mandel[[note]]back when he had hair and wasn't diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder[[/note]], Yasser Arafat, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Gene Shalit, Harvey Fierstein, UsefulNotes/MichaelDukakis, David Crosby, Andrew "Dice" Clay[[note]]the same one who hosted the last episode of season 15, and whose appearance was so controversial that cast member Creator/NoraDunn and the planned musical guest at the time, Sinead O'Connor refused to appear on the episode. Dunn protesting over Andrew "Dice" Clay appearing on the show is what cost her her job[[/note]], and Alan Dershowitz[[note]]in a cameo appearance on the season 45 episode hosted by Creator/AdamDriver[[/note]]

He's best known as a cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1985[[note]]during the 11th season, when Lorne Michaels came back and almost ruined his own show by hiring semi-famous actors at the time who couldn't be funny as a coherent unit and frustrated writers who didn't know how to make them funny. Lovitz was one in a handful of survivors of that tumultuous season, along with Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, A. Whitney Brown, and Al Franken[[/note]] to 1990[[note]]though Lovitz did make some cameos after leaving the show and hosted in season 23[[/note]]. Lovitz's most popular recurring characters include The Master Thespian (a hammy acting teacher), Hanukkah Harry (a Jewish take on Santa Claus), Evelyn Quince (the host of a show called ''Tales of Ribaldry'' where all the stories are allegedly titillating bodice-rippers), Tommy Flanagan (a member...uh...the ''president'' of Pathological Liars Anonymous), Mephistopheles (a man in a cheap Devil costume), and Tonto (of the trio Tarzan[[note]]played by Kevin Nealon[[/note]], Tonto, and Frankenstein[[note]]played by Phil Hartman[[/note]]). Lovitz's celebrity impressions include Don Adams, Howie Mandel[[note]]back when he had hair and wasn't diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder[[/note]], Yasser Arafat, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Gene Shalit, Harvey Fierstein, Michael Dukakis, David Crosby, Andrew "Dice" Clay[[note]]the same one who hosted the last episode of season 15, and whose appearance was so controversial that cast member Nora Dunn and the planned musical guest at the time, Sinead O'Connor refused to appear on the episode. Dunn protesting over Andrew "Dice" Clay appearing on the show is what cost her her job[[/note]], and Alan Dershowitz[[note]]in a cameo appearance on the season 45 episode hosted by Creator/AdamDriver[[/note]]

He's best known as a cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1985[[note]]during the 11th season, when Lorne Michaels came back and almost ruined his own show by hiring semi-famous actors at the time who couldn't be funny as a coherent unit and frustrated writers who didn't know how to make them funny. Lovitz was one in a handful of survivors of that tumultuous season, along with Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, A. Whitney Brown, and Al Franken[[/note]] to 1990[[note]]though Lovitz did make some cameos after leaving the show and hosted in season 23[[/note]]. Lovitz's most popular recurring characters include The Master Thespian (a hammy acting teacher), Hanukkah Harry (a Jewish take on Santa Claus), Evelyn Quince (the host of a show called ''Tales of Ribaldry'' where all the stories are allegedly titillating bodice-rippers), Tommy Flanagan (the head of the Pathological Liars' Club), Mephistopheles (a man in a cheap Devil costume), and Tonto (of the trio Tarzan[[note]]played by Kevin Nealon[[/note]], Tonto, and Frankenstein[[note]]played by Phil Hartman[[/note]]). Lovitz's celebrity impressions include Don Adams, Howie Mandel[[note]]back when he had hair and wasn't diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder[[/note]], Yasser Arafat, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Gene Shalit, Harvey Fierstein, Michael Dukakis, David Crosby, Andrew "Dice" Clay[[note]]the same one who hosted the last episode of season 15, and whose appearance was so controversial that cast member Nora Dunn and the planned musical guest at the time, Sinead O'Connor refused to appear on the episode. Dunn protesting over Andrew "Dice" Clay appearing on the show is what cost her her job[[/note]], and Alan Dershowitz[[note]]in a cameo appearance on the season 45 episode hosted by Creator/AdamDriver[[/note]]

Jonathan Michael "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. Once described by former SNL writer Conan O'Brien as "a living cartoon character", most of Lovitz's performances hinge on combining copious amounts of HamAndCheese with his booming 1940s newsreel announcer voice.

Lovitz most famously did voicework on the short-lived 1990s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' (all three versions: ABC, FOX, and the webisodes that [[FanonDiscontinuity no one likes or wants to remember]]) as the title character, Jay Sherman, a fat, ugly, miserably divorced film critic who tries to stay sane in a world whose tastes in film and TV entertainment is severely going downhill. Lovitz also voiced Jay Sherman on the season six ''Simpsons'' episode "A Star is Burns"[[note]]the episode where Springfield holds a film festival to prove that they're not the most anti-intellectual town in America. This episode is notable for being the only one where Matt Groening's name isn't in the credits, as he protested over the cross-over[[/note]], the season eight episode "Hurricane Neddy"[[note]]the episode where Flanders' life falls apart after a hurricane destroys his house and his left-handed store gets looted, and ends up committed to a mental hospital after yelling at everyone for their failed attempt at rebuilding his house[[/note]] in a quick gag where Jay is seen in a mental hospital room repeatedly yelling, "It stinks!", and in another quick gag on the season 15 episode "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"[[note]]the episode where Marge's ex-prom date from season two's "The Way We Was" is on the run for defrauding his shareholders and frames Homer for his white-collar crimes[[/note]], which shows all of the characters Lovitz voiced on ''The Simpsons'' sitting at Moe's Tavern.

Lovitz most famously did voicework on the short-lived 1990s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' (all three versions: ABC, FOX, and the webisodes that [[FanonDiscontinuity no one likes or wants to remember]]) as the title character, Jay Sherman, a fat, ugly, miserably divorced film critic who tries to stay sane in a world whose tastes in film and TV entertainment is severely going downhill. Lovitz also voiced Jay Sherman on the season six ''Simpsons'' episode "A Star is Burns"[[note]]the episode where Springfield holds a film festival to prove that they're not the most anti-intellectual town in America. This episode is notable for being the only one where Matt Groening's name isn't in the credits, as he protested over the cross-over[[/note]], the season eight episode "Hurricane Neddy"[[note]]the episode where Flanders' life falls apart after a hurricane destroys his house and his left-handed store gets looted, and ends up committed to a mental hospital after yelling at everyone for their failed attempt at rebuilding his house[[/note]] in a quick gag where Jay is seen in a mental hospital room repeatedly yelling, "It stinks!", and in another quick gag on the season 15 episode "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"[[note]]the episode where Marge's ex-prom date from season two's "The Way We Was" is on the run for defrauding his shareholders and frames Homer for his white-collar crimes[[/note]].

Lovitz most famously did voicework on the short-lived 1990s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' (all three versions: ABC, FOX, and the webisodes that [[FanonDiscontinuity no one likes or wants to remember]]) as the title character, Jay Sherman, a fat, ugly, miserably divorced film critic who tries to stay sane in a world whose tastes in film and TV entertainment is severely going downhill.

He's best known as a cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1985 to 1990 and his later voice work in ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.

Jonathan Michael "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. Once described by former SNL writer Conan O'Brien as "a living cartoon character", most of Lovitz's performances hinge on using copious amounts of HamAndCheese.

Jonathan Michael "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian, actor, and singer.

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Jonathan Michael "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian, actor, and singer best known as a cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1985 to 1990 and his later voice work in ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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* ''Film/CitySlickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold'' (1994)

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jon_lovitz_pro.jpg]] Jonathan Michael "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American comedian, actor, and singer best known as a cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1985 to 1990 and his later voice work in ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jon_lovitz_pro.jpg]] Jonathan Michael "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21 1957) is an American comedian, actor, and singer best known as a cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1985 to 1990 and his later voice work in ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.

Jonathan Michael Lovitz (born July 21 1957) is an American comedian, actor, and singer best known as a cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1985 to 1990 and his later voice work in ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.