WI: Phil Hartman lives

Lets say that Phil Hartman's wife DOESNT shoot him (maybe all her problems are butterflied away and they have a happy marriage), where do you see his career going? I know for a fact that he would be playing Zap Brannigan in Futurama, likely to this day. Also, Newsradio may have lasted a couple more seasons. Anything else?
 
iirc, there were plans for a live-action Simpsons movie focusing on Hartman as Troy McClure. McClure would also persist on The Simpsons as a recurring character, and i wouldn't be surprised if Phil Hartman's Head were a regular side character in Futurama
 
iirc, there were plans for a live-action Simpsons movie focusing on Hartman as Troy McClure. McClure would also persist on The Simpsons as a recurring character, and i wouldn't be surprised if Phil Hartman's Head were a regular side character in Futurama

I agree. Phil Hartmans live action career had pretty much stopped iirc when he died but he was coming into his own in Simpsons
 
iirc, there were plans for a live-action Simpsons movie focusing on Hartman as Troy McClure. McClure would also persist on The Simpsons as a recurring character, and i wouldn't be surprised if Phil Hartman's Head were a regular side character in Futurama

He would definitely be Zapp Brannigan, no question (at least from me).

EDIT:

And apparently I was spot on

http://www.aoltv.com/2006/06/15/billy-west-the-tv-squad-interview said:
JK: Did Zapp Brannigan change much? Because I saw the first episode he was in and it sounded pretty much like how he sounded later.

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BW: Did he change? Um, I don't know, I try to keep it pretty consistent. Phil Hartman was supposed to do that character, and I was imitating Phil Hartman. I knew Phil Hartman; when I came to work with him on some commercials and stuff out here in Hollywood, we both had this real fascination and love for these big, old-time dumb announcers. You know, the guys who have their balls in a wheelbarrow and think that every word is so precious that it's hard to give birth to it, like everything comes out in four syllables instead of one. Guys who think far and away that of everything else in this universe, he loves his voice. So that's what was going on with him. He's modeled after a couple of big dumb announcers I knew.

Fry was named after Phil. Phillip Fry.
 
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