I just watched Hartman's last episode of SNL, again. It closes with Hartman and Farley alone, sitting on the stage, Hartman singing 'goodbye'. Looking back, that's a very sad moment knowing we lose both comedians not long afterwards. It got me thinking. I know other people have voiced this, but honestly, where DID all our funny fat men go? Farley (whom my dog is named after, Farley Belushi Hartman, chihuahua terrier) died of drugs, so did Belushi. John Candy died alone in a hotel room. Rodney Dangerfield just recently passed as well. After their deaths we're left with who? Jack Black? A sad substitute for our past funny fat men. All the fat shadow jokes aside, Black has little humor that sparks smiles in others, leaving him cowering in the shadows of previous funny fat men. Today we have Horatio Sanz, John Goodman, Jeff Garlin, Bruce Bruce, and Gabriel Iglesias who are funny fat men, but they still haven't quite reached the level their predecessors set for them, though Bruce Bruce's audience gets bigger by the day. I don't know about y'all, but I miss the funny fat men of the past, and I'm anxious for these up and comers to take their places among the legendary. Let's hear it for the funny fat men, and let's hope some of these rising stars take their place in the movies and fill the large gap these men left behind!
