lionel hutz vs troy mcclure

Mr. Hutz!

impossible

hank scorpio

dr nick

Hutz.

Good timing. Yesterday, i just kept laughing at the scene where he starts talking to a bottle of bourbon in the courtroom.

Hutz: Now Mr. Nahasapeemapetilon, if that is your real name, have you ever forgotten anything?
Apu: No. In fact I can recite pi to 40,000 places. And the last digit is 1.
Hutz: Well if you never forget anything, tell me this: what color tie am I wearing?
Apu: You are wearing a red and white club tie in a half-windsor knot.
Hutz: Oh, I am, am I? Is that what you think? Well if that's what you think, I have something to tell you. Something which may shock and discredit you. And that thing is as follows: I'm not wearing a tie at all.
Apu: If I am wrong about that, maybe I am wrong about Mrs. Simpson.
Hutz: No further questions.

brownest of the brown liquors.... what's that? you want me to drink you? but i'm in the middle of a trial!

Works on contingency? No, money down!

mr simpson, i dont use the word "hero" lightly, but you are the greatest hero in american history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ZJH7A7Blk

lionel hutz.

sleazy lawyers=comic gold.

Gay? I WISH!

yes you finally made a monkey out of meeeeee

McClure, because he narrated "Meat & You: Partners in Freedom"

Hutz by a hair. I think he's my favourite character on the show, actually.

Troy ftw. Most versatile media personality ever!

lionel hutz vs troy mcclure vs the unfulfilled promise of Phil Hartman voicing Zap Brannigan

Both great, but it's easily McClure for me. Hutz is kinda one-note like Gil Gunderson, but McClure had some great recurring gags w/ endless variations and carried one of my all-time favorite episodes, "A Fish Called Selma."

I can't choose.

"Works on contingency? No, money down!"

Tough choice, but Hutz by a hair for me. I think what pushes him over the top for me is the episode where Marge starts selling real estate. "Marge, there's 'the truth,' [smiles, nods] and 'the truth' [frowns, shakes head]."

I also have a soft spot for Hartman one-shot character Evan Conover US Department of State Undersecretary for International Protocol: Brat and Punk Division.

http://images.wikia.com/simpsons/images/5/5b/Evan_Conover.jpg

Hutz: Uh-oh! We’ve drawn Judge Snyder!
Marge: Is that bad?
Hutz: Well he’s kinda had it in for me ever since I accidentally ran over his dog.
Marge: You did?
Hutz: Well, actually, replace the word ‘accidentally’ with ‘repeatedly’ and the word ‘dog’ with ’son’.

I love you, Dr. Zaius!

hutz >> lyle lanley >>>> mcclure

your honor, i am not only going to prove that freddie quimby is guilty, but also that he is INNOCENT of NOT being guilty.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FEvJc8XbY-k

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2854845/resume

hutz. not even close.

I love the lining around Troy McClure's eyes, not sure if he's supposed to be cringing/wincing all the time or it's just a signifier of his age but it really adds so much to the character in combination w/ the gregarious voice.

next up, Kang vs. Kodos

don't blame me; i voted for kodos
http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/elect-kang.jpg

"Works on contingency? No, money down!"

haha. That joke must've taken so long to think up.

I think I have to go for Hutz. Something about his absolute confidence in every moronic utterance appeals to me like little else.

the talking-to-the-whiskey-in-the-courtroom thing almost puts me in the Hutz column, but it seems in general they used Troy McClure more and thus he has more classic moments ("Gladys, the Groovy Mule!")

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"If I were gay they'd be no problem! No, what I have is a romantic abnormality, one so unbelievable that it must be hidden from the public at all cost. You see..."

While I appreciate...all too well...the Hutz sleazy lawyer jokes, McClure is just the best:

"You may remember me from movies like Smoke Yourself Thin and Get Some Confidence, Stupid!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGakFfgHd74

Man Ive looked at this thread for days and I keep changing my mind. "A Fish Called Selma" really wins it on the McClure side for me, he becomes so utterly pathetic in that episode. You can see where Groening then took that with some of the early Zapp Branigan episodes too ("but I just get SO LONELY! *sob sob*")

Also every "you may remember me from such etc etc" bit.

Hutz is awesome in his desperate shysterism though. I mean Miguel Sanchez... argh I cant decide at all.

Hutz!

"Oh, sure, like lawyers work in big skyscrapers and have secretaries. Look at him! He's wearing a belt. That's Hollywood for ya."

This is making me want to watch some simpsoys dvds, which is what I'd do on a cold sunday arvo anyway so hey.

http://www.meristation.com/EPORTAL_IMGS/GENERAL/articulos/Julio2007-APM109Azerothexpandesusfronteras/IMG2-cw46af49af972c0/Lionel_Hutz.jpg

Hutz

http://i28.tinypic.com/n1yyh0.jpg

Even TV presenters want to look like Troy!

http://i32.tinypic.com/2d7zleb.jpg

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Real talk

Hutz winnah!

Sid: Fine, if you wanna dig, be my guest.
Lionel: Fine, we'll see you in court!
Lisa: Mr Hutz, we won.
Lionel: [in a you-had-nothing-to-do-with-it tone] Weee..?

ILE wrong again.

^^

Boo!

On the other hand, this result can also be read as "does ILX miss Phil Hartman? Yes: 61 - No: 0" which is totally OTM again.

(Turning a loss for my side into a win for everyone: why am I not in politics?)

lisa: mr hutz, you're a regular clarence darrow!
hutz: the black guy on 'the mod squad'?

[Homer and Marge visit Lionel Hutz's office.]
Marge: So, do you think we have a case?
Hutz: Mrs. Simpson, you're in luck! Your sexual harassment suit is just the thing I need to rebuild my shattered practice! (He pulls out a liquor bottle from his desk) Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
Marge: It's nine-thirty in the morning!
Hutz: Yeah, but I haven't slept in days! (He takes a swig) Last chance! (He finishes it off) Oh, yeah...

http://www.iansmith.co.uk/image/blog/March2007/Verdict_1.jpg

Hutz: Well, you good folks can rest easy now because you've come to the very best in legal representation.
Skinner: Uh, excuse me, is there an Orange Julius stand on this floor?
Hutz: I'll sell you this one, it's almost full.
Skinner: Well, why don't I just drink out of a toilet bowl.
Hutz: He'll be back.

lolling at all the Hutz lines on this thread

Judge: Mr. Hutz, do you know you're not wearing any pants?
Lionel Hutz: What? AAH! I move for a bad court thingy.
Judge: You mean a mistrial?
Lionel Hutz: Yeah... that's why you're the judge, and I'm the law... talkin'... guy.

What makes this one is he's not even wearing underwear, and then David Crosby shaking his head.

Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it.

Lionel Hutz: Hiring me as your attorney, you'll also recieve this free smoking monkey.
[places a toy monkey with a cigarette in it's mouth on the desk]
Marge: Mr Hutz.
Lionel Hutz: Look... he's taking another puff!

and then he dumps the thing in a desk drawer full of smoking monkeys.

"Pipe down in there, Hutz!"