LateLine Buddy Hackett (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy

LateLine

Buddy Hackett (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy

LateLine is desperate for ideas for that night's show and even goes so far as to use one of Al's ideas. When Buddy Hackett is reportedly dead, Vic decides to air a tribute to Buddy's life instead of the show Al and Gale prepared for.

Director

Andy Ackerman

Writers

Al Franken (creator) (teleplay) | Steve Lookner (story) | John Markus (creator) (teleplay) | Earl Pomerantz (teleplay)

Composer

Matthew Morse (as Mat Morse)

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 7, 1998

Release date

Apr 7, 1998 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

Contacts

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Cast	+ Add Cast
18 cast members

Name	Known for
Al Franken Al Freundlich Al Freundlich See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Megyn Price Gale Ingersoll Gale Ingersoll See fewer	Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Miguel Ferrer Vic Karp Vic Karp See fewer	Traffic (2000)
Ajay Naidu Raji Bakshi Raji Bakshi See fewer	Office Space (1999)
Sanaa Lathan Briana Gilliam Briana Gilliam See fewer	Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Catherine Lloyd Burns Mona Guillingsvard Mona Guillingsvard See fewer	Keeping the Faith (2000)
Robert Foxworth Pearce McKenzie Pearce McKenzie See fewer	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Stephanie Boles Local TV Anchorwoman Local TV Anchorwoman See fewer	Go Fish (1994)
T.L. Brooke Mrs. McCafferty Mrs. McCafferty See fewer	Phil of the Future (2004)
O'Neal Compton Harlan Harlan See fewer	Deep Impact (1998)
Fiona Dwyer Miss Northern Ireland Miss Northern Ireland See fewer	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Avner Garbi PLO Representative PLO Representative See fewer	Saw (2004)
Richard Gephardt Richard Gephardt Richard Gephardt See fewer	A Broken House (2020)
Buddy Hackett Buddy Hackett Buddy Hackett See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Philippe Hartmann Editing Room Staff Editing Room Staff See fewer	A Trip with Your Wife (2021)
William Mesnik Owner Owner See fewer	Minority Report (2002)
Robert Reich Robert Reich Robert Reich See fewer	America Is Sinking (2023)
Ellis Williams Delivery Man (as Ellis E. Williams) Delivery Man (as Ellis E. Williams) See fewer	Jackie Brown (1997)