Editing Jon Lovitz (section)

===1985–1992: ''Saturday Night Live''===
Lovitz{{'}}s first stint as a regular in a situation comedy was that of Mole, an investigator for a New York City district attorney{{'}}s office, in the short-lived 1985–86 series ''[[Foley Square (TV series)|Foley Square]]'', starring [[Margaret Colin]]. Lovitz was a cast member of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' from 1985 to 1990. He later said in an interview for the book ''Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live'' that his time on ''SNL'' was the most memorable in his career. He went from having no money to being offered a $500,000 film contract. He was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] his first two years on ''Saturday Night Live''. One of his most notable ''SNL'' characters was "[[Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar]]" who used an old [[Humphrey Bogart]] line "Yeah! That's the ticket!" as a [[catchphrase]] to punctuate painfully elaborated implausible lies. His other recurring characters and impersonations included [[Annoying Man]], [[Master Thespian]], [[Tonto]], [[Mephistopheles]], [[David Crosby]], [[Harvey Fierstein]], and [[Michael Dukakis]]. In a 1986 ''SNL'' episode, he portrayed a virgin [[Trekkie]], who was scripted to hang his head when asked by [[William Shatner]] if he had ever kissed a girl.

[[Hanukkah Harry]], one of Lovitz's most memorable roles, cast him in 1989 as a Jewish contemporary of [[Santa Claus]] who lives on [[Mount Sinai]] and travels the globe with a cart flown by three donkeys to give bland gifts to Jewish boys and girls. He is asked to fill in when Santa falls ill on Christmas Eve.

On February 15, 2015, on the ''[[Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special]]'', he was named by [[Bill Murray]] as one of the many ''SNL'' cast members who had died over the years, with the camera cutting to show Lovitz's reaction. Later, his image was seen in a montage of deceased ''SNL'' members, with the camera once again cutting to his now "outraged" reaction.<ref name=Zuckerman>{{cite news|last1=Zuckerman|first1=Esther|title=SNL includes still-living Jon Lovitz in its 'In Memoriam' segment|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/15/snl-included-jon-lovitz-their-memoriam-segment|access-date=February 16, 2015|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 15, 2015|archive-date=February 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216132516/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/15/snl-included-jon-lovitz-their-memoriam-segment|url-status=live}}</ref>