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Jon's father was the family physician for the Jackson family.
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Lovitz once worked at the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, New York and was almost fired for referring to himself as "the town Jew."
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He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care."
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Jon's hero is Willie Mays, who he considers the 'Michael Jordan' of baseball.
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Jon's comedic idols are Lenny Bruce and Woody Allen.
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Jon grew up in the same neighborhood, and was childhood friends with Lisa Kudrow.
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Jon and Dana Carvey were originally considered for the lead roles in the movie Bad Boys. The roles went to Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
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Jon appeared in the film version of the Broadway play the Producers, as the strict accounting firm chairman, Mr. Marx.
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Jon started performing stand up comedy in 2005, to freshen up his comedy skills in between films, and discovered that he is really great at it, and enjoys doing it.
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Jon appears in the 'Yellow Pages' in the telephone book as 'The man who wrote the yellow pages'.
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Jon's favorite bands are: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin.
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Jon's interests are: the beach, tennis, women, and acting.
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Jon is currently dating the self proclaimed 'World's first super-model', Janice Dickenson.
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Jon has sung the 'National Anthem' at Dodger Stadium and at the U.S Open.
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Jon was a member of the comedy troupe The Groundlings with Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman. Jon pushed for Hartman to get hired on at Saturday Night Live, and he did.
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Jon started the catchphrase 'Yea, That's the ticket!' as Tommy Flanagan, the pathological liar on Saturday Night Live.
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Jon was nominated for Emmy Awards the first two years that he appeared on Saturday Night Live, in 1986 & 1987.
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Jon starred in the Neil Simon Broadway play The Dinner Party, replacing Henry Winkler.
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Jon sings a duet with Robbie Williams called "Swing While You're Winning" on his album titled Well Did You Evah in 2001.
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Jon's former occupations include: waiter, messenger, retail, shoe shop cashier, and a hospital orderly.
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Jon's Saturday Night Live character the 'Master Thespian' is a parody of a professor he had at the University of California Irvine.
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Jon has appeared in television commercials for: M&M's in 1996, Bud Ice in 2002, and Sierra Mist soda in 2004.
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Jon studied theater at the University of California Irvine, earning his Bachelors Degree in 1979. He studied acting with Tony Barr at the 'Film Actors Workshop'.
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Jon Lovitz will star in and produce a new unscripted series called Bad Judge for NBC. He will be a judge and make his own rulings on actual legal cases.
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Lovitz stars in a series of commercials for Subway restaurants. (2006)