{{Short description|Canadian lawyer and television personality}} {{Infobox person | name = Hart Pomerantz | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Lawyer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Hart Pomerantz''' is a Canadian lawyer and television personality, best known for his collaboration with ''Saturday Night Live'' producer Lorne Michaels in ''The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour'' and to Canadian audiences for his many appearances as a regular on ''This Is the Law'', where he brought a unique sense of irreverent humour to the show. He also hosted the 1974 quiz show ''Double Up'' and the short-lived 1998 talk show ''Grumps''.
His brother Earl Pomerantz also was known for television comedy.
==Bibliography== {{Expand list|date=July 2020}}
* {{cite web <!--|author=Pomerantz, Hart |author-mask= -->|title=Sigmund Freud : the untold story |department=Daily Shouts |work=The New Yorker |date=August 25, 2018 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/sigmund-freud-the-untold-story <!--accessdate=2020-07-19-->}} * {{cite journal <!--|author=Pomerantz, Hart |author-mask=1--> |date=January 6, 2020 |title=Einstein : the untold story |department=Shouts & Murmurs |journal=The New Yorker |volume=95 |issue=43 |pages=25 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/06/einstein-the-untold-story <!--accessdate=2020-07-19-->}}<ref>Title in the online table of contents is "Life of Einstein".</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Refbegin}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.cjnews.com/pastissues/00/feb10-00/tab/tab.htm |title=Hart Pomerantz: A funny kind of lawyer|author=Anna Turkienicz|work=The Canadian Jewish News|accessdate=2007-01-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040711112841/http://www.cjnews.com/pastissues/00/feb10-00/tab/tab.htm |archivedate = 2004-07-11}} {{Refend}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0690072}} * {{Discogs artist|Hart Pomerantz}} * [https://www.tvo.org/article/the-incomparable-hart-pomerantz Blog posting] on Pomerantz by Steve Paikin; includes TV interview from the latter's ''The Agenda with Steve Paikin'' show
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