Phil is a homeless man who appears in the 2003 TV series episode Garbageman. He is one of the many homeless persons in New York City who end up kidnapped by Garbageman and forced to work on his island.
Ernie and Phil begin the episode as they are looking through garbage cans in an alley trying to find bottles that they can cash in for nickels. When Phil finds a bottle, Ernie tells him not to break it and calls him a fumble fingers. Though Phil protests that he never breaks them, Ernie says he breaks them all the time. Good natured Phil acknowledges this statement.
A few minutes later, the Garbageman's truck arrives and kidnaps both men, causing Phil to drop and break the bottle.