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Inside the Actor's Studio
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Posted by: TreborPugly

I just SP'd this after seeing a promo for Whoopie Goldberg's appearance. I watched it last night and I was just blown away. I've always liked her stuff, but her individual story and talent are truly amazing. Is this show always so enlightening? Are there tons of other actors I should have more respect for?

Treb.

Posted by: Pan Chun

Who? Oh...you mean Caryn Johnson! ;)

Doesn't seem likely she would have done as well if she'd kept her given name, does it?

It's a good show, generally speaking...but James Lipton can be a bit fawning and mawkish once in awhile. The Will Farrell parody of him on SNL wasn't all that far off from reality sometimes. But people do open up to him...if you ever get the chance to see the Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, or Robin Williams episodes, they are standouts IMO. :up:

Posted by: TreborPugly

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Originally posted by Pan Chun
Who? Oh...you mean Caryn Johnson! ;)

Doesn't seem likely she would have done as well if she'd kept her given name, does it?

It's a good show, generally speaking...but James Lipton can be a bit fawning and mawkish once in awhile. The Will Farrell parody of him on SNL wasn't all that far off from reality sometimes. But people do open up to him...if you ever get the chance to see the Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, or Robin Williams episodes, they are standouts IMO. :up:

Thanks for the feedback. What was really interesting about Whoopie's interview was how she pointed out it was entirely luck that got her into the limelight. But she states (and I think correctly) that it was talent that kept her there. And on the name thing, given that Whoopie was already her nickname in her acting group, I don't have a problem with her using it. Once she was famous, the last name didn't really matter.

Treb.

Posted by: David Platt

The Robin Williams one is coming up in the next few days-- check those Wishlists!

Posted by: grecorj

Gee, ya think? On the one about Sarah Jessica Parker he'd say things like..."And now we come to a wonderful movie...Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Then: "Let's talk about your stunning performance in the great Miami Rhapsody". HUH??? Geez, she's an ok actress, yeah S&TC is a good show, but come on; Jodie Foster she's not...

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Originally posted by Pan Chun
...but James Lipton can be a bit fawning and mawkish once in awhile.

Posted by: Pan Chun

The Will Farrell/Tobey McGuire bit with Lipton interviewing Dustin Diamond ("Screech" from Saved By the Bell) was truly hilarious.

Posted by: MrSpiff

Pan Chun - You actually liked the Harrison Ford one? I was ready to really enjoy that one because he's so great in his movies, but man he was really boring. He must be really shy or just had a bad day, but my wife and I didn't watch the whole thing. I thought he would have shown more charisma.

Mike Meyers was great. Hugh Grant was funny. Will Smith was really good.

Posted by: dphelps1

Kevin Spacey was great...and did a scene from 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with a member of the studio audience who brought copies of the scene for he and Kevin. It was the "Will you go to lunch?" scene.

They also spoofed this show on one of the later Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes. Mike thought he had turned into James Lipton and was firing oddball celebrity questions at Servo & Crow. It was hilarious!

:)

Posted by: Pan Chun

MrSpiff: Yeah, I liked seeing him in a relaxed, natural way. I didn't think it was all that boring at the time...especially since he almost never does anything like this except press junkets and such. Even though he is sort of soft-spoken, I still got something out of seeing him.

BTW, that Spacey one was also excellent. He's probably my favorite modern day actor and I wish that one had gone on for two or three hours and they could have discussed more about Swimming With Sharks, Se7en, even The Ref among others. That scene was very good, too...can't believe he was game to go along with it...and can't believe Lipton let that audience member get away with goading him into doing it, either! :)

Posted by: Turtleboy

The Billy Joel one was good. However, there really was no reason to have him on, other than to have Billy Joel on the show. They made up some crap about acting for the singing voice, but it was a bunch of nonsense. The Mike Myers one was good too, as was the 100th episode that had a clip of Will Farrel (as Lipton) interviewing the real Lipton.

Posted by: FlashingTwelve

I watch as many of these as I can, they are great! He has the traditional, older style of interviewing: ask a fairly blank question and accept the answer. More interviewee, less interviewer. Because it is in front of students the interviewees are usually much more candid than theyd be in a studio with baba and 3 robotic cameras.

I saw a send up of Lipton on SNL or daily show once, now that was hilarious...

Posted by: johnjohn

Ok, now I'm interested in some strategies for WishListing the SNL episodes with Will Ferrel as James Lipton (I've only seen this once, and died laughing; "There is no word to describe that amazing performance, so I will make one up: spectrulecent.")

And the 100th episode of ItAS? Did it have 100 in the title or description?

Posted by: Pan Chun

Best bet for the SNLs would be to find a website (there are many) that details which sketches ran on which shows...then make note of who the host was and WL both SNL and their name. Since Farrell isn't coming back this fall, you'll more than likely have to find them on Comedy Central.