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Sunday Jun 28 | National Post

A meal that never gets old

Could you picture Wallace Shawn, left, and Andre Gregory as 85-year-olds talking about sex? First, the bad news: The new Criterion edition of Louis Malle's 1981 masterpiece My Dinner with Andre does not come with the action figures mentioned by Christopher Guest in Waiting for Guffman.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, My Dinner with Andre, Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Comedy Movies, Christopher Guest, The Squid and the Whale

Thu Jun 25, 2009

DVD Talk

DVD review

THE MOVIE: At the end of Waiting for Guffman , Christopher Guest's Corky St. Clair returns to New York from the Missouri burg where his dreams of a life in the Legitimate Theatre were dashed on the small-town rocks and opens up his own memorabilia store.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, The Princess Bride, Adventure, Christopher Guest, My Dinner with Andre, Drama Movies, Short, Comedy, Clueless, Entertainment, Television

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Florida Times-Union

Funny Video: Common Sense Doctor with Fred Willard

Submitted by FunnyFixx.com on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 09:37. Doctor J. Marcus will treat you with good old-fashioned common sense - and nothing else.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Comedy Movies, Music!, Fred Willard

Fri Jun 05, 2009

The Toledo Free Press

Pop culture, cranked to 11/Deborah Gibson interview

You do not need me to remind you that life is short. Nor do you need the simplistic prompt that, while we have a responsibility to make as much constructive impact as we can with those few years, we also owe it to ourselves to indulge in personal interests that spark our imagination and passion.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Comedy, Music!, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Animated TV, The Simpsons, Laverne and Shirley, Best in Show

Sat May 30, 2009

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Spinal Tap unplugged, and unwigged

Sorry to let the cucumber out of the tinfoil, Spinal Tap fans: But it's called the Unwigged & Unplugged tour for a reason.

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Related Topix: Laverne and Shirley, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, A Mighty Wind, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Music

Wed May 20, 2009

Pop Music Impact Blog - Cleveland.com

Hello, Cleveland! Stars of 'This Is Spinal Tap' and 'A ...

And here we always thought David Bowie was the ultimate musical chameleon. Not so, my friends.

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Related Topix: This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, A Mighty Wind, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer

Sun May 17, 2009

Columbus Dispatch

'Spinal Tap' trio to perform acoustic versions of songs from beloved 'mockumentaries'

The unwigged Spinal Tap -- from left: Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest -- last month in Phoenix For 25 years, the British heavy-metal outfit Spinal Tap has trod the fine line between stupid and clever -- and audiences have been only too happy to play along.

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Related Topix: Spinal Tap, Pop/Rock, This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, A Mighty Wind, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer

Thu May 14, 2009

Pop Music Impact Blog - Cleveland.com

Hello, Cleveland! For 'Spinal Tap' stars, amps don't...

"A pointless exercise on a large scale is something that appeals to me," says Michael McKean, center, who is making the rounds on the Unwigged & Unplugged Tour with Christopher Guest, left, and Harry Shearer.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, OH, This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, A Mighty Wind, Drama Movies, Light of Day, Michael McKean

Sat May 09, 2009

Philly.com

Music: Stripped-down 'Tap' trio will be rocking into town

NOT SINCE Kiss wiped off its makeup and Elvis loosened his cinch belt has the world witnessed an event like "Unwigged and Unplugged," the touring show starring Michael McKean , Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer .

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Related Topix: This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, A Mighty Wind, Drama Movies, The Big Picture, Animated TV, The Simpsons, Best in Show, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Thu May 07, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Spinal Tap lives on in the Unwigged & Unplugged Tour

Twenty-five years ago, the number 11 - so humble, so prime - became comedy gold.

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Related Topix: This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, A Mighty Wind, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Music, Entertainment

Mon May 04, 2009

Film School Rejects

Christopher Guest Plans to Wait For Guffman on Broadway

Friday night, I was lucky enough to check out a Spinal Tap show in Houston - complete with their acoustic guitars turned all the way up to 11.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Christopher Guest

Sun May 03, 2009

680News

Mock-rockers Spinal Tap to release first album in 17 years, 'Back From the Dead'

A Spinal Tap reunion means more to Harry Shearer than getting reacquainted with long raven wigs, ridiculous moustaches, zucchinis wrapped in tin foil, leather cuffs or his trusty double bass.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean

Mon Apr 27, 2009

The Sandspur

Spinal Tap reunion tour abandons electric instruments, wigs

"Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number, and make that a little louder?" "These go to eleven." Anyone familiar with these immortal words knows Spinal Tap-the band whose history appeared from ether to be documented in the 1980s classic This is Spinal Tap -and the subsequent films made by the three seminal members' true ...

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Related Topix: Why?, Hip-Hop, A Mighty Wind, This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest

Wed Apr 22, 2009

KXMA-TV Dickinson

ArtsQuest holds 'mockumentary' festival April 27

Bismarck State College presents a "mockumentary" film festival Monday April 27, with showings of two films by writer, actor and director Christopher Guest, an artist known for his hilarious spoofs.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, Christopher Guest

Sat Apr 18, 2009

The Morning Call

Spinal Tap is back -- Unwigged and Unplugged

They'll stop at Keswick Theater in Glenside on May 14. But actors Christopher Guest and Michael McKean, both 61, and Harry Shearer, 65, - who created Tappers Nigel Tufnel, David St.

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Related Topix: Spinal Tap, Pop/Rock, This Is Spinal Tap, Comedy Movies, Music!, Glenside, PA, A Mighty Wind, Theater, Arts

Thu Apr 16, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

Spinal Tap goes unwigged and unplugged

How do you celebrate the 25th anniversary of a heavy metal band that entered the public consciousness as washed-up headbangers? For Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Michael McKean, it was easy identifying that fine line between stupid and clever: The trio that starred in "This Is Spinal Tap" have hit the road with "Unwigged & Unplugged" - a ...

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Comedy, Music!, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, This Is Spinal Tap, Laverne and Shirley, Harry Shearer

Mon Apr 13, 2009

DigitallyOBSESSED.com

It's All Gone Pete Tong

The "mockumentary" is a rather small subgenre, but what it lacks in quantity, it sure makes up for as far as quality.

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Related Topix: It's All Gone Pete Tong, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, This Is Spinal Tap, Music!, Christopher Guest

Sat Apr 11, 2009

The Globe and Mail

This is so not Spinal Tap

Read their lips. The only role the trio of comic actors will play on this tour is themselves - performing music FIONA MORROW April 11, 2009 at 11:18 AM EDT VANCOUVER - Christopher Guest wants to make it absolutely clear that he will not be wearing spandex on stage next week.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Entertainment

Thu Apr 09, 2009

The Doings Weekly

'Curtains' for leading lady, but not fun show

Picture a warped version of "Oklahoma!" mashed up with an affectionate send-up of an Agatha Christie whodunit and you've got a rough idea of the inspired silliness behind "Curtains." The backstage murder mystery musical also satirizes theater-folk with the spot-on drollery of Christopher Guest's "Waiting for Guffman." Theater geeks will find much ...

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Theater, Arts, Comedy Movies, Christopher Guest, Entertainment

Fri Apr 03, 2009

Hollywood.com

David Cross

Since its earliest days, comedian David Cross' career was defined by two things: adoration by critics and disinterest by mainstream audiences.

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Related Topix: Mr. Show with Bob and David, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Arrested Development, Comedy Movies, Run Ronnie Run, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies

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