Waiting for Guffman News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

"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.

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 .

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

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.

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.

"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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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