"inside the actor's studio" with james lipton

i just have one question: is this guy a joke? some kind of performance art like joaquin phoenix's sojourn as a rapper?

a performance art like Keanu Reeves' bit in a grunge band.

There is some kind of Adam West thing going on, where it is difficult to know whether he is in on the joke.

he's horrible

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/29/inside-the-actors-studio-host-talks-pimp-past/?hpt=en_c1

what the hell

It's weird that he's 86 years old.

Oh dear.

He has talked about this on the show for years.

I cannot find a single song lyric with the phrase "pimpin' like James Lipton" in it

hip-hop, you have FAILED me

pimping still not the most ignoble job he has held

i've only seen the cartoon ones but i like this guy

My favorite fun fact about James Lipton is that he's the author of An Exaltation of Larks, considered the definitive text on collective nouns:
http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140170962,00.html

Pimping nwstanding, my fave thing about him is still the Mr Show parody where he goes up some young movie actor's asshole, and it turns into Land of the Lost.

that is nuts, and kind of great!

his pretentious bearing/vocal mannerisms on his show are totally freakish. he makes parody completely redundant.

xpost

yeah I will never see this guy and not instantly think of the Mr. Show bit

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maybe not _completely_ redundant

I wish I didn't think of the SNL Will Ferrell Lipton instead of the Mr Show, but that is my cross to bear.

Actors... Acting... Actist

When i'm 86 i am going to dye my hair black so people think i'm a creepy vampire type guy and not just an old person.

Pimping nwstanding, my fave thing about him is still the Mr Show parody where he goes up some young movie actor's asshole, and it turns into Land of the Lost.

― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:26 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark

came here to post that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvFV8Oh5VHU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-XcPOGYvw

"good" stuff starts around 3:20

"If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?"

"That motherfucker Lipton's not getting in."

"who did me the small service ... of redefining ... the UNIVERSE"

with dave chappelle:

LIPTON: i noticed with both martin (lawrence) and you, that when you play white dudes (…) that your speech is pitch perfect, which led me to realize that either one of you could, if you wished, speak that way all the time. In other words, is it a matter of choice?

Why have some actors with a clue done that idiotic show? Does the Actors Studio own a piece of it?

I doubt Mr Lipton was actually a Parisian pimp. He has flights of fancy, listening to his Jacques Brel LPs whilst painting his beard on every morning.

lol @ that quote slam dunk. i agree with dr. morbius about the pimping thing, i didn't believe it mostly because he was the source.

He has flights of fancy, listening to his Jacques Brel LPs whilst painting his beard on every morning.

― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:21 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

lol

LIPTON: i noticed with both martin (lawrence) and you, that when you play white dudes (…) that your speech is pitch perfect, which led me to realize that either one of you could, if you wished, speak that way all the time. In other words, is it a matter of choice?

1) not sure he has any understanding of what "pitch perfect" means
2) wha