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Gets The Full James Lipton Tongue Slathering On Bravo’s INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO!!
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Judd Apatow -- the “Larry Sanders Show” writer and “Freaks and Geeks” mastermind who’s gone on to big-screen projects like “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” “Superbad,” “Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights,” “Drillbit Taylor,” “Step Brothers,” “Pineapple Express,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Walk Hard,” “Year One” and the fast-approaching “Funny People” – has been tapped now for “Inside The Actors Studio.”
His episode airs tonight and Bravo sent along clips:
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James Lipton proceeds to orally blow Apatow's cock during the interview. And why not. Judd deserves it.
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Wonder if they'll mention it.
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Quite possibly the best PG comedy of all time. One of Stiller's best roles. Gets not nearly enough love.
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Back in the day it used to be Stallone, Ford, Spielberg. Now shits like Apatow get on. I bet Kevin Smith is pissed.
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that putting your ads before online videos makes people completely despise them and their products?
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Stiller is boss in the movie.
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$50 says Apatow's favourite swear is 'Fuck'....
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Is Apatow's best work. BODY!!!
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I hope he talks about F&G. It's one of my favorite shows.
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Yeah, anyone can be on inside the actor's studio. I mean how can you go on there when you've only made a handful of movies? They had Daniel Radcliff on. He did Harry Potter and one other movie. How can you put him on Inside the Actor's Studio. I would much rather see some great character actors on there. Has Gary Oldman ever done the show? The man is one of the greatest actors, but gets no respect. How did he not win an Oscar for Sid and Nancy? His performance was way better than Jamie Foxx as Ray or Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash or any of the recent Oscar winners who have won for playing a real person. Where's the Sam Raimi inside the actor's studio?
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This is where I throw out some sarcastic title and say how much the show sucks. But no, it's very interesting, it's just not about acting. Since Jennifer Lopez and Martin Lawrence showed up, it's just been an interview show (albeit one where the subject is their own greatness). I'm not saying that's a bad thing; Dave Chappelle was a great guest, but he's not a legendary actor, and Judd Apatow literally is not an actor, period. Although I should note that the title is technically still accurate; it doesn't say they're actors, they're just guests of the Actor's Studio.
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"Inside the Actors Studio" is a great example of how the art of the interview is, mainly, dead. <P> Honestly, what did Lipton do to get this gig? The next time Lipton asks a question that is intelligent or insightful will be the first time that Lipton asks a question that is intelligent or insightful.
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I think it's in Season 4, and then watch it with the commentary, where David Cross rips that bearded freak a new poop-chute. Ironically, Judd was a big supporter of Mr. Show and indie comedy back in the day, and not a complete sell-out using a tight rotation of unfunny douchebags to make bland comedies like he is now.
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has done about 150 movies and an alumni of actors studio yet they won't have him on , instead the have pieces of SHIT such as apatow. what a fuckin disgrace.
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I await Henry Kissinger's appearance now. <p>LIPTON: Tell us... about... CAMBODIA! (applause, camera pans over self-loving multiple-pierced audience members) <p>KISSINGER: Vell, President Nixon had just vatched THE EXORICST and said to me 'Vhy aren't ve making this kind of vonderful vork?" And that's when Alan Pakula and I vent to Camp David and vrote CAMBODIA, and the rest is history!" (WILD APPLAUSE, save for the one Asian kid in the crowd, he pulls a knife out)....
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What the holy hell? Oh, and here's the Mr. Show link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvFV8Oh5VHU
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"Freaks and Geeks" - no one watched so We Love Apatow!! "40 year old Virgin" - Sleeper hit so we still love Apatow. "Knocked Up" - Smash hit, so we like Apatow but not as much. "Funny People" Big Movie, Big Stars, Popular...
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"Freaks and Geeks" - no one watched so We Love Apatow!! "40 year old Virgin" - Sleeper hit so we still love Apatow. "Knocked Up" - Smash hit, so we like Apatow but not as much. "Funny People" Big Movie, Big Stars, Popular...
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July 27, 2009, 7:56 a.m. CST
Apatow is the BEST thing to happen to mainstream comedy in ages
by Nasty In The Pasty
Just because he's everywhere, don't be hatin'.
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Funny thing was I read the story, noticed Herc had left Heavyweights off of Apatow's resume, and knew I was going to post something about it. But I thought I'd be the only one doing it. <p><p>SmD_B, don'tcha see? It's getting the love it deserves right here in the talkback!
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The less funny it looks. Every critic will love it and mention how funny Aziz Ansari is.
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And it has nothing to do with the films being increasingly bland and Apatow making them progressively more mainstream and dull?
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His films are growing and he his becoming more confident as a filmmaker. Fanboys want to like things the mainstream doens't. When what they like becomes mainstream they turn against it. God forbid if Bruce Campbell ever became a big movie star...He would be hated.
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for a trailer that's incredibly unfunny. i like apatow movies, but not sandler. i dont think i'll like this movie. apatows good for writing those shows and movies, but i think seth rogen is awesome for writing superbad and pineapple express, two of my fav comedies in recent years. oh yeah...mr show is the hilariousness.
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Hmm, actors or science which has the most impact on my life? Directors or doctors which may save my life? <p> Jesus you people are the worst kind of beat offs.
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This guy trolling in the comments section of AICN is not worth 12.5%
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"Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel of the Actor's Studio"<P>or<P>"Sucking Ass With Some Dude"
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So, when will we see Kathy Griffin, Paris Hilton, Gilbert Gotfried, and the cast Survivor appear?
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Can feel like A LOT of underarm stubble. Sorry ladies, I had no idea.
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they had Jennifer Lopez on. Jennifer fucking Lopez on a show supposedly about great actors that should be studied.
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He "got the gig" because he fricking founded the Actors Studio MFA program, and because he's a member of the Actors Studio and because the other members of the Actors Studio have tremendous respect for him. He's perfectly candid, in interviews, about how he'll have anybody on the show if he thinks they have something to offer the students of the program. You think a guy like Apatow, forging a pretty fantastic career in a niche like his, has nothing useful to tell those students? They don't all get to be Brando you know... Check his resume and then tell me what the hell a qualified candidate to host that show WOULD be. No, he's not Stella Adler, but he's got accomplishments in an incredibly diverse field of disciplines. And to whoever asked it - yes, Gary Oldman has been on the show.
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http://tinyurl.com/lpjy8r; he resigned this morning as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment/Universal Movie Studios to head a new venture with Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp focusing on producing and distributing multimedia content. <p> "NBC named Jeff Gaspin, president and chief operating officer of the company's cable entertainment group, to replace him. Gaspin also will keep his current duties as the new chairman of NBC Universal's television entertainment unit."
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have pretty much been removed from the new trailer for Funny People. Cancer, what a bummer huh?
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if you watch his appearance in arrested development you can see its just an act. or... not. hmm, now you've got me wondering...
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Is because shit like Freaks and Geeks they lived. The one about college didn't work because none of them went to college. 40 year old virgin worked because it was just them sitting around doing nothing with their lives. Knocked Up never happened to any of them, Funny People has yet to happen to any of them. <P> Plus Apatow produced Year One, anyone who had anything to do with that movie, including the catering people and the drivers should not work for at least a year. It was just cruel and inhuman that movie. Harold Ramis you need to get your dick out of Apatow's mouth. I think he is purposely telling you your shit is good when its not. Just to see you fail.
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I mean, why not? He's been in everything.
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For Funny People that this site usually gives us for every Rogen/Apatow movie? There has been maybe one review for Funny People. They know they don't have a funny movie on their hands so they aren't doing all the pre release screening because it will generate bad buzz. They are hoping to bank on a big opening weekend. <P> And that Johan Hill joke about Harry Potter is fucking stupid.
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Comeon that would be funny.
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I'd watch an Eddie Deezen Inside the Actor's Studio. <P> I used to think Lipton was a pretentious douche, 'til I saw him making fun of himself on Arrested Development. That won me over (and I wonder how David Cross felt being on the set with him). <P> By the way, folks, you DO realize that Billy Joel has been on this show, right? It doesn't always have anything to do with acting.
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Not really. I like the mainstream liking our stuff... but not when we sell out. Stuff like TDK and Iron Man is geeky yet mainstream, whereas Judd is veering away from the awesome of 40Yr Old Virgin to specifically appeal to people who like films with a message.
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David Cross's Wiki page has a great story about that. Apparently, he apologised.
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Not true. Universal has been screening Funny People for weeks. I went to one early screening and am here to tell you (now that we're two days past the Universal review embargo) it's packed with funny!
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Not the good James L. Brooks, mind you...
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I'll check that out.
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the same guy who still thinks SNL is worth watching and that a MacGruber movie is a good idea.
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Actually, this is based on Apatow and Sandlers life when they were roommates starting out their careers. There's footage of Sandler when he was younger. So actually, they have lived this. Unless of course you're talking about them not being funny people, which isn't true...in my (and a lot of other peoples) opinion. I don't understand the hate for Judd Apatow.
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July 27, 2009, 1:57 p.m. CST
Wait, did I hear that Leslie Mann is in a graphic sex scene
by Mel Gibsteinberg
With Adam Sandler? Is this a first for both of them to be in a "graphic sex" scene? <P>Lord knows that no one wants to see Sandler's jiggly fat ass, but Mann can be pretty hot, though she has gotten a little long in the tooth lately.
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Gezus Christ, this was the same problem with "Knocked Up" - Apatow needs an editor! Someone who will cut all of his "little darling improvs" that I'm sure made him chuckle on set but just gets teeth grating. Well, I'm sure at least Herc will love Funny People and say it's "Better Than We Deserve".
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Hangover was 10 times funnier than all the Apatow movies combined and that's not saying much because Hangover was overrated too.
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they've had elton john on...conan o'brien? Martin Scorcese? it's not all about actors, it's about the entire craft of film, theater, television...<p>I'm watching it, I always watch it, as long as there are no scientologists there.<p>honestly, Apatow has worked hard and had a lot of success working on, and creating, some very funny films. stop acting like petulant whiny jealous children just because the man is successful. <p>all of you whiny assholes make these talkbacks a miserable place to be, and they didn't use to be like that.
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July 27, 2009, 4:26 p.m. CST
I actually like Apatow's produced movies more than directed
by Tall_Boy66
40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up are simply simplistic and overrated. There's nothing NEW in there, and it's stock full of cliches and way too many off the cuff improvs. But I dig the hell out of Superbad and Pineapple Express and Walk Hard because they actually do something different (teen high school flick and stoner comedy which is suddenly mashed into an action film and just the bug-fuck crazy music parody of Walk Hard). There's nothing in Apatow directed movies that make me go, "Wow, I've never seen that before." Movies he produces? Yes. Directed, not so much.
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to see the bluerays of Dawson's Trek and 2001 side by side. It tasks me!! Makes every fiber of my being want to scream in agony! It's the disrespect!
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either produced or directed. From which i should start? Superbad? Knocked Up? 40 Years Old Virgin?
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personally, I loved Superbad, Enjoyed 40-Year-Old Virgin, and did not care for Knocked Up...I just thought the female characters were unbelievable, and the few laughs weren't worth it. Jonah Hill had some great one-liners, though.<p>I'd start with 40-year-old virgin...lotsa great stuff in there.
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You should start with Freaks and Geeks if you're not familiar.
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Just go in chronological order. If you want the first TRUE Apatow piece, start with Freaks & Geeks, but he did do a good amount of work before (such as the Ben Stiller Show).
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Really appreciate it.
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You've never seen Anchorman?!!
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July 27, 2009, 7:43 p.m. CST
Hangover 10x times funnier than an Apatow movie?
by Mel_Gibsons_Nazi_Dad
It was Dude Where's My Car: Vegas. Funny? Yes. Forgetable? Very much so. Maybe you don't like your comedies to be films? Yeah thats it I bet.
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"all of you whiny assholes make these talkbacks a miserable place to be, and they didn't use to be like that."<p> I was just thinking that while reading through the LOTR blueray tb. Then I tried to think about when this happend. I came to the conclusion that around the time Attack of the Clones came out.
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No i haven't.
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I have read very old posts since the begining of AICN and it was always like this.
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it most certainly was not always like this. there were always elements of this super-negative attitude. fanboys are fickle, always will be. but this idea that anything popular must be hated, without judging it on its merit, that's a petty thing. and AICN was not petty. it was about celebrating ALL things film, not just all things ME AND MY OPINION.<p>somewhere along the line, people here decided that if something is successful enough, it must be worthless. maybe it was the new Star Wars films, maybe you're right. but it's different now than in the beginning.<p>before, someone who went from the larry sanders show, freaks and geeks and other very weird, interesting shows, to bigger fair, greater popularity, while still maintaining that love of all things weird, they'd be a god here. and now they're hsit upon worse than Uwe Boll by all these whiny, jealous 15 year olds on here.<p>look at the fight scene in anchorman, the man on man kis in talladega nights (not to mention mos def, wil ferrell screaming for tom cruise's god) look at EVERYTHING in 40 year old virgin, look at the period joke in Superbad, the hilarious fact the John C Reilly never ages in Walk Hard, they just put him in a young outfit and don't even try to disguise that's he's still 45...I mean, these are strange, and awkwardly funny things that wouldn't be in mainstream comedies without Apatow's sensibility. and I know that 90% of the "haters" on here laugh at all this...they just have to come in here and shit on him because...well, that's the thing, I don't know why they do. but I know it's pathetic.<p>oh well, he can keep fucking Leslie Mann on a pile of money while making any and every movie he wants...and they can keep typing.
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But Apatow is still the man. Thanks to him we don't have thirty pg-13 crapfest comedies a summer just a couple. Now we have R rated fare we can enjoy.
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dude, you think it'd bad now, remember when DGDB was here? He absolutely loathed all things Cameron, Apatow, Rogen and Smith, which just happened to be things a lot of people liked. He was so bad and so prolific that Apatow mentioned him on Conan. What was great was that you could tell it bothered DGDB to be a joke in America's eyes. Part of him was flattered but another part was probably angered by the audience laughing at the weirdo who came up with such a fucked-up name and spent so much time here. The irony is that his new site sucks, and he's giving Smith and Apatow shit about not being funny. I guarantee you 99 out of 100 people would pick those guys at their worst over DGDB at his best. If we can just get rid of all his imitators and fanboy BringingAntiSemitismBack this place will improve dramatically.
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that's the rub, ain't it? I her ya, but this can't be that site that kicks off anyone that's a bit of an asshole. but if not, the talkbacks just keep going downhill. it's a no win situation.
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I really like a lot of stuff Apatow has done, including all those that you've mentioned, but one thing keeps me from worshipping him like some do and that is the fact he produced KICKING AND SCREAMING...there is nothing daring in that movie it is 100% totally safe--and this is fromsomeone who enjoyed Drillbit Taylor
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So people who don't like things are negative assholes because they have an opinion? I think 40 Year Old Virgin is brilliant and that Knocked Up was ok until i watched it two more times and realized what everyone says about the female characters is right on the money. You have got to be shitting me if you think Apatow's stuff isn't starting to come off as totally smug, self-satisfied, and desperately trying to pack the jokes full of whatever he thinks the zeitgeist might be to make for a good trailer... the die hard joke, the grand theft auto joke, the youtube video about cats getting a million hits joke. It comes off as cloying.<p>I saw the scene where Apatow's wife cries to Sandler about him cheating on her and now she's with the big guff guy who's also cheating on her... come the fuck on! To me, the worst kind of writing is when the characters start talking in the voice of the writer, rather than the voice of a well-rounded character. Everything I've seen of this movie reminds me of Woody Allen's play at the end of Annie Hall in which he gets to rewrite reality and they show him casting a play that he's written. What's funny is that Alvy Singer acknowledges how masturbatory and false that fantasy is but he just can't help himself. 'Boy, if only real life were like this.' Apparently for Judd, real life being like that is not enough, his movies have to be as well. <p>Also, I've said it before and I'll say it again - where are the comedies about a diverse range of subjects? Where's the Coming To Americas, the Ghostbusters, the Dr. Strangeloves, the Burbs... hell, I'd take a fucking Captain Ron at this point. Anything but more humor on pot smoking, how fucked up women are to men, how fucked up men are to their women, judaism, movie references, video game references, blog and internet references...
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holy hell, are you serious? I had no idea he was involved with that one.<p>honestly, I haven't even seen it, I was so afraid from the reviews and trailers, that I skipped it.<p>now I'm thinking I'll watch it, and if it sucks as bad as I thought, I'll reevaluate Apatow accordingly. if it's somehow better than I thought, than I'm set in my beliefs.<p>thank you for the info though, I truly had no idea, and I'm shocked...holy hell...
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I mean, how many times can I really watch 1 guy floss his teeth with thesbian pube? Watching him ask awkward questions with awkward mannerisms isn't my idea to get to know my favorite artist.
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July 28, 2009, 4:48 a.m. CST
"What is your favorite type of toothpaste and why?"
by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby
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HOW OLD IS THAT KID?!!
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don't know if you'll read this or not but<P>yeah I was shocked too, but there's a scene where a kid wears a jersey with Apatow on the back and I was like "is that just a shout out or did he have anything to do with the movie" I looked it up and sure enough he's a producer
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