Archive for the 'Humour' Category

Some Frank Langella trivia

Here’s a New York Times profile of Frost/Nixon star, and great character actor, Frank Langella. Langella once bought the Broadway rights to the hit kiwi “comedy” Ladies’ Night and author Anthony McCarten told me once of sitting in Langella’s trailer in Hollywood collaborating on the American-ization of the play that may or may not have eventually become The Full Monty. Periodically, Langella would have to excuse himself and visit the set: “Excuse me, I have to go and make love to Ellen Barkin.”

Simpsons meet Mad Men

In lieu of something more substantive, and just before I crash for the night:

[from this year's Treehouse of Horror, via Kottke and Videogum]

What the F- ?

From today’s New York Times “Headlines” email:

Radovan Carson

More Vader

There are over 1 and three quarter million views of this at YouTube so I presume you’ve already seen it. If you haven’t, you’re in for a treat:

[via Kottke]

There Will Be Vader

If you haven’t yet seen There Will Be Blood, get a wriggle on (now at Rialto only) or you won’t know how inspired this piece of YouTube-ness is: