Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Inside The Blogger's Studio

I have been meaning to post this dream I had and I haven't been able to figure it all out. Then my boy Jack aka @TheJackB on twitter, did his own Inside The Blogger's Studio post on his groundbreaking, award winning, Earth altering blog, http://wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com/ a couple of days ago and the pressure was on for me to complete my post.

If you haven't seen Inside The Actor's Studio on the A&E channel; it's hosted by this ironically pompous old actor named James Lipton. He "runs" an offshoot of the original Actor's Studio in New York that Al Pacino, gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and many other acting heavyweights came from. Lipton sits by a desk with a stack of index cards piled high enough to reach the Earth's atmosphere, and interviews an actor, comedian, or entertainment personality, sometimes associated with the Actor's Studio. The audience is full of acting students, fans, and artist types that make Star Wars nerds seem kind of cool. Sometimes the interviews are revealing, even funny. Kevin Spacey did one where he showed off his talent for impersonations and the hour actually flew by. The point of the whole thing is the unintentional laughter between self absorbed individuals, Lipton and the ham actor, and the fawning of the audience. The bizarro world interplay is strangely intriquing to watch.

The end of the each show, Lipton show off his pretention and predilection for haughty French stuff by asking a series of questions froma  questionaire created by Bernard Pivot. This is always the best part of the program because it either reveals the interviewee's perosnality or lack thereof. In my dream, Lipton was interviewing me. I was predictably self involved. I talked too much. I said some things that I probably shouldn't. I was heckled by my wife, kids, and Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez. I then did my six impressions: Eddie Vedder, Jon Gruden, Vince Neil, Jack Nicholson, Vin Scully and Al Pacino. Here are my responses to the questionaire:

  1. What is your favorite word?   SUPERFLUOUS
  2. What is your least favorite word? POOP
  3. What turns you on? INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION
  4. What turns you off? SELF-ABSORPTION, not mine, but others
  5. What sound or noise do you love? BOBINA's LAUGH
  6. What sound or noise do you hate? BURPING
  7. What is your favorite curse word? well, James, I don't curse, and neither does my father. when I was a child he would make up words, and I would find that so funny. His best one was "goshamickey!"
  8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? SONGWRITING
  9. What profession would you not like to do? POLITICS
  10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? - we've been waiting for you. Your grandparents are right over here.
I'm anxious to hear your responses. Please be as indulgent and arrogant as possible. It would match my dream and the show.

GO

9 comments:

  1. Thanks for the shout out, I appreciate it. Songwriting is something that I would definitely love to do too.

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  2. You are a Jets fan and you don't curse?! Really?

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  3. Really Jen, really. I do pray a lot.

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  4. Another great blog!


    1.What is your favorite word? Tie between Balderdash and Poppycock
    2.What is your least favorite word? hate
    3.What turns you on? The love I feel for that man o' mine.
    4.What turns you off? lack of faith in God and yourself.
    5.What sound or noise do you love? Madi's laugh
    6.What sound or noise do you hate? styrofoam
    7.What is your favorite curse word? #$@!
    8.What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? POTUS
    9.What profession would you not like to do? Anything associated with blood.
    10.If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? I always believed in you. (and I would like to hear Him say my grandparents and Victoria are there too!)

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  5. Did you sing when doing your Vedder and Neil impersonations?

    The SNL skit with Will Ferrell as Lipton and Alec Baldwin as Charles Nelson Reilly is one of my all time favs.

    My least fav word? commentator. Most fav? curmudgeon, and shenanigans is a close second. I used to not swear a lot, now I have a adolescent's potty mouth.

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  6. Tara- lol @ your mouth...Bobina's like that, because of the teenager.

    yes my impressions of both are spekaing and singing.

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  7. funny stuff! Loved it!

    My least favorite word is: moist. I just really hate that word. Moist. blech.

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  8. I've watched one episode of Inside the Actors' Studio...the one with Johnny Depp...because I am, admittedly, a Depphead, although I can't bring myself to watch some of his stuff. By the way, I love the way he says "superfluous" in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."

    I, too, am a writer and I don't do it nearly enough to satisfy. Okay...here are my answers.

    1.What is your favorite word? Never had one...is that revealing?
    2.What is your least favorite word? It's a foul slang word that I won't repeat.
    3.What turns you on? Spiritually, music. In other ways, I ain't sayin'.
    4.What turns you off? Things that I know displease God.
    5.What sound or noise do you love? The sound my whole family together makes when we get together.
    6.What sound or noise do you hate? Cursing
    7.What is your favorite curse word? I don't. Surprised?
    8.What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I always wanted to be a singer.
    9.What profession would you not like to do? Stripper...and a whole lotta others
    10.If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Welcome home. Well done, My good and faithful servant."

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  9. Thanks for this information given in this blog

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