james lipton love

pamie and stee give will ferrell more fodder
23 February 2001

We've bashed the The Lipton before. We wanted to do it again.

Mike Myers was on Inside the Actor's Studio. Because Mike's actually funny, we had more fun listening to just James speak. Here, word-for-word, is half of the interview: the half that James Lipton said.

It's best if you just say it out loud in your most pretentious, breathy voice.

(comments by pamie and stee are included in parentheses.)

Tonight's guest has not only made us laugh, he has in some significant ways, changed the way we think and speak with some Saturday Night Live characters as Linda Richman [The audience cheers], Phillip the Hyper Hypo [The audience cheers], Dieter and his monkey [The audience cheers], Simon the cartoonist [The audience cheers], Lothar of the Hill People [The audience cheers], and the irrepressible Wayne Campbell [The audience cheers]. He has conquered the big screen with Wayne's World [The audience cheers], Austin Powers [The audience cheers], So I Married an Axe Murderer [The audience applauds, James laughs] and 54 [dead silence]. He has won the Blockbuster Entertainment award for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, and the MTV Movie award for Wayne's World and both Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.

(Ah, the coveted MTV Movie award. I know it's why I went into acting.)

The Actor's Studio is proud to welcome Linda, Phillip, Dieter, Simon, Lothar, Wayne, Austin, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard [pauses to laugh while the audience cheers], and -- oh, yes! Mike Myers!

[Lipton laughs]

You join our growing Canadian contingent. [Laughs]

Yeah, there it is. What part of Canada are you from?

[Laughs]

Tonight is sliding out of control!