Posted on 02/15/2012 4:55:01 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
Impressionist does shakespeare in celebrity voices
He’s ok but Rich Little was the best!
He did good on GW, Harvey Keitel, Woody Allen , Deniro and Jack Nicholson
Kinda fun. A few that were misses, but a few amusing hits. :)
Another good one was a SNL episode where Kevin Spacey did a bunch of fake screen tests of famous actors trying out for Star Wars.
Rich Little http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78sSn3E_Vvc
IMHO, Frank Caliendo is better than Rich Little. Caliendo is as good a technical impressionist as Little, but is more of a natural comedian.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAMIlPudalQ
That was fun! Thank you!
Obama sounds lousy even in imitation!!! LOL!!!
The names of people are supposed to be capitalized!
Okaaaay, Mom. ((shoulders sunken and rolling eyes))
humor video-Jimmy Stewart, William Shatner, Droopy Dog, Christopher Walken, etal recite Shakespeare
Boy, I thought he was pretty good. It’s tough doing some of the lesser known guys...but on the whole it had me wondering if the guy was local...and that is the whole idea.
I saw Rich Little in the late 90s and he was amazing. His impression of Paul Lynde nearly brought the roof down! After the show I got backstage and had a chance to talk with him for a few minutes. He mentioned how thankful he was to see us “younger” folks there (I was in my 30s). He said it was so hard to do the actors of today. I asked him what he meant and I’ll never forget what he said: “Think of a Tom Cruise movie. Now think of Tom Cruise’s voice.” He was right, most modern actors have pretty generic voices and mannerisms.
Kharis13
Rich Little http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78sSn3E_Vvc
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He was great, wasn’t he? He sure had Carson down pat. LOL
I thought Rich Little had passed away. But he’s still with us. He’s 73. Fred Travalina was good, but he passed away in 2003 I think it was.
I liked his Jimmy Stewart, GW, Shatner, Woody Allen, Morgan Freeman, and Paul Giamatti.
Forgot about Fred Travalena. Wiki has him passing away in 2009:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Travalena
Here’s a Tonight Show appearance sans Johnny from the 1970’s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MuA4Ze_MbA
My favorite Caliendo from Mad TV:
Mad TV John Madden Popcorn Popper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1v52f1TrWg
Those were the ones I thought best, too.
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