Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast with Harry Shearer #42

[@RIXRADvidz]

because of a delay, when I first opened this up there was a mad man staring at me from the other side of the screen!! but then I recognized the dressing robe and the hair cut and then the voice and whew! I had opened the right one. and with Harry Shearer. so a pot of coffee and a few bowls of.......and now my morning begins. Thanks for sharing your good works. be well soon.

[@ryancarriage9730]

I'm loving the blue light behind his head

[@Dewfilms]

59:26 For the part of the interview about "The Day the Clown Cried."

[@JD-Media]

Thank you!

[@kisbie]

In 2015, Jerry Lewis donated the film to the Library of Congress, under the stipulation it wouldn't be screened until June 2024. (Hey, wait a minute.... Probably why RH has re-uploaded this interview on Spotify.)

[@ImprovedTruth]

HOLY SHIT HARRY SHEARER

[@simonpmccullagh6320]

absolute comedy legend.

[@danshaggy292]

Aww I would liked to have seen Harry's confused face at the "the actor Kevin Eldon" line! Love this, though.

[@Tristan_again]

Two questions I would have been interested to hear Harry answer: 1. Does he subscribe to the three-part lifecycle of The Simpsons (series 1-2, the formational years, series 3 - 9, the golden years, series 10 onwards, the great plateau)? 2. How did he bring something new to Richard Nixon, after he's been portrayed on screen directly or indirectly so many times, particularly in reference to Anthony Hopkins' incredible performance in Oliver Stone's Nixon?

[@justinbowen2509]

CrossingThe Rubicon I personally believe that every episode of the Simpsons is worth a watch because even in the worst episodes there’s one really good laugh.

[@kisbie]

He said the episode with Johnny Cash was in season 7 or 9, when it was actually season 8. Boy I hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[@Doc_Filth]

He makes a valid point about the mockumentary sitcoms. I could never get on with Parks and Rec for that reason.

[@chrisjames1924]

Richard has a very similar cadence to Stewart Lee

[@Missing_hours]

would love to see doc brown on one of these

[@JigjagjugXyz]

+Reuben Wilde Everybody's racist

[@noe9250]

nah, that'll never happen

[@danshaggy292]

He's done one, maybe you've found it by now. But he appears under his real name, Ben Bailey Smith

[@creepycraig73]

If you can find Harry's Cinemax Comedy Experiment 'It's Just TV' check it out. I can only remember his and Ann Magnuson's episodes, both of which are excellent.

[@mondoprime]

Bloody hell! How did ya wangle that, Richard? Great job!

[@kisbie]

That's a perfectly cromulent answer to the football inconsistency in TIST. I can believe that Derek is a West Ham fan but only has enough money to be a director at Shrewsbury.

[@Smudgie]

Hope he makes more "Nixon's the one".

[@docherty53]

wonderous

[@gingerwaynos]

Life is beautiful. The Italian film about a clown in a concentration camp. A beautifully made film. Jerry Lewis just fucked it up.

[@weavehole]

Number 42 on the 15th anniversary of Douglas Adams' death. Coincidence? ... ... ...Yeah.

[@MrKaywyn]

Compelling.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

"I'm leaving the Simpsons." "Here's a truckload of money to go on top of the truckload you already get, Harry." "I'm staying on The Simpsons." (the other cast hear of this) "We are going to pretend that we want to leave The Simpsons." "Here's a whole truckload of money on top of the truckload you already get, because you're so poor and you all have huge careers you need to get to outside of the show and we believe that you'd actually quit. No, I won't try Dianetics, Nancy, it's horseshit."

[@robertgreen5123]

Yes!

[@gwasgray9309]

ProjectFlashlight612 Despite the hefty wages, it's probably quite depressing to still be doing something that was once brilliant but is now shit and should have been killed off at least 15 years ago.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Kick start it again

[@Superfantastictop10]

Inconsistency: Here, you called it re he le ste pu. On most other occasions, you say Ru hu lu stu pu. Is it the same show?

[@danshaggy292]

Us cool kids are damn fickle, we just decide what the show is called whenever we want

[@TheBassHeavy]

Will Frankie Boyle ever happen?

[@Herring1967]

+I'm just here for the sounds I don't think so. Big fan and would love to chat with him but he seems to have taken against me for some reason. Will keep trying.

[@moodini99]

Lee Evens? Shit stand-up comedian, but a great comic actor. Not a bad idea. I think he'd make a decent interview guest. I second the motion

[@TheBassHeavy]

I hope Frankie happens one day. He is probably in my top three and a really interesting guy off stage too.

[@andyharing5377]

Does every KZbin comments section descend at some point into effectively meaningless personal insults between strangers?

[@moodini99]

***** Yes. That's what KZbin is for. It's fun. It's a game called trolling. You don't have to play it if you don't want to. If you want a proper debate or something, go to some forum. KZbin is not be taken seriously. It's just harmless fun.

[@TheGrenfellRatio]

Derek Smalls loses his temper in 1 edited out scene, the band is fighting in a studio and his voice goes very high and squeaky. They also lost female support act The Dose who give tap herpes sores, and the Charles and Diana tin of drugs

[@carriemitch1]

He truly comes off as arrogant and pretentious to me.

[@The_Garden_of_Fragile_Egos]

The few intelligent Baby Boomers come off that way. I don't think it's intentional, just the nature of the culture they were saturated in.

[@gwasgray9309]

Carrie Mitch I think he's quite gentlemanly.

[@rienpost3145]

Don't confuse confidence with arrogance. The guy's been making brilliant stuff for decades, one more interview won't faze him.