The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You’ve been hearing the wit and wisdom of Harry Shearer for the past four decades. Since 1983, Shearer has hosted and produced a weekly hourlong radio program, Le Show, that mixes news reports, interviews and music that can be equal parts referential and comedic. (It’s heard around the world on …
Tony Hendra has died at 79. His wife, Carla Hendra, told The New York Times the cause was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which was first diagnosed in 2019. Tony Hendra began his career at Cambridge University with the famed Footlights as the comedy partner of Graham Chapman, …
Are you ready for one-third of Spinal Tap?! Ready or not, here comes Harry Shearer. Er, I mean, Derek Smalls! Smalls, the bassist from Spinal Tap, is embarking on a “solo” tour featuring special guests and a full symphony orchestra? His Lukewarm Water Live! tour kicks off Nov. 6, 2019, at …
The cast and director of the legendary This Is Spinal Tap, the 1984 film that revolutionized the mockumentary movie, reunited for the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Rob Reiner’s improvised opus that starred Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer as a heavy metal band from England as they headed out …
2019 will mark the 35th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap, and the 25th anniversary of Reality Bites. Both cult classics will celebrate these milestones with retrospective screenings, panels, and even a concert as part of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, happening April 24-May 5. This Is Spinal Tap stars and creators Christopher Guest, Michael …
The band is back together, but this time, Spinal Tap’s performers — Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer — along with the filmmaker Rob Reiner who documented them in the monumental mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, have joined forces to sue Vivendi and StudioCanal for upward of $400 million …
How selfish could Vivendi and StudioCanal be over the profits from 32 years of This Is Spinal Tap? The answer is none. None more selfish. Harry Shearer, who created the fictional yet real metal band Spinal Tap alongside comedians Christopher Guest and Michael McKean, then brought it to life with …
Tony Hendra began his career at Cambridge University with the famed Footlights as the comedy partner of Graham Chapman, and starred in the annual revue with Chapman and John Cleese. He came to the United States as a duo act with Nick Ullett, appearing multiple times on The Ed Sullivan Show …
