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Lipton a Pimp? What Else Is New?

Started by tomwatson · 11 months ago

Those who have been watching the “Actors Studio” host interviewing movie stars for years will not be shocked to learn that, in an earlier incarnation, James Lipton worked as a facilitator in the worldÃ%8 ... Continue reading »

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  • Dan Leo

    1 year ago

    James Lipton is a god among men. It's so good to know that even in his down and out days in Paris he was doing what he could to spread cheer among mankind.
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  • estiv

    1 year ago

    You nailed it. The impression of Lipton that Will Ferrell used to do on SNL was good not because he looked or sounded that much like Lipton, but because his over-the-top unctuousness was so recognizable. I always figured that the whole point of the show was to make money for the Actors Studio, and Lipton had very deliberately left his pride at the studio door.
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  • OutOfContext

    1 year ago

    Does anyone remember Sasha Baron Cohen on the Daily Show recounting his Ali G interview with Lipton? After the filming, Lipton showed him topless pictures of an oriental woman, who turned out to be his wife. Old habits die hard.
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