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Watch Fall Out Boy Do a Weird Spinal Tap Tribute on 'Conan' with Harry Shearer

by | April 18th, 2013

Here's that band Fall Out Boy's performance on Conan last night, which was a half-baked homage to Spinal Tap, complete with an appearance by Harry Shearer. It's basically just Fall Out Boy going about a usual performance while Spinal Tap stuff happens in the background.

Here's an interview with Fall Out Boy and Harry Shearer for Conan's website. I swear it's the last Fall Out Boy interview I'll ever post here unless Louis C.K. like becomes their drummer or something:

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Christopher Guest to Turn Mockumentary Sights on Retro Collectors

by | September 23rd, 2010

Christopher Guest's next mockumentary focus: retro collectors: "Christopher Guest and his Spinal Tap brothers Harry Shearer and Michael McKean (who have been touring together recently) want to bring the world of collecting to the big screen. We're not talking only about the regular 'collector's item' sort of fare, but 'people who ferret out such things as old comic books, Barbie dolls, vintage magazine ads, vinyl 45-rpm singles, or even — ick! — Charles Manson song lyrics written on Kleenex.'"

From the Archives

Harry Shearer's First Post-'SNL' TV Special

by | March 8th, 2013

The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 120,000 television shows, commercials, and radio programs, there are thousands of important and funny programs waiting to be rediscovered by comedy nerds like you and me. Each week, this column will highlight a new gem waiting for you at the Paley Library to quietly laugh at. (Seriously, it’s a library, so keep it down.)

Harry Shearer, who today is probably best known for being the voices of hundreds of characters on The Simpsons, quit Saturday Night Live in [...]

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The Simpson's Harry Shearer Defends Voice Actors' Position

by | October 7th, 2011

Harry Shearer is now the first of the show's voice actors to address the ongoing Simpsons' negotiations, issuing a length statement in defense of the cast's perspective, which I recommend you read to yourself in the voice of either Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, or Lenny for maximum effect:

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