[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV, but...: Baron Cohen to play Mercury

2010-09-19 Thread Michael
On Sep 18, 4:56 am, Jon Delfin wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Michael wrote: > > Borat/Bruno/Ali G. Wouldn't that be a three-joke ninny? BTW, I'm no > > big fan of Ali G or Bruno (I liked the latter better when Mike Myers > > played him and he was named Deiter), but those who didn't

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV, but...: Baron Cohen to play Mercury

2010-09-18 Thread Jon Delfin
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Michael wrote: > Borat/Bruno/Ali G. Wouldn't that be a three-joke ninny? BTW, I'm no > big fan of Ali G or Bruno (I liked the latter better when Mike Myers > played him and he was named Deiter), but those who didn't laugh at > certain scenes in "Borat" might be mis

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV, but...: Baron Cohen to play Mercury

2010-09-18 Thread JW
> Freddie Mercury was charismatic, mutli-talented, and could belt out > the high notes better than any male rocker of his day. Cohen is a > one-joke ninny. Excellent casting on the part of the executives. I've heard that on occasion, film actors in musical roles don't actually sing their parts. Pe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV, but...: Baron Cohen to play Mercury

2010-09-18 Thread Kevin M.
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Michael wrote: > Borat/Bruno/Ali G. Wouldn't that be a three-joke ninny? One joke -- three different makeup styles -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV, but...: Baron Cohen to play Mercury

2010-09-18 Thread Michael
Borat/Bruno/Ali G. Wouldn't that be a three-joke ninny? BTW, I'm no big fan of Ali G or Bruno (I liked the latter better when Mike Myers played him and he was named Deiter), but those who didn't laugh at certain scenes in "Borat" might be missing some neurons essential to a sense of humor. And anyo

[TV orNotTV] Re: NotTV, but...: Baron Cohen to play Mercury

2010-09-17 Thread M-D November
If you judge SBC by the Borat/Bruno/Ali G characters only, I'd agree, but SBC was about the only genuinely good performance in the movie version of "Sweeney Todd" (he was Signor Pirelli, in case you didn't recognize him). On Sep 17, 1:48 pm, "Kevin M." wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:30 AM, B