Harry Shearer was recently in town promoting his new brilliantly acted and expertly executed web series -- Nixon's The One! -- about Richard Milhous Nixon. Recently, I had the chance to listen to him wax poetic about Nixon, the production challenges of the show, share clips, and ponder why only Sky TV in UK funded the series. Why no one in the Us would distribute it is still mind-boggling. Shearer and his actors memorized the actually transcripts from the actual Nixon White House tapes that had been in storage in the National Archives for over 40 years. He and Nixon historian Stanley Kutler (both credited as the show's writers) poured over hundreds of hours of transcripts before committing the series to film. Thanks to our friends at My Damn Channel, here's the first episode of the six-part series co-created by and starring Mr. Shearer. In this episode, Nixon learns how the taping system works,...
- 11/9/2014
- by webmaster
- www.culturecatch.com
The BBC is using YouTube for a high-minded complement to one of its radio programs. Actors Harry Shearer and Gillian Anderson are two of the narrators who present philosophical topics in a web companion for A History Of Ideas. The web series (which doesn't seem to have a name of its own) is an animated accompaniment to A History Of Ideas, a BBC Radio 4 program hosted by Melvyn Bragg. Each week, Bragg invites guests to join him to analyze an open-ended question (such as "how do I live a good life?") by sharing the wisdom of famous philosophers. The web series explains a some of the philosophical topics discussed on the radio show by drawing them out in an engaging black-and-white style. The first episode features narration from Shearer as he explains Diotima's Ladder, a concept from Plato's Symposium. In the 90-second video, viewers get a brief overview of Plato's thoughts on love and beauty.
- 11/7/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
40 years after Richard Nixon's resignation, Harry Shearer is playing the 37th President's shady White House dealings for laughs. Shearer is the star of Nixon's The One, a six-episode series that is now available via My Damn Channel. In Nixon's The One, Shearer steers the former President through a series of conversations with his aides and confidants. The series' main gimmick is that the script is entirely true to life; Shearer and co-creator Stanley Kutler combed through hundreds of hours of White House tapes in search of “bizarre, funny, spooky, crazy, weird conversations." The result is a profile of a man who Shearer calls "the great American comic character of the 20th century. The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live cast member has been fascinated with Nixon from a young age; grew up in California in the 50s, when Nixon served as one of the state's Us Senators. "He was so...
- 10/21/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Harry Shearer has been quite the polymath during his career, from his iconic voice roles on The Simpsons to his comedic excellence with Spinal Tap and his radio projects on both sides of the Atlantic.
The American star returns to Sky Atlantic for a brand new series of Nixon's the One, in which Shearer reprises his uncanny impersonation of disgraced Us President Richard Nixon.
The series plays out Nixon's infamous secret audio recordings from the White House that eventually led to his downfall. Harry Shearer discussed the making of the series with Digital Spy, as well as the future of The Simpsons, Spinal Tap and more.
With Nixon's the One returning to Sky Arts, did you always intend for the show to be made into a full series after the original one-off episode?
"It was my hope, yeah. It was a privilege to be able to do one, but I...
The American star returns to Sky Atlantic for a brand new series of Nixon's the One, in which Shearer reprises his uncanny impersonation of disgraced Us President Richard Nixon.
The series plays out Nixon's infamous secret audio recordings from the White House that eventually led to his downfall. Harry Shearer discussed the making of the series with Digital Spy, as well as the future of The Simpsons, Spinal Tap and more.
With Nixon's the One returning to Sky Arts, did you always intend for the show to be made into a full series after the original one-off episode?
"It was my hope, yeah. It was a privilege to be able to do one, but I...
- 1/27/2014
- Digital Spy
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