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...actor in question is Dana Marschz - his last name is nearly unpronounceable, just the first reason he has trouble getting jobs - and he is played by the English comedian Steve Coogan with the lank hair, toothy smile and blithe sweetness that recall Tiny Tim, the eccentric ukuleleist of the '60s. Coogan has been everywhere lately, starring in little movies (A Cock and Bull Story: Tristram Shandy) and guesting in bigger ones. He had a brief, explosive turn as the director in Tropic Thunder, and he's popped up in Finding Amanda, Hot Fuzz, Marie Antoinette, Night at the Museum...
...Drugs Are Funny? So, when comedian Seth Rogen talks about taking illegal drugs in three of his answers to "10 Questions," it's hilarious [Aug. 18]? I acknowledge that his new film is a stoner comedy and that he has to promote it, but why should we find it amusing that Rogen is unabashed about his illegal (not to mention health-damaging) actions? Paige Varner, Albany, Georgia...
...were just a question of having people agree with your policies, he'd win a Senate seat in the state, where Barack Obama is ahead of John McCain. But getting elected means making people believe you can relate to them, and that's why Franken - writer, actor, comedian, talk-show host and longtime denizen of Saturday Night Live - is running behind Republican Senator Norm Coleman...
...most of the cash coming from out of state. Franken, who moved from New York back to his home state nearly three years ago for this election, has been on the defensive from the start, as Coleman has mined all sorts of offensive lines from thousands of jokes the comedian has told over his 57 years. "It's uncharted territory," says Franken. "They pull out a bit about a speech to Hartford Technical College, which is a made-up school. The bit was me pretending I was a jerk, but no one in their right mind would think I would...
...told him, 'You have to stop laughing when you talk to people.' It was an unconscious action on his part. Something he's done in his career." Franken's harsh, loud laugh after his own jokes isn't just weird for a politician; it's weird for a comedian. It's a bully's laugh, a challenge to disagree. And like all his tools, Franken wields it bluntly, completely unlike a politician...