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...Buck), the film boasts an all-star cast, filled to the brim with comedic heavyweights. Catherine O’Hara (Home Alone) plays Shaun’s emotional unstable and marginally alcoholic mother; John Lithgow (Terms of Endearment) plays Shaun’s disapproving and unaffectionate father; and Lily Tomlin (Tea With Mussolini) plays the incompetent guidance counselor. And these are just a few of the esteemed names that grace the supporting cast. Jack Black (Shallow Hal) is an absolute riot as Lance, Shaun’s deadbeat but caring brother, and Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters) gives a memorable performance...
...Well, not for the leads. Lily Tomlin is sort of the archetypal person for the role she plays. But in my head, I’ve learned that if you write for a certain actor, you’re just going to get your heart broken. So this was sort of like a weird wish fulfillment fantasy, where suddenly everybody who I could have ever wanted to do it said yes. So that was a cool part...
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...long-distance arm of the American Bell Telephone Co., AT&T has held a privileged position in the U.S. economy. With its control of the nation's phone grid, it was largely insulated from competition. That deprived consumers of choice. ("We don't care," Lily Tomlin's Ernestine the Operator used to explain. "We don't have to. We're the phone company.") It also made the company's stock such a sound investment that it became famous as the stock of choice for widows and orphans. Indeed, AT&T has 4.2 million shareholders...
...writers pitch all these ideas with big stars and then wait for me to make the call," she fake-laments, snacking on cantaloupe between takes. "My God! Who knew?" Candice Bergen and Lily Tomlin were intrigued by the bit but had to pass--or rather, not pass. Finally Midler said, "Why don't we just go for the biggest star we can get? Why don't we call Jack Nicholson?" With the crew giggling around the phone, she rang up the Joker himself...