tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post8944795534429964431..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: David Hyde Pierce: guest bloggerBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43574688393581309802014-10-06T23:21:38.535-07:002014-10-06T23:21:38.535-07:00It's funny that I read the response in David H...It's funny that I read the response in David Hyde Pierce's voice. That man needs to be the lead in his own TV series! The Griffonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921230845582393608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73962323975030710472014-10-06T23:20:22.449-07:002014-10-06T23:20:22.449-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Griffonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921230845582393608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68157752676597668282014-10-06T09:29:12.128-07:002014-10-06T09:29:12.128-07:00Re: The Good Wife, David Hyde Pierce has a story a...Re: The Good Wife, David Hyde Pierce has a story arc coming up. One of the benefits of filming in New York is sharing talent with Broadway.<br /><br />I LOVED the trilingual argument in "An Affair to Forget", with frazier translating English to Spanish and the housekeeper translating Spanish to German. Niles pulls down the sword and says "En garde!" and Frazier replies:<br /><br />"Like we need another languague here?"Dan in WNYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86715456514397742562014-10-05T14:38:14.145-07:002014-10-05T14:38:14.145-07:00When I worked at the Yale School of Drama in the l...When I worked at the Yale School of Drama in the long ago 1970's I had the great luck to watch BH Barry choreograph a few combat scenes. <br /><br />I remember them to this day. It was an honor to watch him work.Roseannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393487748949411049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37439057518039999432014-10-05T11:49:35.293-07:002014-10-05T11:49:35.293-07:00(oops, Continued) As a TV writer, how do you work ...(oops, Continued) As a TV writer, how do you work around a potentially months-long absence of a supporting character?Lou H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76253804701346923702014-10-05T11:46:09.327-07:002014-10-05T11:46:09.327-07:00Ken, since you have a foot in both the TV and thea...Ken, since you have a foot in both the TV and theatre camps, can you talk about how much a 6-days-a-week play consumes its actors and whether they have time for anything else? A few years ago, Chris Noth was on Broadway and could only appear in a few episodes of The Good Wife. This year, both Nathan Lane and Stockard Channing are in It's Only A Play, and Lane has said he probably won't have any time to appear on The Good Wife.Lou H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66572994805611707192014-10-04T15:41:06.707-07:002014-10-04T15:41:06.707-07:00ScottyB: Sorry to disagree, but much of Green Acr...ScottyB: Sorry to disagree, but much of Green Acres was hilarious. Long stretches of some episodes were boring, but when they let fly with the surrealism, watch out.Mike Schryverhttp://otrcomedy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49317117552727144162014-10-04T12:04:11.612-07:002014-10-04T12:04:11.612-07:00As the husband and father of fencers, thanks. An ...As the husband and father of fencers, thanks. An an easy fast, Ken, and a good year to you and yours.Breadbakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11017743543002301852014-10-04T11:15:42.693-07:002014-10-04T11:15:42.693-07:00@Scooter
One of the reasons I think Frasier is so...@Scooter<br /><br />One of the reasons I think Frasier is so funny is because Frasier and Niles, two snobbish, effete, uber intellectuals could seque into screwball physical comedy seamlessly. My favorite episode was where they were at Maris' house on an island preparing a dinner party for their elite friends and the overwhelming stench of a dead seal on the beach results in them wrapping it in Maris' robe and dousing it with perfume. (Of course matters slide downhill very quickly after that). Brilliant episode.Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44757672094063998492014-10-04T10:55:33.045-07:002014-10-04T10:55:33.045-07:00Wow, awesome! I missed this the first time around,...Wow, awesome! I missed this the first time around, I think. Three cheers for re-posts.Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37375043074039910072014-10-04T09:24:02.525-07:002014-10-04T09:24:02.525-07:00I haven't seen "Frasier" for years b...I haven't seen "Frasier" for years but I'll aways remember the scene where the brothers propose staging a mock fight solve some problem, only to have the father say "I don't want you two getting physical. It would be too weird."Scooter Schechtmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78286898900408012572014-10-04T09:21:26.031-07:002014-10-04T09:21:26.031-07:00With my memory you could repost from last week and...With my memory you could repost from last week and it would seem new.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65235993444206966462014-10-04T09:16:48.888-07:002014-10-04T09:16:48.888-07:00I wanna take "Stage combat" just to put ...I wanna take "Stage combat" just to put it on a resume.<br />Eric Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639837826294361383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56754480103887024742014-10-04T08:00:49.624-07:002014-10-04T08:00:49.624-07:00Thank you so much for sharing. I occasionally pos...Thank you so much for sharing. I occasionally post Niles doing battle with an iron...and losing...as one of the funniest pieces of acting in history. All that time on Frasier, and Spamalot too? I am humbled.Chuck Cavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367750770904909672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47813740534084010242014-10-04T07:57:18.372-07:002014-10-04T07:57:18.372-07:00A salute to David Hyde Pierce. My wife and I saw S...A salute to David Hyde Pierce. My wife and I saw Spamalot on Broadway, and I wonder whether he realized that in the early scene where he is a guard, he channeled Stan Laurel. I mean, it was a great impression of him. Throw in that he had the best song in the musical ....Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40666191590391127002014-10-04T07:26:49.066-07:002014-10-04T07:26:49.066-07:00Reading this makes me realize how much I wish ther...Reading this makes me realize how much I wish there was a classy, aimed at intelligent adults, comedy.bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58790020809350869252014-10-04T07:14:36.271-07:002014-10-04T07:14:36.271-07:00Just an offhand comment here, since it involves Da...Just an offhand comment here, since it involves David Hyde Pierce. My mid-teenage kids find no humor in 'Frasier' or 'Cheers', no matter how much I coach them on how those shows *are* horribly funny. They're not retarded or anything (they don't find 'Green Acres' especially humorous either, so they're probably OK.) But when I point out that DHP was the voice of the walking stick in 'A Bug's Life', they go "He was awesome in that. Now *that* was funny*."<br /><br />That's kinda where I just sit there shaking my head, not knowing which way to think.ScottyBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87903280340573744102014-10-04T06:59:04.481-07:002014-10-04T06:59:04.481-07:00"So, theoretically I could challenge myself t..."So, theoretically I could challenge myself to a duel and lose."<br /><br />I want this scene; I don't care what show.katefatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32068581731105897302014-10-04T06:48:28.356-07:002014-10-04T06:48:28.356-07:00No I don't care it was a great post Ken.
One ...No I don't care it was a great post Ken.<br /><br />One of the fantastic thing about the interwebs is not only getting someones thoughts but also the thoughts of who they socially know.<br /><br />Great story... impressed by Dhp and his fencing!Angry Gamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60123599448328077962014-10-04T06:46:37.625-07:002014-10-04T06:46:37.625-07:00Today's blog post goes along with one of Ken&#...Today's blog post goes along with one of Ken's answers to yesterday's Friday question about what shows up on actors' resumes. So really, don't go laughing your ass off when someone put down "adequate fencing skills" on their resume, yeah?<br /><br />I mean, it's DHP.ScottyBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71893520746558982742014-10-04T06:45:12.499-07:002014-10-04T06:45:12.499-07:00If I ever had the chance to ask David Hyde Pierce ...If I ever had the chance to ask David Hyde Pierce a question there's something I've always wondered about regarding the "Frasier" episode "Ham Radio". (The one in which an old-style live radio drama is being staged.) One of the character voices he does, Prudence MacAllistar, sounds very much to me like a character from a classic British radio show; Lady Constance de Coverlet from "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again". Was that where it came from?Stoneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21992104496763160422014-10-04T06:43:39.847-07:002014-10-04T06:43:39.847-07:00I remember hearing Alan Alda on a talk show discus...I remember hearing Alan Alda on a talk show discussing the fencing scenes in SWEET LIBERTY. He took fencing lessons for a year, and periodically would call Michael Caine, his opponent in the movie, to ask Caine if he wanted to come to class. Caine always put it off. Come the day of filming, Caine shows up, does exactly what the camera needs, and that's it.<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36426821631610101882014-10-04T06:14:22.387-07:002014-10-04T06:14:22.387-07:00Great and thanks as I must have missed this one. Great and thanks as I must have missed this one. Richard Ynoreply@blogger.com