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A Typical Day In Graydon Carter's Office

Vanity Fair editor and Waverly Inn overlord Graydon Carter may be one of the most powerful forces in the magazine industry, but he'll have you know that he's not above starring in a funny little online video. Carter's self-mocking appearance in this clip promoting VF's Green Issue, in which he barks orders at a lowly minion, is hopefully not a sign of a trend of chief executives trying their hand at comedy. But at least his effort is much more bearable than NBC boss Jeff Zucker's recent grating appearance online. Click the video to see Graydon's acting skills in action.

3:04 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
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Conbon at 03:11 PM on 04/02/08
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I can't believe he didn't let Spike direct this. What happened to nepotism in this industry?
TedSez at 03:13 PM on 04/02/08
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As far as skits featuring big bosses egotistically mocking their own egotism go, he's no Lorne Michaels.
Cheap Shot at 03:13 PM on 04/02/08
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Wow, he has that smoker's voice. Unless VF is printed on recycled paper, how is a magazine EVER a green issue?
Drunken_Philosopher at 03:14 PM on 04/02/08
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I didn't really hear any barking. But if you call that humor, I've got some hilarious videos that my grandmother made for this whole youtube thing. You'll love them.
valarmorghulis at 03:16 PM on 04/02/08
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@Cheap Shot: by using Vert ink
ThereMustBeAPony at 03:18 PM on 04/02/08
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I thought for sure he'd crumple the reservation and toss it at the intern as soon as he hung up the phone. Comedy gold. Opportunity missed.
semiserious at 03:19 PM on 04/02/08
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Last month's video (also featurting that fucking Emmy) for the "Woman are Funny" issue was a good example of why men sometimes aren't.
TheHonJudgeSmails at 03:26 PM on 04/02/08
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@Conbon: That boy is a talent.
Calraigh at 03:26 PM on 04/02/08
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@Cheap Shot: When it's jealous of it's younger, prettier, skinnier counterpart?
Calraigh at 03:28 PM on 04/02/08
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@semiserious: Uh huh, I hear ya gender undetermined!
belltolls at 03:28 PM on 04/02/08
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He is no Sam Zell.
Calraigh at 03:36 PM on 04/02/08
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@semiserious:This month's video, featuring ''That Fucking Emmy''.
TheHonJudgeSmails at 03:38 PM on 04/02/08
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He's so doughy, I wanna tickle him!
thatgirlinnewyork at 03:40 PM on 04/02/08
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At least when he says he has a boy polishing his trophy, he's not just spouting a quaint turn of phrase.
KarenUhOh at 03:44 PM on 04/02/08
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"No, it's supposed to look like that. It's our 'Green Menu.'"
Malegirdle at 03:55 PM on 04/02/08
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he was always my least favorite founding father
Christopher Snitchens at 04:44 PM on 04/02/08
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@Malegirdle: that is gold, my friend.

I wonder if E. Graydon gets the same chuckle out of making his #2 assistant go down to fetch his briefcase from the car every day, which he actually does. A man who refuses to carry his own briefcase who makes a self-mocking video about being the kind of man who refuses to carry his own briefcase is the kind of man we need more of. The kind of man you want next to you in the foxhole.
famousauthor at 04:50 PM on 04/02/08
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He should button up his shirt. Thank god I don't know if he needs to pull up his pants as well. And Jenny Craig: do you make office calls?
Saxon 212 at 10:24 PM on 04/02/08
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Putrid,there is no justice.
MrInBetween at 10:39 PM on 04/02/08
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You can almost smell the rib roast au jus oozing from his pores.
Hamud Ibn Hamud at 12:43 AM on 04/03/08
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Oy. Such a caution.

The deal is, Sonny Mehta still looks pretty good.

And I think Sonny's a few years younger than Graydon.
rosaluxembourgeoise at 12:51 AM on 04/03/08
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It's offensive how they stole the Ratatouille soundtrack for this.
cassie-la-barraque at 03:28 AM on 04/03/08
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@Christopher Snitchens: I always feel safer next a man who drinks his Starbucks in the form of a dry triple venti cappucino.