Gawker
parodies
Posts Tagged “
James Lipton
”
now you know
Eat With James Lipton!
In case you're wondering, the world's most pretentious sycophant king, "Inside the Actor's Studio" host James Lipton, will be having dinner at Alison Restaurant in Bridgehampton at 7 p.m. this Friday. $37 for 3 courses—which seems like a deal until you realize you'll have to eat those courses next to James Lipton, which means no amount of foie gras can undo the permanent psychic damage of his proximity.
thanksgiving
A Gawker Thanksgiving
Every year Gawker commenter and ad sales guy (and the best argument for abolishing the divide between editorial and advertising) LolCait has a super special Thanksgiving in his mind. There all of his and your favorite characters meet and dreams come true. This year Laurel Touby hosts. More »
charts and graphs
Exactly What Makes James Lipton So Irritating
Our Intern Mary has applied her sharp analytical mind and excellent Excel skill to Inside Inside, the wretched memoir by Inside the Actor's Studio host James Lipton. We've already examined the man's choice in epigraphs (pretentious), his favorite holiday (ridiculous) and his taste in women (whorish). But now the hard data is in. More »
From the mailbag: "I crashed a party in the Hamptons last summer and Lipton was there. Yes, he wears as much make-up on a random Saturday as he does on TV. Yes, his hair looks like he combs brown shoe polish through it. And yes, he stares straight into your soul with a crooked grin as you walk by him (men only). He was by far the creepiest person there, and Jocelyn Wildenstein was there, cat-face and all!" Huh! So that's where Jocelyn has been!
liptonwatch
"Inside the Actor's Studio" host and muggle-goblin James Lipton recently visited "The View." He was there to talk about his book Inside 'Inside'. Kicky co-host Sherri Shepherd, who also plays Tracy Morgan's wife on 30 Rock, asks him the question we've all been dying to know—thus follows the longest awkwardest pause "The View" has ever heard.
James Lipton Didn't Know He Was A Pimp
"Inside the Actor's Studio" host and muggle-goblin James Lipton recently visited "The View." He was there to talk about his book Inside 'Inside'. Kicky co-host Sherri Shepherd, who also plays Tracy Morgan's wife on 30 Rock, asks him the question we've all been dying to know—thus follows the longest awkwardest pause "The View" has ever heard.
too insidery
Buffoonish "Inside the Actor's Studio" host and author James Lipton is the gift that keeps on giving. He's so generous with his ridiculous that one can't help but feel grateful that he exists in this world. Even for the lost internet travelers who have somehow landed on the Amazon page for Inside Inside, he's got something for you. And it might just be the greatest video of James Lipton of all time.
Go Inside 'Inside Inside' With Insane Creepy Host James Lipton
Buffoonish "Inside the Actor's Studio" host and author James Lipton is the gift that keeps on giving. He's so generous with his ridiculous that one can't help but feel grateful that he exists in this world. Even for the lost internet travelers who have somehow landed on the Amazon page for Inside Inside, he's got something for you. And it might just be the greatest video of James Lipton of all time.
gawker book club
James Lipton's 'Inside Inside': A Reconsideration
We're halfway through our journey into "Inside the Actor's Studio" host James Lipton's new book, Inside Inside. Mostly so far we found ourselves cringing at the beginning of each chapter. Each started with an epigraph of such epic pretension! We could write a poem about it:
First was Chaucer, then Shakespeare. What would come after?
Ah, old Kierkegaard, of course. We'll wait for "Aye, there's the rub."
We're on chapter four. Could it get any dafter?
We'll find out in this installment of the Gawker Book Club.
gawker book club
James Lipton's Memoir May Be The Worst Thing Ever
James Lipton, host of Bravo's Inside The Actor's Studio, has a book! It's called Inside Inside and we got our copy today. It's 492 pages long and costs $27.95. If the first two pages are any indication, it might be the most gloriously horrendous book ever written. You have to love a man who starts the memoir of his middle-brow career with an epigraph by Chaucer, from 'The Canterbury Tales': "And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche." Nearly as trenchant as Dostoevsky's "Raskolnikov seemed offended." (Crime and Punishment, pg 144.) Or Faulkner's immortal words, "'Such good beer,' she said." (Sanctuary, pg 140.) Except with the added benefit that Chaucer is a) in Middle English and b) in the prologue. Let's face it, Lipton only has time for prologues. He's a busy guy and can barely read. But can he write? You decide. More »
it's hard out there for a pimp
