Feel free to call. 1-800-222-KABC. Surely I'll say enough stupid things that you'll have to correct me on.
LOVE LETTERS by A.R. Gurney is an enormously successful play. Ingenious in its design, an actor and actress sit at tables or stand at podiums and just read love letters. So no blocking or rehearsal or memorization is ever really needed. Actors can easily rotate in and out of the piece and frequently do. This can result in prestigious A-level actor pairings but there have also been productions by Charlton and Lydia Heston and Shirley Jones & Marty Ingells. Since I couldn’t attend either of those I shall wait to see LOVE LETTERS until one of the following pairings is announced:
Nick Counter & Lorena Bobbitt
Lars & the Real Girl
Amy Winehouse & Kenneth from 30 ROCK
James Wood & Sean Young
Paul McCartney & Heather Mills
Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama
Ann Coulter & Al Franken
Woody Allen & Mia Farrow
Sherri Shepherd & Gore Vidal
Kellie Pickler & Randy Jackson
Michael Jackson & Elizabeth Taylor
Billy Bob Thornton & Angelina Jolie
Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman
Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown
Mary Tyler Moore & Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Regis Philbin & Kelly Rippa
Dr. Laura & Dr. Phil
Liza Minelli & David Gest
Jack Klugman & Lauren Becall
Donnie & Marie
Bill Clinton & (the voice of) Monica Lewinsky
Paula Abdul & Simon Cowell
Lou Ferrigno & Marlie Matlin
Andrew Dice Clay & Amy Grant
Bjork & Bob Dylan
Katie Couric & Walter Cronkite
Jennifer Aniston & Brad Pitt
Richard Hatch & Tonya Harding
The President of Iran & Rene Taylor
Robin Williams
Ann Coulter and Christopher Hitchens
Posted by: Anonymous | January 05, 2008 at 09:51 PM
In 1992, I attended the taping of an episode of DAME EDNA'S HOLLYWOOD at NBC in Burbank. LOVE LETTERS was running in L.A. at the time. During a commercial break, I asked Dame Edna to please bring her legendary stage show to Los Angeles. (That event still lay 9 years in the future.)Dame Edna replied that she'd like to test the waters first by doing LOVE LETTERS with Lily Tomlin.
Posted by: D. McEwan | January 05, 2008 at 11:47 PM
I don't get Richard Hatch & Tonya Harding...How about Sam Kennison and Rita Rudner?Hallie
Posted by: Anonymous | January 06, 2008 at 08:53 AM
Ellen Degeneres and Anne HecheAnne Heche and Anne HecheAlec Baldwin and Kim BassingerAnd lest we forget, the most obvious...Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
Posted by: Anonymous | January 06, 2008 at 09:26 AM
OJ Simpson and Gloria Allred. Though my favorite was Lou Ferrigno and Marlie and Matlin. Very cruel but very funny.
Posted by: Michael Zand | January 06, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Robert W. Morgan and Emperor Bob Hudson
Posted by: Anonymous | January 06, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Dice Clay and Amy Grant got the biggest laugh from me, for some reason
Posted by: tb | January 06, 2008 at 11:35 AM
How about: Kim Cattrall and Kurt Russell, ideally in the voices they used in BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.
Posted by: gottacook | January 06, 2008 at 12:40 PM
WGA and AMPTP?
Posted by: Anonymous | January 06, 2008 at 04:13 PM
Lou Ferrigno & Marlie Matlin...That is INSPIRED.
Posted by: Barry W | January 06, 2008 at 06:01 PM
Jay Leno wanted me to ask...Was any of your Sportstalk show written by a WGA member?
Posted by: emily litella | January 06, 2008 at 07:45 PM
Rene Taylor? Now wait a minute. I think you've stepped over the line.Fran Drescher and Lou Ferrigno conjure up another interesting situation. Now the remainder of tonight's comments will resurrect 40 year-old Helen Keller jokes.
Posted by: A. Buck Short | January 06, 2008 at 08:43 PM
Judging from the difficulty so many actors have reading from TelePrompters on award shows, I think I'd insist on some rehearsal.How about Paris Hilton and David Letterman?Flava Flav and Brigitte NielsenNew York and Tailor MadeHoward Stern and Oprah WinfreyBurt and Linda PugachJack Black and Kyle GassEddie Murphy and Scary SpiceMary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and Matthew and Gunnar NelsonOh, this could never end...
Posted by: jbryant | January 07, 2008 at 01:18 AM