Michael McKean Explains The Process Of Creating 'Spinal Tap'
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2017
- 'Better Call Saul' star Michael McKean shares the creative process behind 'Spinal Tap' along with some less glorious moments performing onstage.
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Spinal Tap and Better Call Saul are both absolutely legendary in their own right. It's amazing what this man has brought to both of those projects.
His work on Better Call Saul is amazing!
He's terrific. If you want to see everything good he's been in, be sure to see She Gets What She Wants, and be sure not to see Man Trouble.
He's terrific. If you want to see everything good he's been in, be sure to see She Gets What She Wants ("93% liked this movie Google users").
He owned the role so much it's hard to not see him as Chuck
I'm old enough to have seen his entire career arc, and it's amazing to think that Lenny from "Laverne and Shirley" would one day play Chuck McGill.
And amuzing
WHAT AN ACTOR!!! I've never seen an actor portray a lawyer so damn good and convincingly. Michael McKean is a legend ☺
Spinal Tap's iconic status as a film can (in part) be attributed to how ridiculously grandiose the hard rock/metal scene really was in the early 1980's when the film was released. Spinal Tap satirized it in a way that both fans and critics of the genre could appreciate.
You forgot musicians ... everyone I've worked with who's seen it loves it to death.
I've been there (I'm still going there!) - the band bustups, the technical problems, the can't-find-the-stage, the bad backstage food ...
Iron Maiden was like, "hey why are they ripping us off?"
Dee Snider on Spinal Tap ‘It was so funny that it hurt.’
imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
In his recent autobiography, Rob Halford says he went and saw it with a buddy when it was still in the theaters. They were laughing to the point where others told them to shut up. Halford also admitted that almost every set piece in the movie had happened to Judas Priest at one time or another.
People didn't seem to get his first joke about meeting him.
"I've been wanting to meet you for years"
" It doesn't take that long to meet me"
It’s very “take my wife please”
A great understated joke.
It's not meant to be broadly understood. If you get it, you laugh, if you don't then you stare blankly at the screen like Nigel Tufnel. You're supposed to turn and ask a friend who is smarter than you to explain the joke. I understand this dichotomy because I surround myself with very stupid people.
It must be so weird for the kids seeing McKean for the first time as the asshole square Chuck McGill to find out that he is actually one of the greatest comedy icons in American culture.
If you want to see an amazing career arc, watch Lenny on "Laverne and Shirley," then watch him as Chuck on BCS.
That's me. It's weird as hell, he looks like he would always play stuck up serious guys. I was looking at the Spinal Tap poster and was like, that is McKean?! By the way I also just watched Shawshank Redemption and looked up Tim Robbins and BAM it's like I time traveled and he became an old guy in a second!
I'm 44 and grew up watching him on Laverne and Shirley and Spinal Tap. He's a great actor!
I've seen both BCS and TIST and I seriously did not recognise it was the same actor
I am a huge fan of ST and BCS and I only realized the other day he was in both. And realizing how much I HATE Chuck you realize how good he really is
Michael McKean is one of the most talented people ever
This.
Deserves wayyy more credit for his protrayal of Chuck McGill
Agreed! It seems there is nothing he can't do in the performing arts!
This man is a fucking legend
RIP Stampy Pete. Great drummer.
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I know nothing about his private life but he _is_ a legend.
Thomas
What about Lenny?
"Sadly, he choked on vomit." The punchline to that moment is one of the funniest in film history.
But it was someone else’s vomit...you can’t really dust for vomit..😂😂
@@chrisrush2112 Probably my buddy's favorite line from the movie.
"The police said it would be better to just let that one remain unsolved"
Better left unsolved.
he is the most british not british man I have ever seen.
Don’t forget Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer!
@@philmstud2k christopher guest is a baron and had a seat on the house of lords so he is way more english than any of them
Seeing how he's descended from Col. Thomas McKean, signer of the Declaration of Independence, that's nice to hear.
@@philmstud2k yeah Guest is actually half english, his dad was/is english, and spent some of childhood / youth living in the UK.
The killers
He took a character on better call saul and did it unbelievably well! Allergic to electricity, you see so many actors suck at these kind of character's...where their acting is so horrible but this man did it so seamlessly! Unbelievable, one of the best actors ive ever seen!!!
Anyone who's played in a rock band has met people similar to the guys in Spinal Tap. My friend's band went through at least 13 drummers (none died).
no they just spontaneously combusted
Was in a band like that
and bass players..wtf is it with that? That was our issue back in the day..
The Grateful Dead, with keyboard players, had a similar real life issue with turnover/mortality as the Tap did with drummers.
You can't know that. Spontaneous combustion only leaves a stain, really.
Interesting fact about Michael McKean:
His first appearance on SNL was as a musical guest.
His second appearance on snl was as host the following season.
Nearly a decade after he hosted, he was brought in as a full-time cast member.
Terrible season, though he did a good impression of Howard Stern.
yes I wish he came in during season 16 of SNL because he would shine more during that season then say season 19 and season 20
@@RollingOrmond McKean was SO out of place in that cast. Farley, Sandler, and Spade owned the show with their adolescent frat boy humor (this isn't me trying to be snooty, it was what it was) and there's McKean contributing sketches based around Spalding Gray monologues and such. I get that he was sort of brought in to be the Phil Hartman elder-utility-player role, but he was a season or two too late.
thank you for not saying "fun" fact
@@raheemhamilton2011 Wow, those seasons go way past 11!
Michael McKean is a comic god.... Spinal Tap was about the funniest thing I ever saw back in the 80's, and it still is hysterical today. Doesn't seem like the film has aged all that much. But about aging.... wow, it's really strange to see Mr McKean at the age he's at now. He looks like a regular old guy.... as alot of us do when we get to be his age. But for some reason, he'll forever be stuck in my head as the younger guy who was the leader of Spinal Tap. :)
Absolutely, man. Absolutely!! 🤘
Derek: Kind of puts it in perspective, doesn’t it?
David: Too much! Too much fuckin’ perspective.
Brent Rhodes 😂😂👌
yeah, but still a very attractive older guy (as himself, not Chuck!)
Nigel Tufnel thought he was the leader.
Spinal Tap is a treasured memory.... Thank you for honouring its memory...
"This one goes to 11"
Big bottom🎵Big bottom🎵 talkin bout mudflaps🎵my girls got em
Big bottom drive me outta my mind,how could I leave this behind
Plowin' your bean field....pokin' your hay.
My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo
I love to sink her with my pink torpedo 😂😂😂
My love guns loaded and she's in my sights, big game is hiding there, behind her tights. Yeah!! Big bottom, big bottom. Talkin bout bum cakes, my gal's got em. Big bottom drive me outta my mind, how could I leave this behind?
...HOW can I leave this BEHIND!!????
McKean is a master actor.
I've watched Spinal Tap at least 25 times. Love that movie.
I can't wait till my kids are old enough to watch
dust for vomit
ive watched it 11 times...some blokes watched it 10 times.....where do you go from there?
Many have said that it is weird to see McKean in a dramatic role. Since I am young and I saw BCS before Spinal Tap, for me the situation is reversed. For me it is weird to see him in a comedic role, but he shines in both genres. What a guy!
They were filming a scene for "A Mighty Wind" outside my apartment building in the Village in 2002 (wasn't used in the movie), and I got all three of them to sign a Mojo magazine cover. Fun day.
Rolling Ormond we’re they nice?
@@Lily_of_the_Forest McKean and especially Guest were cold but Harry Shearer was nice about it.
I love Michael McKean. THIS IS SPINAL TAP is pure genius, the music is great, I've seen it at least ten times and I never get sick of it. Michael and David L. Lander are very funny, intelligent class acts all the way.
My daughter bought the album of the movie for me, she was little and didn't realise it's satire. It has never been played.
To this day, my greatest treasure is having Lenny & The Squigtones, live at The Roxy in Hollywood, on vinyl!
This has been one of my all time favorite albums since it's release in 1979
Seems to be a genuinely lovely guy.
Dude is a huge They Might Be Giants fan. How can you not love that??
MICHAEL MCKEAN.....WE LOVE YOU!!! Such a talented man!!!
A legend indeed! He's had so many memorable roles.
The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear
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This guy does it all - writes, acts, sings, plays guitar, can play comedy or drama with ease. What a talent!
Love Michael McKean! Hell even Short Circuit 2 was great because of him
Not your shilk sirt!! I think so too.
I also was joyed when watching Nothing to Lose, that ponytail!
I appreciate that Stephens interviews are all full length on UA-cam instead of being chopped up into multiple clips to maximize views
“My thumbs hurt”...brilliant. Michael has been in so many great shows & films, but his work with Christopher Guest is always so very funny...and as for his portrayal of Chuck in BCS, he deserved an Emmy.
He's fantastic. Most underrated movie of his is Clue. Hysterical.
I could listen to him talk all day. He has such a beautiful way to express himself. Such eloquence!
I'm glad to see Chuck McGill finally got cured of his condition!
Spinal Tap should be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
no musician worth their salt can say they haven't seen "This is Spinal Tap" and be taken serious
The scene where they get lost trying to find the stage...LMAO! "Rock and Roll! Rock and Roll!"
Ronin Dave HELLO, CLEVELAND !!!!!! 😂🎸
Ronin Dave "I mean how much more black than this can it get... the answer is... none, none more black"
Actually... that scene wasn't that far away from reality. Back in the day I was in the music biz and was backstage for a ton of stuff. The biggest venue in downtown Cleveland was called Public Hall and as I remember it, it really would have been a nightmare trying to find the stage if they didn't have the guys who led you there. It was one dimly lit corridor after another of dead ends an weird turns and lots of 3 or 4 step staircases up and then down and up and then down again. Everybody just loves that scene in the film, and it's actually pretty true. On the other hand, I usually had smoked a ton of weed too and I prob would have gotten lost just trying to find my left foot :)
Ronin Dave I saw them live :-)
demented thought process. i knew i recognized him yet hated him for his character in this show...then realized he was an actor in spinal tap and realized I should stop being such a bitch. Fantastic underrated actor.
this man and all three of tap guys all came from snl btw are legends. so quick on their feet funny and musically talented.
Love Michael McKean, very articulate, super underrated.❤️🙆♀️
I quote his lines from CLUE all the time. Seriously fantastic.
Haha, I just did up above!
I remember watching that movie based on a board game i played, it was the first time i saw Tim Curry as well as Michael McKean
"I didn't do it!"
Underrated movie with McKean: She Gets What She Wants. Very good movie. With Jane McGregor, Piper Perabo, and Trent Ford.
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The late, great Madeline Kahn had the best scene for me!! "Yes...yes...I hated her...so much...that...FLAMES...FLAMES..." 😂
In case anybody doesn't know, the actor playing Clifford Main in Better Call Saul is Ed Begley Jr, the same actor who played John "Stampy" Peeps, the first drummer of Spinal Tap. The "tall, blonde guy".
Gardening accident did him in, sadly. Loved his drumming on “Gimme Some Money.”
"...it's not your job to be as confused as Nigel."
" no bones!"
"I'm not sure the energy of the band was the problem tonight.
I think the problem with the band was we were on stage with a Stonehenge monument that was in danger of being crushed by dwarves..."
all i could think about during the entire interview was getting my hands on that original 20 minute spinal tap short!!
Vomit Pinata It’s on UA-cam, look for Spinal Tap The Final Tour
I love Spinal Pap!
I know all the bloody words to the Spinal Tap movie, I've watched it so many times! Just fantastic. Love all of the band/actors work
"I've wanted to meet you for years"
"It doesn't take that long to meet me"
I've been watching him since Laverne & Shirley. What a remarkable career, and very together guy.
He is AWE-INSPIRING as Chuck McGill.
Yeap, his acting is sensational.
Stephen's turning it to 11
William Devane wow, unbelievably original, amazing, I'm sure that's the only comment like that here.
Michael is absolutely brilliant...
I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by a *dwarf*. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.
I hope Trump hires the same people to build his wall that made Tap's Stonehenge.
"Can't we just change the choreography - keep the dwarf clear??"
"I think you're making a big thing out of it..." "making a big thing about it would've been a good idea"
...and here's the guy ruining it with politics
NO, we’re not going to fucking do Stonehenge!
There is a good reason it was longest running in Boston. There is a line, when a gig was canceled "Boston isn't a big college town". I was a college student in Boston and saw it there in a packed theater in 1984
Playing at the Enormo-dome
A talented man, for sure. "Best in Show " is like Spinal Tap with dogs! Ad- libbing perfection. His Chuck McGill character is a fascinating piece of work.
Really fascinated by his character in Better Call Saul..
It was really effective acting.. Bravo! Amazing actor!
Play some clips from Better Call Saul and Spinal Tap with McKean in it. And you'll see what acting really is about. Genius
What a gorgeous summary - "All acting is psychosomatic, when you think about it."
He was also Perry White in Smallville, as well as Morris Fletcher from The X-Files episode Dreamland
I must say, David Ivor St. Hubbins is aging well.
(Shirley) "This is the worst day of my life, nothing could be worse than this."
(door slams open and it's Lenny & Squiggy) ... "Hello !"
Always loved him. 🧡
He was also amazing in Best in Show.
HE DEFECATED THROUGH A SUNROOF!
Good interview!
McKean is a monster actor.
Their accents are great in Spinal Tap so convincing i didn't know if they were British or not when i first saw it on TV in the U.K ( in the 80s) I knew Janine, Mick ( drummer) and Viv ( keyboards) were because they looked British and there's just something about the way people move and speak here lol. Rob Reiner tries to cross his arms at the start of the film and misses....lol
Love Spinal Tap and The Folksmen. He was brilliant in the X-Files as well.
Spinal Tap actually toured. Saw them at Seattle Paramount in '92 (?)
With a lot of the "eff ups" incorporated into the show. But they were actually damn good ! And they really were the very same "actors". Yes, they really did play the instruments.
And every scene in the movie is based upon a REAL occurrence.
TacomaPaul heard radio interview from them around that time ('92 tour). Recorded it on cassette boombox in my studio apartment. Met my wife in september that year and we are still together! Hilarious interview.
Great actor! Love his Spinal Tap work!!!
He is excellent in everything
This makes me so happy.
Love this man! I had Tap on video disc in 84, my brothers an I would watch it every weekend for at least a year.
Didn't mention him in the movie "Clue" based on the board game. He was great in that movie too.
David St. Hubbins... the Patron Saint of Quality Footwear :)
Great interview
I love the idea of them opening for John Denver. Contrary to popular knowledge, JD was very self aware & had a great sense of humour.
Of course..after all, wasn't he in Oh God with George Burns?
Love this man!
What a career. I was a baby when he was boppin around as Lenny on L&S. I remember watching it as a 5 year old. Then watching him through all the Christopher Guest movies and finally with BCS...wow. Just one of the best.
He so good at dead pan. I just laugh the whole time.
In the 1990s I saw Spinal Tap perform in Mansfield, MA. It was one of the most entertaining shows I've ever been to.
Great actor !!!
I don’t know this man (personally), never will, but I have an enormous amount of respect for his body of work. An accomplished musician, an amazing actor, and (appears to be) a fantastic human being. 👍🏼
Such a body of work... This guy is really genius level.
McKean was also a recurring character Morris Fletcher in THE X - FILES, an operative for an agency known as Majestic 12(which operated out of United States Air Force Area 51), and claimed to have invented the term "Bermuda Triangle." Beibg from Massachusetts, I was @ that theater when the film was first released. they toured as the band and did a tour, in which they played 2 shows @ the Channel in Boston.
Love this guy!!
He is just brilliant.
Michael is so entertaining.
There is also "The Return of Spinal Tap" which is an actual live show with skits in between songs. My band played "Majesty of Rock" for a few years, and ALWAYS got a huge cheer when we announced "this one is from"Spinal Tap"
Guitarist in the "Barbusters" in a great underrated movie "Light of Day" staring Micheal J Fox and Joan Jett.
Sad the audience doesn't know who the people he references are.
Good Lord, with talk show audiences, they never do. It's only going to get worse as the years roll by.
Says a guy who converted to Judaism for the jokes!
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Why is it sad that people in their 20s and 30s don't know who the stars of the 60s and 70s are? Pop culture is transitory...only a few stars have a long shelf life. Look at how many Rat Pack-era A-listers ended up on The Love Boat. It's just the cycle for musicians, artists, actors, etc. I mean, no one under age 50 knows Joe Franklin - even though the guy was awesome.
Hey, I'm 49 and I know who Joe Franklin is, so there! I think Billy Crystal impersonating him on SNL probably gives his profile a boost and people know him who are as young as their early 40s.
And I don't think it's any more sad that they audience doesn't know his references than someone older not knowing who current stars are. But it's a good way to bridge the generation gap. I learned early on when talking with someone older if you mention stars from when they were children, they're thrilled by it.
I’m a big fan of Tap and Saul, and yet he is so authentic in both that I never knew he was one and the same.
Legend!
good lord that ending was like a master class in how to give an 8 minute interview from the maestro
This guy used to live up the street from me on Willow Crest Ave in Studio City. Only ever waved at him as he drove by but he seemed nice enough cause he'd wave back. (and I still listen to the Spinal Tap album from time to time. Love "Big Bottom")
X-Files, too. Freaked me out that he was Lenny, lol.
from a distant location a lot of what happens in the US seems so unreal and confusing. Then you find a good, normal and civil interview. Huge fan of Colbert's show here.
I live in the U.S., and I can tell you that it often seems
unreal and confusing from up close.
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civil? you didn't see stephen throw boiling hot tar and feathers on McKean at the end?
do you mean the psychosomatic thing? Anyway, I guess I meant it generally. It is just strange that apparently mainstream people in the US have to go to comedy shows to watch concise political analysis, and interviews conducted with at least 90 % of respect to the interviewee. By the way, I don't find it ok, when Stephen or others resort to degrading or obscene jokes about people, even less to your (disturbing) current commander in chief. And yet, overall given the fact that it is a comedy show, it delivers a lot of funny stuff AND much more, like civility while interviewing. Yes, I like Colbert a lot. It is simply cool to watch deserved successes.
What a legend! I'm kind of glad I saw Spinal Tap (many times) before Better Call Saul. It might be kind of weird the other way around.
One of the best actors over ever seen
GENIUS
What a great actor!
Milo from Airheads!..and the other guy that wasn't Fisher Stevens or the Robot in Short Circuit 2.
Gibby Fisk
ChannelWes "Derf. That's what I said. Derf."
See my comment, LOL! Just like the other guy said:
"Derf"
Saw him in King Lear at the Public Theater. He played the Earl of Gloucester. He was fantastic
I'm so used to his perfect British accent as David St Hubbins that his American accent sounds to me like an act.
God bless him. He has created (with one or two others) a kind of family of comedy that still works more by word of mouth than by huge studio marketing budgets; and word gets around because it's so damn good.
Well said!
He should’ve won an Emmy for playing check on Better Call Saul.