Perhaps it’s all just part of the schtick of Bruno, in which even Paula Abdul was duped into thinking this was a real Austrian fashion correspondent.
Anyhow, after Michael Jackson’s sudden croaking, producers have yanked a scene from the Bruno film in which he chats with Latoya Jackson and steals Michael’s number out of her cell phone. And coincidentally enough, the Hollywood premiere of Bruno last night kept fans from getting close to Michael Jackson’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is right in front of Graumann’s Chinese Theater.
But all sadness aside, please enjoy this clip of Bruno (video’d off of somebody’s TV) dancing on Conan’s desk on last night’s show.
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“We honestly can’t remember any other occasion where an actor has appeared on a talk show to promote a film and stayed in character the whole time.”
Of course Sasha Cohen went on CONAN as Borat before to promote that movie, along with many other talk shows:
But have you honestly never heard of Andy Kaufman? He was the original Sasha Baron Cohen, promoting his own TV shows and standup tours:
Pee Wee Herman on the JOAN RIVERS SHOW is a very different man from Paul Rubens on the CONAN O’BRIEN SHOW. Rubens did all his publicity for PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE in character.
Martin Short went on all kinds of talk shows as Jiminy Glick. Here he is on CNN with Anderson Cooper:
And what about Stephen Colbert on MEET THE PRESS?
How about Robert Smigel as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on Leno? NBC even puts him on news shows to lighten up political coverage:
Comedians do this all the time! There are many, MANY others …