Talk:Rich Little

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wasn't rich little black banned in the US? 72.137.186.106 14:42, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Rich Little has to be the MOST awful impressionist that ever lived. All I can say is that he has some nerve.

um, ok?

I found it surprising that the article as written made no mention of his Nixon impersonation, so I added a mention to the article. --Vpfritz 04:20, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I think you are wrong. I happen to like Rich Little.

Shawn

"Little himself was impersonated on an episode of Saturday Night Live which featured a parody of the Inside the Actors Studio program with guest host Alec Baldwin portraying him." -- Pretty sure this is wrong. Alec Baldwin portrayed Charles Nelson Reilly in that sketch, not Little. Baldwin has only done one Inside the Actor's Studio spoof on SNL.

The link to "an episode" of Futurama featuring Little as Howard Cosell led to Time Keeps on Slippin' but that episode had "Marv Albert," not Cosell. The episode being referred to is "Raging Bender." I just changed the link. DudleyScardsdale 03:00, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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Contents 1 Edit 2 best impersonator? 3 "impressionist" Mel Blanc??? 4 The Late Shift 5 baaaad introduction

[edit] Edit

I took this out of the article: He is arguably one of the most famous impressionists in show business. While some of his contemporaries, such as David Frye, Frank Gorshin and John Byner arguably did certain specific voices better than Little did them, in terms of sheer volume Little's catalog of impressions is difficult to approach.

'arguably' 'one of the most famous' is a little unencyclopedic and unverifiable. If anyone wants to include this, could they produce a source saying this, at least? I'm not disputing he is famous, espcially with the WHCA dinner coming, but still...

Matt --64.42.209.81 17:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] best impersonator?

Somewhere along the line I saw a documentary about Little, in which they compared an oscillograph of a particular celebrity to one taken during Little's impersonation. The readings were virtually indistinguishable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.27.73.102 (talk) 19:34, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] "impressionist" Mel Blanc???

Okay, I'll admit that my knowledge of Mel Blanc is limited to his huge volume of cartoon voice work, but judging by the wording of his mention in this article, I think someone has a seriously mistaken impression (pardon the pun) of what Mel Blanc is really famous for. Maybe they were just trying to explain why he and Rich Little have both been called "The Man of a Thousand Voices", but that paragraph seems to paint Blanc as just a guy who did impressions of cartoon characters, with the only difference being that Rich Little imitates real people. It's pretty sad that anyone has even the slightest hint of an idea that Mel Blanc just happens to be able to do a really good Bugs Bunny impression, so could someone clarify the opening statement? If I'm wrong and Mel Blanc was an impressionist first I'll concede the point, but I'm really thinking that it should be made clear that Mel Blanc did a lot of original voices, whereas Rich Little did impressions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.254.10.80 (talk) 06:18, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Late Shift

Given that Rich Little very often showed up on the Tonight Show, and in many venues did his spot-on impression of Johnny Carson, it was perfect casting for him to play Carson in the HBO film "The Late Shift". The physical differences between the two made the choice a bit distracting, particularly because Rich Little is so recognizable as himself. Of course if you ask some of the other people portrayed (Letterman in perticular), they might tell you that Rich Little as Carson was closer than the actor who portrayed them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.254.10.80 (talk) 06:23, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] baaaad introduction

Why on earth does the introduction draw a parrallel to Mel Blanc (who isn't even an impressionist)? Not something that needs to be in the intro, and to say something like "more legendary" is entirely biased. I'm going to edit this even though I have no knowledge on the subject to remove refferences to Mel Blanc, so this intro will be in line with others. --LeakeyJee (talk) 06:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)