Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host, director and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer started his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. After the breakup of the group, Shearer co-starred with the movie "Real Life" with Albert Brooks and began writing for Martin Mull's television series "Fernwood 2 Night".
Shearer was a cast member on Saturday Night Live between 1979 and 1980, and 1984 and 1985. Shearer co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the 1984 movie This Is Spinal Tap , a satirical rockumentary, which became a cult hit. In 1989, he joined the cast from the animated sitcom The Simpsons ; he voted for figures including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, and more. Shearer has appeared in films including A Mighty Wind and The Truman Show, and has directed two, Teddy Bears' Picnic and The Big Uncomfortable. He has written three books. Since 1983, Shearer has hosted the public radio comedy/music program Le Show , combining satire, music, and sketch comedy.
Shearer has won a PrimeTime Emmy Award, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the radio category, and has received several Emmy and Grammy Award nominations. She has been married to singer-songwriter Judith Owen since 1993. She is currently a "resident artist" at Loyola University, New Orleans.
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Shearer was born on December 23, 1943 in Los Angeles, son of Dora Warren (nÃÆ' Â © e Kohn; d. 2008), a bookkeeper, and Mack Shearer. His parents were Jewish emigrants from Austria and Poland. Beginning when Shearer was four, he had a piano teacher whose daughter worked as a little actress. The piano teacher then decides to make a career change and become a child agent, because he knows people in this business through his daughter's work. The teacher asks Shearer's parents permission to take her to the audition. A few months later, she called Shearer's parents and told them that she got Shearer an audition for the Jack Benny Program radio show. Shearer received a role when she was seven years old. He describes Jack Benny as "very warm and approachable [...] He is a man who dug other people's ideas on the show to get a laugh, which sort of spoils me for others in comedy." Shearer said in an interview that one person who "took her under her wing" and was one of her best friends during the early days of the show business was voice actor Mel Blanc, who voiced many animated characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Barney Puing. Shearer made his film debut in the 1953 film Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, where he had a small section. Later that year, he later appeared on The Robe . Throughout his childhood and adolescence he worked on television, movies and radio. In 1957, Shearer played the character precursor of Eddie Haskell in a pilot episode of the Leave It to Beaver television series. After filming, Shearer's parents said they did not want him to become a regular in the series. Instead they want him to just do the work occasionally so he can have a normal childhood. Shearer and her parents made the decision not to accept a role in the series if taken by the television network.
Shearer attended UCLA as a political science major in the early 1960s and decided to stop showing business to be a "serious person". However, he says this lasts about a month, and he joins the staff of the Bruin Daily, the UCLA school newspaper, during his first year. He is the editor of a college humor magazine (Satyr), including a parody of June 1964, Preyboy He also working as a broadcaster at KRLA, 40 top radio stations in Pasadena, during this period. According to Shearer, after graduation, he has a "very serious agenda, and it's 'Stay Out of the Draft'." He studied at graduate school at Harvard University for one year and worked in the state legislature in Sacramento. In 1967 and 1968, he was a high school teacher, teaching English and social studies. He left teaching following "disagreements with administration."
From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group that included David Lander, Richard Beebe and Michael McKean. This group consists of a "group of journalists" at KRLA 1110, "number two" in Los Angeles. They want to do more than just live news, so they hire comedians who are talented vocalists. Shearer heard about it from a friend so he brought a tape to the station and nervously gave it to the receptionist. He found him employed on the same day. The group's radio show was canceled in 1970 by KRLA and in 1971 by KPPC-FM, so they began performing at various clubs and concert venues. While at KRLA, Shearer also interviewed Creedence Clearwater Revival for the Pop Chronicles music documentary. In 1973, Shearer appeared as Jim Houseafire on How Time Flys, an album by The Firesign Theater's David Ossman. Credibility Gap broke up in 1976 when Lander and McKean went to perform at sitcom Laverne & amp; Shirley . Shearer started working with Albert Brooks, produced one of Brooks's albums and wrote the movie Maps Harry Shearer
Careers
Saturday Night Live
In August 1979, Shearer was hired as a writer and actor on Saturday Night Live, one of the first additions to the cast, and an unofficial substitute for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, who both left the show. Al Franken recommends Shearer to the creator of Saturday Night Live Lorne Michaels. Shearer describes her experience on the show as "living hell" and "not a pleasant place to work." He did not get along with the other writers and cast members and stated that he was not included with the player in the opening montage (although he added to the montage for the last episode of the 1979-1980 season) and that Lorne Michaels had told the cast that he was just a writer. Michaels left Saturday Night Live at the end of the fifth season, bringing the entire cast with him. Shearer told new executive producer Jean Doumanian that she was "not a fan of Lorne" and offered to stick with the show if she was given the chance to overhaul the program and bring in experienced comedians, such as Christopher Guest. However, Doumanian refused, so he decided to go with the rest of the cast.
In 1984, while promoting the film Is Is Spinal Tap, Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean performed on Saturday Night Live . All three members were offered the opportunity to join the show in the 1984-1985 season. Shearer was accepted because he was treated well by the producers and he thought the backstage environment had improved but later stated that he "did not realize that guests were treated better than the usual." The guest also accepted the offer while McKean rejected it, though he would join the cast in 1994. Dick Ebersol, who replaced Lorne Michaels as the show's producer, said Shearer was "a talented but painless ass player. - and he is very, very hard on the people who work.He is just a nightmare to deal with people. "In January 1985, Shearer left the show for good, partly because he felt he was not used enough. Martin Short says Shearer "wants to be creative and Dick [Ebersol] wants something else. [...] I think he feels his voice is not represented on the show, and when he will not get that chance, it makes him very upset."
Spinal Tap
Shearer co-created, co-wrote and starred in Rob Reiner's 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap . Shearer, Reiner, Michael McKean, and Christopher Guest accepted an agreement to write the first draft of the scenario for a company called Marble Arch. They decided that the film could not be written and instead filmed a 20 minute demo of what they wanted to do. It was finally illuminated by Norman Lear and Jerry Perenchio at Embassy Pictures. The film mocks wild personal behavior and music pretensions from hard rock and heavy metal bands, as well as the hagiographic tendency of rockumentaries at the time. The three core members of the band Spinal Tap - David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel - are described by McKean, Shearer and Guest respectively. The three actors play their musical instruments and speak with an artificial English accent throughout the film. There are no scripts, although there are written details of most scenes, and many of those lines are in-liblets. It was filmed in 25 days.
Shearer said in an interview that "The impulse animates is to do the right rock 'n' roll." The four of us had been around rock 'n' roll and we were just amazed by how incessantly the films were wrong. "Because we're funny these guys will be the movies funny, but we want to do it right. "When they tried to sell it to Hollywood studios, they were told the movie would not work. The group kept saying, "No, this is a story familiar enough to people, we do not introduce it to anything they do not actually know," so Shearer thinks it has at least an echo with the public. The film was just a modest success in the initial release but found greater success, and following the sect, after its video release. In 2000, the film was ranked 29th in the list of top 100 American comedy films in American theaters and was chosen to be kept on the National Register of Movies of the United States by the Library of Congress as "cultural, historical, or aesthetic." important".
Shearer, Guest, and McKean have worked on several projects as their Spinal Tap characters. They released three albums: This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Break Like the Wind (1992) and Back From The Dead (2009). In 1992, Spinal Tap appeared on "The Otto Show" episode of The Simpsons. The band has played several concerts, including in Live Earth in London on July 7, 2007. To anticipate the show, Rob Reiner directed a short film titled Spinal Tap . In 2009, the band released Back from the Dead to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the film's release. This album features a re-recorded version of the song displayed on This Is Spinal Tap and its soundtrack, and five new songs. The band performed a one-time "world tour" at Wembley Arena London on June 30, 2009. The Folksmen, an artificial band featured in the movie A Mighty Wind, is also composed of a character played by Shearer. , McKean and Guests - is the opening act for the show.
The Simpsons
Shearer is also known for his productive work as a voice actor at The Simpsons . Matt Groening, the show's creator, is a fan of Shearer's work, while Shearer is a fan of the column that Groening used to write. Shearer was asked if she wanted to be in the series, but she was initially reluctant because she thought the recording sessions would be too much of a hassle. He feels the voice acting is "not very fun" because traditionally, voice actors record their parts separately. He was told that the actors would record their lines together and after three calls, executive producer James L. Brooks convinced Shearer to join the cast. Shearer's first impression of The Simpsons is that funny. Shearer, who thought it was a "pretty cool" way of working, found it odd that gang members insisted on being unknown to the public as the people behind the voices.
Shearer voted for Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Dr. Hibbert, Lenny Leonard, Otto Mann, Rainier Wolfcastle, Itch, Kang, Dr. Marvin Monroe, Judge Snyder and many others. He has described all the sounds of his regular characters as "easy to get in. [...] I would not do it if it was not easy." Shearer exemplifies Mr. Burns on two actors Lionel Barrymore and Ronald Reagan. Shearer says that Burns is the most difficult character for him to voice because it is rough on his vocal cords and he often needs to drink tea and honey to soothe his voice. He describes Burns as his favorite character, saying that he is "like Mr. Burns because he is pure evil, many bad people make the mistake of liquefying him, do not forge your wickedness." Shearer is also the assistant voice of Burns Assistant, and is able to engage in dialogue between two characters in one shot. In the episode of "Inner Child of Bart", Harry Shearer says "wow" in Otto's voice, which is then used when Otto is seen jumping on a trampoline. Ned Flanders had been destined to be a neighbor who Homer was jealous, but because Shearer used "such a sweet voice" for him, Flanders expanded to become a Christian and a sweet man that someone would prefer to live side by side with Homer.. Dr. Marvin Monroe is based on the psychiatrist David Viscott. Monroe has retired since the seventh season for voicing the strained character of Shearer's throat.
In 2004, Shearer criticized what he regarded as a decrease in the quality of the event: "I rated the last three seasons as one of the worst, so the fourth season looks really good to me now." Shearer has also been vocal about "The Principal and the Pauper" (season nine, 1997) one of the most controversial episodes of The Simpsons. Many fans and critics react negatively to the claim that Principal Seymour Skinner, a recurring character since the first season, is a con artist. This episode has been criticized by Shearer and Groening. In a 2001 interview, Shearer recalled that after reading the script, he told the author, "It was so wrong, you took something that the viewer had built for eight years or nine years of investment and threw it in the trash for no good reason, for a story we've done before with other characters.This is very arbitrary and haphazard, and it's not polite for the audience. "Due to scheduling conflicts and availability, Shearer decides not to participate in The Simpsons Ride, which opened in 2008, so there is no character that has a vocal section and many do not appear on the trip at all. In a 2010 interview on The Howard Stern Show Shearer mentioned that the reason he was not part of the trip was because he would not be paid for it.
Until 1998, Shearer was paid $ 30,000 per episode. During a payment dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace six major voice actors with new actors, as far as preparing for casting new voices. However, the dispute was settled and Shearer received $ 125,000 per episode until 2004, when the voice actors demanded that they be paid $ 360,000 per episode. The dispute was settled a month later, and Shearer's salary rose to $ 250,000 per episode. Following a renegotiation of salaries in 2008, the voice actors received $ 400,000 per episode. Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs are cut, Shearer and other cast members receive a 30 percent salary cut, down to over $ 300,000 per episode. On May 13, 2015, Shearer announced he would be leaving the show. After another voice actor signed a contract for the same payment, Shearer refused, stating that it was not enough. Al Jean made a statement from the producer saying "the show should keep going," but did not explain what might happen to the Shearer character being voiced. On July 7, 2015, Shearer agreed to continue the show, on the same terms as other voice actors.
Le Show and radio work
Since 1983, Shearer has hosted the public radio comedy/music program Le Show . This program is a hodgepodge of satirical, musical, and sketchy comedy reports aiming at "great fools". This is done on many National Public Radio and other public radio stations throughout the United States. Since the incorporation of SIRIUS and XM satellite radio services, the program is no longer available. The show is also available as a podcast on iTunes and by WWNO. On the weekly program Shearer alternates between DJing, reading and commenting on the day's news after the Mort Sahl way, and sketching the original (mostly political) comedies and songs. In 2008, Shearer released a music CD titled Songs of the Bushmen , consisting of his satirical number about former President George W. Bush at the Le Show . Shearer said he criticized both Republicans and Democrats alike, and also said that "the iron law of comedy about politics is that you mock anyone who runs the place" and that "other people are just hanging around talking. actually doing something, changing people's lives for the better or the worse.Another person called the media satiric 'does not work that way. "
Since finding satellite news feeds while working on Saturday Night Live, Shearer has been fascinated with content from non-aired videos. Shearer refers to this clip as a found object. "I thought, wow, there's only a supply of this material, and it's amazing and interesting and funny and sometimes haunting - but it's always good," Shearer said. He collects this material and uses it on the Le Show and on his website. In 2008, he collected video clips from newsmakers from this collection into an art installation entitled "The Silent Echo Chamber" which is on display at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The exhibition was also featured in 2009 at the Institut ValenciÃÆ' d'Art Modern (IVAM) in Valencia, Spain and in 2010 at the Center for Contemporary Art of New Orleans.
In 2006 Shearer appeared with Brian Hayes in four episodes of BBC Radio 4 sitcom Not Now, Thank You , playing Nostrils, a very ugly man he can not stand in front of himself. He was originally scheduled to perform in all six episodes but had to retreat from recording two due to problems with his work permit. On June 19, 2008, it was announced that Shearer will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the radio category. The date of the ceremony in which the star will be in effect has not yet been announced.
Further career
In 2002, Shearer directed his first feature film Teddy Bears' Picnic , which he also wrote. The plot is based on Bohemian Grove, which is a three-week camp from some of the world's most powerful men. The film is not well received by critics. This garnered a 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with all 19 reviews set as negative and received a rating of 32 out of 100 (signifies "generally negative reviews") on Metacritic of 10 reviews. In 2003, he co-wrote J. Edgar! The Musical with Tom Leopold, who forged the relationship of J. Edgar Hoover with Clyde Tolson. It premiered at the US Comedy Art Festival in Aspen, Colorado and starred Kelsey Grammer and John Goodman.
In 2003, Shearer, Guest and McKean starred in the folk music mockumentary A Mighty Wind, portraying a band called The Folksmen. The film is written by Guest and Eugene Levy, and directed by Guest. Shearer had a major role in the guest parody of Oscar for Your Consideration in 2006. He plays Victor Allan Miller, a veteran actor who believes he will be nominated for an Academy Award.. She also appeared as a newscaster at Godzilla with fellow The Simpsons members of Hank Azaria and Nancy Cartwright. Other movie appearances include The Right Stuff , White Wedding Portrait , The Fisher King , The Truman Show , EdTV and Small Army .
Shearer also worked as a columnist for Los Angeles Times Magazine, but decided it was "a waste of time to harass her." The columns have also been published in Slate and Newsweek . Since May 2005 he has become a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. Shearer has written three books. Man Bites Town , published in 1993, is a collection of columns he wrote for The Los Angeles Times between 1989 and 1992. Published in 1999, It's Stupidity, Stupid analyzing the hatred that some people have for President Bill Clinton. Shearer believes that Clinton becomes disliked because he is having an affair with "the most unbelievable and most unreliable woman who is cleared into the official compound." His latest book is Not Enough Indians , his first novel. Published in 2006, this is a comic novel about Native Americans and gambling. Without the "pleasure of collaboration" and "spontaneity and improvisation that characterize other projects", Not Enough Indians is a "struggle" for Shearer to write. He said that "the only nice thing about it is to have written it.It is quiet, I do not deal with it and it takes six years to do it.This is a very disturbing self-discipline act."
Shearer has released five solo comedy albums: That Must Have Been Something I Say (1994), Dropping anchors (2006), Songs are Meaningless and Meaningless (2007), Songs from Bushmen (2008) and Greed and Fear (2010). His latest CD, The Big Uneasy
Shearer is director of The Big Uneasy (2010), a documentary about the impact of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Narrated by actor John Goodman, the film illustrates the failure of the embankment and flood disaster in the New Orleans metropolitan area, and includes an extended interview with former LSU professor Ivor Van Heerden, Robert Bea, a professor of engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, and Maria Garzino, a engineers and contract specialists for the Los Angeles district of the US Army Corps of Engineers. The film is critical of the US Army Corps of Engineers and flood protection project management in Southern Louisiana. Shearer refers to many technical experts to maintain that Hurricane Katrina "... a tragic flood creates extensive damage caused by man-made mistakes in engineering and judgment." Shearer's film currently has a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on twenty-three reviews by approved critics.
Personal life
Shearer married Penelope Nichols in 1974. They divorced in 1977. She has been married to singer-songwriter Judith Owen since 1993. In 2005, the couple launched their own record label called Courgette Records. Shearer has homes in Santa Monica, California, the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Notting Hill, London. He first went to New Orleans in 1988 and has attended every New Orleans Jazz & amp; Heritage Festival since.
Shearer often spoke and wrote about the failure of the Federal embankment system that flooded New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, blowing up his coverage in the mainstream media and criticizing the role of the US Army Engineer Corps. Prior to the release of the DVD from his movie, The Big Uneasy, Shearer will hold screenings in various places and take questions from viewers.
Movieography
Movies
Television
Music video
Video game
Discography
Bibliography
- Shearer, Harry (1993). City of Man Bites . St Martins Press. ISBNÃ, 0-312-08842-6.
- Shearer, Harry (1999). Stupidity, Stupid: Why (Some) People Hate Hillary and Why We Should Watch Others . Ballantine Books/Library of Contemporary Thought. ISBNÃ, 0-345-43401-3.
- Shearer, Harry (2006). Not Enough Indians . Justin, Charles, and Company. ISBN: 1-932112-46-4.
Awards
Shearer is the last of the six regular voice actors from The Simpsons to win the Emmy Primetime Award for Exceptional Voice-Over Character Performance. His victory came for the season 25 episode of "Four Regrettings and a Funeral".
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