Bruno was on The Tonight Show last night, and 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.
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.
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.
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Bruno was on The Tonight Show last night, and 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.
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Of course Sasha Cohen went on CONAN as Borat before to promote that movie, along with many other talk shows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvQScRuZj9s&feature=PlayList&p=4216B399202F679E&index=4
But have you honestly never heard of Andy Kaufman? He was the original Sasha Baron Cohen, promoting his own TV shows and standup tours:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsT9Mc_eh_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv73yzYuE_M&feature=related
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TB09pABCZ4&feature=PlayList&p=E9D6245765DD8556&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Ng2tymyWE
Martin Short went on all kinds of talk shows as Jiminy Glick. Here he is on CNN with Anderson Cooper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2mOcpCT-0c
And what about Stephen Colbert on MEET THE PRESS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAPPnv6BpsU
How about Robert Smigel as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on Leno? NBC even puts him on news shows to lighten up political coverage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnip1hYpUYc
Comedians do this all the time! There are many, MANY others ...