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Fairportfan wrote:Were you just joking, or have you seen the actual LP of "Marcel Marceau's Greatest Hits"?

(Yes, it actually exists/existed.)

"No!"

Dave wrote:

Fairportfan wrote:Were you just joking, or have you seen the actual LP of "Marcel Marceau's Greatest Hits"?

(Yes, it actually exists/existed.)

"No!"

Yup.

Label listings something like (exact timings and wording not in my memory):

(Side A)
1 - {silence} - 21:13

(Side B)
1 - {silence} - 20:07
2 - {applause} - 3:54

Fairportfan wrote:

Dave wrote:

Fairportfan wrote:Were you just joking, or have you seen the actual LP of "Marcel Marceau's Greatest Hits"?

(Yes, it actually exists/existed.)

"No!"

Yup

Actually, I was quoting Marceau himself. He had the only speaking part, and the only line of dialog in Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie".

Label listings something like (exact timings and wording not in my memory):

(Side A)
1 - {silence} - 21:13

I presume he was performing John Cage's famous 4' 33" four times, with an intermission involving Hushaboom fireworks?

Hushaboom? Three cheers for Rocky and Bullwinkle!

Dave wrote:

Fairportfan wrote:Were you just joking, or have you seen the actual LP of "Marcel Marceau's Greatest Hits"?

(Yes, it actually exists/existed.)

"No!"

So that may be the influence for the line in Beetlejuice about the "Talking Marcel Marceau statue" that was such a hit.

Fairportfan wrote:

lake_wrangler wrote:Drops a first edition vinyl record of Marcel Marceau's greatest hits into the pun jar.

Were you just joking, or have you seen the actual LP of "Marcel Marceau's Greatest Hits"?

(Yes, it actually exists/existed.)

I actually had no idea, but figured it would be ironic to have an LP composed of silence...I guess I'll go to bed less stupid tonight...

I wonder how many takes it took to get the recording right...

Well, there is this... It is apparently stamped 'For Disc Jockey Use Only' an inside joke for folks in the industry. The misspelling of his name was deliberate to avoid lawsuits.

Aaannd, this.

Fairportfan wrote:

lake_wrangler wrote:Drops a first edition vinyl record of Marcel Marceau's greatest hits into the pun jar.

Were you just joking, or have you seen the actual LP of "Marcel Marceau's Greatest Hits"?

(Yes, it actually exists/existed.)

Did it include 4:33, plus several variations?

How many of us know that Marceau owed much, if not all, of his fame to Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy?