by "Derek A. Bill" <derekbill@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sep 15, 2007 at 11:00 AM
Maybe he was imitating someone Mike likes to imitate, subconsciously.
Bob Hope? Bing Crosby? Some combination of all the celebrities he grew
up with?
Of course, those guys had talent.
In article <puffinNO_SPAM-529FB1.16590006092007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Charlie <puffinNO_SPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I just got the DVD of A Mighty Wind.
>
> Does anybody else see the Mike Love reference in the Manager of The New
> Main Street Singers. Fred Willard play him so "Mike Love" like, it's
> scary....
>
> Things I noticed:
> When he's first introduced you get a shock as his name is Mike
> Lafontaine - sounds like Mike Love for a while.
>
> His mannerisms - ie a complete turkey who hogs the limelight and is
> constantly mentioning his past glories...
>
> He even does that dreadful ML bit when he talks about the old days and
> mumbles into his hand when he mentions the date ( and then laughs at his
> own joke...) ie We did that in nineteen (hand goes over mouth) sixty
> blah blah
>
>
>
>
> Maybe it's just me - I'm now seeing Mike Love even when he's not there.
> Time for my meds????
