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LaverneBy PETER MEADE-1 People who remember Michael/ j/J'' Me Kean from histf / role as Lenny on/ f i'* I Laverne Shir-* , j . • ley may not rec-J W ogmze him in thenew movie. This ! I Wearing atP* \ I shaKg shoulder .....1 * fl i ■ nd w .*:WBMt ® M' Kean play «■budget ipoof di-Michael McKean rected bv and* «'starring Rob Reiner Spinaitap is a five-man rock n roll band whose outrageous and spontaneous actions are chronicled in the film McKean says more than 50 hoursw 'of film were shot for the 82-minute finished film Although the film also stars Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer, and has cameo appearances by Billy Crystal. Ed Begley Jr., Patrick Nacnee, Howard Hesseman. Anjelica Huston and Fred Willard plus musicians Danny Kortchmar and Russell Kunkel. the real star mav be the film's editor“THIS IS Spinaitap was filmed without a script The idea for the production came about after McKean worked on the 1978 TV Show’ special with Guest. Shearer and Reiner McKean had been a musician before getting involved in acting and he found the others shared his interestin music.“During the folk era I did stand-up comedy. he says “But always with a guitar as a security blanketYet McKean is best known for his association with David Lander, who appeared as Lenny’s best friend. Squiggy. on the “Laverne Shirley” series The two have been best friends since meeting in college in 1965 It was then that they originated the Lenny and Squiggy personae “We thought the guys didn't have appeal, says McKean But we did it on stage and the response was enormous.Penny Marshall saw the duo perform, along with Shearer, in a band called the Credibility Gap She asked the trio to become part of the writing staff for Laverne Shirley. starring Marshall and Cindy Williams Soon after. Andrew Squiggy' Squiggman and Lenny Kolowski made the first of their 150 series appearances “Out of that, say 35 were really good shows for us, says McKean “We were usually rewriting right up to shooting time It was always laborious now that I look back on it.
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Midlothian Star
Midlothian, Illinois, US
Sun, Mar 11, 1984
Page 55
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