You may have heard that Al Franken has announced his candidacy for the Minnesota Senate seat. Go Al, I say. I listened to his AAR show a lot, he knows his stuff on the issues and he's not afraid to shove the wingnuts' talking points right back in their faces.
You may also have heard that Harry Shearer, who you may know as the shortest member of Spinal Tap and the voice of Mr. Smithers, among other things, has a weelkly radio show. Le Show rules. It's become a Sunday tradition in the Shystee household. Politics, music and teh funny.
Last week Harry did a bit impersonating Garrison Keillor in all his soporific glory, narrating a visit by "Dick Yinkel", an Al Franken stand in, to "Lake Reverie" Minnesota. Click here to listen to the bit.
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Shearer doesn't so much as impersonate people...
... as channel them. His Johnny Carson on The Credibility Gap's "A Great Gift Idea" album is a masterpiece of subtle shading, completely replicating the gestalt of the man.
Ditto for his impersonation of Tom Snyder, which he once actually did on Snyder's "The Tomorrow Show," for anyone who remembers that old late-night semi-institution.
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Shearer's Snyder
I caught that "Tomorrow" episode. As you described, Shearer's impersonation was dead on. When the camera cut back to Snyder, I got the impression that it made him a little self conscious about his mannerisms, because he toned them down (very briefly).
RIP Mr. Snyder
He'll live no more "under the tyranny of the clock," as Shearer had Snyder saying.