A Fine Line between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

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Rob Reiner, a two-time Emmywinning actor for his role in the landmark television series,All in the Family, is also the acclaimed director ofThis Is Spinal Tap,Stand By Me,The Princess Bride,When Harry Met Sally,Misery,A Few Good Men,The American President,Ghosts of Mississippi, andThe Bucket List. He recently directed the EmmynominateddocumentaryAlbert Brooks: Defending my Life, and the sequel toThis Is Spinal Tap. As adedicated political activist, he spearheaded a tobacco tax initiative in California to fund earlychildhood development and chaired the state commission to oversee its implementation.In 2008, he cofounded The American Foundation For Equal Rights, which paved theway for marriage equality nationwide. Christopher Guest is a director, actor, and musician. His films includeThis is Spinal Tap,The Princess Bride,The Big Picture,Waiting for Guffman,Best in Show,A Mighty Wind,For Your Consideration, andMascots. For the National Lampoon his albums includeRadio Dinner,Gold Turkey,Goodbye Pop,Thats Not Funny Thats Sick, andLemmings. He has appeared as a cast member onSaturday Night Live with Howard Coselland the otherSaturday Night Live. He has one Emmy, one Grammy, and one Grand Clio award. He is a recipient of an honorary doctorate from The Berklee College of Music. Michael McKean is an accomplished artist with a career spanning six decades as an actor, musician, songwriter, screenwriter, director, producer, and television host. His theater credits on Broadway and elsewhere includeHairspray,The Pajama Game, The Homecoming, Superior Donuts, The Best Man, All the Way, The Little Foxes,and currently on Broadway inGlengarry Glen Ross. His television credits includeLaverne & Shirley,Saturday Night Live,Good Omens, Breeders, The Diplomat,The X-Files,and more, as well asBetter Call Saul,for which he was nominated for an Emmy. His many film credits includeYoung Doctors in Love, Used Cars, Clue, Light of Day, The Brady Bunch Movie, True Crime, Best in Show, This is Spinal Tap,its upcoming sequelSpinal Tap: The End Continues,and others. Michael and his wife, Annette OToole, were nominated for an Academy Award for their song A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow from Christopher GuestsA Mighty Wind, and he won a Grammy alongside Guest and Eugene Levy for the films title track.Michael lives in Los Angeles and New York and wherever his next adventure takes him. Known to millions for his voices onThe Simpsons, Harry Sheareris an actor, author, director, musician, broadcaster, humorist, and voiceover artist. His films includeThis Is Spinal Tap,The Mighty Wind,For Your Consideration,The Fisher King, andThe Truman Showand, as a writer and director,The Big UneasyandTeddy Bears Picnic. His TV appearances includeThe Jack Benny Program,Saturday Night Live, andNixons the One. His long-running radio programLe Showrecently became part of The Library of Congress archives. He also has a musical,Here Comes J Edgar; a novel,Not Enough Indians,and five albums of satirical songs to his name.