Wallace Shawn Does "Gossip Girl"

New York Times:

Last week on "Gossip Girl," as Blair Waldorf, the cosseted queen bee of private school society, was excitedly waiting to meet her mother's new boyfriend, she wondered aloud what a dashing stepfather he might make and demanded a floral display to complement his presumably Cary Grantish good looks.

A bell rang, an elevator opened and the mystery suitor was revealed: enter the squinty-eyed Wallace Shawn, wearing a smirk and a smart blue suit.

Cut to the expression of unabashed disappointment on Blair's face. "That must be his driver," she said.

But no, that really is Mr. Shawn, 65, the actor, playwright and emissary from the New York intelligentsia, mixing it up with the pampered kids of "Gossip Girl," the prime-time CW soap opera.

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Comments

[LiberalBuzz]

Gotta admit he'd be a trip to talk with but for some reason I used to think he had passed away. Some dumb rumor obviously.

And of course for him to be deceased would be:

INCONCEIVABLE!!

[BandsofBlack]

I don't think that word means what you think it does.

[LiberalBuzz]

Oh puhleeze. It means exactly what it means..

TO WIT:

"Impossible: totally unlikely "

Anything else?

[Mort]

I got it. But then again, I've been developing a tolerance for iocane powder.

[Libbydoe]

I love Wallace Shawn. My Dinner with Andre is my favorite film. I have watched it innumerable times in the last several decades and each time I discover something new. I have may friends who find this movie less that exciting and I have gotten teased for my passion for it. Needless to say, I don't mind the teasing. I also met Mr. Shawn about a year ago in NYC where he was appearing in one of his plays called The Fever. The entire audience had the opportunity to talk to him before and after the performance. It was very exciting for me. I even have a framed poster advertising the play hanging in my house.

[happycat]

I am jealous! I would have love to meet him. He is so bright and interesting.

[rockyersocksoff]

"You've heard of Aristotle, Plato, Socrates? MORONS!"

God he cracks me up.

[ElleDriver]

He will always be "The Great Vizzini" to me. :)

[BlackJAC]

You should see him as Grand Nagus Zek on DS9: "When in doubt, be ruthless!"

[MsBeale]

I wonder what my dinner with Wallace Shawn would be like?

[LeaveArtieAlone]

I so dig this dude! Stargate SG1, he was just adorable----geek mode.

[3fingerbrown]

Hey, Arianna: In case you were wondering what to get me for Christmas, please get Shawn to write for HuffPo!

[happycat]

I love Wallace Shawn! I still laugh to myself every time I think about his character Stuart Best from Murphy Brown.

[hip dibler]

how long before someone uses the "I" word?

[BCubedReg]

"Inconceivable!"

[hip dibler]

it's the little things i enjoy...

[Rogman66]

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."