Inside the Actor's Studio

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TV Show Information Genre: Talk Show

Inside the Actor's Studio is a talk show hosted by James Lipton. It is aired on Tube Town.

Format

The format of Inside the Actor's Studio is that Lipton interviews his guests (actors, directors, screenwriters, etc.) about their work in an informal and conversational style so that the audience can gain some behind-the-scenes insight into what happens in the making of a movie or TV show. Sometimes he deliberately provokes the guests in order to get them to talk.

The Thicker than Waters Cast

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James Lipton dons a "Lizzie" wig.

In one episode, Lipton interviewed the cast of the 1980s hit family sitcom Thicker than Waters. He asked Rebecca, the actress who played Lizzie Waters, if they would be seeing "The Lizzie" during the interview, referring to the hairstyle Rebecca wore on the show which spawned a fashion craze of girls getting their hair done in "The Lizzie". Rebecca got angry and emphatically reminded him that she had already said she would not be recreating the hairstyle for the interview. Undeterred, Lipton said the hairstyle was indeed there for the interview. He then put on a "Lizzie" wig and did a mocking impression of a scene where Lizzie had a prom date with a boy in a wheelchair. Rebecca refused to rise to the bait and didn't say anything else. However, the tactic did produce some results as Digby Sheridan, who played Patrick Waters, spontaneously admitted to having slept with "everyone in the cast - including the dog."

Behind the Laughter

Inside the Actor's Studio is an obvious borrowing from James Lipton's real-life show, Inside the Actors Studio (spelled without an apostrophe), which has been airing on Bravo since 1994. The formats of the real-life show and its Simpsons counterpart are very similar to each other.

Thicker than Waters
Characters
Patrick Waters • Mrs. Waters • Lizzie Waters • Sam Waters
Cast & Crew
Digby Sheridan • Rebecca • David Mamet
Media
The E! True Hollywood Story • Inside the Actor's Studio • The Super Fan's Unofficial Guide to Thicker than Waters
Miscellaneous
Cherish That Family Smile • Tube Town

Tube Town
Sheriff Wholesome • Black President • Failed Geena Davis Sitcom 1986 • The Voiceover Years • Hannigan, M.F.A. • Thicker than Waters (Thicker than Waters: The E! True Hollywood Story • Inside the Actor's Studio) • UpscAlien in da House • I Lost Lucy • Supreme Courtney