HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTOPHER GUEST!

OUR KNOBS GO TO 11!!


The man behind Spinal Tap Christopher Guest celebrates his 59th birthday today. We've got a great Spinal Tap clip for ya but here's the mans bio.

Guest is well known for his portrayal of Nigel Tufnel in the mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap, and his stint as a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live (1984-1985). Guest made his first appearance as Tufnel on the 1980 album Lenny and the Squigtones by "Lenny and Squiggy"' (comedians Michael McKean and David Lander) and appears as Tufnel most recently in a television ad for Volkswagen. He also appeared as Count Rugen in The Princess Bride, Charlie Ford in The Long Riders, Lord Cromer in Mrs. Henderson Presents and Dr. Stone in A Few Good Men. He had a cameo role as Dylan, a smarmy pedestrian, in the 1986 remake of The Little Shop of Horrors.

Recurring characters on SNL played by Guest include: Frankie, of Willie and Frankie (two co-workers who recount in detail physically painful situations in which they've found themselves); Herb Minkman, a shady novelty toymaker with a brother named Al (played by Billy Crystal); Rajeev Vindaloo, an eccentric foreign man in the same vein as Andy Kaufman's Latka character from Taxi; and Senor Cosa, a Spanish ventriloquist often seen on the recurring spoof of The Joe Franklin Show.

During his career he has written, acted in, and directed several heavily improvised films, frequently mockumentaries:

* The Big Picture (1989)
* Waiting for Guffman (1996) - as Corky St. Clair
* Best in Show (2000) - as Harlan Pepper
* A Mighty Wind (2003) - as Alan Barrows
* For Your Consideration (2006)

He also directed the 1998 comedy Almost Heroes; it is generally not considered his finest film.

Guest contributed to the National Lampoon Radio Hour in the early 1970s as well as various National Lampoon LPs. He both performed comic characters (Flash Bazbo-Space Explorer, Mr. Rogers, music critic Roger de Swans, and sleazy record company rep Ron Fields) and also wrote, arranged and performed numerous musical parodies.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

An amazing career... check out this classic Spinal Tap clip... don't all our knobs go to 11!



The latest Christopher Guest film, "For Your Consideration", will be here in Fort St John at the theater on April 16th 2007. A presentation of the FSJ Film Society. For more info on the FSJ Film Society click here.

Cheers, Kris