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Al Pacino And His Interminably Boring Stories

· Al Pacino made a guest appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman last night to promote his new film, 88 Minutes (aka Nick Of Time 2: Nicked Again!). Let this clip of Al Pacino putting Dave Letterman and the rest of the viewing audience to sleep with his Ted Striker-esque stories be a lesson to all of you up-and-comers in Hollywood; should you ever get called to sit on the chair next to Dave, Jay, Conan, Jimmy or Craig, the most important thing you can do is to PRACTICE YOUR ANECDOTES. And if you get called to do Carson Daly's show? Don't worry, no one is watching. [CBS, video by Molly McAleer]
· In an unprecedented move in the nearly 100 year history of Hollywood, Marvel and Paramount are banding together to turn the phenomenal trailer for Iron Man into a full-length movie. We can't wait! [The Onion]
· The thing about Scientology that creeps us out the most is the fact that even the ones who get away are crazy. [YouTube]
· If they cast the Yo Quiero Taco Bell dog in Beverly Hills Ninja instead of Chris Farley, you'd have yourself Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Unholy. [/Film]
· Wondering why Short Ends came to you a few hours late tonight? Well, it's because your Uncle Grambo was finishing his taxes. Let this serve as a reminder to all of you West Coasters, there's only three hours left to file your taxes! That is, unless your first name is Wesley and your last name is Snipes. In that case, don't sweat it. [IRS]

9:00 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Mark Graham
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CourageousCoward at 10:12 PM on 04/15/08
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I love my grandmother, but she tells the same stories over and over again. Yeah, you can hear the crickets then too.
E at 11:24 PM on 04/15/08
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I don't understand how things like boring talk show stories happen. No one is asking me to be on Letterman and I still practice my anecdotes all the time. What do these people do while taking a poo? I'm not ashamed to admit that in my head Dave finds me hilarious. ...maybe I'm a little ashamed...
mink at 11:34 PM on 04/15/08
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I think it's too soon to be challenging Julie Christie's Oscars nom, Al.
LBJeffries at 01:34 AM on 04/16/08
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Is this forced perspective? He looks 2 feet tall.
saltwater at 07:30 AM on 04/16/08
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jesus, Al. Enough with the hairstyles. Let your gray show and put the blowdryer away. Have some class. Also - on stories you've heard before; My Dad preceeds each one with "I think I told you, but I was...". Does this in ANY way prevent the tale-telling or allow a chance to interject and head the story off at the pass? Negatory.
Eames at 08:14 AM on 04/16/08
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Come on...His stories don't sound THAT bad. It's David Letterman's job to keep the interview exciting. And what an EASY gimmick to put a stop watch sound.
mr.Man at 09:14 AM on 04/16/08
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@LBJeffries: It is indeed. PMK insists that every one of Mr. Pacino's appearances involve camera-trickery to enhance his natural 18-inch stature.

And please try to avoid shooting the jumbo-heels all of his kicks have installed.
goldenfiddle at 12:23 PM on 04/16/08
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in HD you could see huge clumps of, i don't know, glue or wig attachment points through his hair. really obvious. it made his laid-back demeanor and non-stories all the more embarrassing.
Desk_hack at 02:33 PM on 04/16/08
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I got a kick out of him.

Letterman: So Al, why don't you tell us a story about tha-

Pacino: No!

Between that and the hair, the man's got a sense of humor.