Dig A Hole: Marcel Marceau
September 24th, 2007 by Scott Marks
Incriminating evidence: He wore clown makeup, never spoke, and pretended that he was inside an invisible box climbing the walls.
There are mental patients all across America that do the same thing every day and you don’t see anybody writing about them.
Ed Sullivan went ape s*it over this guy. After my first introduction, each subsequent appearance signaled that it was time for dad to make some popcorn.
He had a bit part in the unwatchable Barbarella and appropriately enough, his first starring role was in William Castle’s swan song Shanks. In it Marcel plays a mute (what else) puppeteer who turns corpses into marionettes. Sleep easier tonight knowing that it’s not available on home video.
Mel Brooks put him to good use in Silent Movie where he spoke the film’s only word: “No!”
I’m sure that he was a nice guy and that his dog loved him, but mimes have forever secured second place right behind bagpipe players in the line to hell.
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Unconfirmed reports state that a “moment of noise” will be observed at Marceau’s funeral service.
While I generally agree with your comment on mimes and bagpipers, I think Marcel Marceau should get an exception, if only because he’s the only mime anyoe has ever heard of.
He is the Jacques Cousteau of mimes, and he deserves some credit for being talented at such a worthless undertaking.
I have his live album, actually. I understand his last words were “—–”.
Rob, you win the white carnation. I spit Coke at that one.
And Marcel, I will concede that he was the Mime of Mimes, but I’m still not buying his records. Thanks for checking in and including “this guy’s” comment in your blog!
So now he’s trapped in a box permanently.