Christopher Guest Author

Rob Reiner, a two-time Emmy winning actor for his role in the landmark television series, All in the Family, is also the acclaimed director of This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men, The American President, Ghosts of Mississippi, and The Bucket List. He recently directed the Emmy nominated documentary Albert Brooks: Defending my Life, and the sequel to This Is Spinal Tap. As a dedicated political activist, he spearheaded a tobacco tax initiative in California to fund early childhood development and chaired the state commission to oversee its implementation. In 2008, he cofounded The American Foundation For Equal Rights, which paved the way for marriage equality nationwide. Christopher Guest is a director, actor, and musician. His films include This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, The Big Picture, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots. For the National Lampoon his albums include Radio Dinner, Gold Turkey, Goodbye Pop, That’s Not Funny That’s Sick, and Lemmings. He has appeared as a cast member on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell and the other Saturday Night Live. He has one Emmy, one Grammy, and one Grand Clio award. He is a recipient of an honorary doctorate from The Berklee College of Music. Michael McKean has been in the show business a long time. He’s worked on Broadway in Hairspray, The Pajama Game, The Homecoming, Superior Donuts, The Best Man, All the Way, and The Little Foxes. His TV credits are voluminous: Laverne & Shirley, Saturday Night Live, Better Call Saul (Emmy nomination), Good Omens, Breeders, Grace and Frankie, The Diplomat, and many more. Apart from the obvious, his films include Young Doctors in Love, Used Cars, Clue, Light of Day, The Brady Bunch Movie, True Crime, etc. McKean and his wife, the actress Annette O’Toole, shared an Oscar nomination for their song “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow,” from the Christopher Guest film A Mighty Wind. McKean, Guest, and Eugene Levy won a Grammy for the title song. He lives in Los Angeles and New York. Known to millions for his voices on The Simpsons, Harry Shearer is an actor, author, director, musician, broadcaster, humorist, and voiceover artist. His films include This Is Spinal Tap, The Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, The Fisher King, and The Truman Show and, as a writer and director, The Big Uneasy and Teddy Bears’ Picnic. His TV appearances include The Jack Benny Program, Saturday Night Live, and Nixon’s the One. His long running radio program Le Show recently became part of The Library of Congress archives. He also has a musical, Here Comes J Edgar; a novel, Not Enough Indians, and five albums of satirical songs to his name.