James "Big Daddy" Lipton
James "Big Daddy" Lipton
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1James "Big Daddy" Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 4:43pm
So James Lipton was once a pimp in France. Who would have thought meek, mild-mannered Jimmy was once a purveyor of women? Although he always did have that gleam in his eyes and that nasty little smile on his lips.
I can just imagine the interview.
"So your name is...Champale LaRue? So Champale, if you could be anything other than a hooker, what would you be? What is your favorite curse word? If there is a God, what are you going to say to Him when you get to Heaven?"
Lipton
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#2re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 4:48pm
"And then I'd take them up to the room and I had to remain there"
Ummm... ick.
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#3re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 4:51pmAnd doesn't he seem proud!
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#4re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 4:52pm
The rest of that sentence is even worse:
"...I had to remain there because they were very nervous, they were young Americans for the most part... and they didn't speak French."
Double ick.
#5re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 5:03pm
Wow, I can't imagine less of an aphrodisiac than having Mr. Lipton "watch" a performance!
I wonder... did he offer constructive criticism? Did he hold master classes? Group seminars?
Q&A's after the show?
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miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#6re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 5:06pm
Remember Will Ferrell's impersonation of him?
"There is only one word to describe this: splendelicious."
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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#7re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 5:07pm
Monsieur Champs E-Z-Lay! I remember him!
The tea-bagging totally makes sense now.
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robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 5:08pmWasn't this mentioned in Arthur Laurents' autobiography? That Lipton would bring folks to watch live sex shows and that they were utterly depressing and awfully unsexy?
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#9re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 5:12pmOK, ewww!!
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#10re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 5:40pmWhat kind of blue cards do you prepare for something like that?
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broadwaybaby086
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#12re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/22/07 at 11:20pmMiss Pennywise, wasn't the word "scrumtrelescent?" Unless there's an episode I'm forgetting, which is quite possible.
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ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#13re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/23/07 at 12:12am
Dear Christ, I was just at the taping of Inside the Actors Studio Saturday night and now I'm all skeeved.
Yes, it was "scrumtrulescent." "No, no, there is no word to describe its perfection, so I'm forced to make one up, and I'm going to do so right now - scrumtrulescent."
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
RetroBoy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/1/07
#15re: James 'Big Daddy' Lipton
Posted: 10/23/07 at 7:47am
The guy was penniless and living in France as he explained in that article. We don't know the whole story and we haven't walked in Mr. Lipton's shoes to sit here in judgement of him and criticize the choices he has made in his life. It wasn't like he went out and killed anyone or harmed anyone.
Yawper I couldn't agree more with your statement. It truly boggles the mind.
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