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December 10, 1999 - Image 91

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1999-12-10

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dealer," Nathan Lane says in the first
moments of the film. "I've never said
ruce Vilanch, comedy
a word I didn't pay him for," Bette
writer to the stars, picks up
Midler confides.
the phone. "Jew speaking,"
In the documentary, we follow
he says.
plump, shaggy-haired Vilanch into his
Emmy Award-winning Vilanch,
clothes closet, where the shelves are
51, is one of the drollest Jews in
weighed
down by the thousands of T-
Hollywood.
shirts
in
his
famous collection. "Only
He has penned the awards shows
in Hollywood does your
for the Tonys, the Emmys
personal mishegoss,
and the Grammys; he has
Bruce Vilanch with
[craziness], become your
co-written the last nine
Bette Midler: "I've
signature," Vilanch says.
Academy Awards telecasts;
never said a word I
We also see Bruce
he is the head writer and a didn't pay him for," she
working with Billy
confides in the docu-
regular square on the
Crystal, who describes
mentary "Get Bruce!"
Whoopi Goldberg-hosted
how
Vilanch helped him
Hollywood Squares; and he
spoof nominated films in recent Oscar
invents funny lines for celebrities who
telecasts. In one sequence, Crystal
have to play themselves at awards or
morphs into the infamous bathroom
charity events.
scene from Jerry Maguire. "It was just
Stars as diverse as Roseanne,
some great Jewish whining," the
Shirley MacLaine and Paul Reiser all
actor/comic says.
swear that when they need some help
Some of the funniest moments in
being funny, it's time to "get Bruce."
Get
Bruce!, however, don't involve
Not surprisingly, Get Bruce! is the
celebrities,
but, rather, Vilanch's
title of a new documentary about
mother, Hennie, who embarrasses her
Vilanch by "behind-the-scenes" film-
son by displaying his bar mitzvah
maker Andrew J. Kuehn. It will be
photographs. Vilanch is aghast to
screened 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7
learn that all of the photos were
p.m. Wednesday, Dec 14-15, at the
retouched. "No Jewish kid is cute at
Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.
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Naomi Pfefferman is entertainment
Hennie, who is wearing sequins,
editor for the Jewish Journal of Greater
was once a flamboyant singer and
Los Angeles.
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