Advertisement
In the film world, he played small roles in a dizzying array of classic movies, from Star Wars: A New Hope to The Right Stuff, to The Fisher King. He also turned up in both The Truman Show and EDtv, which is sort of baffling considering the fact that they were basically the same movie. And while the late-90s Godzilla remake transcended the plane of suck and dove into the depths of cinematic catastrophe, it did yield this sort of amazing short featuring Shearer (who also appeared in the film) hosting a news magazine-style segment in Japan about Godzilla's origins.Shearer also delivers what might be the funniest joke from Wayne's World 2. In one scene, Wayne and Garth are listening to a radio host named Handsome Dan. "I bet he's totally studly and buffed," Wayne says. "With a voice like that," Garth says, "he's gotta be a babe magnet." When the pair go to meet Handsome Dan to appear on his show, he turns out to be, well, Harry Shearer at his most nebbish.
Advertisement
Advertisement