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   Joseph Nebus to All   
   19 June 2007 - Steve Carell, Tivo Malfun   
   21 Jun 07 23:52:40   
   
   From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   Steve Carell:   
   	- All the applause hasn't changed him and he doesn't care about   
   it.  There was someone taking a picture of him eating a large ice cream   
   cone, which he figured the photographer couldn't sell for any amount of   
   money.   
      
   	- In his new movie he works with lots of animals despite the   
   show business maxim.  Carell thinks you should instead just not act with   
   Robert DeNiro, as he'll make you look like a bad actor.  Animals are   
   just stupid.   
   	   
   	- They trained a crow to fly in, drop a nail from its beak, and   
   it did it right every single take.  They drilled holes in its head and   
   had tiny electrodes so it was a remote-controlled crow.  There's an old   
   lady watching who took that seriously.  He explains to the disclaimer   
   camera that what he just said is absolutely true.   
   	   
   	- Mostly they use audible cues, like, ``come on!  Come on!''   
   Carell shows how they've trained Conan to go to commercial.   
   	   
   	- He'll be in the movie version of Get Smart!.  They finish   
   filming in Russia next week, because huge production budgets always make   
   comedy funnier.   
   	   
   	- He did the American version of The Office; he stepped into a   
   Jim Carrey movie part for Evan Almighty.  Now he's doing Don Adams.  Is   
   Conan saying Carell isn't up to the challenge?  He's doing the best he   
   can!  Don't make him cry!   
   	   
   	- It's very intimidating, particularly iconic lines like 'Would   
   you believe ...' or 'Missed it by that much'.  He wanted to avoid the   
   BBC The Office so as to not do an imitation.   
   	   
   	- He was a WDUB college radio deejay, Sapphire Steve Carell.  He   
   was providing programming for the roadway inside the tunnels leading to   
   Logan Airport.   
   	   
   	[ Tivo started breaking up here.  It looks like he did the   
   midshow sketch where an unsuspecting audience member keeps breaking up   
   the action.  There's a bit where her laser eyes set Conan's catchphrase   
   mug II on fire.  Then there's a Special Report with Lester Holt. ]   
      
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