| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $800: Your line "Amanda, I'm leaving you!" is part of dialogue; your action of crossing the stage & exiting is part of this blocking |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ACTING THE OSCAR-WINNING PART $400: Channeling Judy Garland in "Judy" (Renée) Zellweger |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ACTING THE OSCAR-WINNING PART $800: Making dreams come true as Effie White in "Dreamgirls" Jennifer Hudson |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ACTING THE OSCAR-WINNING PART $1200: The MC welcoming us "Im Cabaret,
au Cabaret,
to Cabaret" Joel Grey |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ACTING THE OSCAR-WINNING PART $1600: The charismatic Fred Hampton in "Judas & the Black Messiah" Daniel Kaluuya |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | ACTING THE OSCAR-WINNING PART $2000: Karen Crowder, trying to fix the fixer in "Michael Clayton" Tilda Swinton |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | ACTING PRESIDENTS $800: In the 2-part TV movie "Rough Riders", Tom Berenger rode in as him Teddy Roosevelt |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | SHOOTING THE GODFATHER MOVIES $2000: As Jewish mobster Hyman Roth, this pioneer of method acting is shot at an airport in "The Godfather Part II" Lee Strasberg |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | PART-TIME WRITERS $2000: James Lipton wrote "An Exaltation of Larks", about animal group names, before he hosted this Bravo acting show Inside the Actors Studio |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ACTING THE PART $400: Katniss Jennifer Lawrence |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ACTING THE PART $800: Jake Shuttlesworth,
Easy Rawlins Denzel Washington |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ACTING THE PART $1200: J,
Bagger,
Tea Cake Walters Will Smith |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ACTING THE PART $1600: Renton,
Obi-Wan Kenobi,
Phillip Morris,
Rodney Copperbottom Ewan McGregor |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ACTING THE PART $2000: Cataleya,
Graciela,
Gamora,
Neytiri,
Uhura Zoe Saldana |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $400: Stage backdrops are part of this; don't crash through it & don't, by overacting, "chew" it the scenery |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $800: Your line "Amanda, I'm leaving you!" is part of dialogue; your action of crossing the stage & exiting is part of this stage direction (or blocking) |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | ACTING THE PART $200: In a remake of "True Grit", Jeff Bridges plays Rooster Cogburn, a role first played onscreen by this legend John Wayne |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | ACTING THE PART $400: Russell Brand was just a kid when this actor originated the role of "Arthur" in 1981 Dudley Moore |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | ACTING THE PART $600: In the "National Treasure" movies, he plays archaeologist extraordinaire Ben Franklin Gates Nicolas Cage |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | ACTING THE PART $800: In 2010 this Oscar winner had a recurring role as Washington lobbyist Marilyn Densham on "Big Love" Sissy Spacek |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | ACTING THE PART $1000: This dame's roles have included the Mother Superior in "Sister Act", Granny Wendy in "Hook" & Miss Jean Brodie (Maggie) Smith |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | ACTING THE PART $200: This guy, as Conan the Barbarian, on what's best in life: "to crush your enemies... & to hear the lamentation of their women" Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | ACTING THE PART $400: Playing Michael Corleone, this actor said, "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!" Al Pacino |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | ACTING THE PART $600: This comedian, as Ron Burgundy: "I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly" Will Ferrell |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | ACTING THE PART $800: Playing Karl Childers, this actor informed us, "Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade" Billy Bob Thornton |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | ACTING THE PART $1000: Douglas Rain, as the voice of this character: "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?" HAL |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | ACTING THE PART $400: His characters include Jack Ryan (don't buzz in with Harrison Ford just yet) & Larry Gigli (see?) Ben Affleck |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | ACTING THE PART $800: It was her "Election" to play Tracy Flick & the "Legally Blonde" Elle Woods Reese Witherspoon |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | ACTING THE PART $1200: After playing a general named Maximus, this actor enlisted in the Navy as Captain of the HMS Surprise Russell Crowe |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | ACTING THE PART $1600: Yo, he played Machine Gun Joe Viterbo, Ray Tango & 2 iconic roles of American cinema Sylvester Stallone |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | ACTING THE PART $2000: It was no "accident" she played Muriel Pritchett, but she had a bad one as Thelma Dickinson Geena Davis |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | ACTING THE PART $200: This "Star Wars" actor's also been a futuristic bounty hunter in "Slipstream" & a fighting machine in "The Guyver" Mark Hamill |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | ACTING THE PART $400: As the evil Sgt. Barnes in "Platoon", this actor mirrored the dark side of Charlie Sheen's soul Tom Berenger |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | ACTING THE PART $600: 1927's "Putting Pants on Philip" was a silent success for this first great comedy team of talking films Laurel & Hardy |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | ACTING THE PART $800: Mary Tyler Moore & Donald Sutherland were mom & dad in this 1980 drama about a troubled suburban family Ordinary People |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | ACTING THE PART $1000: As The Denver Kid in a 1978 western spoof, Don Knotts was armed with "Hot Lead" & these title appendages Cold Feet |
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