Worth Watching: John Malkovich's naked interview

Craig Bierko scored a heck of a "get" when John Malkovich agreed to appear on the first episode of his bathtime talk show "Bathing with Bierko" (below, from SuperDeluxe). Bierko grills Malkovich (as he shampoos the actor's scalp) on such tough topics as John's childhood pudginess and the way the word "Portugal" loses its meaning if you keep repeating it over and over. The pair finish up the interview with a bit of drive-through improv, in which they do an accurate and convincing rendition of someone ordering from a McDonald's drive-through. 

Give Malkovich a standing O for being ego-less enough to do this, and Bierko deserves a nice back-washing for coming up with the idea. The more A-listers who deign to get wet in the Internet bathwater, the more those waters will seem safe and hygienic.

Comments

[Emanuel Stone]

This is the most hilarious set up for a talk show I've ever seen. They're totally committed to it throughout. Bierko is washing Malkovich's hand throughout the drive-thru improv - perfect!

There's either something ego-less about a John Malkovich or totally self-centered. Here's a guy who has also done a film about how much people would like to be... him.

[banapana]

I don't know. It's funny on some level--not laugh out loud funny. Odd is more like it; which seems to be true of a lot of the content on Super Deluxe. It mostly feels uncomfortable and somewhat insecure. There's a trend towards this sort of thing with "The Flight of Concords" and "Tim and Eric's Awesome Show" but it's hard to get that sense of awkwardness right. Personally I blame (lovingly) Mr. Show for this whole thing. (Come to think of it--didn't Bierko get his start on Mr. Show?)