Big Love, has anyone spotted Ben Mankiewicz???

Email Print posted by charmcity 08/07/2007 02:26:50 PM EST

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I remember back in the winter time Ben took some days off to act in the production of Big Love.  His role was a news anchor.

So far all the "news playing on TV" scenes have been dominated with footage of polygamists with an invisible news guy  talking in the background.

 Last nights eppisode showed footage of Keith Olberman doing his top 3 stories, one indusive to the show's plot.

 I really hope Ben's work did not get killed and left on the cutting room floor.

It sounded like a big deal when he told us about it. Mostly because ben said that they made him shave his goatee for the quick cameo. 

I checked IMDB and saw no mention of big love:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm 1502382/ 

Any news on this? 

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Ben did appear (none / 0)
Ben was on the episode before last, the episode before the one with Keith Olbermann.  If you want to know where he appears, keep reading, otherwise stop reading this message now. Blah Blah Blah. He appears as a local TV news anchor on a little TV set, announcing the story that the crazy fugitive mormon leaders were arrested or are being hunted or something like that.

by yturks on 08/07/2007 05:12:24 PM EST

I saw that episode (none / 0)
I saw that episode and didnt realize it was Ben.

by Mr Pibb on 08/07/2007 07:38:42 PM EST

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i didn't recognize either (none / 0)
Same with me until Ben told me, and I watched a second time. The make up and hair job really made him look like somebody else. Plus since he was on a TV set on a TV show, it was a very small head.  He actually looked a bit like Howard Kurtz, if you know what he looks like.

David

by yturks on 08/07/2007 08:06:28 PM EST

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I just wanna say (none / 0)
I love how interactive this show and its team has been of late.  Between you and Cenk commenting on the forum and Cenk inviting the listeners for drinks at YK, I really think TYT is the tslk show that is the most engaged and involved with its listeners.

Keep it up, guys.

by jarett on 08/07/2007 11:18:14 PM EST

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