Pearle's of Wisdom: Megan Fox, Melissa McCarthy, Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Rudd & more cover Vanity Fair’s “Comedy Issue”

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Megan Fox, Melissa McCarthy, Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Rudd & more cover Vanity Fair’s “Comedy Issue”

re-posted from In Case You Didn't Know by Jocelyn

We’re getting our first look January’s ‘Comedy Issue’ of Vanity Fair. The three covers showcase the hottest comedians right now (Megan Fox!?). The issue was guest-edited by Judd Apatow, writer/director of the huge hits ’40 Year Old Virgin’, ‘Knocked Up’, and the upcoming ‘This is 40′.
Some of the comedians featured on the covers include Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. I just love all three! Here’s more from VF:

In Vanity Fair’s first-ever comedy issue, writer, director, and producer Judd Apatow convened his most talented friends and idols to contribute, write, and pose for a 19-page Mark Seliger portfolio—as well as act incredibly dignified and businesslike in costume for three different covers. Included are the stars of Apatow’s This Is 40, dressed as famous figures of 60s- and 70s-era variety shows like Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, with Leslie Mann in a bikini and body paint à laGoldie Hawn and Melissa McCarthy dressed as Lily Tomlin’s Edith Ann; Paul Rudd plays your oily show host, and Megan Fox is an alluring bellhop.
A second cover features Jim Carrey dressed up as Evel Knievel, Maya Rudolph doing an ancient Egyptian like Steve Martin in his King Tut days, Will Ferrell as a corny cowboy, and Amy Poehler as a 60s go-go girl. Finally, Kristen Wiig plays Cher to Ben Stiller’s Sonny on a final cover alongside Chris Rock, doing a Nipsey Russell thing, and Jerry Seinfeld, decked out in a Nehru jacket.
Apatow is only the third guest editor—after Bono, who guest-edited the Africa issue in July 2007, and Tom Ford, who guest-edited the Hollywood Portfolio in March 2006—since Graydon Carter became editor of the magazine 20 years ago. Says Carter in his editor’s letter this month, “It can reasonably be said that the comedy industry is booming these days, in movies, on television, and onstage. And who better to oversee an entire issue on the subject than one of the great impresarios of the business? . . . Judd was a terrific collaborator, brimming with suggestionsand infectious energy—precisely the sort of high-wattage, Hollywood-style enthusiasm that can alternately excite you and drive you a bit crazy.”
Conan O’Brien, Lena Dunham, Zach Galifianakis, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, and Carl Reiner are just some of the legends past, present, and future that Apatow corralled for the Comedy Portfolio. Louis C.K. answers the Proust Questionnaire, and Jimmy Fallon stars in our Out to Lunch column.