Editing Inside the Actors Studio (section)

==In popular culture==
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The show has been good-naturedly lampooned for Lipton's paused and somewhat clipped delivery on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', in which [[Will Ferrell]] portrayed Lipton interviewing himself as an annoyed guest. He was also spoofed on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', where character [[Rainier Wolfcastle]] (a parody of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]) shoots his interviewer and a dying Lipton croaks, "It's a pleasure to eat your lead, good sir." In another [[Homer Simpson in Kidney Trouble|episode]] of ''The Simpsons'', in which Homer donates a kidney, he single-mindedly rushes his family home so he can watch the ''Inside The Actors Studio'' interview of [[F. Murray Abraham]]. Ferrell, with his ''[[Old School (2003 film)|Old School]]'' co-stars [[Vince Vaughn]], [[Luke Wilson]] and director [[Todd Phillips]], again portrayed a satirical version of Lipton in a skit called "Inside the Actors Studio Spoof", which can be seen as part of the [[DVD]] release [[Supplement (publishing)|special features]] for the film. Ferrell appears as himself and answers questions poking fun at some of his less successful films, such as ''[[A Night at the Roxbury]]'', in what is obviously a comedic take on Lipton's reverential approach to his interviewees. Comedian [[Will Sasso]] portrayed Lipton on ''[[Mad TV]]'' and [[David Cross]] parodied him as Cyrus on ''[[Mr Show]]''. [[Weird Al Yankovic]]'s song "[[Couch Potato (song)|Couch Potato]]" describes "James Lipton discussing the oeuvre of Mr. [[Rob Schneider]]." among other things on TV. In the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode "[[Werewolf (1996 film)|Werewolf]]," [[Mike Nelson (character)|Mike Nelson]] hits his head and thinks he is James Lipton.