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Harry Shearer as "Derek Smalls" (2019) Derek Albion Smalls is a fictional character played by Harry Shearer in the spoof rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.He is the bassist for mock British heavy metal group Spinal Tap, playing alongside guitarists Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), as well as with a plethora of drummers and keyboardists.
The original "up to eleven" knobs in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap "Up to eleven", also phrased as "these go to eleven", is an idiom from popular culture, coined in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, where guitarist Nigel Tufnel demonstrates a guitar amplifier whose volume knobs are marked from zero to eleven, instead of the usual zero to ten.
Spinal Tap (stylized as Spın̈al Tap, with a dotless letter i and a metal umlaut over the n) are a fictional English heavy metal band created by the American comedians and musicians of The T.V. Show, who wrote and performed original songs as the band: Michael McKean, as the lead singer and guitarist David St. Hubbins; Christopher Guest, as the guitarist Nigel Tufnel; and Harry Shearer, as the ...
Spinal Tap II was originally slated for release on March 19, 2024, but will only begin filming that February due to the writers' and actors' strikes. An updated release date hasn't yet been announced.
Though now considered a cult classic, it turns out that This Is Spinal Tap was not an easy movie to make.. The 1984 favorite, which stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob ...
Michael McKean admits the sequel to This Is Spinal Tap will be “tragic.”. The Clue actor, 77, teased Spinal Tap II, the follow-up to the 1984 cult classic mockumentary about the titular ...
"The Otto Show" features an appearance from Spın̈al Tap, a parody band that first appeared in the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap (1984). The episode guest stars Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins and Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel. Harry Shearer, who is a regular Simpsons cast member, reprises his This Is Spinal Tap role, Derek Smalls.
It was announced in May 2022 that a sequel to This Is Spinal Tap was in development, with Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer reprising their roles and Reiner returning as director. [2] In November 2023, Reiner announced musicians Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks were set to make cameo appearances as ...