Comments on: The closest we will ever come to Morgan Freeman narrating a Fifty Shades of Grey novel http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: marilove http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1527976 marilove Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1527976 He is so awesome, I swear. He is so awesome, I swear.

]]> By: marilove http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1527973 marilove Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1527973 eta helps to read the comments first lol. i got all excited. eta helps to read the comments first lol. i got all excited.

]]> By: mkanoap http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1527902 mkanoap Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1527902 This one still works.  http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6821188/morgan-freeman-narrates-50-shades-of-grey This one still works.  http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6821188/morgan-freeman-narrates-50-shades-of-grey

]]> By: habbi1974 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1527468 habbi1974 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1527468 dagh. I'm also too late. dagh. I’m also too late.

]]> By: Shad Bolling http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1527464 Shad Bolling Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1527464 The video link is removed, unfortunately... The video link is removed, unfortunately…

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1527251 bcsizemo Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1527251 The best part of this isn't the fact Morgan Freeman is reading 50 Shades, it's his internal/external monologue with the himself/audience.  It's pure comedy gold. The best part of this isn’t the fact Morgan Freeman is reading 50 Shades, it’s his internal/external monologue with the himself/audience.  It’s pure comedy gold.

]]> By: siloxane http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1527149 siloxane Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1527149 Josh Robert Thompson also voices Geoff Peterson, the robot skeleton sidekick on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, where he busts out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUvhQgF6bV8" rel="nofollow">Morgan Freeman impression</a> on a quite regular basis. Josh Robert Thompson also voices Geoff Peterson, the robot skeleton sidekick on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, where he busts out the Morgan Freeman impression on a quite regular basis.

]]> By: disillusion http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1527117 disillusion Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1527117 I believe that's the point.  It just makes it sound that much worse when it's not only a famous person narrating it, but also narrating it as the opposite gender of who is supposed to be narrating. I believe that’s the point.  It just makes it sound that much worse when it’s not only a famous person narrating it, but also narrating it as the opposite gender of who is supposed to be narrating.

]]> By: Eric Riley http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1527067 Eric Riley Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1527067 I love that so many of these faux-readings are coming from men, but seriously, can't we get some awesome ladies reading this?  I mean, the central narrator is a woman.  Kathleen Turner?  Judy Tenuta?  Dr. Ruth? I love that so many of these faux-readings are coming from men, but seriously, can’t we get some awesome ladies reading this?  I mean, the central narrator is a woman.  Kathleen Turner?  Judy Tenuta?  Dr. Ruth?

]]> By: sillyrabbi http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1526916 sillyrabbi Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1526916 No titty sprinkles?  pfft... No titty sprinkles?  pfft…

]]> By: ComradeQuestions http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1526911 ComradeQuestions Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1526911 Honey-baked. Honey-baked.

]]> By: kingluma http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1526877 kingluma Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1526877 maybe the real Morgan Freeman would do it ? someone recently spotted him here in the audience of a Bobby Rush booty shaking contest just after the 30:40 mark ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=PLE76DC09AA43E0850&v=8cqDm9rKT-8#t=1818s maybe the real Morgan Freeman would do it ? someone recently spotted him here in the audience of a Bobby Rush booty shaking contest just after the 30:40 mark ;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=PLE76DC09AA43E0850&v=8cqDm9rKT-8#t=1818s

]]> By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1526870 welcomeabored Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1526870 Imagine it . . . a show of Morgan Freeman impersonators lined up behind podiums, like in 'The Vagina Monologues'. . .  or the Republican debates (erp!), taking turns reading from 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. When can I buy a ticket?  I don't care where. Imagine it . . . a show of Morgan Freeman impersonators lined up behind podiums, like in ’The Vagina Monologues’. . .  or the Republican debates (erp!), taking turns reading from ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’.

When can I buy a ticket?  I don’t care where.

]]> By: Jim Schmidt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1526868 Jim Schmidt Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1526868 Better than the Gilbert Gottfreid reading, even though Gilbert actually read it! Better than the Gilbert Gottfreid reading, even though Gilbert actually read it!

]]> By: Bookburn http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1526854 Bookburn Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1526854 It would be a shame not to include Jim Meskimen in your Morgan Freeman throw-down. It would be a shame not to include Jim Meskimen in your Morgan Freeman throw-down.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/fake-morgan-freeman-50-shades.html#comment-1526842 Rob Beschizza Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179871#comment-1526842 This is nearly perfect. It very occasionally goes 'Cleveland" This is nearly perfect. It very occasionally goes ‘Cleveland”

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