New video: Osmo Vänskä bravely joins the wet-wipes set
mainThe Finnish conductor submits to the ticklish Nick Cannelakis spoof interview site.
Sample questions:
– Is Osmo short for anything?
– You don’t want a job?
– In America, the unemployment is very high right now.
Osmo: I resigned because…
Great fun.
Super! ((-:
Couldn’t stop laughing.
Vanska should collaborate with Kaurismaki. Are all Finns this deadpan funny?
Yes. Pretty much.
Esa-Pekka Salonen certainly is. Karita Mattila too. (She’s also a fine stage comedienne; she sometimes cracked me up as Elina Makropoulos, and it was great to see someone be so playful in the role.)
Kaija Saariaho, not so much. She seems to be a pretty serious person.
Anyone know about Susanna Mälkki or Sakari Oramo?
Yes, Sakari has a great sense of humour.
Whenever he greets me back in Birmingham it is always with a broad Birmingham accent, which is better than some born here!
I guess I’m in the minority but I didn’t find this funny at all. It’s another example of America’s fascination with ignorance and stupidity as entertainment. Osmo seems quite uncomfortable throughout the interview. Maybe he thought it was going to be a real interview rather than a spoof.
You know it’s a satire right, in the vein of Stephen Colbert? I’m pretty sure Osmo was fully aware of what the deal was…
Maybe in the vein, but with much less blood so to speak. Quite lame simply.
I loved it! Osmo Vänskä seems to be having a lot of fun and succeeding in keeping a poker face, most of time…
Happy Birthday, Osmo! As well as the Kalevala Datyand the Day of the Finnish Culture!