Those who went to the (now monthly!) midnight screening of The Room in New York on April 24 were treated to David Cross and Jon Benjamin wearing wigs and impersonating Tommy Wiseau and Denny, respectively. The impression is approximate, but some of David’s lines are hilarious (“Tennessee Williams is one of the great defenders of my work.”) The event’s organizers put up video of their introduction, complete with drunk-crowd interaction.


I sat this one out, but the funniest thing I heard about it (other than Cross and Benjamin’s appearance) was that there were people there who thought it was a serious movie and tried to shush people when they yelled at the screen. For some reason that idea is hilarious. The Room is now traveling around the world, and will be screening in NYC the last Friday of every month at the Village East. If you bring friends, be sure to tell them it’s a crowd-participation thing. (Thanks for the tip that the video was up, Joe!)

Comments (17)
  1. I know it’s a pipe dream but I wish that The Room would screen in Texas.

  2. i’m so planning my trip to NYC around seeing “The Room”. that and All Points West…but mostly “The Room”.

  3. Jack Catfish  |   Posted on May 5th, 2009

    It’s playing the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin tomorrow. 2 Shows. Wiseau will be here.
    http://www.originalalamo.com/Show.aspx?id=6349

  4. hopeleslie  |   Posted on May 5th, 2009

    It’s going to be in Cleveland the night of May 23. (take that, fake Cleveland tourism video guy!)

  5. Oh my lord it’s playing in Boston on saturday! TOTALLY THERE.

    Does Wiseau appear at every screening listed on the web site by chance? Cause that would make my millennium.

  6. Uh huh, so by “traveling around the world” you actually mean “only in North America”? You are tearing me apart, Lisa!

  7. sometimes shit like this makes me want to live in your crazy country..

    ..sometimes..

  8. differentplaces  |   Posted on May 6th, 2009

    Chicago needs to get on this. Stat.

  9. Jon Benjamin is a genius.

  10. Ok, I was at this screening, and the David Cross appearance was totally epic and unexpected, BUT I have to kind of defend the shushers on this one in at least one respect: people drowning out the best lines with their retardo commentary was totally annoying. Also, I think the spoon-throwing is a little ridiculous. If this movie’s number one prob were the spoon pictures, I don’t think we’d be talking about it, knaaa-mean?

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