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Art Garfunkel has eased into his late 60s like a philosophical marshmallow, softened around the edges by his family and full of poetic musing.

Best known as the golden-voiced partner of Paul Simon, Garfunkel has enjoyed a long singing career, supplemented by ventures into acting, poetry and cross-continental walking expeditions. His most recent album, “Some Enchanted Evening,” charts his love of old standards — Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Rogers & Hammerstein. He’ll be performing these and other songs during a solo performance at the Overture Center on Thursday, April 9.

Art Garfunkel wasn’t the only one to pick up the phone in his New York City apartment when 77 Square called for an interview on a recent Sunday morning.

At first, we could only hear the shallow breathing of the mysterious eavesdropper. Then he made his presence loudly known.

“Mommy! Mommy, somebody’s on the phone! Mommy! Somebody’s on the phone, mommy! MOMMY!” And then to the caller, in a tiny voice, “Hello?”

“It’s my little 3-year-old,” Garfunkel said with a patient sigh, before heading downstairs to get his son Beau off the phone.

Art Garfunkel: There was a silver lining in that interruption: his adorability. It’s religious, this adoring business. I adore that little guy. At my advanced age, I’m in love with the baby experience. I write poems about him. I just wrote one just yesterday, and it went right through me. Читать далее »

In the same episode of “Flight of the Conchords” TV show where Art Garfunkel appears Jemaine and Bret pretend to be Simon and Garfunkel

Wait, was that really the Art Garfunkel on the March 1 episode of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords (Sundays at 10 pm/ET)? Yes! Conchords‘ Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie wrote the episode, titled “Prime Minister,” around him, and then prayed he’d say yes to a cameo. Garfunkel says he took “a leap a faith” and signed on without seeing a script.

In the episode, Jemaine and Bret book a gig as Simon and Garfunkel lookalikes, where they meet Karen (guest star Mary Lynn Rajskub, 24’s Chloe), a woman who asks Jemaine on a date. The catch: He has to wear his Garfunkel costume, even when they have sex — she calls it “Garfunkling.” We talked to its namesake about being immortalized by such weird comic geniuses, his recent reunion with Paul Simon and his quest for the perfect Simon and Garfunkel cover song. Читать далее »

Flight of the Conchords intertitle

Check out this Sunday’s (March 1) episode of HBO’s coolest comedy, “Flight of the Conchords,” featuring a very special guest appearance by Art Garfunkel. The episode has it’s first airing at 10 pm Sunday, and it’s repeated throughout the week as well, before becoming available on demand on most cable systems.