WATCH: Hilarious clips of celebrities reading 50 Shades of Grey

 

Tuesday 29 January 2013 06:07 EST
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11 March 2012: Erotic romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey, by previously unknown British author EL James, topped the New York Times best-seller list. A limited print run of the book, the first of a trilogy, sold out while the majority of sales were e-books.
11 March 2012: Erotic romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey, by previously unknown British author EL James, topped the New York Times best-seller list. A limited print run of the book, the first of a trilogy, sold out while the majority of sales were e-books. (Getty Images)

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Whoever came up with the Top 10 list of celebrities reading sections of 50 Shades of Grey REALLY knows what makes the internet tick. It's gold-dust. (So thank you, Flavourwire's Emily Temple.)

Will Ferrel and Zach Galifianakis stumble through a duet in prim style, above, backed by seductive jazz saxophone.

Fans of 90s shoot-'em-up Duke Nukem will also be delighted by the rendition of voice actor Jon St. John, whose gravel-throated accent is more often employed to utter threats at invading alien life-forms.

And any 50 Shades performance line-up should give honourable mention to the 50 different accents of impressionist Brock Baker - self-styled "Man of a Kajillion Voices". Mickey Mouse has never sounded quite so, erm, excited.

The full Top 10 can be found here.

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