Irlandesa
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Megan appeared three times on Happy Endings, including the penultimate episode ever aired.
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I think the more cynical/angrier the show gets, the funnier it is. No one quite does insults the way Iannucci does them.
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I think this may have been my favorite episode of the season. One the thing the documentary-style trick allowed the show to do is have a lot of random funny little moments that didn't necessarily connect with an overall story but were fun to watch anyway. I can't get enough of Abed, Annie and Britta as roommates.
But the wedding craziness felt so true to character, as well. They can be great and they can be self-absorbed. The biggest difference is the Yahoo version is a bit more cynical about it all than the NBC version of Community but I'm genuinely happy to have either version.
Perhaps Frankie has the hots for Annie, that's why her rant about Jeff... hehe..
At the very least, Frankie has taken an interest in Annie. It could be that she has the hots for her but it really feels more like she recognizes herself in Annie and wants to mentor her.
I thought it was far more about how Frankie sees Annie and how Frankie sees Jeff than any big commentary on Jeff/Annie as a potential couple. (And I'm a J/A fan, for what it's worth. Just not the angry kind.) Besides, I don't think Frankie knows anything about their past.
Yeah the Annie scene, the I love you, I thought I was dreaming!On a pure shallow note, that scene and her final image as Trudy are about as gorgeous as I've ever seen Alison and that's saying something.
It might not be very common, but it's not really a big issue nor is it taboo.
I'd argue that it has become rather taboo. The taboo is mostly based on erroneous assumptions but I do think it gives people pause. There's a reason the film was named Les Cousins Dangereux.*
And Elroy's bit about how to make white people comfortable was fantastic.That was terrific. I know there are those that see this season as a mess but I kind of love it. I love it for the character work they've done on the dean and Chang. And I love it for how well they've incorporated Frankie and Elroy.
*Arrested Development shoutout.
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Are there eligibility rules for America's Got Talent? Because I remember seeing Piff on the British show "Penn and Teller Fool Us". Which makes Piff neither American nor an amateur.
From what I remember reading, there's both an audition process and a casting process for this show. Some people come in to audition but a lot of the acts are also recruited through word-of-mouth, YouTube...etc. Recruiting means they make sure they do have some spectacular acts.
And this show isn't about being an amateur the way some other talent shows are. The acts probably have to be little known but a lot of them make a living off of what they do. Or at least get paid to do what they do. An act who just practices in front of his or her mirror is likely not going to be as entertaining as someone who has put their talent in front of many audiences to see what works/what doesn't. Last year's winner was a pro and I'm okay with that. For most of these acts, especially variety acts where the tour circuit is how they make a living, a win can be career enhancing. Singers? Probaby not which is why I'm not a fan of them in the competition.
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I did. I said, "I bet there's chocolate cake in there." The jury were all wearing the sweaters. I don't think Amy felt a conflict over it. I think she was ripping on people who use those lame excuses to ignore what this guy really did. Especially when she was calling him by the character's name. That's why she brought up nostalgia.
Yep. I forget where I read it but someone theorized that one of the reasons people had a hard time wrapping their minds around what Cosby did, even with more and more and more women coming forward, was because it is, in a way, an indictment on our judgment. What does it say about us that we enjoy something put on by a rapist? Sure, if it were Chris Brown, it'd be easy to believe. But Cliff Huxtable? No way.
And she threw the drink away because Cosby drugged the drinks of his victims.
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I have to hand it to those in charge back then. They didn't put up with any shit from the talent. Granted, Phillips may not have been a big a star as Bonnie Franklin or Charlie Sheen, but at least they drew a line in the sand and stuck to it, instead of trying to cover it up.
While I'm sure many showrunners didn't put up with any shit, there were plenty who did and covered things up because things were so much easier to cover up back then.
From what I read, McKenzie Phillips didn't get fired just because she was on drugs. She got fired for the same reason Lauren Trewes got fired from the Love Boat. She got fired for the same reason that eventually got Charlie Sheen the ax. She stopped being a functional addict. When they don't show up for work, or show up late or can't perform, that's when it starts costing money and that's when most producers act.
Speaking of Behind The Scenes, Grantland has an expose on what happened behind the scenes at Designing Women.
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I am perplexed by the qualifier of #30 ("which made up for the odd choice of having Aidy Bryant in several of scenarios"). Are they just anti-Aidy on principle and think it requires no explanation?
I could be wrong but I think they were confused that Aidy appeared in multiple scenarios as opposed to everyone just appearing in one as is the norm.
However, Kate McKinnon also appeared in multiple scenarios. I'm just wondering if they didn't realize that. It would seem like an odd place to throw shade if it were truly anti-Aidy.
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I have a confession to make...I thought Robert Sean Leonard was Peter Scolari. I feel so silly because of course it was Wilson. I did think his whole origin story of how he changed his identity...etc. was a bit much.
I liked getting Milt's backstory so we wouldn't have to keep wondering, although I feel a little misled because Milt being in Battle Creek was built to be this great big mystery and it really wasn't. It sounds like he chose to be there. In reality, this episode would have worked as a stand alone because the mystery immediately became "who tried to kill Milt" and that question was answered with the backstory better than the "why Milt chose Battle Creek" question.
Overall, though, it was a good episode. It was very satisfying except it's not enough. I do think this would be a good fit on Netflix because Netflix does like it's crime shows. I'm just not sure they love their crime procedurals. And I don't think this show's ratings or even buzz would be enough to attract Netflix.
And it bums me out because this is very good comfort food. It's not going to be competing for any Emmy awards but I enjoyed watching every episode this season. They felt complete and well put together.
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The hookup was steamy but I'm kind of shocked they didn't get reprimanded for it. Sex in the evidence room?
All that disrupted evidence? I get that they were in bags but still, poor decision.
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I think they said that the cream was too heavy for the sponge. And personally, I'm getting a little sick of Damiano's written messages as a form of decoration so I don't mind that he got knocked on decoration.
But what I suspect is they needed a top two and they needed a bottom two. Damiano may have been closer to Andy and Dwayne but he was still third out of four.
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Again respectfully, I'm not sure I'd agree with your assessment that he was a "kid" when all this went down. I might possibly agree with him being "naive", but I don't know that I'd agree he was still a "kid".
I work at a university. The students, all well past the legal drinking age, are still referred to as kids. Hell, by some of the older staff, I still get a "kid" every now and then and I have gray hairs coming in. "Kid" is often a matter of perspective rather than a legal definition.
Since Angus didn't do anything illegal, perspective is what matters the most. The brain is still developing at 18. It's still developing at 21. The common belief is that it keeps developing until a person is 25. At 18, we believe we're fully baked adults and given legal "ownership" of our thoughts and opinions. The truth is that while one may know who they are at that age, they don't always know what they'll become.
That doesn't mean he won't be a Christian in the future. Or that he won't hate 2 1/2 Men. Heck, I liked a lot of the talent on 2 1/2 Men but I never liked the show. But he seemed to genuinely regret hurting the people he worked for even though he felt he was a hypocrite participating on a show he no longer agreed with. And for all those factors, I can see why someone who watched him grow up would have empathy for him.
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Huh. I guess that's a good thing. I wonder if the cast will change again.
It will and I'm sad because I loved Jane the most of the cast. Tawny and Dallas are also leaving.
In addition to Kathy, EJ Bonilla and Skeet Ulrich are joining.
http://tvline.com/2015/04/14/unforgettable-season-4-cast-jane-curtin-tawny-cypress-leaving/
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When I was looking up some Chuck Lorre information, I learned that he himself is a recovering alcoholic. That made me wonder and think that when Charlie started back on his 'downward spiral', Lorre - as someone well versed in being an addict - knew full well how this was going to hurt Sheen, those around him, etc, and tried to do an intervention or at least confronted Charlie. Maybe even several times. And maybe Lorre was less tolerant of Sheen's shenanigans after realizing that Sheen didn't want to help himself.
Yep. And you can see his experience in his shows "Grace Under Fire" and "Moms."
But as for interventions, the only one Cryer talked about was one in which Lorre wanted Jon to talk to Charlie since Lorre figured Jon was perhaps the only person Charlie would listen to. Jon was never a drug doer and he really didn't think he'd influence Charlie but he agreed to try. But before the conversation could take place, Charlie checked himself into rehab. The next time things had devolved again, it got to the point where Lorre decided to fire Charlie. I didn't get the impression that Lorre really intervened a lot because, again, Charlie could perform when needed for the most part.
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For those interested in the 2 1/2 Men situation, Jon Cryer has been doing the interview circuit lately for his book. I haven't read it but apparently he goes over the whole situation behind the scenes.
I have heard a few of his interviews, though, including an hour long interview on the "Nerdist" podcast. Apparently, when the show started, Charlie was sober. Things started to fall apart when his marriage to Denise ended. He claims it was only bad for about two seasons and even then, Charlie could perform when in front of the audience for much of the time he was back on drugs. He tells the story of when Angus started mouthing off, Ashton came to his trailer a bit worried about what it would all mean for the show. Jon realized Ashton hadn't been with Charlie so he was unused to this kind of thing.
He was relatively kind, but honest, about Charlie. He came off as very sympathetic to Angus. I guess Angus did issue a heartfelt apology to the people he worked with. Jon felt the group manipulated Angus into making the video for their own purposes and that he saw it as a part of being an eighteen year old who felt like he knew it all as eighteen year olds often do. He was happy that he came back for the finale.
As for Angus, IIRC, part of the reason he slowly disappeared from the series is because he went off to college.
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I learned more about Bessie from Wikipedia than I did from the movie. There were some decent performances but it felt more like they wanted to cover a somewhat forgotten talent more than they truly understood the angle they wanted to take on her story. I also thought the best part was when she was with Monique's character, which surprised me because I usually can't stand Monique.
As far as the nude scene, I had no problem with it. Usually, I don't like them because they feel gratuitously put in for the male gaze. I forgot she was naked soon after the scene started because it was more representative of where she was in her life.
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Why wouldn't Shonda didn't want TR to come out? Shonda has storylines with gay characters throughout her shows, and I know this came later, but Guillermo Diaz (Huck) is gay and out. Is TR implying that she only likes fictional gay people?
Already covered. Different time. She probably would have seen it as a distraction. It's not that she likely was totally opposed but opposed at that moment. This was before Shonda took over ABC as well where she likely didn't want anything potentially hurting her show. Now? She's almost bulletproof.
There's a way to say things, you know? I only heard one interview with Josh Charles after he left "The Good Wife," but in this interview at least, he said very politely that his character had gone as far as it could go, or something along those lines. He never said, "The writing for my character sucks. I'm not growing or changing. They have no idea what to do with me."But Josh Charles also had the cover of only signing a four year contract because he didn't think he'd want to be stuck on a show for six or seven years. So when he said he felt his character had nowhere to go, it wasn't a scandal because he left, they were always able to couch it as gratitude he signed on for a half a season more. TR, Katherine and Patrick were scandalous because they left early.
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As for whether they played live, it seemed like they were prolonging the song at the end to match it up perfectly.
Yep. Extending it wasn't the most impressive part of the timing for me. I imagine that's relatively easy to do. But what impressed me is that they managed to incorporate a pause exactly when Farrah came up for her "wow." That's awfully precise.
It was a really nice show. I like how low key it was. I'm such a TV fan that my favorite part ended up being the fact that JLD and Seinfeld were on stage again together.
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Tom James' charisma makes me curious as to why he hasn't sought higher office. Maybe he is just a people person but doesn't have much smarts in the way of policy-making.
When Tom first appeared, Selina asked him about his son. From the brief intro, it sounds like he may stepped out of the public life to take care of his son.
I could be wrong but I think there was even a reference to him in past seasons when they were discussing who potential opponents could be.
It may not be that he didn't want to be president, just that the timing wasn't right for him to run for president.
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I'm wondering if they were well-known at the time, I mean, we know all of those people now, and furthermore, did we hear as much from them in the entertainment press as we do now?
They were superstar showrunners...for their time. But there wasn't as much entertainment press for them to get into. There wasn't "Inside the Episodes" so we could hear how they felt about what happened on the show and vehemently disagree with their interpretation (looking at you Weiner.) There wasn't Twitter or blogs where a show runner could talk about how one of the main characters is someone she's in love with even though he's acting like a douchebag (looking at you Shonda.) So there were recognized showrunners but we didn't get inside their minds as much. We didn't get inside anyone's minds as much.
My recollection is that Harmon's problem was with the rewriting of scripts and how long filming took as a result and in general.. This is one of those cases where I think the star made a fuss that was best for the cast and crew overall rather than acting like a diva.
Yep. I heard it's why Sasha Alexander (Kate) left after the first season and CBS finally took action when Harmon started making noise about having had it with the 16-18 hour days. Things improved after.
But I got the impression that Knight & Heigl weren't happy that it seemed he was getting off lightly so they started talking to the press. Knight came out as gay and then went on Ellen and said 'that everyone heard him say it' and Heigl backed him up in other interviews. Which is also kinda interesting since according to later interviews by Washington, he was explicitly told he couldn't talk to the press about it. So it feels like they forced ABCs & SR's hand and Washington got fired. Not only that but Knight was also going around saying that SR told him he shouldn't come out publicly, which she denied. So Bad mojo all around. Frankly I don't blame Shonda or ABC for firing all three. Their various tantrums all detracted from the show.Only Isaiah was fired. Both TR and Katherine wanted to leave. I think TR was sort of a mutual decision. He didn't like his story, he came out (and claimed Shonda didn't want him to) and she was reducing his airtime. Katherine was more contentious since she had just signed a new contract and was a more prominent character.
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I enjoyed the movie too for the same reasons you did. I liked the mystery and the food. I also liked the dialogue a bit more than I usually do.
The actor was pretty good. He reminded me of Ray Liota, in looks.He's co-writing it too.
The actress was ok, I would have loved to see someone else. I hate when shows/movies have model types eating crap, messy cars and the I don't care about healthy anything. It's such a cool girl played out cliché.
The cool girl cliche is a woman having a messy car and eating quick crap because she's too busy and needs to feed her daughter?
I think that's the TV cop cliche.
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I believe they did cast Lowe as the lead. In the commentary for the first episode, if I remember right, it's Sorkin who says that the original concept of the show was the character of Sam would be the audience POV and after they cast everyone and saw what they had they shifted things.
That's how I remember it anyway...it has been a few years since I listened to it, so I could be remembering some stuff wrong.
Pfft, what fun is acknowledging potentially poor memories? (I'm in the same boat--what I remember and what may be true could very well be very different.) I never listened to the commentaries but I can believe Sam was intended to be a POV character*. But being a POV character doesn't necessarily make him a lead character. On ER, Noah Wyle's John Carter was the POV character. He was the new intern and we learned everything about the hospital through his eyes. But he wasn't the show's lead character until later seasons once he was older and some other leads had departed.
*Although, I personally would argue that Leo was more of a POV character, especially in that pilot. Leo was the one who set the stage for us as he walked through the WH. Every single interaction he had with another character, no matter how small, ended up more or less telling us who that character was. For what it achieved, it's one of the most impressive ten minutes of television ever which is why its my favorite drama pilot.
Anyway, whether he was meant to be a lead (for real) or a lead (in the sense that he was the most famous actor cast), Sorkin and Lowe clearly had different opinions on what that meant.
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Not going to deny that there's probably an ego problem there, but I recall the original pitch for The West Wing and it was touted as Rob Lowe's show. Martin Sheen came in at the last five minutes of the show and blew it out of the park, after that his character was made a regular which was not the original concept. So at least in that I don't think things turned out the way he thought they were going to go.
I don't think the original concept was Sam Seaborn as the lead either, actually. In fact, according to this, Sorkin initially didn't want to cast Lowe because he felt it'd become less of an ensemble if a movie star was cast. I do think, though, that Lowe was probably told he'd be considered the lead which got him to sign on.
He probably could rationalize Sheen being his co-lead because he had known Martin a long time. Sheen was also a movie star and he was playing the president. What was probably less easy to rationalize, and what likely caused some friction between Rob and Brad, was that Josh was the staffer getting the meatier material. To his credit, even though he left after four seasons, he did come back for the finale.
I do think he has an ego. And I think it's kind of funny that he keeps chasing projects looking to be the lead in them, but he's rarely more than a supporting player. Even in the ads for his new show, I found Fred Savage had the funnier lines.
I'm having a hard time picturing Kirk Cameron having enough power to demand rewrites and firing someone. Wasn't a big fan of Growing pains and Cameron seemed liked a combo of Michael J. Fox and Jason Bateman. Never thought he would be the next Fox. I checked Wikipedia to see when Disney bought ABC ( early '90's) and wondered if that had any effect.
Oh he had the power. Maybe not to get rid of a regular on the show a recurring character? He denies it but if you read the stuff others have said he did...stuff he admitted he did, then I think it's easy to see he was ultimately responsible. He wanted sexual references scrubbed from scripts, he pissed off three producers enough that they quit. It wasn't just about his personal beliefs, it was making sure those personal beliefs infiltrated the whole show. So did he actually say "you must fire Julie McCullogh?" Maybe. Maybe not. But he doesn't have to say "fire her" to get her fired. All he has to do is refuse to play out the story. And that'd be the end for her.
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Well, the nation survived the Chris Rock monlog some months back, so I'm guessing we'll get thru this. But yeah, it'll get some attention tonight/tomorrow.
Yeah but Chris Rock's monologue was at least funny and insightful. LCK's was neither.
This was a very meh finale. Actually, it was kind of bad.
I loved Kate and Darryl as Billary Rodham Clinton. I also liked Kate and Aidy as the lesbians, although I wish we had a return of Dyke and Fats. My favorite sketch of the night was the actors in the lineup. That was probably the one sketch that really made me laugh.
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That doesn't wash with me. If only because Lennie knew that, aside from that Garner bit, Rey wasn't a cheater--was known not to be a philanderer, like Lennie himself was. So to have Lennie urge Rey to "go for it!" left a bad taste in my mouth, considering he supposedly cared about Debra as well.
And I can't believe I'm sort of defending Rey here. What's wrong with me?
It'll be okay. Deep breaths. I will say, though, that I thought Lennie felt Debra had kept Rey out of the house for too long and didn't have much hope of a reconciliation. It wasn't so much "cheat" but rather "move on with your life." But it has been a long time since I watched. I don't feel like Lennie wanted Rey ruining any chance with his marriage.
I think its official now TNT has dropped the Stone years. This is the second time they have finished the run with the school massacre episode, Lieutenant Van Buren goes into remission and reset with McCoy and the quack cancer treatment story
Hasn't TNT not shown them for a long time? WGN, Sundance and WE get the earlier seasons.
Did Rey Curtis come back?
He did. He had moved his family out west. His wife died and he brought her body back to bury her. I think Van Buren went to the funeral and that was how we saw him.
S01.E10: Queen Latifah vs. Marlon Wayans
in Lip Sync Battle [V]
I guess I didn't like Marlon much of all and I can't think of any winner who I'd say Marlon could have beaten. He had some funny moments but he didn't really lip sync his first song. And he relied too much up on rubbing up on Chrissy, Queen and the other women in his performances.