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Check Out from Spinoff Online: ABC’s Castle Panel at CCI
Posted by admin in Uncategorized, episodic TV on July 31, 2010
My pals over at Robot6‘s sister site, Spinoff Online, did a great job of covering the movie and TV aspects of last week’s Comic-Con International 2010. In fact there was so much coverage, I am still catching up on some of the panel coverage. The cast of one of my current favorite drama/comedies, Castle, had fun (and made it fun for the fans), judging from this post. It is no surprise that a panel with Nathan Fillion would be a blast, but bonus points to young Molly C. Quinn, “who embraced the spirit of the convention so completely that she dressed as an Enterprise crew member from ‘Star Trek’.”
Here’s the Castle video that Spinoff references in the coverage.
David Cross Joins Fox’s Running Wilde Cast
Posted by admin in comedy, episodic TV on July 20, 2010
As noted by PASTE’s Lindsay Eanet (and as first reported on July 17 at TVGuide.com), the old Arrested Development vibe continues to grow as David Cross has joined Will Arnett and creator Mitch Hurwitz in a recurring role in the new Fox fall series, Running Wilde. I’m intrigued by a show that utilizes Keri Russell as the female comedic lead–and the fact that Hurwitz is going the narrator route again–this time with Russell’s character’s daughter, named Puddle (Stefania Owen), as the narrator.
Here’s how Fox describes the series, it’s “a romantic comedy starring Will Arnett (“Arrested Development,” “30 Rock”) as STEVE WILDE, a filty-rich, immature playboy trying desperately to win (or buy) the heart of his childhood sweetheart, EMMY KADUBIC (Keri Russell, “Waitress,” “Felicity”), the uber-liberal humanitarian who got away – all told through the perspective of a 12-year-old girl.”
TVGuide noted that “Cross will appear in seven of the first 13 episodes, including the pilot (airing Tuesday, September 21 at 9:30/8:30c), and he will play Andy, the radical environmentalist fiancé of Keri Russell’s Emmy who has been living with her in the Amazon. Cross takes over the role from Andrew Daly, who played Andy in the show’s original pilot.” (The above clip from Fox briefly features Andrew Daly, not Cross.)
Core Reaction on Hulu Plus Remains the Same
Posted by admin in episodic TV, late night TV, pop culture, streaming video on June 30, 2010
A few months back I shared my initial thoughts on the prospect of paying for hulu. My opinion, now that the subscription-based model has been revealed, remains the same for the most part. Granted, I was mistaken in thinking that all content would require a paid subscription. I’m glad to see I was wrong and that we’ll still be able to get something for free.
Hulu has posted a brief intro video clip (free!) explaining Hulu Plus.
Webnewser has a great roundup of various industry/pundit reactions.
My parting thought/side note? I find the new Hulu Plus logo really lacking and that’s a shame as I liked the initial core hulu logo design.
Bummer: ABC Cancels Better Off Ted
Posted by admin in comedy, episodic TV on May 13, 2010
While it was widely expected and a surprise to no one, I was bummed to learn that Better Off Ted was canceled by ABC (as noted by Entertainment Weekly‘s Michael Ausiello). The show was well-acted, superbly scripted and scheduled horribly by ABC. How could the network that kept According to Jim alive for so long give up on this show so quickly (OK two seasons is not quickly, but it was too damn quick for me).
To observe the loss of a great show, I share with you a snippet from the Racial Sensitivity episode where Veridian installed a light sensor that did not recognize African-American employees. In this scene the employees try to confront Veronica, their boss. Enjoy.
You’ll be missed Better Off Ted.
Ty Burrell on Modern Family’s Phil: “He’s More Boy Than Man”
Posted by admin in comedy, episodic TV, streaming video on May 10, 2010
Akin to DVD extras, I love that hulu posts promotional behind-the-scenes snippets of ABC’s new sitcom, Modern Family.
In this snippet, actor Ty Burrell explains the charm and absurdity that is his character, Phil. I think it is best summed up with his line: “He’s more boy than man.”
Additional thanks to ABC for running random quotes from the various show’s characters here. Including this gem from Phil: “‘Mother’ is part of the word. You never hear of anyone being sfathered to death.”
Johnny Bacardi on His Pop Culture Perspective
Posted by admin in Music, comics, episodic TV, pop culture on April 21, 2010
A sample from one of Johnny Bacardi's many pop culture outlets
In terms of pop culture insight, I wish I was as informed and diverse in my knowledge as Johnny Bacardi. Bacardi and I have similar tastes on several fronts, but his knowledge is amazing. How amazing? I had to interview him in hopes of learning a fraction of what he knows. You’ll note I did not link to his website in this introduction, but only because I could not pick one distinct site. We discuss many of his sites in the course of this email interview, so please follow the links there. And thanks to Bacardi for his time. Did I mention I’m amazed there was any such thing as cable in the 1960s (as he briefly mentions)?
Tim O’Shea: You have a diverse appreciation covering almost every aspect of pop culture, can you recall what your first form of media (TV, film, music, comics or what) that first caught your attention as a kid?
Johnny Bacardi: Hm. Probably a children’s book of some sort, most likely a Little Golden. I remember having an illustrated version of The Night Before Christmas, and another about Beany and Cecil, who were on TV when I was small. My folks subscribed to several magazines, as well as Reader’s Digest. Of course, not long after came comics and music and TV (our small town had cable very early on, in the early-mid 60s- 12 channels, but still!), all at sort of the same time, around 1963 or 64. You see, I could read before I started preschool, as early as age 3. Don’t ask me how, I have no recollection of actually “learning”. I blame comics, with the picture/word association thing going on. This led to a lot of heightened expectations for me, which, sorry to say, I spent most of my formative years failing to live up to.
TV: Parenthood Gets Picked Up For Second Season
Posted by admin in Uncategorized, episodic TV on April 21, 2010
So news broke on Tuesday that NBC’s Parenthood has been picked up for a second season. I love this ensemble cast series and particularly the work of Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia. So far in this season, the show has not given Bedelia many scenes, but I am happy to say last night’s episode shone more of a spotlight on her.
Here’s a snippet of the show, just to hopefully spark your interest.
Added bonus, every week the show’s producers offer best of quotes from the episode. Here’s this week’s batch.
Sherry Kelly on The Big Life of a Little Man, Michael Dunn Remembered
Posted by admin in Film, Music, Uncategorized, episodic TV on April 14, 2010
Michael Dunn
I love it when an interview opportunity lands in my lap. I first found out about Sherry Kelly’s book about her cousin (The Big Life of a Little Man, Michael Dunn Remembered) from friend of the blog, Amy H. Sturgis. Kelly was willing to be email interviewed about the book. Here is the official description of the book: “”With the help of a treasure trove of letters, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and personal journal entries from his mother, author Sherry Kelly has compiled a touching and comprehensive account of the life of Michael Dunn, the famous little person actor of the sixties and seventies. Michael was well known as Dr. Loveless in The Wild Wild West TV series and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the movie Ship of Fools. Dunn lived an amazing life from childhood until his mysterious death in London while filming a movie.” My thanks to Kelly for her time and to Sturgis for making me aware of this fascinating book.
Tim O’Shea: I take it that given the fact you had access to “letters, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and personal journal entries from his mother” in preparing the book, you were fairly close to your aunt? Given that she died in 1990, I was wondering–did she hope someone might try to write a book about her son some day?
Sherry Kelly: (Note: I will be referring to my cousin both as “Gary” and “Michael”.) My mother and Gary’s mother were sisters and our families were very close. Both families lived on the same block in Detroit during Gary’s early childhood and then when Gary was 12-13 years old, my parents along with my older sister, LaRee, and older brother, Tim, and I, moved back to Oklahoma to be near our grandparents who were in declining health. Even with all the distance between us the families remained close and mother and my aunt kept up with all their respective news through letter writing. Telephone calls were expensive back then, considered a luxury, and made only occasionally – on birthdays or to report emergencies. Gary was especially close to my sister and brother who were nearer to him in age. Gary’s parents, Fred and Jewell Miller, moved back to Oklahoma to be near us in their later years. They had no other children and our family looked after Aunt Jewell during the last 15 years or so of her life.
To Watch: 35 Years of Austin City Limits
Posted by admin in Music, episodic TV on March 30, 2010
I just found out that Austin City Limits has been posting some of its episodes online. Best place to start? The Celebrating 35 Years of Austin City Limits episode, which can be found here.
Archive of American Television: Robert Culp
Posted by admin in episodic TV on March 30, 2010
In the wake of legendary actor Robert Culp’s death last week, I’ve been trying to decide how best to represent his career, be it through excerpts from Culp’s own website; or the AOL article detailing three episodes of the 1960s series, I Spy, that were written by Culp (the last one described, Home to Judgment [available here on Hulu], was Culp’s favorite episode of the series, as detailed at his website). Both options would have been great representations of Culp’s work.
But then I ran across the Archive of American Television‘s late 2007 interview with Culp and I could think of nothing better than the man talking about himself for three hours.
Thanks for years of entertainment, Mr. Culp. I hope I’m this classy and witty when I’m in my 70s.
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