Oh! Oh! He's a transpondster!
Oh! Oh! He's a transpondster!
I'm not an expert, but…
Isn't Merlin supposed to live backwards? Are there versions of the Arthur legend where he's just a normal forwards-living magical person, or did they cop out because it was too hard to write?
I love you, david caruso.
If we're talking about Newsradio or any comedy, then B for sure. If it were, like, The Wire or The West Wing, I'd probably be weirded out. But I think it's always better to put the inside jokes, unrelated gags, and bizarre talents in the limbo of the credits sequence, rather than try to shoehorn them into an episode…
About Kevin Smith or about the Decider?
Yes!
I have been looking for a way to serve the community that incorporates my violence. Let's do this!
Of course. It's a Sorkin show.
Dam Mrs. Pearce, dam the coffee, and dam you!
190 lbs of chocolate-covered bacon
I read this morning that Conan has promised to do The Tonight Show for a week from the Minnesota State Fair if he receives his body weight in the chocolate-covered bacon "pig lickers" they serve.
I thought the joke of the Twitter bit was that it was kind of being set up like Leno's Headlines bit, and then it was purposefully sucky. It was like Conan's way of saying, "No, we will not be doing this kind of comedy here."
"Complaint Box" is my favorite NewsRadio episode of all time. It's got all the great sitcommy stuff Donna is always calling out—the offscreen buzzer on the box, Dave reading a list, a TOTALLY bizarre B-story with Jimmy's voicebox which ends up being melded into the A-story. And the recurring Shaft joke, of course.
I would be surprised if Andy got to sit second chair for a while yet, while they're still trying to transition their audience out of the Leno era. I also hope that having Andy back doesn't mean that Max and the band will get left out of the banter.
I wonder if Colbert would be quite so dominating as an interviewer if that wasn't part of his on-screen "Colbert" character, though. Didn't he host The Daily Show a few times back in the day when Stewart was out doing other gigs?
We've got separation of powers, checks and balanaces…and Margaret, vetoing things and sending them back to the Hill!
I think that TWW also stands out over S60 (and SN, to a degree) is because Sorkin's style is so naturally self-important that TWW is the only place it sounds somewhat believable. The highest levels of government, where decisions are made that affect the lives of millions, seems an appropriate setting for rapid-fire…
"I am the Lord your God; thou shalt have no other gods before me." Oh, Bartlet.
If you didn't like the dialogue style of those movies, you will definitely not enjoy The West Wing. It's pretty much The American President: The TV Show. I think the acting is better across the board on TWW, but every single character does speak in that quirky Sorkinese. It's like watching a Joss Whedon show or a…
A guy walks down the street and falls in a hole
I just want to say that I love Leo McGarry the best. Toby is a close second, but Leo (and likewise John Spencer) is simply irreplaceable.
I especially despise the closing credits music. You pretty much never heard it on air because NBC was immediately promoting the next show, but even that is not as jarring after a low-key or emotional ending as that Disneyfied trilling. "BadadadadaDAH!"
The Christmas special was a staple of my family's holiday viewing until we wore out the tape. But then they released it on DVD, hooray! Nothing like using Frankie and Annette for slave labor to build you an extra Playhouse wing made of fruitcake.