And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.

Giles ,'Touched'


The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People  

[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.


AnthonyDe - Mar 18, 2006 5:07:51 pm PST #8881 of 10001
A One that isn't cold, is scarcely A One at all.

AnthonyDe - that's excellent. Do you know when your episode airs?

The Closer? It's the first episode of the second season. Not sure when exactly.


Polter-Cow - Mar 18, 2006 6:52:26 pm PST #8882 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Seriously, for those of us who are hopelessly behind, are we allowed to ask the concept of the new show?

I believe the pitch we got earlier was " Magnolia meets North by Northwest." Which piqued my interest. It led some to deem it "just like Cannonball Run " or, perhaps, "like The Amazing Race with more death."


DCJensen - Mar 18, 2006 7:10:53 pm PST #8883 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

"Death Race 2000 with better writers"?


Strega - Mar 18, 2006 9:11:46 pm PST #8884 of 10001

I think it's Survivor : Lost :: The Amazing Race : Drive. But I don't know what the hell I'm talking about, so factor that in.

Oo, they should recycle the theme song from Hardcastle & McCormick!


Kristen - Mar 18, 2006 9:20:03 pm PST #8885 of 10001

I do not think you're wrong, Strega. I'm pretty sure that was how it was described to me when I first heard about it.

And I never watched Hardcastle & McCormick but, for some reason, the title is making me think of that other show. With the two cops who were secretly married and a had a hidden door connecting their apartments...

Damnit. What show was that?


P.M. Marc - Mar 18, 2006 9:25:02 pm PST #8886 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

We've cast two amazing women, Emily Stone and Melanie Lynskey. More news as it happens.

I work for a huge Melanie Lynskey fan.

I expect I'll be hearing "burbleburblecastinnewthing!" on Monday.

That's pretty swell.


Strega - Mar 18, 2006 9:59:05 pm PST #8887 of 10001

And I never watched Hardcastle & McCormick but, for some reason, the title is making me think of that other show. With the two cops who were secretly married and a had a hidden door connecting their apartments...

Oh god. I know what you're talking about. Crap, what was it called?

I didn't watch H&M, but it was on after something that I did watch, and I would listen to the theme song before changing channels. Because it rocked! For the 80s.


Kristen - Mar 18, 2006 10:20:23 pm PST #8888 of 10001

A HA! MacGruder and Loud. Thank god. That was seriously bugging me, yo.

In related H&M news, I'm got tickets to the Stephen Cannell panel thing at the WGA. I'm so excited!


Strega - Mar 18, 2006 10:26:12 pm PST #8889 of 10001

Ha! And damn! I just found it myself and you beat me by 3 minutes. Curses.

On the bright side, now I can sleep.

Oo, what is the panel? Cannell always seems like a neat guy in interviews.


Kristen - Mar 18, 2006 10:32:07 pm PST #8890 of 10001

On Thursday March 30, Stephen will discuss experiences and insights from his illustrious career along with his close friends and associates he has worked with over the years. This will be followed by a one-on-one question and answer forum. The evening will conclude with a reception in the theater lobby.

Panelists will include: Tom Selleck, Michael Chiklis, Jeff Goldblum, Len Hill, Charles Johnson, Tawnia McKiernan, David Greenwalt, Don Michael Paul, Stepfanie Kramer, and Mario Van Peebles.

He does seem cool in interviews. (I have a PDF of an online writing seminar he did and it's fun.) And a lot of people that have worked with him say nice things about him.

It occurs to me that he was probably the first TV writer whose name I knew. Because he had that little thing at the end with him at the typewriter and the piece of paper that turned into his logo. I think that I probably watched a lot of Cannell Productions shows when I was a kid.