I finally saw the series finale of Extras and was surprised by the relatively happy ending. I'd heard the last 1/2 was all doom and gloom.

David Simon obsessive?(fake shocked face) There's some McNutty in that man.

Ricky Gervais topic-ness: Loved "The Office Special" complete with cheesy-stuck-in-the-eighties Harold Melvin cover video.

And, bullcrap, that good stories can't come from spleen...the mess of the Mahoney shoot came because DS was like "Tell me how to write, willya? Take that!" after NBC insisted Mahoney. Must Die. (cause, you know, Drug Dealing Is Evil and Wrong) So our man Simon boosted our catharsis. And he'd do it again. So, fifteen years later(!), score one on the pissy upstart. Shall I suggest that Mr. Plotz(real name or street name?) remain silent?

And, call me partisan("What are you, some kind of Democrat or something?" but I never trust any writer sticking up for some poor corporation.) But then, if David Simon decided to write about the process by which phonebooks got to Baltimore, I'd find something to watch in it. So I've drunk the kool-aid there,I suppose.

The Directory: What's on the pages is only part of the story.

I would watch it.

And it would be compelling and fascinating.

Have I mentioned how excited I am about the prospective New Orleans series? I know it isn't definite yet, but if it happens it will be so what I want.

The Directory: What's on the pages is only part of the story.

This made me laugh harder than anything today.

Thanks. Guess who watched HBO just a bit too much? Re: the NOLA show. I hope Simon gets Wendell Pierce, who as you might know if you liked the Spike Lee NOLA doc, is from there and apparently hilarious in real life, too.(If you haven't seen it, it's awesome.) And, of course, will not get the Best Actor in A Comedy emmy he deserves for playing Bunk Moreland. So another job on home turf is not too much to ask, imo.

I haven't been able to bring myself to watch When the Levees Broke, yet. Glad to get your rec for it, erika, that'll help next time I try to talk myself into it.

Just mainlined all of Extras in the last several days. Good stuff! I'll have to work my way back to The Office, now, but it's not conveniently instantly available. Probably for the best for my leaving the house plans, really.

It is a great film, with a surprising amount of humor in it. And finally, Spike's level of perma-pissed? Seems to fit the crime. Grim humor, at times, but as a Wirehead, that's kinda how I roll.(And I can say that and be more literal than anyone in the world. Ha!) Mr. Pierce's segment was a highlight though.

Sheeeeeeeeeeit. I've finally seen a Wire episode that wasn't very good.

Really? I kind of loved it. Especially the cameos by the Laura Lippman characters!!! (the detectives from the County)