EW's review of Tall Hot Blonde:
"Your enjoyment of Courteney Cox's TV-movie directorial debut hinges on this question: How much do you want to see Raising Hope's Garret Dillahunt acting phenomenally creepy while narrating chat-room conversations to himself?"
SOLD!
Is he wearing a shirt during this process?
Holy shit, the new Adult Swim series
Black Dynamite:
[link]
The AV Club Walkthrough for Parks and Rec is pretty recently up: [link]
I love all that behind the scenes stuff.
I've been rewatching Community season 2 this weekend, and I would feel so much better if I could convince myself that the season ended with someone hitting Pierce in the face with a shovel.
The unaired US pilot for the IT Crowd: [link]
These are the same people who are doing Community now.
I watched the first ten minutes or so last month after watching the original and was astounded at how strangely unfunny it was, especially given how closely they were adhering to the original, even down to the costuming and set. Or perhaps because. The whole "Use the exact script as the British series" never works.
Dan Harmon, being Harmonesque: [link]
I wish him luck getting to the grumpy showrunner niche. I'm assuming he wants to be lucrative enough to be indulged in his...ways.
And part of me is convinced he means "fewer ideas", but hey--he's the professional, so I'ma let him finish. I'm sure there's an argument to be made.
The whole "Use the exact script as the British series" never works.
Other than Coupling, where has this been done?