And I'm going to miss them because I'm seeing a free screening of Smart People. Blerg!
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Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2008 9:27:49 am PDT #628 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Liese S. - Apr 10, 2008 10:16:04 am PDT #629 of 8624
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I really really adore Get Smart and have piles of old videocassettes of the episodes, so I hope for the best with the movie, but am dubious. Best possible actor for it, though, given the constraints of our era.
Theodosia - Apr 10, 2008 10:48:17 am PDT #630 of 8624
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Once again, it's a great casting choice, but whether it holds up is another thing entirely. Truly funny movies have been made out of beloved sitcoms (i.e. Addams Family and The Brady Bunch Movie) but that's not the way to bet.
Also don't forget there's a new Earl tonight. :: waves her tiny but earnest Earl flag ::
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2008 10:54:26 am PDT #631 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have one of those too, Theodosia!
Laga - Apr 10, 2008 3:38:27 pm PDT #632 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I am cautiously hopeful about the Get Smart movie.
sj - Apr 10, 2008 3:39:51 pm PDT #633 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Earl was great tonight. I wonder if the show is going to become too boring if/when they go back to a format of Earl crossing things off his list while not in jail or a coma.
DavidS - Apr 10, 2008 7:11:46 pm PDT #634 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
30 Rock was very, very funny tonight.
Who can name the four most important demographics?!
Fred Pete - Apr 11, 2008 4:44:47 am PDT #635 of 8624
Ann, that's a ferret.
I think last night's Office was good as an episode but the wrong choice for the return. I dare say it was Buffy-esque in its willingness to step outside of its genre. (Really -- how many sitcoms would venture so close to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?-land?). And for being able to do that while keeping the characters in character.
But for the first ep back, I'd have liked to have seen more of the minor characters. Yet we hardly saw any of them.
And I'm not sure it was wise to step so far out of the show's comfort zone on the first ep back. I was looking for workplace comedy, not domestic drama. If it had been shown right after the last ep before the strike, I think it would have blown me away. But not for the return ep.
Dana - Apr 11, 2008 4:46:33 am PDT #636 of 8624
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
At the culmination of the argument, Michael's frantic "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!" cracked me up. I don't know why it's so funny.
Fred Pete - Apr 11, 2008 4:49:06 am PDT #637 of 8624
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'll agree, that was funny in a weird way. Probably because it's so Michael, as well as being at the same time both the perfect and the absolute worst thing to say.