I am happy to report that Fred Savage, the former child actor and star of everybody’s favorite, “The Wonder Years,” has thankfully not turned into a cliche. Instead, he’s wisely decided that his baby face belongs behind the camera.
Turns out he has directed numerous TV shows over the last couple of years, you can check them out on his IMDB bio. But I’ll save you the time and tell you what the most notable show on his resume is: “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.” That’s right: FX’s brilliant and highly inappropriate series that has picked up a huge following and tickled a few of the hip TV critics that actually exist. Before you know it Kev Arnold is going to own a studio or run NBC or something.
Anyway, if there is only one thing you do, that I tell you to do—today—please go to Hulu.com to catch all of the seasons (if you haven’t already), but in the meantime I’ll leave you with a clip montage of Season 4, which just kicked off last week:
Last night I was watching Hulu (what else is new?), and I checked out that new J.J. Abrams show, “Fringe.“ Eh, not so great, especially if you are an obsessed and devoted Lostie, like myself. Anyway, I’m watching Joshua Jackson (formerly of “Dawson’s Creek,” and possibly one of the only last people to see Katie Holmes before she became a Stepford), he’s one of the stars of the series, and every time he scowled and brooded—like this:
I kept thinking, “Man, who the heck does he remind me of??”
And then it hit me like a stack of stethoscopes:
See it? See IT?? Oh yeah! Pacey is totally channeling his inner-Clooney. Maybe he’s hoping he’ll get to be in Ocean’s 17 or get an invite to Clooney’s Italian villa. Anyway, thought I’d share…oh, and I’m not going to bother posting a clip from Fringe because it really isn’t worth scaring anyone away from this blog. However, I am going to throw up the trailer (the restricted/red one!) from Clooney’s new movie because I secretly want to marry him (sorry SMA, nothing personal).
You’ve seen ‘em: those sappy ads for Nights in Rodanthe, with Richard Gere and Diane Lane, their hair blowing in the seaside breeze looking like they are on an Eddie Bauer catalog-shoot. Well…it turns out that it’s actually the third film they’ve starred in together, in what is perhaps a planned or unplanned Richard Gere/Diane Lane Trilogy…here is how I see it:
The Cotton Club (1984)–This is where it all begins, Gere and Lane both looking young and smashing in the Francis Ford Coppola directed film portraying two lovers caught up in all the steamy corruption and crime during the jazz age at the famed Harlem night club.
Unfaithful (2002)–By now they’ve become the quintessential boring married couple. Lane, as the unassuming wife steps out on Gere with an unbelievably hot artist. Unable to resist their criminal-linked past, they tread into dangerous territory in the attempt to save their marriage.
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)–Ok, now it’s time for the ’we are fated’ ending…after leading seperate lives (he’s a doctor, leftover from Dr. T and the Women) they find one another/rekindle at some rickety (but lovely looking) beach house. As the trailer’s tag line says: “It’s never too late for a second chance of a lifetime.” Well, it should really say third, but something tells me that didn’t play out very well in the sound-bite booth.
Anyway…let’s hope this is the end, they’ve pretty much covered all the formulaic bases. And of course, since I love throwing up clips, below is the trilogy, in chronological order (the first one is long, so all you really need is the first few minutes)…
Since NBC’s ad/marketing department ambushed this morning’s NY Times, I guess I should finally address one of the network’s highly anticipated premieres, “Kath & Kim.” Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of the original Aussie “Kath & Kim” series that first aired in the states on the (now non-existant) Trio network, and then Sundance Channel. The show portrays a highly dysfunctional mother (Kath) and daughter (Kim), both painfully whiny and at times equally clueless.
Based on the minimal clips I’ve watched, Selma Blair and Molly Shannon seem adequte enough to pull off the duo…but holy cow those clothes! They are the REAL stars of the show! NBC obviously made wardrobe a top priority…
The original show had ridiculous ensembles as well, but definitely way more low-budge. Like someone’s mom cleaned out her closet…
Anyway, here is a preview of the new series, premiering October 9 @ 8:30 PM, followed by a montage that someone else kindly put together of the original show–for old-times sake (some moments might be NSFW, especially if you work somewhere really boring and conservative)…
