tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post3192547301486852282..comments2024-03-19T03:23:06.738-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Studio 60: The neverending storyAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-42803525482204178732007-06-23T14:29:00.000-04:002007-06-23T14:29:00.000-04:00Okay, I don't know much about army guys sent to he...Okay, I don't know much about army guys sent to help out dudes whose brothers have been held hostage IN THE MIDDLE OF AFGHANISTAN, and I can see his sort of point in trying to be jokey and take Tom's mind off things, but really, it's almost his fault Tom makes the decision to choose the K and R. If he hadn't been so flip beforehand maybe Tom wouldn't have freaked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-89800499264057224342007-06-23T00:46:00.000-04:002007-06-23T00:46:00.000-04:00Nah, I wouldn't want Studio 60 existing in the sam...Nah, I wouldn't want Studio 60 existing in the same TV universe as 30 Rock. I'd rather have Webber playing similar, more broadly drawn character with a different name on 30 Rock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-30606066303867743712007-06-22T22:42:00.000-04:002007-06-22T22:42:00.000-04:00In a perfect world, he would get a transfer to 30 ...<I>In a perfect world, he would get a transfer to 30 Rock.</I><BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about that too. They should totally do that, have Webber play the same character, and be the new rival of Jack Donaghey (sp) (assuming Baldwin comes back). "Jack vs. Jack." Maybe GE hires Jack Rudolph away from NBS to run GE's wayward microwave division.TLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618949223191406067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33771516696278323862007-06-22T18:34:00.000-04:002007-06-22T18:34:00.000-04:00Is this the first time that a show covered the abs...Is this the first time that a show covered the absence of a pregnant cast member by having her character near death as a result of childbirth?floretbroccolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498743081576292194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33050766428613742112007-06-22T18:23:00.000-04:002007-06-22T18:23:00.000-04:00Harriet's solution to everything is prayer. It's f...<I>Harriet's solution to everything is prayer. It's funny that I forget this somehow -- I'm constantly shocked and dismayed when every scene ends with her mentioning that.</I><BR/><BR/>It's one of Harriet's traits that's apparently true-to-life for Chenoweth, though. I remember reading a profile of her in The New Yorker several years ago where she, some TV honcho and the reporter were all in a car trying to get out of a parking lot and the gate wouldn't open, so she started to pray. The honcho asked if she could ask God to open the gate for them.<BR/><BR/>I haven't really been watching this since it came back from hiatus, but it is amazing that, in a show that contains two of the Mighty Sorkin Players as well as Matt Perry, the two best people onscreen have consistently been Weber and Corddry. I hope at least they both get some good work in the future out of this experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-62944747700214406672007-06-22T16:22:00.000-04:002007-06-22T16:22:00.000-04:00Oh, and are we supposed to be siding with Simon an...Oh, and are we supposed to be siding with Simon and his refusal to apologize? Because he should apologize--not for "sympathizing with terrorists" but for saying he would celebrate if the journalists there got mowed down by friendly fire. It's always out of line to publicly wish death on people.<BR/><BR/>Granted that I am irrationally against this show.<BR/><BR/>I agree, though, that Jack is the one thing worth saving. In a perfect world, he would get a transfer to 30 Rock.Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175944236443078712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-83154070556077766372007-06-22T16:18:00.000-04:002007-06-22T16:18:00.000-04:00See, I found Danny's attitude kind of as annoying ...See, I found Danny's attitude kind of as annoying as Harriet's there, because "I got what I got because I took action"? Sure, and because you're a white American male who was born with more than 99 percent of people on the planet. I think that's what Harriet was trying to get him to acknowledge--that even in this hour of darkness there are things for which one should be grateful--and that would actually have been an adult response. They both suck as people.Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175944236443078712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-14178253613785053252007-06-22T14:40:00.000-04:002007-06-22T14:40:00.000-04:00I don't think the show, which I'm in no way defend...I don't think the show, which I'm in no way defending, is trying to get us to buy into the news networks treating hostages in Afghanistan as big news. It's expecting us to buy the capture of a pseudo-celebs baby soldier-brother as big news. Which, you know, almost seems more likely.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928608713501506842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-88391639014228815682007-06-22T14:22:00.000-04:002007-06-22T14:22:00.000-04:00A few thoughts that I had while watching....*At ab...A few thoughts that I had while watching....<BR/><BR/>*At about the 45 minute mark I slapped my head in anguish that they STILL weren't going to wrap this up after 4 hours.<BR/><BR/>*I continue to find it quaint how the show expects us to believe that, in 2007, the major news media would treat the capture of soldiers in Afghanistan as a breaking, 'round the clock coverage story.<BR/><BR/>*I've cut the show more slack than some about never showing us that the show-within-the-show was actually funny. But not showing us the Karl Rove sketch is indefensible, especially given that they're spending 5 hours on this story. I guess Sorkin couldn't pull it off.<BR/><BR/>*No way Jordan would sign off on Danny being the guardian for her child. It's one thing to marry him and take a shot at raising the kid together. It's another to sign your kid away to someone who you've only known for 9 months. Bad idea for him to even ask.TLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618949223191406067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-37436636957986000772007-06-22T12:40:00.000-04:002007-06-22T12:40:00.000-04:00I recall, also, a mention that Simon's first year ...I recall, also, a mention that Simon's first year was Matt/Danny's last year. Would Simon have already been so established at the season premiere? <BR/><BR/>Also, I just get the vibe that Sorkin didn't want to write any more episodes for whatever reason and just stretched out his plot to cover what's left.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928608713501506842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-77428126146154509562007-06-22T11:19:00.000-04:002007-06-22T11:19:00.000-04:00I'd have to rewatch the pilot, but as I recall, "C...I'd have to rewatch the pilot, but as I recall, "Crazy Christians" wasn't the basis for Matt/Danny's firing, but instead simply a sketch Matt had written that didn't make it to air because of S&P controversies.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295270766215749309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39785610201188271782007-06-22T11:00:00.000-04:002007-06-22T11:00:00.000-04:00Harriet's solution to everything is prayer. It's f...Harriet's solution to everything is prayer. It's funny that I forget this somehow -- I'm constantly shocked and dismayed when every scene ends with her mentioning that. And I yell at my TV to please wire her mouth shut.<BR/> <BR/>I do appreciate that Danny walked out of that chapel. If he even condescended to bend his knees, I might have broken something. At least Sorkin knows how to write somewhat consistent characters. Danny = sensible, smug, overly aggressive suitor of females. Harriet = unfunny, pious little cretin. Oh, but please Harriet, sooth me with your Juliet Lewis impression!<BR/> <BR/>Did you notice K&R II and K&R III ended on exactly the same note about Danny's tenuous custody issues without any other mention of it throughout either episode? Way to advance a shoehorned plot point!<BR/><BR/>Blargh.D. Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496178088900558756noreply@blogger.com