Arrested Development and Kitchen Confidential have been cancelled.
And it the same news. 7th Heaven won’t be back for an 11th season. Guess Decker can go back looking for Ilea (or how ever her name was spelled)
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A while ago, I attended a taping of “That 70’s show” – For those who care it was episode – 49, “Red Fired Up”
When you see a show taping, first-off you need to remember that you will be there approximately 6 minutes for every minute of air time (including commercials). Thus a 30 minute program will probably take up 180 minutes, or 3 hours of time.
Further you will see lines that the writers are testing in the script and may change or lose entirely. One such line was the final credit-crawl joke.
The foreign character of Fez has been watching “Hollywood Squares” through the entire episode. At the very end of the episode while the credits are rolling we hear him make a comment aloud to himself. “You know… I think this Paul Lynde may be Gay.”
It was completely out of the blue, and I must admit that the audience and myself nearly wet ourselves with hysteria. The line was delivered with such a level of 70’s innocence to something that we now reflect upon as obvious beyond measure.
Paul Lynde, the poster child for what we often view as a male homosexual stereotype. Well, we can do that now; but in 1971 at the height of Bewitched, most had no idea.
Thanks to one of today’s posts by theferrett. I am looking forward to reading a new biography on America’s ‘Center Square‘
There is a wonderful interview with the author at Salon.com
Sadly, the producers of “That 70’s Show” never let this pearl of humour out in the airing of the episode. But at least a man who’s comic delivery was a highlight of the 70’s as finally been given some proper honour.
And now for your walk down amnesia lane. A series of lines from 80’s comedy, “Night Court”
[Dan breaks down crying the night after his date]
Dan Fielding: Women.
Harry Stone: So, who was it last night? The Soviet gymnast?
Mac Robinson: The farmer’s daughter?
Bull Shannon: One of those rubber-jointed ladies from the freak shows that like to be handcuffed and thrown around the room by their ponytails, screaming for mercy until they black out?
[Stares from everyone]
Bull Shannon: What?
Rereading this gave me the uncontrollable giggles. But then again, I remember what the cast looked like. 🙂
To truly understand Andrei, you have to understand how much 70’s pop TV knowledge is crammed in his head.
shimmeringjemmy walked in the bedroom eating some fruit.
“Peach?” I asked
“Nectarine…” she replied.
I promptly went into a high pitched voice,
“I’ll pick the nectarine and throw it down to you”
She looked at me puzzled.
“I suppose there’s little use trying to explain the Koozbanian Geefle and Gonk.”
I have since attempted to explain.
Gonk: “Let’s call it ‘cooperation.'”
Geefle: “No… let’s call it, ‘Shirley.'”
Note: no images are to be found via google at all. Score!
Edit: Fixeed(sic) spellings. I love having a pedantic editor in the house 😉
So, this one was originally posted on April 6th. So, That would put the age on finishing this post at about 71 days. (I can’t wait to see how old other dangling posts wind up being)
The post went like this:
1. Post a list of ten TV shows or fandoms you follow (current or cancelled).
2. Have your friends list guess your favorite character from each show.
3. When guessed, bold the line and write a sentence about why you like the character.
4. Post in your own LiveJournal.
My List:
1. Doctor Who (Mwa ha ha)
2. Babylon 5
3. Firefly (two answers)
4. M.A.S.H.
5. Wonderfalls
6. Red Dwarf
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
8. Family Guy
9. You Can’t Do That on Television
And, for the final challenge:
10. Space Academy