The recently axed "Four Kings" made the diminutive Seth Green look that much shorter...or..."There will be no more feigned laughter and camaraderie for you Four Kings, be gone!
Spoiler Alert. It looks like lovers of fine programming have been dealt a disappointment, the big hit "Four Kings" has been cancelled. I guess we've gotten selfish, we actually want our comedies to be funny. I'm not through with this show however. "Four Kings" officially joins the list of television shows I'm trying to get back via an aggressive letter writing campaign. Be forewarned, I'm using my fountain pen so I mean business.
Bodies of Evidence- Insiders have said that "Bodies of Evidence" is Clooney's favorite role and he'd love to come back. Not to toot my own horn but George sent me an email and basically stated, "Jason, my best work was when I played Ryan Walker on Bodies of Evidence..." Clooney is especially looking forward to working with Lee hoarsely again. But then again, who wouldn't.
Baywatch Nights- It seems that being a beloved person across the globe isn't enough for Mr. David Hasselhoff. He's been in the news lately. I know why he's such a gloomy gus; he wants Baywatch--Nights. Let's face it, the original show took a header as soon as they pushed Alexandra Paul out of the way. "Baywatch Nights" on the other hand is a show of untapped potential, more storylines. In fact, I've got my TV tuned for any "Baywatch Nights" showing I can get. I can't wait...
Ally- The world wasn't really ready for "Ally." It was a valiant try, but it was 8 episodes and done. This 30 minute editing nightmare existed in comedy form concurrently with the hit dramady, "Ally McBeal." Now I think we're prepared for such a novel concept. There's no need to actually make new shows, edit down those remaining ep's, put them out of sequence, we'll do the heavy lifting.
Making The Band/Making Crappy CD's.Is this show still on? In any event it hasn't been culturally significant in quite some time. Okay, it never was culturally significant. Instead of bringing in a batch of forgettable girl singers or funny-looking boy band wannabees, why not recruit from within. The next Making The Band should be a "band" of former "winners" battling it out to be the next uber disgusting entity. In my new and improved version it would include both P Diddy and Lou Perlman. There's got to be a place on the schedule where folks have to walk 25 miles for cheesecake and try to ignore one of Uncle Lou's creepy stares...
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I knew Four Kings was gonna take as soon as I saw the preview. I had the misfortune of the reading the pilot for that show I couldn't understand how it got picked up in the first place. They'll throw a bone any producer coming from a hit show.
You've had your fun. Tell us a few real shows you wish had gotten a fair chance to grow and find an audience.
I see that Jason has yet to comment, but one show I wanted to see work (since no one pulled my chain) was Joey.
Here's a show that had some genuinely funny moments. Unfortunately the ratio of funny to stupid is approximately 7 to 8,435. You know it's bad when you catch yourself laughing, then realizing it's not really funny, but you want to have a "cup is half-full" outlook.
That's very true about the Four Kings preview Shawn. If I'm not mistaken that lousy, "Ben, Ben, Ben" joke was in the promos. Not funny at all. I think the show possibly could have worked if it was just Josh Cooke and Seth Green. I think it was one king too many and not enough funny. That's a very good question about shows I didn't think got a fair chance, I'm going to have to give that some serious thought...
I agree about Joey too, Steve. Although I did like to talk about it in disparging terms, I did give it a lot of chances. The immediate problems? I thought that Joey's supporting cast wasn't that funny. I did like Miquel Núñez (heh cut and paste) and it was good to see someone Joey could be stupid with. In a sense there was so much wrong with Joey that it's probably were it needs to be: On Hiatus/Cancelled.
3 that come to mind -
Under One Roof
My So Called Life
South Central (I really, really enjoyed Tina Lifford)
Under One Roof was a great show. I probably have an episode still on tape--somewhere...
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