Conan O’Brien’s The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour has been announced. Not only is Conan’s tour missing Michigan, but the two Chicago shows sold out pretty much instantly. The only tickets left are the high cost ones that come with gifts and, if you’re willing to spend about $800, a meet and greet with the man himself. While that would be really great to do, I have a wedding this year, and thus, don’t have the extra cash to pay for at least 2 tickets for a meet and greet, no matter how great an opportunity that would be.
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Conan O’Brien’s The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Voltron Panthera Force and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles announced for Nicktoons this Fall
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
At its 2010 annual upfront presentation which featured top talent across the worlds of television, music and film, Nickelodeon today announced a slate of new programming that will be added to the network’s 2010-11 schedule. Among the announcements are two shows that I am interested in. Voltron Panthera Force and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are both going to premiere on the Nicktoons network, which I am not sure that I have. No big deal, though, as the internet can deliver just about anything that you find on TV. Especially properties as popular as these.
Please Release The Wonder Years on DVD and Blu-ray – #1
Friday, February 12th, 2010
This is the first entry of another column that I’m planning on writing somewhat regularly. It’s pretty self explanatory, so I’ll just get right to the point.
The Wonder Years
Here’s a show that has many hurdles to overcome to ever be released on DVD and Blu-ray. It is a fantastic show that deserves a great release with interviews and features galore. The show would be an instant hit on DVD, and could potentially help to bring back some of the DVD market that has hit a slump with the current recession. I think that the time to restore all of the footage should be taken to make the release worth owning.
A New Ghostbusters Cartoon – Coming Soon?
Monday, February 8th, 2010
I’ve been re-watching my complete collection DVD set of The Real Ghostbusters in the last few days. It looks brilliant on my HDTV. I’m hoping for a release of the late nineties series Extreme Ghostbusters on DVD sometime soon. It was one cartoon that didn’t get a fair shake, potentially because of the much darker subject matter of the series. The Real Ghostbusters rarely delved as deeply into dark topics. When it did, the good guys weren’t the ones doing it. Extreme Ghostbusters is fundamentally flawed in that regard, but in favor of a complete collection, I’d love to have it. Especially because the two parter Back in the Saddle brings all of the original Ghostbusters back for an adventure. Which leads me to the topic of this article.
Turles Forever: A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Team-Up Dream Come True
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Turtles Forever – The mere premise of it was mind-blowing. A feature length adventure featuring a team up of the TMNT team of the 80’s-early 90’s cartoon as well as the 90’s-early 00’s cartoon versions of the heroes. When I first heard about it, I couldn’t believe what I was reading was actually coming. Not only that, but I was surprised by just how soon it was going to be released! It was originally going to receive a theatrical screening, but plans for that fell through. Instead, it premiered on TV one Saturday morning.
There is no word of a DVD release yet, but the studio is working on it. It was created as a direct-to-DVD feature film, but since the rights to the TMNT have been sold to Nickelodeon, there are issues that need to be tied up.
Oprah Interviews Jay Leno about Tonight Show, Conan, and shows his true character
Monday, February 1st, 2010
If anyone was still on Leno’s side in the Conan vs. Leno battle for the once great, now defunct The Tonight Show, this interview should help you to finally take a side. That side will undoubtedly be Conan’s as Leno fails to make himself look like a gentleman in the whole thing. I’m going to point out the hypocrisy of Leno, as well as his failure to think beyond himself, even when he’s claiming to.
What I’m going to do is quote the important parts of the interview, and I might comment on the quote, if I feel it necessary to elaborate on what should be fairly obvious.
Conan’s Tearful Goodbye on his final Tonight Show
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
“There has been a lot of speculation in the press about what I legally can and can’t say about NBC. To set the record straight, tonight I am allowed to say anything I want. And what I want to say is this: between my time at “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Night Show,” and my brief run here on the “Tonight Show,” I have worked with NBC for over 20 years. Yes, we have our differences right now and yes, we’re going to go our separate ways, but this company has been my home for most of my adult life. I am enormously proud of the work we have done together, and I want to thank NBC for making it all possible.
“Walking away from the “Tonight Show” is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Making this choice has been enormously difficult,” O’Brien continued. “This is the best job in the world, I absolutely love doing it, and I have the best staff and crew in the history of the medium. But despite this sense of loss, I really feel this should be a happy moment. Every comedian dreams of hosting the “Tonight Show” and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. I’ve had more good fortune than anyone I know and if our next gig is doing a show in a 7-11 parking lot, we’ll find a way to make it fun.
“Finally, I have to say something to our fans. The massive outpouring of support and passion from so many people has been overwhelming. The rallies, the signs, all the goofy, outrageous creativity on the Internet, and the fact that people have traveled long distances and camped out all night in the pouring rain to be in our audience, made a sad situation joyous and inspirational. To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. ”
“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere,” he concluded. “Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
Good night Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. See you in September, Conan!
Conan O’Brien: A Total Class Act – “People of Earth”
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Jay Leno should do the noble thing and quit. Making the affiliates happy is not Conan’s problem, it falls on NBC. The affiliates wanted one thing: programming that kept people watching until the news. CLEARLY Leno isn’t that programming. That fact should make it all the more clear to NBC that Leno isn’t what people want. Putting him at 11:35 isn’t going to make the affiliates happy. It’s going to make NBC look like a failure. Good job, NBC. You’re ruining yourself. What becomes of the Tonight Show if Conan leaves? Does Leno get it back? That would be a nasty move on the part of both Jay Leno and NBC. Conan’s put years of work into the Tonight Show, and I believe his run would have rivaled Johnny Carson’s in the end. Now we’ll likely never know.
Scrubs – Season 9 – Intern becomes New Regular Cast Member
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
One of the interns from Season 8 is, in fact, returning to become a regular cast member on the show for the next season of Scrubs (or the first season of the spin-off). Eliza Coupe will return to her role of Denise (aka ‘Jo’) for Season 9.
Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence comments, “I really like Eliza. I think she’s a really interesting actress and we didn’t give her a full character [last season]. I think she’s hyper-talented.”
Eliza Coupe joins John C. McGinley’s return to the role of Dr. Cox, and Donald Faison’s return to the role of Dr. Turk, as well as a potential fourth main cast member. Rumor has it they’re looking for a headliner to join the cast. Someone that is potentially an A-list actor.
Scrubs: Season 9 – Scrub School?
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Here’s the latest on the next season of Scrubs. As more and more is revealed I am more or less hopeful for the future of the show. They said before that, like Frasier was a spin-off of Cheers, the next season would be a similar departure from Scrubs. It seems that is more and more the case.
Producers are looking for a new title for the show, as the direction is moved from a teaching hospital to med school. Word is they’re looking to keep Scrubs as part of the title in some way, but we’ll keep our eyes open for that. One title that ran through my head that could achieve both familiarity as well as help to explain the new format of the show is “Scrub School.” But that’s my own idea and by no means official.
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