Running Studio 60 thread (spoilers)

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If you thought that about Huston, you have a problem.

 

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How anyone can watch Caruso..... The spirit of PT Barnum is alive and well.

 

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Is that a joke.

Isn't that what a chorus does?

 

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It will be the prime extra on the season 1 DVD.

 

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Y'know, you guys (and other guys in other places) have built this Crazy Christians skit up so much that if they ever do show it, it'll end up being a disappointment. Given the name, I'd be willing to wager it was just the name of an aborted skit they came up with on the fly, because for as much gold as there is to be mined in poking fun at hyperfundamentalists, it sounds from the title no better thought out than Peripheral Vision Man. A Noodle Incident for adults.

 

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Good catch, Lisa, and thanks Inky for the TiVo link.

We won't see "Crazy Christians." It's far better as something referenced and revered but never seen. As we've said, it won't live up to our expectations. Best scenario, they throw it in as an extra on the first-season DVD.

 

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When in doubt, Sorkin always goes to the musical theater.

A very good episode.

 

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I thought that, too, but then either Whitford or Perry immediately mentioned that it was 8 and a half-hour from showtime. Not sure if that was an editing mistake or not.

 

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And, I agree, we probably will not see "Crazy Christians," which is a good thing because we'd probably be disappointed. No 4-minute sketch can be that funny.

 

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In the first episode when we were introduced to Amanda Peet and Steven Weber, she was at the dinner party welcoming her to the network. So I would imagine that was happening in the 8 o'clock hour in LA and not at 11:30 p.m.

 

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I really liked this episode, but I thought the song could have been a lot funnier. Especially the lyrics. They were clever, but not funny, I guess is how I'd put it. I chuckled, but that's it.

To be honest, Conan O'Brien's Music Man riff, "Trouble, With a Capitol T" was much funnier at the Emmys, as long as we're comparing faux musicals bemoaning the state of network television.

Peet bugged me a lot less in this one.

Lastly, let me add this: I really like male friendships on television. I don't know why, but they get to me much more so that phony romantic relationships. My favorite scenes in ER were when Mark and Doug would sit and play basketball. The best part of Friends was Joey and Chandler's friendship. I love when Jimmy and Bunk go drinking by the train tracks on The Wire. I loved it when Leo and Jeb would sit and talk about the old days, or Sam and Josh would bullshit about women on the WW. So, in that respect, I like what Danny and Matt have going on this show. It's the kind of thing Sorkin does well.

 

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First of all Dog, E-Ring was a pretty miserable show in my opinion.

I'm assuming that most of the skits which they'll reference on this show will be like the fake movies referenced in Entourage. You won't see more than a brief glimpses of them.