The TV thread

The TV Guide Fall Preview (No. 71, the editor notes) is out.

 

It’s almost comical that Charter and Disney settled things on the day Monday Night Football returns.

 

I didn't watch much of MNF, but I saw at least one Charter ad during that hour. Apparently Charter is available somewhere 'round here, but it's called Spectrum.

 

I asked my musical theatre college student daughter about this, and she had a similar take. She cringes at being forced to do improv and will worry about different "ups" in acting class, but her method of trying to deal with it is to be as prepared as she can. She'll just try to outwork it. But, also, she knows that isn't always an avenue out. She's admitted to essentially blacking out and not remembering doing that specific performance, but thankfully no complete shutdowns as referenced above. But she knows people who have, and she's definitely not looking forward to their "clown" project in a year or so.

 

Charter is the company, Spectrum is the service brand.

 

Clowning? CLOWNING? That poor child.

Good grief, Dan. Eat something sweet and maybe the feeling will pass.

Short is good at playing characters who can get under your skin and it's very likely he knows when those creations' foibles are on full display. His "grown up job" line to Mabel in the latest episode of OMitB is a good example.

 

Short was fantastic in the most recent episode. His line to the prominent cameo actors in the latest episode about how he doesn’t like to drop names in a story was delivered perfectly.

 

Ok, special surprise of the day, Barry Corbin just liked a post I made on Facebook, wondering why War Games hadn't been rebooted. Hell yes I sent him a message telling him what a huge fan I was and how often I've quoted the Mr. Mckittrick sir, after serious deliberation, I think your system sucks line.

Even better, he wrote me back. I'm going to be pissed if its a fake account. Still, I totally dig that guy - he's been in so much.

 

Ugh. That sounds awful. I’m sure we’ll watch it eventually because we watched the first two seasons. But might be a quick click.

 

Uma and Bunny are/were two of my favorite denizens of The Arconia. The vignette at the first of the latest episode was bittersweet. It also provided one of the few times when the writer's voice so clearly belonged to one person, I couldn't help but hear every word in his voice. Did anyone else feel pretty sure Steve Martin wrote Uma's monologue about lunch with Bunny?

 

I thought the cyber attack episode 2 was just fine. The show is what it is.
With these episodes, I finally notice Jennifer Aniston's work done on her face. I think she held the record for the longest hollywood star going without noticing the effects of 'enhancement'.