Articles tagged with: Television
Hecklerspray's working on a script for a television series based on Orko, the purple magician from the He-Man cartoon. It'll be a drama. In the pilot he'll meet a pair of lavender legs, they'll slowly fall in love, and then half way through season three he'll realize they're actually his legs which have been missing since shortly after birth. Initially this will pose an ethical dilemma, but then they'll move to Vermont and get married anyway. We've a guy at TBS that says he's very interested. MTV doesn't have room for more 80's fanfare - they're too busy bringing back Teen Wolf.
Last week was huge for Rosie O'Donnell - and not because it's the only week where everyone gets to eat as much as she usually does. Instead, it marked Rosie O'Donnell's big return to TV. Last week saw the premiere of Rosie Live - a big balls-out, unashamedly old-fashioned variety show hosted by Rosie O'Donnell. And Rosie Live would have been great, too, if only more than about four people watched it, and those who did watch it didn't hate it. So, with a heavy heart, Rosie O'Donnell took to the internet this weekend to announce that there would be no more Rosie Live. But, undeterred, Rosie O'Donnell has sworn to return to TV soon with a format that suits her better. Working titles for that show include Rosie's Hour Of Screaming, Rosie Puts You Off Your Dinner, Rosie Punches The Homeless, Rosie Kicks Down People's Doors With A Knife In Her Mouth and Not Rosie.
Heard of Doug Ellin? Don't worry, it's okay to admit that you haven't. We won't laugh at you or anything. Well, we won't laugh at you more than we usually do. Oh, we're just joshing - Ellin isn't exactly a household name. Chances are you'll have seen the show he created, though - HBO's quite wonderful Entourage, officially the best thing on ITV2 (which isn't really much of an achievement, to be honest). The hit show follows a famous Hollywood actor and his hanger-on buddies, and is apparently so goshdarn inspiring that a mystery imposter is doing the rounds pretending to be Ellin himself. Apart from doing the obvious - like, er, walking up to people, saying 'I created Entourage' and then looking at their slightly impressed faces - the hoaxer is now using his false identity to contact aspiring actresses and invite them to fake auditions in the hope of seducing them. Presumably by saying to them 'hey baby, I created Entourage' and then looking at their slightly impressed faces.
Do you wonder that there isn’t a huge ‘IDIOT’ stamp on the foreheads of some people?
You know who we mean… the people that think Sarah Jessica Parker isn’t rather horsey looking and own Everybody Loves Raymond box sets and use words like ‘exspecially’ and have read all of the Nicholas Sparks books. Well, these are the same people that think Jay Leno is funny – no, really, apparently there are people out there who think that – and now these people are running big huge media networks and are trying to get Jay Leno to come not be funny for them when his contract expires next year.
Oh, forget the stamp. The closest blunt object will do.
Oprah Winfrey is everywhere - on TV, radio, the internet, in magazines - but why isn't there a place where people can just stare at Oprah Winfrey's face 24 hours a day?
Well, just you wait, because soon there will be - Oprah Winfrey and Discovery have announced that they're teaming up to launch OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, completely dedicated to Oprah Winfrey.
Although details are scant at the moment, early Oprah Winfrey Network shows are thought to include Obey Oprah, Do Exactly As Oprah Says All The Time and The Remember That Oprah is Your All Powerful Leader And Non-Believers Will Be Crushed Coffee And Chat Fun Hour.
