#2
Posted: 9/23/04 at 11:56am
I f'ing LOVE THIS SHOW. I mentioned on the smoking thread that I only watched the pilot out of curiousity - I had always loved Amber Tamblyn as a child/teenager on General Hospital. Well, needless to say, I was hooked from that first episode.
I was thrilled when Amber received her Best Actress Emmy nomination this year. Wanted to throw it at the stupid daytime folk who never once saw fit to give this fine actress a nod the entire 9 years that General Hospital was graced with her talent and warmth.
Joan of Arcadia has some of the best writing, acting, and directing on TV today. I recommend it highly.
I was thrilled when Amber received her Best Actress Emmy nomination this year. Wanted to throw it at the stupid daytime folk who never once saw fit to give this fine actress a nod the entire 9 years that General Hospital was graced with her talent and warmth.
Joan of Arcadia has some of the best writing, acting, and directing on TV today. I recommend it highly.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 9/23/04 at 11:56 AM
#3
Posted: 9/23/04 at 11:57am
Yea, I liked it. Being shown on Friday night is a death sentence for a series though.
Did y'all know that the father of the girl who plays Joan played Riff in the movie of West Side Story?
Did y'all know that the father of the girl who plays Joan played Riff in the movie of West Side Story?
#4
Posted: 9/23/04 at 11:58am
Yes. We know. Do you also know that he plays Dog Walker God on Joan?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#5
Posted: 9/23/04 at 12:00pm
Being shown on a Friday night for a show that caused such a sensation in its first season probably won't matter too much.
Rath, I can actually pinpoint the moment I fell in love with the show. Can you?
Rath, I can actually pinpoint the moment I fell in love with the show. Can you?
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#6
Posted: 9/23/04 at 12:01pm
Being in a Friday night slot hasn't seemed to hurt it at all.
And no, I can't, but if you remind me, I might agree...
And no, I can't, but if you remind me, I might agree...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#7
Posted: 9/23/04 at 12:04pm
For me, I was really enjoying the show from the off, particularly the exchange about miracles in the pilot episode, but the moment it tipped over into loving it for me was when she smashed Adam's sculpture to stop him quitting school.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#8
Posted: 9/23/04 at 12:05pm
Oh yeah. That was awesome, dude. Powerful.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#9
Posted: 9/23/04 at 12:07pm
Another good point in the show was when God was a little girl when he/she/it exaplined to Joan why he/she/it would not restore her brother's ability to walk.
#10
Posted: 9/23/04 at 12:09pm
Little Girl God is perhaps my favorite.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#11
Posted: 9/23/04 at 12:11pm
A lot of the God actors are returning this season, too. As everyone LOVED Little Girl God, I am sure she'll be among them.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#12
Posted: 9/23/04 at 1:31pm
I loved this show from the very first episode. I will definitely be watching Friday.
#13
Posted: 9/23/04 at 1:43pm
So it starts this Friday? Cool.
I'm SOO behind on all CBS shows because my cable got cut off a few months ago and I just decided to not be a cheap bastard and got it turned back on.
I could get all networks BUT CBS with rabbit ears because I live too close to the transmitter.
I'm SOO behind on all CBS shows because my cable got cut off a few months ago and I just decided to not be a cheap bastard and got it turned back on.
I could get all networks BUT CBS with rabbit ears because I live too close to the transmitter.
#14
Posted: 9/23/04 at 1:49pm
I love this show. It only bothers me when TOO recognizable actors play God - like when Susan Sullivan - Greg's mom from DHARMA AND GREG, was the "Rich Lady in a Limo" God.
Am I alone in thinking Mary Steenburgen is now more attractive than she was 20 years ago?
Am I alone in thinking Mary Steenburgen is now more attractive than she was 20 years ago?
#15
Posted: 9/23/04 at 1:53pm
LOVE Joan of Arcadia.....Great show....Why hasnt Mary Steenbergen not been nominated?? Hello!! She is great too....
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#16
Posted: 9/23/04 at 1:54pm
Another fan of the show here! My favorite is Mrs Langingham God. Just loved her in West Wing. I just loved the show from the get go. Can't wait to see what happens on Friday
"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. 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."
Conan O'Brien
#17
Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:10pm
And can we discuss the episode where Adam took his mother's suicide note to Joan and in the end Joan's mother read it to him? I was weeping like a child.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#18
Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:13pm
Or the season finale...I cried like a baby. Actually, this show makes me cry almost every week. And I'm not like that.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#19
Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:16pm
There was another point that I cried watching the show (and getting tears out of me ain't easy) but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. I don't think it was the season finale though.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#20
Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:20pm
That moment where she "realized" it wasn't God talking to her, but her Lyme disease - that didn't break your heart into a million pieces??
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#21

Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:21pm

She was at our Emmy's after-party.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#22
Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:21pm
The whole season finale just freaked me out, those scary ass twins and so on. I think when Adam didn't believe her I got a little teary eyed, maybe. But there was one other full on boohooathon and I really don't remember what it was!
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#23
Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:22pm
Thanks for the pic adgal!!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#24
Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:22pm
You're welcome!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#25
Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:24pm
That is one gorgeous dress.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
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