Oh My God! (Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip)- Page 2

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 1:24pm

No, papa, it's more like anytime a play or film, etc. doesn't show you something that could never live up to the hype and is often more fantastic in the audience's imagination.

The only example coming to mind is in Pulp Fiction--we never see what's so important in that briefcase. There are better examples-- usually of a "great song" or "hilarious joke" or "brilliant piece of art".

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 1:30pm

the difference i see, though, jerbster, is that this show is about television and this is a skit that no one in power save for 9 yards chick, friends guy and west wing guy wants on the air and in the real world the show abides those views by not showing it. i'm not saying it's wrong not to show it, and i understand the pitfalls of it not living up to the hype, but i just find it curious that the skit that they cannot show doesn't actually get shown. and as far as the hype goes, the first 40 minutes of last night's show was about finding an opening but they managed to show that even though they knew it might fall flat. i actually questioned whether they would or not for the same reasons.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 1:46pm

Well, I hope they show "CC" next week. It may be that they show it in flashback in contrast with the results.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 2:28pm

I've read they're not planning on showing it. Not for any particular reason other than it's about putting up the show, not the show itself.

It's like Sports Night. How much did we see of Dan and Casey on camera? A lot, but not overkill.

Showing CC would be overkill....like the Ugly Naked Guy on Friends.

[Pippin]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 2:32pm

I'm guessing there will be alot of fallout from the airing, and the sketch will be alluded to, including lines, and references, but never shown all the way through.

better left up to the imagination.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 2:39pm

I did not expect to see it. I hope we don't see it. It's best to leave it to the imagination.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 3:15pm

Okay I don't even usually notice things like this and I have absolutely zero vocabulary for fashion, but can I just say how much I love that they keep putting Amanda Peet in Lucy Ricardo dresses? Can I?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 3:16pm

how do you notice that? i mean seriously...

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 3:18pm

Well, because they come sorta straight down the torso and then sort of flare out just like Lucy's smart cocktail dresses. I don't know what they're called. Better fags than me, help me out here.

Anyway, it reminds me of Lucy in all the right ways.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 3:25pm

wait. you're gay?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 3:28pm

Yes, Mr. Designated Opposition. And I don't care WHO knows.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 3:36pm

i'm so totally gonna call you ms. namo from now on 'cuz it's like totally witty! *note to self - blog about this brilliant idea.*

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 3:47pm

Wow namo. I had not noticed... you must be really gay.

Ok... so you may lynch me... which one of the ladies is Amanda Peet?

Updated On: 9/26/06 at 03:47 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:03pm

The droll boss lady in the Lucy Ricardo dresses!

Love,
The Bloggable Ms. Namo

Updated On: 9/26/06 at 05:03 PM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/28/06 at 4:02pm

I was happy when I saw that Bravo is re-airing the episodes, but after catching an episode last night I found the show kind of boring and having a similar rhythm to The West Wing (gee, I wonder why?).

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/28/06 at 4:03pm

Oops, double post.

Updated On: 9/28/06 at 04:03 PM

Posted: 9/28/06 at 4:44pm

Hmm, well, I guess the show is supposed to be about SNL, so recycling it's old bits makes sense.....as they say, originally aired 1/25195

Don Pardo: Ladies and gentlemen.. David Hyde Pierce!

[ David Hyde Pierce enters Home Base dressed somewhat uncomfortably as the very model of a modern major general ]

David Hyde Pierce: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. [ turns to the band ] Maestro!

[ begins to dance in frumpy moves from the Gilbert & Sullivan opera ]

David Hyde Pierce: [ singing ]
"Oh, David Hyde Pierce is my name, it's great to be here in New York
I'm on Kelsey Grammer's show, I play his brother, who's a dork.
I'm hosting Saturday Night Live, I'm nervous, I've got shaky knees
I love the show, although I haven't watched it since the seventies."

[ four soldiers from the general's army come out to repeat the last two lines in song ]

Soldiers: [ singing ]
"He's hosting Saturday Night Live, he's nervous, he's got shaky knees
He loves the show, although he hasn't watched it since the seventies."

[ soldiers exit ]

David Hyde Pierce: [ singing ]
"I love Kelsey like a brother, even though he is my boss
I was just deslighted when he won the Emmy and I lost.
Oh, Kelsey is our show's big star, I'm number two, that's only fair
'Cause he deserves it, even though I'm young and thin and have more hair."

[ four soldiers from the general's army return to repeat the last two lines in song ]

Soldiers: [ singing ]
"Kelsey is the show's big star, he's number two, that's only fair
'Cause he deserves it, even though he's young and thin and has more hair."

[ soldiers exit ]

David Hyde Pierce: [ singing ]
"They made me come and stand out here in a costume that doesn't fit
This brilliant song was their idea, now I look like an idiot.
This really is embarrassing, I'm mortified, I want to flee
And everytime I sing a line, they sing it back annoyingly."

[ four soldiers from the general's army return to repeat the last two lines in song ]

Soldiers: [ singing ]
This really is embarrassing, he's mortified, he wants to flee
And everytime he sings a line, we sing it back annoyingly."

[ soldiers exit ]

David Hyde Pierce: [ singing slowly ]
"Hey, Kelsey, what I said before.. I wish that I could take it back
We've got a great show, Live is here --"


[ audience cheers ]

"-- so, stick around, we'll be right back."

[ four soldiers from the general's army return to repeat the last two lines in song ]

Soldiers: [ singing ]
"Kelsey, what he said before, he wishes he could take it back
We've got a great show, Live is here so, stick around, we'll be right back.
We've got a great show, Live is here so, stick around, we'll be right baaaaaaaaaack."

[Jon]

Posted: 9/28/06 at 5:26pm

Watch Amanda Peet's wardrobe in future weeks - she's pregnant.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/2/06 at 11:04pm

Still loving it!

[singingwendy]

Posted: 10/2/06 at 11:17pm

Everybody catch that little scene where Amanda Peet's character takes a glass of champagne and then seems to conciously not drink it? Think it's part of a set up to introduce her pregnancy into the story line???

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/2/06 at 11:19pm

I think it might be about her character not wanting to be pictured drinking the week her DUI arrest from eight years before became public.

[singingwendy]

Posted: 10/2/06 at 11:24pm

That's true too Namo....

I'm just curious to see how they work her pregnancy into the show. Latest pictures of her show her to be very pregnant...not something that you could easily hide.

I just hope they don't deal with it with lots of "fat" references like they did on Will and Grace...that was just stupid!

I guess I was thinking that her pregnancy could just be another thing she didn't tell them about when she took the job......

[ashley0139]

Posted: 10/2/06 at 11:35pm

Yeah I thought it was the DUI thing too.

I LOVED this week. Every week I get more and more impressed with the writing.

"Idiot boys!"
"She's talking about us." "Yeah."

Hilarious!

[vbplayer]

Posted: 10/2/06 at 11:42pm

I don't get the popularity. Too much too fast. I will keep trying, because most "new" tv shows suck lately. Yes, I said suck.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/3/06 at 12:46am

It has filled my West Wing void quite nicely. :)