…fighting those who rob or plunder.
Of whom do I speak…? Why, Underdog, of course.
It’s hard to get but so psyched at the idea of a live-action “Underdog” movie, just because the odds are that it’s only going to sully the reputation of a perfectly good cartoon, but now that “Station Agent” star Peter Dinklage has signed on to play evil bastard Simon Bar Sinister…
…well, it does up its chances of being watchable by a considerable amount.
Did anybody else happen to catch the mockcommercials on NBC tonight featuring the cast of “The Office”? I nearly missed them while speeding through the other stupid ads (i heart TiVo), but was lucky enough to see them all; there was even one that aired during “My Name Is Earl.” Originality: this is exactly why the series is doing as well as it is. NBC has definitely got something here. Maybe next week we’ll see the cast of “Scrubs” doing fake PSA’s of their own. We can only hope.
So Art Vandalay is a prophet once again. Either that or I rigged the whole freaking “American Idol” voting process. Nah, that would take too much time. This time Lisa Tucker pretty much booted herself off after a really bad rendition of Kelly Clarkson’s “Because of You.”
But there were two surprises last night. One, that they brought out Skakira and Wyclef to perform the opening song for Elimination Wednesday. What, were Neil Sedaka or Tom Jones not available? This was actually a cool performance to watch, and Shakira showed some of the Idol hopefuls just how far they have to go to really become a star.
The other surprise was the bottom three–Lisa, Ace, and Catharine McPhee. To top it off, Catharine was in the bottom TWO. I understand Ace, because he completely butchered that Train song and he’s just annoying to begin with. But Catharine? Is America that in love with Bucky Covington and Kellie Pickler? Or are there just that many banjo-playing, barbecue-eating, sweet tea-drinking types voting for them? Either way, they’re all going home soon, but I didn’t think Catharine deserved to be ranked that low.
Oh, and just how many ways are there to spell Catharine? I swear I’m spelling it right but it never looks right. People, don’t name your daughters Catharine anymore, it’ll be better for us all.
So now we are down to 9. I’m still sticking with my gut here and saying Chris, Mandisa or Paris will win it all. But getting there is half the fun, so see you next week, kids.
Vandalay, OUT.
…well, I don’t know if this is necessarily one or not: getting the movie “Skidoo” released on DVD.
If you’ve never heard of it, well, that’s not necessarily a surprise. It was a 1968 Otto Preminger film which was ol’ Otto’s attempt at mixing the older generations of movie and TV stars with a plot the “kids” could “dig.”
The preview…which can be found here, thanks to a kind soul on YouTube…includes testimonials from both Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dr. Timothy Leary. They’re not even in the film; they just think you’d really like it.
And, at least in theory, why wouldn’t you?
As Mark Evanier says on his blog, NewsFromMe.com, “there’s something to be said for a film in which the most restrained, believable performance is given by Carol Channing,” but, in addition, Groucho Marx plays God (which, if nothing else, proves that whoever God looks like, he’s definitely a cigar smoker), and some of his co-stars include Davis’s “Rat Pack” cohort Peter Lawford, Mickey Rooney, Jackie Gleason, three villains from the old “Batman” series (Riddler Frank Gorshin, Penguin Burgess Meredith, and Joker Cesar Romero), Frankie Avalon, Harry Nilsson (who also contributed to the soundtrack), Slim Pickens, Arnold Stang, and Richard Kiel, a.k.a. Jaws from the Bond movies.
Evanier is on a quest to get the movie released on DVD. Join him, won’t you…?
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