Well, that depends. But in the case of “Medium,” where one of the show’s executive producers is none other than Kelsey Grammer, quite a few people are interested.
Grammer will be appearing on the May 8th episode of the show…playing a guy who claims to be no less than the Angel of Death himself…and he and the show’s star, Patricia Arquette, held a press conference to celebrate the occasion. What’s arguably even cooler, however, is that Bullz-Eye got to participate…!
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In an interview with the Onion’s A.V. Club, Matt Groening – creator of “Life in Hell,” “The Simpsons,” and “Futurama” – reveals more details about the ongoing adventures of Fry, Leela, Bender.
“We’re going to do four of them, straight to DVD,” says Groening. “And as we speak, I’m exchanging e-mails and ideas with David X. Cohen and Ken Keeler, both of whom worked on the show from the very beginning. Right now, we’re trying to figure out whether to do a giant epic, or separate crazy movies, or what. But I wager that Bender will be featured prominently.”
Groening also talks about how there was once the very real possibility of a Krusty the Klown spin-off.
“I just thought the idea of a live-action Krusty the Clown show would be something Dan (Castellaneta) could go completely crazy with. And halfway through the pitch, Fox said, ‘Can it be a cartoon?’ So okay, we’ll make it a cartoon. And it just got bogged down in the kinds of mysterious machinations that often happen in Hollywood. Maybe someday we’ll do it. I don’t know.”
A friend of Ron White’s tells him that Ron’s girlfriend said sometimes, she just wanted to stab him. Then the friend tried to soften the blow by saying, “Well, she was drunk.” Ron says, “Fuck, that’s the only time I tell the truth!”
Though it was only 10:00 in the morning on the west coast when Bullz-Eye chatted with Ron White, he must have been drunk, because he positively lays into Dane Cook towards the end of the conversation. A sample:
BE: Mitch Hedberg seems to be one of those comedians’ comedian. Dane Cook was talking about how much he loved him, and…
RW: Who?
BE: Dane Cook?
RW: Who’s that?
BE: Dane Cook is a wildly popular comedian. He’s a Boston guy, but he spends a lot of time in L.A. He just hosted “Saturday Night Live” recently. Very manic, funny guy. Very nice. He was pretty broken up about Mitch Hedberg as well.
RW: Did he know him?
BE: Not intimately. I think they were acquaintances, but I don’t know if it was any deeper than that.
RW: I was kidding, I know who Dane Cook is.
BE: I was gonna say, I was hoping you were pulling my leg.
RW: (He) does not make me laugh, at all, in any way, shape or form.
BE: Huh.
RW: It looks like smoke and mirrors. But it works for him, so…
White goes on to call Cook out for exaggerating about his album sales, putting down the Blue Collar guys, and putting himself in the same league as Bill Cosby. Harsh stuff, but he also takes the time to send some love to Lisa Lampanelli, Jim Gaffigan, and even found nice things to say about the girl who wanted to stab him; apparently, she could suck a golf ball through a straw, which is a pretty valuable skill for a woman to possess if she’s nuts.
You can read the full interview here.
He wrote episodes of “Rosanne” and penned the screenplays for “Alien Resurrection” and “Toy Story,” but, inevitably, what Joss Whedon is best known for is having created “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel.” Most recently, he shifted from the small screen to the silver screen, helming the feature film “Serenity,” inspired by his sci-fi series, “Firefly,” but he’s currently working on the screenplay for the feature film version of “Wonder Woman,” which he’ll also be directing. Whedon put his muse on hold for a few minutes to hype the forthcoming release of “Serenity” on DVD, and, in an all-too-brief chat with Bullz-Eye, he discussed his feelings on how the movie did at the box office, the odds of seeing the characters from “Buffy” and “Angel” again in straight-to-DVD features, and in no way holds back when describing how the studio effed up his “Alien” script.
BE: Were there ever really any plans to continue “Buffy” with Michele Trachtenberg (who played Buffy’s sister, Dawn) taking over the central role?
JW: Nope. No, there weren’t. I mean, I love Michele, and I do think that she had more to offer than we got to see, but, ultimately, I don’t think I would anchor the show around her because…well, she really was Buffy’s sister. Not like Niles and Frasier, necessarily, but similar enough that you’re telling too much of the same story. If there was a spin-off, she would of course been asked to be a major part of it, but not the central, titular character. I mean, not not central, but just not the one. There are a couple of characters around whom I would build a series, but, mostly, it would just be different groups. If it came to DVD movies or something, then that’s different. Then, every character has their own reason to headline a movie, including Dawn…although I think Michele is probably off doing other things…because you find that it’s easier to do for two hours than it is to do for, say, seven seasons.
BE: With “Angel,” was there ever really any chance in hell that it was going to get a sixth season, or did the WB basically just say, “Okay, that’s it; you get one reprieve, but that’s all, no matter how good it gets”…?
JW: You know what? There probably was a chance in hell. I look back and think back at all the people who fought so hard. I was so exhausted by what had happened with “Firefly” and with the fifth season of “Angel,” which I worked a lot harder on than I had expected to, that I feel like, as I have grown older – and, oddly, shorter – I could’ve maybe fought. It never occurred to me that I could fight. When the head of the network tells you you’re cancelled, it never occurred to me to say, “Well, no, it’s not!” And I kinda regret that. I just thought that the law had been laid down. Now, I look back and think, what care I for the law? I’ve broken it enough times, and I probably could’ve then, had I not been so tired.
BE: What was up with the “Firefly” stars dropping into roles on “Buffy” and “Angel”? Did you promise them work if their show tanked?
JW: No, you know, I was against it at first. I thought, it’ll seem incestuous and weird. But then, they’re, like, Joss, nobody saw “Firefly.” No one will know. You know these actors are great, you know you love working with them, you know you need somebody bigger than life for the role, and, so, get over it. And I did. Rather dramatically.
Click here to read the full interview with writer/director Joss Whedon:
Seth Rogen is the kind of guy who you can’t help but cheer for…and, okay, maybe hate a little. He’s 23 years old, but he’s already starred in two critically-acclaimed (if short-lived) TV series – “Freaks and Geeks” and “Undeclared” – and appeared in movies alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Will Ferrell and Steve Carell. Bullz-Eye had a chance to chat with Rogen about the upcoming release of “The 40 Year Old Virgin” on DVD, his past and future work with Judd Apatow, and his pleasure at not having had a particular vegetable lodged in his rectum…oh, but I’ve said too much already.
Bullz-Eye: And then there was “Undeclared.” I know a lot of people have referred to it as “The Judd Apatow Curse,” the fact that, like “Freaks and Geeks,” it was cancelled right after the Museum of TV and Radio paid tribute to it.
Seth Rogen: I know, exactly. That William S. Paley!
BE: Of course, you realize it could also be called “The Seth Rogen Curse,” since you were in both shows as well.
SR: I couldn’t agree more. I really could not agree more. But I will say this: Judd made several pilots throughout that time that didn’t even go to series that I wasn’t in, so I will give myself credit for getting his shows to air, but then getting them immediately cancelled.
BE: Fair enough. So it’s 50/50, then.
SR: Exactly.
BE: And, then, I guess it was a stepping stone…well, actually, I was going to say “Freaks and Geeks” was a stepping stone to appearing in “Anchorman,” but, in-between, you were also in “Donnie Darko.”
SR: Yes, I was right in there.
BE: What was that like? It’s certainly become a cult classic.
SR: I know! It’s very weird that that happened. You know, honestly, I did that movie – I mean, my part in it is so minute – but I was kind of just around a lot, one of those things where I’m just caught in the background of a lot of shots, just, like, in the high school a lot. So I was there a lot. And I really had no idea what the movie was about! I didn’t get it at all! And I remember being at a party with the director (Richard Kelly) about halfway through shooting, and I was really drunk, and so was he, and I was just, like, “Dude, I don’t get it, man!” And he was, like, “I don’t think anyone’s gonna get it, man! I’m really scared!” It turned out great; I think it was just beyond me…and still is, to some degree! But it definitely makes sense on a much greater level now. It’s amazing. I knew it seemed good; I just didn’t understand why it was good. It just seemed like something interesting. It’s really funny to me that that turned into this huge cult thing, and that people in England are grafitti-ing “Donnie Darko” on walls. It’s great. I couldn’t be happier for Jake (Gyllenhaal) and Richard Kelly; those guys are great guys. I’m glad I was there to watch it, even though I had no clue what I was watching at the time!
Click here for the full interview with Seth Rogen and more on the DVD release of “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”
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