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Archive for April, 2008

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on Moviefone’s Unscripted

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were recently featured on Moviefone’s Unscripted, answering questions from fans. Check it out here:

Many thanks to Andie for bringing this to our attention.

In case you missed it — Episode 213, “Succession”

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

If you weren’t able to catch “Succession” when it aired, you can view it here — streaming courtesy of Hulu.com.

One Week Until “Baby Mama”

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

We’re just under a week away (April 25) from the release of “Baby Mama”, featuring Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler.

Meet Deborah

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

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Entertainment Weekly has  an interview with actress Deidre Goodwin, who played Deborah on MILF Island.  From the sounds of things, you can expect to see a fair amount of deleted scenes from this episode on the DVD set.

Q: How was the shoot?
A: There was so much they didn’t really show. After I finished, I was exhausted, but I was so happy because I never had that much fun working. I literally came home and washed sand and bananas out of my hair. We did ridiculous things. There was a girl who ate a cockroach.

Q: A real cockroach?
A: Well, they used chocolate cockroaches. But during a close-up, they made her hold a real one up to her lips. And then they didn’t even show that part! Poor thing. For me — you probably saw glimpses of this — there was a ‘’stick dance.” On set they’d told us my adversary was a very sweet girl, and I was [directed to be] raunchy, slapping my ass and everything. Then they had me shoot it again by myself. And you know that video by Whitesnake? I did that.

Q: You did your best Tawny Kitaen?
A: Crawling, cooter slam, flipping the hair, the whole thing. It was awesome.

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“Succession” — Episode 213

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

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This week’s new episode:

When Don decides to promote Jack and make him his successor over Devon, Jack decides to give his old job to Liz because she always has his back. However, a turn of events concerning Don’s health compromises Jack’s promotion. Meanwhile, Tracy thinks that his son is embarrassed of his career because he did not invite him to fathers day at school.  Will Arnett and Chris Parnell also guest star.

New Time Slot! 9:30/8:30c

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

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With three episodes left in the season, 30 Rock will be trading timeslots with Scrubs, and will now be airing after The Office at 9:30/8:30c.

I don’t claim to be any kind of expert on TV programming, but this time slot seems to make a lot more sense to me.  It seems that they’d be able to pick up more viewers following The Office than leading in to it.

TV Squad and the NY Times — Did NBC go too far?

Friday, April 18th, 2008

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It’s been two weeks since the now-infamous episode featuring MILF Island’s season finale, and people are still talking about it. Did NBC go too far?

From the NT Times:

 It was almost as if the NBC comedy writers had decided to test the limits of prime time taste just as the network unveiled a family-friendly philosophy of scheduling.

Thursday’s episodes of “30 Rock” and “The Office,” the first new installments to be broadcast since the end of the writers’ strike, each included coy references to a vulgarity: in one case it was bleeped out; in the other it was winked at in an acronym. While not unprecedented, the occurrences in the back-to-back prime-time shows were jarring. They also raise questions about the placement of “30 Rock” as an anchor of what an NBC executive, Ben Silverman, has designated the “family hour.”

From TV Squad:

  I don’t think the networks are able to control or adhere to a family hour anymore, not with time-shifting and alternate technologies. But standards are something to consider. I don’t want to sound like an old-fart — although I probably do — but shouldn’t there be some things are are deemed adult fare?

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Tina Fey Interviewed By Amy Poehler in Marie Claire

Friday, April 18th, 2008

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You can find a great interview of Tina Fey in the latest issue of Marie Claire magazine.  Tina is interviewed by none other than her friend Amy Poehler, and the result is, as expected, hilarious.  You can find the first part of the interview on their website, but will have to pick up the magazine for the whole thing.

Topics include learning a bit about Tina’s beauty rituals, and a possible upcoming project. Or Not.

Amy Poehler: What are your beauty rituals?
Tina Fey: Some people work with a trainer, some people work with a stylist. I work with a celebrity fecalist. A fecalist is basically a person who comes and collects my stools, and then examines them to see if I’m eating right and if I should be drinking more water and what my moods should be.

Amy Poehler: And you’re producing your fecalist’s reality show, right?
Tina Fey: Yes. It’s called Eric Gurian: The Turd Whisperer.

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Promo for Tonight’s Episode

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Can’t wait for tonights new episode? A brief promo has been posted to YouTube.

“Subway Hero” brings us the return of Dennis, one of my favorite recurring characters from the show.

Oprah to Guest on 30 Rock?

Monday, April 14th, 2008

One of the hallmarks of 30 Rock has always been great guest stars, but it seems that the biggest may be yet to come.

E! Online is reporting that none other than Oprah Winfrey could be making an appearance as Liz Lemon’s best friend.

Just two weeks ago, while discussing some dream casting options for her NBC comedy 30 Rock, Tina Fey told reporters, “I still want Oprah to play my best friend…and I don’t know what I need to do to make that happen.”

Well, as of today, it might happen. Chicagoland sources who were at the taping of The Oprah Show starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for Baby Mama just wrote in to tell us this fantastic news:

According to members of the live audience, during a commercial break, Oprah said she had heard Tina wanted to be her best friend and asked whether Tina meant in real life or on the show. When Tina said “both!” Oprah said, “Have your people call my people.”