FredWillard-related stories
Posted Nov 20th 2008 12:15AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
(S02E06) "You can't sugarcoat that turd." -- The Great Herrmann to Ned
Magic and the macabre, a recipe for a perfect
Pushing Daisies episode. This one also had the virtue of
Fred Willard doing a terrific guest star turn as "The Great Herrmann." Considering how misused Fred has been on some other shows (
Back to You last season, for instance), it was refreshing to see him really shine here. His heart-to-heart with Ned, making Ned feel uncomfortable emotions because of the memories of his father's abandonment, was a high point of the show.
Ned accepts an invitation to watch his half-brothers -- Maurice and Ralston, the family Ned didn't know he had -- at The Conjurer's Castle. Their act is called "Two for the Show," and they're actually illusionists. Later on, their sleight of hand expertise helps solve the case.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Oh Oh Oh...It's Magic
Posted Jun 8th 2007 11:40PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Stargate, Episode Reviews
(S10E18) Let's start with the best part of the episode first, which would happen to be the last scene. Teal'c, who had very little to say or do this week (he had his moment last episode) takes in a showing of The Virginia Monologues, at the recommendation of Vala's estranged father Jasec (more on him later). Of course, Jasec being from an alien planet and all, he kind of got the title of the play messed up. So, Teal'c got to see a wonderful production of The Vagina Monologues instead. Watching this feared Jaffa warrior squirm in his seat while sitting in a audience of solely women was the funniest part of the episode.
All of the scenes prior to that . . . not as funny or as interesting.
Continue reading Stargate SG-1: Family Ties
Posted Feb 27th 2007 6:39PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, Celebrities
Action News just got a whole lot more enticing. The
initial news that Fox was picking up the newsroom sitcom, starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, made me throw up in my mouth just a little bit. Now funnyman Fred Willard has been added to the cast. He'll join the comedy vets on the desk as the sports anchor.
I was a little surprised that he's doing sports, rather than weather. Doesn't Fred Willard strike you as a goofy weather guy? He may be the one who holds the show afloat a la Alec Baldwin (wow, I really have no faith in Grammer or Heaton). Willard appeared on later episodes of
Everybody Loves Raymond with Heaton when he played Robert's super religious father-in-law.
Action News is about a former anchor team that reunites on the anchor desk of a local newscast. It should appear on Fox this fall.
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