Posts with tag Michael Cera
Posted Sep 9th 2008 3:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Arrested Development, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Warning: the following may cause dizziness, headaches, dry mouth, and severe pain to fans of
Arrested Development. Ask your doctor before reading it.
So everyone seems to be on board for a
big screen version of the already-classic FOX comedy. Everyone except Michael Cera, that is. While doing press for his new indie comedy
Nick and Norah's Ultimate Playlist,
Cera told The National Post that he hasn't heard anything about a movie version of the show, and that "I don't think I would want to see a movie of the series if I was a fan, anyway." He also doesn't understand why people would want a movie if they can watch the three seasons of the show on DVD.
Ouch.
Continue reading Michael Cera doesn't want to do an Arrested Development movie
Posted Jun 13th 2008 10:02AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Arrested Development, Retro Squad, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Do not adjust your web browser. You are now entering the Retro Squad, where we are reviewing past episodes of classic TV shows.
(S01E02) Many people will tell you that they got sucked into Arrested Development by its pilot. I wasn't. For some reason, I didn't watch the pilot when it first aired. But that's just fine, because the second episode, "Top Banana," was a perfect representation of everything AD ended up being. Throwaway jokes. Quick cut-aways and flashbacks. Subtle catchphrase generation. A "lesson of the week" couched in vicious barbs between members of the Bluth family. Oh, and two words that I'll never forget: "No touching!"
Continue reading Arrested Development: Top Banana - VIDEO
Posted Jun 12th 2008 7:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Web, Celebrities, Reality-Free
When you make a living online and a big part of your job is to spend the entire day surfing around a hundred web sites, you begin to think that you've seen everything there is to see on the web. At least the good stuff. But sometimes you come across a site that makes you smile and say to yourself, "this is great!"
That's what I thought when I found the Sound of Young America podcast.
Continue reading The Sound of Young America interviews everyone!
Posted Jun 12th 2008 2:07PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Arrested Development, Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
Do not adjust your web browser. You are now entering the Retro Squad, where we are reviewing past episodes of classic TV shows.
I will admit, I was super late to the
Arrested Development game. It had been canceled and I'm pretty sure everything was on DVD. Actually, I remember the first time I watched an episode, it was on G4. There was that guy from
Teen Wolf Too and he was talking to David Cross, who was
painted like a Smurf for some reason. And then he did some things that didn't really make sense, and I laughed nervously because I was worried I had become too stupid to keep up with sitcoms. I gave up after another ten minutes of confusion and switched over to
Flavor of Love or something equally brain-numbing to make myself feel better.
Continue reading Six reasons why now is the time to become an AD fan
Posted Jun 9th 2008 9:20AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Arrested Development, Video, Retro Squad, Standout Episodes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Do not adjust your web browser. You are now entering the Retro Squad, where we are reviewing past episodes of classic TV shows.(S01E01) Some shows come out of the gate with such a power that you can't help but stand up and take notice. For the far too few of us who happened to catch
Arrested Development when it premiered, it quickly established that it was going to be something a little different than the other comedy fare on the television. The trend at the time was moving toward the single camera format, that's almost become the norm for comedies nowadays (
The Office,
My Name is Earl, hell NBC's entire Thursday night lineup).
There was a time when audiences were less receptive to this kind of television. It was funny, but minus a laugh track. So while shows like
The King of Queens,
Everybody Loves Raymond and even
According to Jim had this comfortable format with the basic house set and laughter to cue us into the funny bits,
AD was something a bit more challenging. Perhaps it was just a few years ahead of its time, or perhaps it was on the wrong network (FOX), or perhaps it was just too smart for its own good.
Continue reading Arrested Development: Pilot (series premiere) - VIDEO
Posted Apr 16th 2008 11:02AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Casting, Reality-Free
It's an
Arrested Development reunion! Well, not quite. But Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler
will be lending their voices for a new Fox animated series called Sit Down, Shut Up.
The show centers around staff members at a high school where the student needs become secondary. It is based on an live-action Australian series. Also joining the voice cast are Cheri Oteri, Will Forte, Regina King, Nick Kroll, Tom Kenny and Maria Bamford.
It's a common strategy of television shows to bring together two or more cast members from previous successful series and call it a "reunion." I've seen
Lost In Space reunions on
Babylon 5 and
Dukes of Hazzard reunions on
Smallville.
Arrested Development has its own cult following, which I do not count myself among. I enjoyed episodes of the show, but don't go out of my way to see it or own it on DVD. However, given
AD's following, it may mean more viewers for
Sit Down, Shut Up.
Posted Nov 21st 2007 1:22PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Lists
Thanksgiving is more than a time when families force members to tolerate each other for a few hours to get through a meal with minimal bloodshed. Oh, no. It's so much more: Thanksgiving is when TV Squad does these nifty lists of what we bloggers are thankful for in the TV world. My list will never be complete, because far into the new year, I will continue to think of the thousands of tiny things that should belong here. Of course, I don't have the time, space, or energy to make a thousand-item list, so an 8-point piece will have to do.
Have a lovely Thanksgiving Day, you wonderful people, and don't forget your stretchy pants.
Continue reading What Annie is thankful for
Posted Nov 19th 2007 12:38PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, WGA Strike
I went to the
UCB Theatre in New York on Sunday night to see their signature show, "ASSSSCAT." It was side-splittingly funny as usual; the group last night featured UCB founder and
SNLer Amy Poehler, Jack McBrayer and John Lutz from
30 Rock, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel from
Human Giant, among others, and the guest monologist was Samm Levine
(Freaks and Geeks). I had a fantastic time.
But I kind of wish I was at the theater about 20 hours before that, when the entire cast of
SNL put on a makeshift version of their show, hosted by Michael Cera (we mentioned this show
when it was announced last week). Fortunately,
The New York Times was there, and they not only have
an article about the event, but a nice slide show as well.
Continue reading How'd that live SNL stage show go? The NY Times was there
Posted Aug 6th 2007 3:19PM by Varun Lella
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, Video, In the Limelight, Celebrities
Sometimes the best television isn't transmitting through satellites, cables or airwaves. Sometimes the best television isn't shown on any channel. Sometimes the best television is on the internet. Case in point:
Clark and Michael.
Clark and Michael is the brain child of
Arrested Development's Michael Cera and Clark Duke, who can be found on ABC's
Greek. The project that started as Duke's college thesis has evolved into a full season of hilarity at ten-minutes-per-serving.
Continue reading Clark and Michael: In The Limelight - VIDEO
Posted Jul 27th 2007 3:23PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Web
That's what a reporter in England is pushing for. He has started an online petition to have the Bluths come back together for an Xmas special in 2009.
So far reporter Eddie Wrenn has 3000 signatures, which, while nice, isn't enough to get anyone's attention. But it's the first step in a campaign to get Jason Bateman, Jessica Walter, Michael Cera, Ron Howard and company to come back and do a special for fans. And that's something that's a lot more realistic than some fans who try to get a show to come back full time on some network's schedule (as if actors don't move on to other projects and are just waiting around to be called back).
More shows should do this. Not only would they please fans, I think it would show some good will towards those fans and probably increase DVD sales as well. Yeah, I can imagine an Arrested Development special every couple of years.
Posted Jul 10th 2007 5:55PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, TV Royalty, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show
Charlie Rose: sports columnist Sally Jenkins - The Daily Show: Michael Moore (repeat)
- The Colbert Report: Doug Bailey (repeat)
- The Late Show With David Letterman: Sienna Miller, Michael Cera, and Interpol
- Jay Leno: Adam Sandler, Nikki Blonsky, and Silverchair
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Nick Lachey and Reggie Bush
- Tavis Smiley: Luke Wilson and Marina Nemat (repeat)
- Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Denis Leary, Patton Oswalt, and Against Me
- The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Kara Cooney and Geoff Keith
- Last Call With Carson Daly: Joss Stone and David deRothschild
Posted May 24th 2007 9:03AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Web, Celebrities
Last November, Brett told you that Michael Cera (Arrested Development) would be starring in a new Web series with his pal, actor Clark Duke. The series would be called The Good Life, and it would be available for viewing on the CBS innertube broadband site.
Well, two things have changed, apparently: the new series is now called Clark and Michael, and it's not on innertube, it's at ClarkAnd Michael.com, so go check it out.
Continue reading Michael Cera's new Web series is now online
Posted Nov 27th 2006 11:01AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, CBS, Industry, Programming, Web
Apparently CBS isn't just screwing around with that Innertube thing on their website. The network has
signed Michael Cera (
Arrested Development) to do a scripted short-form series.
The Good Life will be a mockumentary about two aspiring television producers who are convinced that their show is the next big thing. Unfortunately for them, it's not. Cera will be joined by Clark Duke, who you may remember from
CSI, but I doubt it. He played Frat Boy #1 two years ago, if that helps. The pair will also both be in Judd Apatow's next film,
Super Bad, next year.
This is a big step for the networks and new media. It's one thing to have a web only reality show, added bonus clips, or to burn off episodes of your failed series online. But it is an entirely different thing to hire known actors to create a series specifically for online distribution. Now let's see NBC answer by finally producing some more
Nobody's Watching episodes.
Posted Nov 3rd 2006 9:32AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
Entertainment Weekly ran an interesting online reader's poll asking, "Who deserves more fame?"
While I'm not sure I'd wish big time, privacy-destroying fame on any of my favorite performers, there are definitely some TV actors out there who are severely underrated.
Who was included on the
EW list? Christopher Gorham,
Ugly Betty; Allison Mack,
Smallville; Sara Rue,
Less Than Perfect; Nathan Fillion,
Firefly; Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki,
Supernatural; Wendell Pierce,
The Wire; David Hyde Pierce,
Fraiser; Matthew Settle and Damian Lewis,
Band of Brothers; the cast of
Everwood; Clea DuVall and Nick Stahl,
Carnivale; Mary Lynn Rajskub and Roger Cross,
24 and Tahmoh Penikett,
Battlestar Galactica.
Continue reading Who deserves more fame?
Posted Nov 1st 2006 4:36PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, OpEd, Celebrities
Mr. Manager Michael Cera has been busy since
Arrested Development wrapped. There's the
stand-up act, but far more interesting and sorta sweet, is Cera's indie rocking persona with
The Long Goodbye. The three man-boy group features Cera on guitar and taking an occasional turn at the mic. Among its influences, the group lists Weezer, Brian Wilson, Sufjan Stevens and The Decemberists. They've got a touch of Mountain Goats and M. Ward in there, too. And, surprise, they don't suck.
Continue reading Michael Cera brings the indie rock
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