MichaelMckean-related stories
Posted Dec 11th 2006 9:01AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: NBC, OpEd, Festivus, Children

When the networks all get together at their secret meeting. . . you know, the one where they laugh about how none of the mysteries will be solved on Lost and where they try to figure out how many more shows they can stuff into Thursday nights to cause our DVRs to have a meltdown . . . they need to adopt a new amendment into their secret constitution. An amendment that will be as important as the one that decrees that Cop Rock will never be duplicated, and the one that commands CBS to continually green light shows by Joe Pantoliano and then cancel them or keep them off the air entirely.
I'm talking about the amendment that prevents the networks from making live-action remakes of classic animated programs ever again. Especially if it is a remake of an animated holiday classic that millions of viewers still remember fondly. Because, no matter how hard they try to stay truthful to the original, they always manage to screw it up. Particularly when they decide to update the live-action remake of the animated holiday classic to reflect modern fads and values. When they try that disaster looms.
Continue reading The Year Without a Santa Claus (live version) -- an early look
Posted Aug 13th 2006 9:58AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Talent, Veronica Mars, Celebrities, The CW

Alright, I stand corrected -- there now may be hope for me to find the dean of Hearst College more than mildly interesting. Fellow
Mars fanatic Michael Ausiello of TV Guide
has landed some juicy details about who's taken the role, now that Michael McKean has
had to turn it down -- none other than fellow improv-erific Ed Begley Jr.. Begley's appeared in
A Mighty Wind, just as McKean has, though you've no doubt known him for his roles in
Arrested Development,
St. Elsewhere, and too many more to mention. OK, I feel better now.
[Thanks Karen M. O'Shea for the tip!]
Posted Aug 9th 2006 8:06AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Talent, Veronica Mars, Celebrities, The CW

Sometimes there are news stories and (*gasp*) even spoilers that, once I've read them, I wish I hadn't. Case in point, Rob Thomas
revealed to TV Guide's Michael Ausiello that within the span of 12 hours, Michael McKean had accepted and then passed on the role of the dean of Hearst College, the backdrop school for most of the next season of
Veronica Mars. I agree with Thomas -- that truly is the most depressing casting news in the world. How the heck am I going to like the person filling those shoes now?
Why, Michael?
Why?