alan arkin-related stories
Posted Jun 24th 2008 11:41AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Reality-Free
I went to see
Get Smart the other day.
Judging by the box office numbers, I wasn't alone. Of course, I was curious about how one of my favorite TV shows from the '60s would be translated to the big screen. Would it be an inventive retelling in the tradition of
The Fugitive, Maverick and The Addam's Family, or would it make me want to weep in horror like the dreadful
I Spy, Bewitched, The Wild, Wild West and
The Avengers? (And that's only the tip of the awful iceberg).
Would you believe it if I told you
Get Smart falls somewhere in between? I could use the line many other reviewers have copped; you know, "The new
Get Smart missed it by
that much." Yes, well, it's true.
Get Smart is not great on the big screen. It's okay. Nothing too shameful, but neither is it that inspired or wickedly built on the premise of the original situation comedy.
Continue reading Get Smart on the big screen - a movie review
Posted Jul 16th 2007 7:41PM by Michael Maloney
Filed under: Programming, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Celebrities, 30 Rock, TCA Press Tour, Casting
NBC's press tour day continued with a panel on Sunday Night Football.
When it concluded, panelists including Tiki Barber, John Madden and Al Michaels tossed out signed footballs to 10 or so lucky members of the press. Score! I caught the ball thrown to me by 2006 Super Bowl champion Jerome Bettis, formerly of The Pittsburgh Steelers, now an NBC sports analyst.
In my dreams. It actually sailed over my head to a journalist behind me. "Fumble," he said as he scooped it up.
Sometimes press tour swag can be elusive.
Continue reading Free footballs and scoops from NBC's Thursday night sitcoms - TCA report
Posted Feb 28th 2007 1:41PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, OpEd, Celebrities
Fresh off his Supporting Actor Oscar win for
Little Miss Sunshine, Alan Arkin
has been cast in the new movie version of
Get Smart, which Adam
first mentioned last fall. Arkin has been signed to play the Chief of CONTROL, the spy agency for which Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 work. The Chief was played by Edward Platt in the classic TV version of the show, and having the grouchy Arkin play the role of Max's exasperated boss seems like a good fit.
Continue reading Alan Arkin joins Carell and Hathaway on Get Smart movie
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