paul dinello-related stories
Posted Oct 15th 2008 11:03AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Amy Sedaris is creating and will write and star
in a new sitcom co-produced by 20th Century Fox TV. Paul Dinello, her
Strangers With Candy co-creator, is also involved. The show is being co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants.
It's sad that the third co-creator of
Strangers With Candy couldn't be involved with this production, but I think Stephen Colbert is a little busy right now with that television show of his.
Strangers With Candy itself was considerably risqué and I doubt whatever she's developing will be suitable for network television. Perhaps she'll go back to Comedy Central? Hopefully, it won't land on Fox where anything of quality is canceled prematurely.
I have been lucky enough to see Amy Sedaris live on two occasions (as well as watching many episodes of
Strangers With Candy) and think she has buckets of talent. Whatever she's developing, I'm confident will be better than 95% of the crap on television.
Posted May 22nd 2008 10:42AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Video, The Daily Show, Celebrities, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
Hardcore Stephen Colbert fans might take one look at this list and scoff. To them I say, "Hey, girls who live on the
Colboards, chill out." This list is meant for the casual fan of
The Colbert Report, who loves the show and, at most, knows Colbert's history through
The Daily Show and maybe a little
Strangers with Candy.
As someone who has been a fan of Colbert for about eight years, I'm here to educate, here to spread the good Word. It is the duty of a good fan -- especially one with too much time on her hands -- to change the minds of people that see Colbert just as the TV blowhard who happens to share his name.
Continue reading Ten Colbert clips you probably haven't seen - VIDEOS
Posted Apr 4th 2007 1:19PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Early Looks
I'm too young to have watched The Six Million Dollar Man, and the only reason I'm even remotely familiar with The Fall Guy and The Big Valley is because my father would sometimes watch those shows (The Big Valley was in syndication when I was younger). So Me & Lee, a new pilot for FOX in which Lee Majors helps an injured man (played by Jamie Kennedy) by sprucing him up with a new bionic body a la the Six Million Dollar Man, did not catch my attention because of Majors' involvement, it caught my attention because Paul Dinello, co-creator and co-star of one of my favorite shows of all time (Strangers with Candy) was attached to direct the pilot.
Continue reading Me & Lee -- a look at the pilot script
Posted Mar 14th 2007 2:03PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, Celebrities
Paul Dinello, one of the co-creators of one of the greatest TV shows of all time, Strangers with Candy, and the man who played gay art teacher Geoffry Jellineck on the series, is set to direct the new FOX comedy pilot Me & Lee?
The pilot is called Me & Lee?, just to clarify. I didn't want you readers to think I was asking you whether or not Dinello is directing the pilot.
Continue reading Strangers with Candy co-creator to helm FOX pilot
Posted Sep 3rd 2006 10:36AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Late Night, TV Royalty, Talent, Celebrities
I was cleaning up some of the files on my old computer when I stumbled across one that brought back some interesting memories. It's a photograph of one of my all-time favorite celebrities! I remember being so amused by the picture the first time I saw it I immediately saved it (in fear of it disappearing off the face of the Internet in the near future, I guess). And now, I share it with all of you. See if you can guess who this celebrity is.
Okay, I'll go Gene Shalit for a second and give you a cheesy hint: This late-night TV star looks willing to "bear" it all!
Answer after the jump.
Continue reading Who's that celebrity?
Posted Jul 15th 2006 5:09PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, TV on the Bigscreen, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Strangers With Candy
On Friday night, Comedy Central aired a
Strangers With Candy mini-marathon, hosted by the stars (Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Paul Dinello) to promote the film. It was great and all, but I was annoyed to see the ridiculous time slot they stuck it in... 1:00 AM to 3:30 AM. Seriously, Comedy Central? You're going to hand over the throwaway time for one of your original series, but play nice with
My Super Ex-Girlfriend and their "Sunday with the Guys" afternoon slot? I know
Strangers fans are usually a little weird, but we're not all nocturnal. Stephen Colbert's one of your main men now, Comedy Central! Show him some love.
I'm an insomniac, so I caught the whole marathon. Did anyone else watch?
Posted Jul 11th 2006 9:29AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, TV on the Bigscreen, Video, Web, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Strangers With Candy
The guest for last night's
Colbert Report was Amy Sedaris. I was curious to see how Stephen Colbert would interview her, since she was there to promote a project in which he is also heavily involved (
Strangers With Candy, both the
TV and
bigscreen versions). He didn't acknowledge the fact that he's in the film, but I'm pretty sure most of the audience already knew what was going on. Anyway, while discussing fitness regiments, Amy revealed that she keeps fit by tumbling. Stephen then explained that he also liked tumbling with his building manager, Tad (Paul Dinello), who just
happened to be hanging out in the audience. What followed was a very entertaining
SWC reunion, complete with lots of tumbling and Amy in a green, sequined one-piece. It's so easy to tell that these three people absolutely love working with each other.
Video after the jump!
Continue reading Strangers With Candy reunion on The Colbert Report -- VIDEO!
Posted May 6th 2006 4:00PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Web
If you're looking forward to the Strangers with Candy movie as much as I am, you should check out these three songs from the movie, currently available for your listening pleasure over on CBS' Late Show site. The songs were written by Paul Dinello and Late Show bandleader Paul Shaffer. The first song, "Betrayal," sounds like a slightly modified version of the main theme of the TV series. I also dig the disco-y funk of "She's A Fig Neutron" which nicely describes Jerri's ample frame and her penchant for both the men and the ladies. Of course, "Schizophrenalize" isn't without its charm, either. All in all, the songs are pretty funny, though I wouldn't mind rocking out to a little Buddha Stalin, too. I guess we'll have to wait and see if he shows up in the movie. Not many people can sing the phrase "diarrhea milkshake" with such passion.
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