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Posted Sep 17th 2009 2:00AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-Free
For some reason I thought that Henry Gibson was a lot older than 73, but the character actor with the huge resume
passed away from cancer at that age yesterday in Malibu.
One of the more famous TV credits on that resume was
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, the influential 60s comedy show that no one under 30 has ever seen. He also appeared in shows like
Bewitched,
The Beverly Hillbillies,
Deep Space Nine,
Coach,
MacGyver,
Evening Shade,
Sisters,
Newhart,
Magnum, P.I., and
Simon and Simon.
More recently, TV fans know him from his many appearances as a judge on
Boston Legal and his voice work on
King of the Hill (he played Bob Jenkins). He was also in several movies, including
Magnolia (he played Thurston Howell???),
The Nutty Professor,
Nashville,
The Blues Brothers,
Wedding Crashers, and a ton of others.
Continue reading Laugh-In's Henry Gibson dead at 73
Posted Jul 9th 2009 11:04AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Saturday Night Live, Reality-Free
Hollywood's latest choice for a
Saturday Night Live film remake is both the strangest and most interesting choice they could make, short of a big screen "Weekend Update" action epic or a "Toonces the Cat" feature-length Pixar film.
Variety reports that Lorne Michaels and company are creating a
big-screen remake of the show's popular "MacGruber" sketches. Cast member Will Forte will take on the title role and pen the movie's script along with
SNL writers John Solomon and
Jorma Taccone, the latter of whom is better known as one-third of the musical comedy group The Lonely Island.
Kristen Wiig will also star as MacGruber's object grabbing sidekick Vicki. Ryan Phillipe and Val Kilmer have been attached to the project, but their roles haven't been nailed down yet.
Continue reading MacGruber! Making his own movie out of household materials, MacGruber!
Posted Jun 7th 2008 1:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Reality-Free
We've talked a lot here at TV Squad about movies made from TV shows. A while back, Anna listed her picks for the 10 best movies based on TV shows, and then Paul listed his picks for the 10 worst. (I also chimed in with my picks for 5 TV shows that are better than the original movie). Now Rotten Tomatoes picks the 50 best movies made from TV shows, and the results are...odd.
Now, some of the choices are predictable if not accurate, including Star Trek II, Wayne's World, South Park, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables, and The Brady Bunch Movie. And fans of Firefly will be happy to see Serenity on the list (and in the top 10!).
Continue reading What are the best movies based on TV shows?
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