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Posted Oct 3rd 2009 3:18AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free, Jay Leno
I had a really hard time finding an image to include with this article. I went through every newspaper article that had
"The Jay Leno Show" in the body of its text. I did searches on Google Images until Google got sick of me clogging their bandwidth. Even my editor
Jane Boursaw couldn't use her super press connection powers to find one stinking shot of Jay blowing his nose in between sets from Friday's show.
Perhaps that's because Friday's late night appetizer on NBC wasn't really all that eventful. Don't take that to mean that it was totally dull, drab or boring, just a typical show for Jay and company.
And given some of the past episodes that sucked out loud, there's nothing wrong with being typical. Compared to
the Pee Wee Herman debacle, it's a Devil's Tower sized step up.
Continue reading The Jay Leno Show: Jenna Fischer
Posted Aug 16th 2009 2:11PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: The Office, Reality-Free, British TV
An idea that was a joke just a few months ago will soon be a reality in London.
The Office: The Opera will hit the stage for a one-night only engagement at London's Proud Galleries Wednesday, August 19. The concept of an operatic version of the Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant classic was used as a spoof for the pair's contribution to this year's U.K. Comic Relief.
In the sketch, Gervais is such an ego-maniacal weed that he wouldn't allow the then-fictional opera to proceed unless a male model portrayed his old role of David Brent. But, Gervais is actually very charity-friendly, so I imagine this was an easy call for he and Merchant.
Continue reading An operatic version of The Office hitting the U.K. stage
Posted Aug 4th 2009 12:29PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, The Office, Reality-Free, British TV
The Office and
Extras star Ricky Gervais might be looking to give up acting to focus more on writing and directing.
As talented and naturally funny as Gervais is, it could be said that he never really took up acting in the first place. While relaxed on camera, he's essentially played himself (or enhanced aspects of himself) in most TV shows or movies he's appeared in so far -- including his starring role in
Ghost Town last year.
According to
The Daily Star, Gervais is so in love with directing that he'd rather invest his time there, rather than take on more lead or supporting roles (as in the
Night at the Museum series).
Continue reading Gervais looking to give up acting for directing
Posted Jul 1st 2009 9:03AM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: The Office, Celebrities, Reality-Free, British TV
The creator of the world's most popular sitcom franchise,
The Office, should be beyond the reach of critics anywhere. But, Ricky Gervais is preemptively telling reviewers to lay off his new movie,
The Invention of Lying.
The comedy Gervais co-wrote and directed with Matthew Robinson explores a world where no one has ever lied until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.
Gervais doesn't want critics to expect too much. On his blog, he wrote, "Dear critics (everyone), when judging the film, please remember that it is a high concept, PG-13 romantic comedy. It's not
Schindler's List or
The Godfather."
Continue reading The Office's Ricky Gervais defends his Invention of Lying
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