Poker Sunday Night!
 

For the record, while I appreciate the compliment, just think about how this makes J. Fred Muggs feel. Poor guy. Always the last one selected at kickball.

Poker Sunday Night!
 

Similarly...

Is this term "Pretty Lady" akin to calling the bald guy "Curly" or the fat guy "Slim"?

Poker Sunday Night!
 

Both, I'm sure. Though my avatars on both lawtalkers and full tilt poker are Pretty Ladies, so it must be true. On the internet.

The Dead West Wing
 

That slurring remark you heard from Hank last night after his fifth Pink Cosmo? Him saying "fuck ya, we' wi' ova'" wasn't really asking for permission to screw you over the couch. This time.

No, it was his means of celebration that the West Wing is over.

• The new president on "The West Wing" will be a real short-timer: NBC announced Sunday it was pulling the plug on the Emmy-winning political drama in May after seven seasons.
  
  NBC, struggling to regain its footing after the worst season in its history, also outlined several midseason schedule changes - including the moves of popular dramas "Law & Order" and "Las Vegas."
  
  The "West Wing" announcement wasn't much of a surprise. Although this season's story line with a presidential campaign involving a Democrat played by Jimmy Smits and Republican portrayed by Alan Alda has been strong critically, ratings have sunk with its move to Sunday nights.
  
  The decision to cancel it was made before actor John Spencer, who played former presidential chief of staff Leo McGarry, died of a heart attack Dec. 16, said Kevin Reilly, NBC entertainment president.
  
  "There's a point when you look at the ratings and say, it feels like it's time," Reilly said.
  
  The series will end May 14 with the inauguration of the successor the fictional Josiah Bartlet as president.

It's time for true believers to tear down that Aaron Sorkin altar in the darkened home office, or at least convert it into a Kill Aaron Sorkin, You %$@#^%$#@, For Letting This Show Die altar.

Once that's done, we can move on to more philosophical topics, like whether Bradley Whitford will ever get a job in the Industry again with a billing above that of "Dead Doorman."

Gattigap

The Dead West Wing
 

I never got into the west wing. but i've never understood every network's insistence on burying popular, good shows on different nights from the ones on which they became hits. I can understand the occasional lineup shuffle, but the regular switcheroos are beyond me.

perhaps str8 can set us str8? After explaining how he's already filling out the financial aid apps for yale after teasing Carolina and Denver.

The Dead West Wing
 

I bet he gets his own show.

TM

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In this instance, maybe they had a slot to fill on Sunday and figured the loyal WW watchers would follow the show there, but that since the show was nearing the end of its life anyhow, why not get something else going on whatever night it was originally running on.

The fact that I don't know what night it was orginally on tells you how much my guess is worth.

entertaining headline
 

from this weekend's washington post:

Orioles Get Benson in a Swap That Includes Outspoken Wife

I miss NFH.
 

I really didn't care one way or another about either one of the Conference championships yesterday, but I sorta feel bad that we don't get to hear NFH's thoughts on her team's going to the Superbowl.

I'm sure she's elated.

I miss NFH.
 

I will channel her for you:

My Seahawks won! Yaaaaaaaay!

TM

I miss NFH.
 

I just got chills.

That was really creepy.

aV

Kobe
 

81?!?!?!?! Yikes. It's enough to make me want to wear tights to work.

The Dead West Wing
 

Didn't bet this weekend. I'm on the wagon.

I think the rationale is something like "we've already got 20 million people watching our shows on Wednesday night. If we move a show with loyal viewers, all those people will keep watching Wednesday night, because they're just used to watching OUR network Wedensday night, and they'll keep watching their favorite show on SUNDAY night.

I think this is stupid reasoning. I think a good reason for moving shows would be like if you've got a good sitcom that's not doing well on one night, and there's another night where nobody else has sitcoms, and your research tells you that a portion of the audience wants to watch a sitcom on that night . . . kind of like going with the Righty/Lefty matchup?

Kobe
 

I had to shut it off when he had 59 with 9 minutes left. He must have had a pretty good last 9 minutes.

The Dead West Wing
 

It seems like more often than not those 20 million loyal viewers turn out to be 10 million loyal viewers and 10 million couch potatos. And the 10 million loyal viewers move to the new night, except that some of them decide not to bother, so it's 8 million, and then the show is cancelled for lack of interest.

Although I guess getting cancelled that way is better than getting cancelled after one show--Emily's Reasons Why Not to Watch, indeed.

The Dead West Wing
 

You should have seen the advertising blitz for that show in LA. Billboards, buses, bus stops, etc. all plastered with Heather Graham's face. You'd think with all the cash spent on promotion, they would have held on until show #3 to cancel it.

Mainly correct about mostly everything
 

Does anyone still have this letter? I want to read it again.

The Dead West Wing
 

have you ever met Peter Thottam or Juan the Marine?

The Dead West Wing
 

All that Heather Graham gaping like an idiot, and they've CANCELLED it already?!?!?!?! I hope they at least take down the existing advertising now that the show won't be on.

But they probably won't.

Saw Casanova over the weekend -- pretty costumes and sets, but stupider than I anticipated and, I thought, too much shooting against a blue screen and then superimposing on background, or whatever that is. Yeah, the technology is better than it was in the olden days, but it's not seamless and it's distracting.

The Dead West Wing
 

Yeah, but it was all on the Westside. I've been able to salivate over 40 ft. tall representations of Heather Graham several times a day during my commute, but apparently noone in America east of Sunset knew the fucking show existed.







etfix geography

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From what I read, they hadn't seen the pilot when they decided to do the ad blitz.

Oops.

The Dead West Wing
 

I didn't even know the WW was still on the air until that fellow who played an advisor on it died of a heart attack a few weeks back... I can't stomach any post "Wall St." Martin Sheen.

How is that Geena Davis as President show surviving? That just looks awful...

The Dead West Wing
 

(a) Sunset runs E-W, yes? maybe it is N-S somewhere that I don't encounter it. So you mean west of the end of it where it hits the Pacific?

(b) Why so concerned about what Hawaii knows? Is that a big market?

The Dead West Wing
 

My bad. East of Sunset.

The Dead West Wing
 

I rented Lord of War. I was apprehensive about it, since Cage has shit the bed a good bit lately. But I was pleasantly surprised. Not the thriller it claims to be, but very entertaining.

The Constant Gardener is perfectly named, because thats what it felt like I was watching. Well shot, well crafted and incredibly dull. If Merchant and Ivory had done an action flick, this would have been it. Fiennes has the charisma of mud and the script moves like molasses. I want my two hours back.

The Dead West Wing
 

The advertising was all over NYC. I don't think anyone here watched it either. At least I didn't, and that's pretty much all that matters.

Take, These Broken Wings
 

Can we go with "east of La Brea" or "east of the 5" or something? Because being east (or west, for that matter) of something that runs E-W makes my head hurt.

I have been pondering going to the Constant Gardener (showing at location convenient to me) -- dull is bad, though. Is Syriana really really political? Or is it possible to ignore the political aspects?

The movie selection near me generally sucks. I need to move in with ncs and Mr. Man.

Take, These Broken Wings
 

Knock yourself out. Or you can take solace in the notion that Sunset doesn't run to the Atlantic.

Take, These Broken Wings
 

I really liked Hostel- sure there were holes in the plot- but those provided opportunities to show lots of pretty naked people- so it was okay- mostly naked girls and pretty disgusting parts after that so probably not a good fringey movie though:(

Take, These Broken Wings
 

Why do naked young women get murdered in horror flicks? I dislike that plot mechanism. The killers should murder all the boyfriends and lock the girls in one room, where they huddle in terror, which would lead to holding one another, which would lead to group distress sex.

Take, These Broken Wings
 

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Take, These Broken Wings
 

Inspired post, Hank. I'm sure next you are going to tell us that an avocada is not a vegetable. Hank on judged is funnier. :(

Take, These Broken Wings
 

ncs- normal kill movie rules- you take off your clothes you die- so this moved away from that- as to judged- you always were a sucker for GGG, so no surprises.

Take, These Broken Wings
 

Hank, sebastian could give a rat's ass about the particulars of that movie. He was simply using your post as a launching off point. He's crazy that way, man. No rules. So replying to him with the specific facts about a certain movie completely misses the mark. Next you'll start correcting his grammar or something.

At least GGG came up with one amusing (to me) sock. What's your track record on the front?

Take, These Broken Wings
 

I believe I created a whole new genre of sock that was arguably initiated by the single most inspired sock ever- now, of course that's just my subjective opinion.

Take, These Broken Wings
 

Which part?

The Dead West Wing
 

And DC. It was doomed by Keith Jackson during the rose bowl: "'Emily's Reasons' ... I don't know"

(it game across as far more deadly when he was reading the promo).

The Dead West Wing
 

The Sports Guy's take:

• : I just heard they cancelled "Emily's Reasons Why Not" after ONE episode! Please tell me this is Heather Graham's final step toward Cinemax soft-core stardom. This needs to happen!
  -- Dave Sund, Portland, Ore.
  
  
  
  SG: I think it's inevitable at this point -- she's a terrible actress and it's only a matter of time. She's one bad business investment away from accepting a role in one of those two-word Cinemax movies where the two words don't really make sense like "Indecent Seduction" or "Sensual Restriction."
  
  
  
  But I'm glad you brought this up, because I think the Shannon Elizabeth Corollary applies here: Any time a smoking-hot actress gets naked early in her career, and that nakedness was pretty much the only reason they became famous (like Graham as Rollergirl), then it's only a matter of time before their career goes in the tank. It's almost like there's an expiration date, like with a carton of milk. Look at Shannon Elizabeth after "American Pie" -- where could she possibly go from there? We've already seen her naked and she's a mediocre actress. What's left? Same with Denise Richards in "Wild Things," or even Rebecca DeMornay in "Risky Business." Someone like Charlize Theron can avoid this fate because she can actually act. But if you can't act? You're done. That's why Jessica Alba was so smart not to get naked in "Into the Blue" -- now she can appear in three or four more movies before everyone realizes that she's a terrible actress. And then she'll get naked and that will be that.
  
  
  
  (Note: This isn't related to the Sharon Stone Corollary, where a decent, sexy actress whom everyone always liked jump-starts her career with a famous nude scene or graphic sex scene, and then milks another five years and some paychecks out of the subsequent hullabaloo. Just look at what happened to Halle Berry after "Swordfish" and "Monster's Ball." Let's hope this becomes a trend.)
  
  
  
  Q: I just saw a picture of Jennifer Love-Hewitt (or does she now go by Jennifer Hewitt? whatever) at the recent Television Critics Association press tour in her obligatory tight, revealing, cleavage-overflowing top. Is there anyone else in Hollywood (or elsewhere, for that matter) who has teased the male population over a longer period of time than her?
  -- Carl, Houston
  
  
  
  SG: See? Case in point -- Jennifer Love Hewitt. If she went topless in "Can't Hardly Wait," do you think she would have the "Ghost Whisperer" right now? Of course not. Let's move on.

The Dead West Wing
 

I vote to leave the advertising up permanently.

The Dead West Wing
 

I like the way you think. Also, very forward-thinking:

"Star magazine says now that Hollywood good girl Jennifer Love Hewitt is seriously considering an offer from Playboy to pose nude because she feels she is losing film roles because of her image. Hewitt has always been very clear that she would never pose naked for any magazine or role, but her career is mired in TV movies and low-rated dramas, and at age 26, the time may finally be right. A source tells Star: "She told me that maybe a sexy magazine layout with her showing her assets might give her a little edgier image and she might be considered for a femme fatale role.""