Posts Tagged ‘NOT funny’

How do I connect the dots?

You know how you feel after your best friend loses ten pounds? FAT!

I’m sitting at my computer, waiting for my agent Josh to email me audition details, while writing a “thank you” to this casting director who met with me, and trying to figure out how to be more creative with my depressing career when I get this email alert from Deadline Hollywood:

‘Adulting’ Comedy From J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Lands At Fox As Put Pilot – Deadline.com

J.J. Abrams has been a hero of mine ever since he wrote FELICITY (when he was Jeffrey Abrams) so I CLICK on the link and read about this Oregon-based journalist Kelly Williams Brown who’s written a book: Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 387 Easy(ish) Steps – based on her blog with the same name—so I think — Ugh— here comes the next Lena Dunham, who –or is it “whom”? — I LOVE btw— I’m just JEALOUS — and I check out Brown’s adulting blog. (WARNING: don’t Google “adulting” – it’ll take you to places you do not want to go, trust me!) Read the rest of this entry »

Nana Jane is a NIGHTMARE!

Notice lately that we’re laughing more at MEAN?  When did TV comedy go from teasing to sarcastic to caustic to down-and-out-demeaning?

Try finding any famous lines from Phoebe, Chandler, Ross or Rachel that are worse than teasing. I couldn’t.

Fraiser and Niles Crane were sarcastic, but had heart. Alan Harper is uncomplimentary — but he’s talking about himself.

Alex and Hayley Dunphy are sibling-and-age-appropriate-mean-girls, but they usually learn some loving lesson by the end the episode.

Hateful Ha-Ha – Is it the Current TV Trend?

Sue Sylvester may have started the trend, but somehow we don’t cringe when she says —

I’m going to ask you to smell your armpits. That’s the smell of failure, and it’s stinking up my office.” Read the rest of this entry »