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Happy Monday
This interview with comedy writer and director Judd Apatow seems fitting for a Monday…
The lesson? Find comedy in your Monday struggles, even if that includes moments of disdain and hate, real or perceived.
Have a Better Week Than Last Week.
P.S. Not being able to laugh at oneself is a pet peeve of mine, and hopefully is a pet peeve of yours as well.
Happy Monday
No matter who we are, we all need that spark of inspiration on Monday. And what’s great about inspiration is the awesome power it possesses by requiring the smallest amount of that “it” factor for incredible, life-altering change.
The inventiveness, not the movies about the scary clown and his red balloon.
Speaking of clowns, the funny kind, Jim Carrey is one of my favorite actors. His brand of comedy is overwhelmingly unique, impactful, creative and inviting. While many critics contest he’s merely a professional goofball that drives his clown car off the road into comedic extremes, the more you listen to and discover about Jim Carrey’s past and present — the internal workings of his imagination and mere being day-to-day — the more you’ll discover there’s a person who does his signature silver screen jig while frantically changing the mask he wears like the rest of us:
Between drama and comedy.
The point is that we, believe it or not, are more like that dumb (or dumber?) guy than we may want to think or admit. Jim Carrey’s extremes reach far beyond where we go or can even see at any given moment, but fans of his (like me) have always wanted to get a glimpse of his yellow brick road to, one day, take a stroll unlike any other we could imagine.
That day is today and it turns out Jim Carrey’s road isn’t monochromatically yellow at all.
Yes, man.
Have a Better Week Than Last Week.
Must Be TV’s Moment, Again
The double positive that’s bred a negative that may evolve into a positive sign of a clearer picture to come to the liking of a certain show’s fans…?
’90s sitcom hit Will & Grace is back on NBC and it’s already been renewed for a second season. That’s the first positive. The next positive is that this second round of success for the original cast, writers, directors and crew members of Will & Grace is forcing its fellow “Must See TV” shows of yester-decade to think about a comeback, however brief.
Enter Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander from a very recent interview.
Yes, we (and the cast and writers) know all the complaints about the infamous Seinfeld series finale. Cognizant of this reality, Larry David wrote up a clever non-reunion reunion of Seinfeld on his second hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO several years ago. It was fantastic, which begs the question as to why the famous four-some (well, five-some) would risk their successful redo for the unknown on NBC? There’s no serious reason to do a reboot. However, Larry David’s comedic stock is at an all-time high right now…
A return to network primetime for Seinfeld, in whatever capacity, wouldn’t be nothing.
Prediction: If the seemingly impossible happens and Seinfeld returns to NBC, ladies and gentlemen, expect the Soaring Nineties to make a comeback like it’s never been imagined before.
Except by NBC. Because, you know, that pesky thing called “ratings.”
Harrison Ford’s Name Game Is in Reverse
The mysterious ways our minds can play tricks is amusing. But when it happens to us, well…
Hold on a second, I seem to have lost my train of thought.
Oh! Now I remember. Or do I?
Blade Runner 2049 arrives in theaters across the country next Friday, October 6th.
That’s something we all know for certain.
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