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Just Back! in Time to Reopen That Bottle
A return to the past in the future is almost here…
Will & Grace (Part II?) looks like it has, somehow, replicated their lightning-in-a-bottle magic from their original run from 1998-2006. Perhaps this magic can be traced to the fact that all the original cast, crew, writers, producers and director(s) are rumored to have returned for a second-go in 2017.
And beyond.
A second season has already been ordered by NBC.
From all the promos and teasers, that preemptive decision seems like a wise move by the former “Must-See” TV network. Let’s not forget that Will & Grace (Part I?) was one of the sitcoms that made up “Must-See” television on NBC. And NBC, with a two-season revival planned before the pilot of Will & Grace (Part II?) even airs, is hoping their network’s bottle from its sitcom golden age will catch a spark to begin its own revival.
On a completely unrelated note that’s likely floating around the heads of every NBC exec these days:
Just how impossible is would a Friends reunion be?
Park, Our Fun Begins Now
The weekend is finally here.
Not the musician, but the end of the workweek.
And this is the glorious occasion that happens just 52 times a year and should be taken full-advantage of when it arrives. Particularly in nice weather, like in Columbus, OH at the moment, finding that one activity (or several) to define your entire weekend is of the highest importance. Put more simply, we strive to get from Point A to an excitingly awesome, sometimes unknown Point B.
This journey of sorts usually begins as we’re leaving the office…
Well, as we all know, we have to be constantly aware of roadblocks…
and refrigerator boxes around office buildings.
Fish with the Snark
While Curb Your Enthusiasm is returning this October (sadly, not Fish in the Dark), that feels like a year away at this point.
The bad news.
However, despite this frustration, and the equal frustrations concerning the eternal and always-present nature of online technologies, there are certainly some benefits to the internet as the world progresses day-by-day towards October. Stay with me and you’ll discover the subtlety of where I’m going with this…
and it leads me to one of those aforementioned benefits. The good news.
Larry David is just like Larry David. Or is it that Larry David is just like Larry David?
Oh, that’s right, we’re all just like Larry David (well, our inner voice).
Happy Monday
He’s only getting better with age.
And no, I didn’t name a bottle of wine Thor. I’m not crazy. My mother had me (Big Bang Theory fans will fill-in-the-blank here). The “he” in the sentence above refers to the genius comedic writer and actor Larry David.
Seinfeld savants have been cognizant of Mr. David’s writing prowess since the late ’80s and throughout the nineties in the sitcom world. However, Larry David has been experiencing a renaissance of sorts with the public (even though he really didn’t go anywhere) for his HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm, a successful stint on SNL as Bernie Sanders (spot-on) and a Broadway writing and acting debut in Fish in the Dark. Part of this renaissance is that with his HBO show and play, Larry David has been in front of the camera and on-stage.
Add in nostalgia for the timeless brilliance of Seinfeld’s unique brand of humor and an old guy humorously telling it exactly like it is (and then some) in completely absurd (yet entirely relatable) situations on Curb Your Enthusiasm and those are the main reasons why Larry David is experiencing a Betty White-like resurgence in recent years.
Plus, Larry David is insanely funny as an actor and a writer!
And he’s still going strong…
super strong.
Have a Better Week Than Last Week.
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