I read today that CBC has a few new made-in-Canadaland TV series lined up for January 2008.
Now, sit down. Comfy? Good.
One of the new series is a 13-part serialization of Coupland's JPod.
I'm not kidding.
The good news - I guess - is that Coupland, himself, is executive producer and wrote the scripts. Maybe the visual medium will translate Coupland's story better than print. But I'm not real hopeful.
The bad/weird news is that Alan Thicke is in the cast. Now, William Shatner would be sort of hipster-casting. But Alan Thicke?
I'm from Missouri, but you know I'll watch an episode anyways.
Oh, and another new series is MVP. A hockey-meets-Desperate Housewives soap that was shot in London over a few months earlier this year. I can't wait to see the JLC and Convention Center on my TV.
Oh wait, I can. Guess I better head to Chapters soon.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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Prior to his 1980s late-night talk show 'Into the Toilet,' Alan Thicke as a producer/writer on Norm Lear's 'Fernwood 2-Night' starring Fred Willard and Uncle Martin Mull.
So he once did have a good reputation.
Of course that was also before he did that sitcom with Tom Hanks. Or was it Joey Lawrence and Blossom? Or 'Step by Step'?
I can't believe it. JPOD? I never, ever get rid of books (I still have my Tarzan novels, for example, that I bought when I was nine), but that sucker is on the way to the recycle bin. It was nothing short of a fetid pile of shit. With an abortion thrown on top for seasoning.
I didn't know MVP was shot here. I guess we should count the shots of DeCicco's husband, because you know he'll be in it.
I despair. Thank the stars for video games, or I'd shoot my TV for treason.
There is no way to follow that fantastic rant other than to say, "What he said!".
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