http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 3 May 2004 17:13:45 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/03/105257.php#comment-61942 Thank you Mike, twice a week through the summer should be an interesting way to go out. I bet Drew will be back - he probably needs some time to recharge. 61942@blogcritics.org Mon, 3 May 2004 17:13:45 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/03/105257.php#comment-61939 Thanks for this, Eric. I had thought the show was gone forever down the "hiatus hole." Nice to know I'll see the last of it after all. I will say that I think the show's turn to the bizarre-for-Drew's-amusement-sake turn of the show a few years ago was when I started to like it less. When it was "blue collar comedy" about a working guy who can't get ahead and all his screw-up friends, it was a whole lot funnier. To me at least. But the last broadcast season's "girlfriend of the week" cameos were great fun. Someone should still bring back an improv comedy show like WLiiA. Less repetition of bits, more guest/stunt stars and rotating cast members for freshness. (Not as a game show, though, like Quik Witz. Ick.) They're cheap to produce and easy to make. They're really, really funny with the right people (ie Wayne Brady). And there are tons of improv comedians all across the country waiting for a chance.... 61939@blogcritics.org Mon, 3 May 2004 16:31:53 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/05/03/105257.php#comment-61871 This is what happened with The Family Guy too. A great show that got screwed by an audience who couldn't find it among the big games of musical timeslots that fox put it in. So then the show gets on the Cartoon Network and the DVD's sell like gangbusters, and now word has it that they are producing a new season. It isn't life after death. It is a rebirth. More proof that sometimes these TV guys just screw up the jewels they are handed. 61871@blogcritics.org Mon, 3 May 2004 11:16:52 EDT