David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. "Brothers & Sisters" & Governators
One’s heart races (and not just courtesy of one's sixth caffeinated beverage of the morning) upon receiving an email containing a press release with the headline “CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VISITS THE HIT ABC DRAMA SERIES ‘BROTHERS & SISTERS,’” dizzy with the possibilities of what lame storyline the writers cooked up to work Ah-nold into the show: He hires Rachel Griffiths to run his upcoming campaign? Calista Flockhart argues with him over his more progressive stands? He falls in love with Sally Field (with whom he starred in a movie early in his career)? He’s called upon to explain his use of the phrase “girly-men?”
Alas, none of the above. He won’t even be appearing on the show, in fact. Here are the quite prosaic details:
“California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the set of the hit ABC primetime drama series ‘Brothers & Sisters’ on Monday, April 16. The Governor acknowledged The ABC Television Studio, executive producers Ken Olin, Jon Robin Baitz and Greg Berlanti, plus the cast and crew of the program for their commitment to keeping production in California for the freshman season, recognizing that production companies have choices about where to film, and shooting here translates to the generation of more jobs and revenue for the state.”
Glad the Governator could politic and ABC could arrange a photo-op while the rest of the country was busy being appalled by our latest tragedy. But I’m curious: Is ‘Brothers & Sisters’ the only production still shooting in California? Or does Schwarzenegger have a whole slew of courtesy visits left on his schedule?
Comments
It's a pity that neither Baitz nor Berlanti had the balls to ask the guv about his stated intention to once again veto the same-sex marriage bill if it passes the legislature again. If nothing else, I would love for Ah-nuld to point to any instance in American history when rights were granted (or, rather, discrimination was banned) by voters and not lawmakers.
Posted by: MoroccoMole | April 17, 2007 1:41 PM