Hey, guys, the "C" is supposed to stand for "Classics"
On Sunday, AMC will offer a bold new programming initiative entitled “Please don’t watch us” with a Chevy Chase movie marathon, hosted by Chase himself, who, per the press release, will “offer insight into some of his most memorable roles that have entertained audiences for over three decades.” Said insight will include pulse-pounding remembrances of playing Scrabble on the set of “Three Amigos.” (No, seriously.)
Actually, a couple of the movies don’t suck – the original “Fletch” and the first “Vacation” movie – and AMC is sparing us the bottom of the barrel from Chase’s oeuvre: There’s no “Cops and Robbersons” or “Nothing But Trouble” or “Funny Farm” on the schedule. But, still: A Chevy Chase marathon? Yeesh.
To wash that bad taste from our mouths, we’ll segue into a story on AMC’s development. AMC, as you may have noted that we have noted ad nauseum, has this good show called “Mad Men” on (tonight at 10!).
The network is looking to add to that, with a miniseries about Vietnam based on the book “The Things They Carried;” “Cutman,” a boxing serial based on the short stories of F.X. Toole (one of his stories inspired “Million Dollar Baby”); a political thriller from writer/executive producer Jason Horwitch (“The Pentagon Papers”) and executive producer Joshua Maurer (“Introducing Dorothy Dandridge”) and a basketball show from former Laker Rick Fox (last seen getting a sex toy inserted into an orifice on FX’s “Dirt,” I’m sure he’d want you to know).
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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.
I am LOVING "Mad Men." It's so anachronistic and yet...now we know what Darren Stevens was up to all day.
Just one hilarious throwaway moment from last week: Two housewives are gossiping in the kitchen, both drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. Then one gets up, and she's pregnant! (I remember my sister smoking through her two pregnancies when it wasn't quite so acceptable. That also might explain how my niece and nephew turned out.)
But then! They call the kids into the kitchen, and the little girl is swathed in a dry cleaning bag from head to knees and the only thing her mom is worried about is whether the clothes from the bag are on the floor. Comedy gold. I like the casting, too.