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Well, Gervais has a new sitcom, “Extras,” and fortunately we can watch it Sundays on HBO at 10:30 p.m. in its unprocessed, un-pasteurized British form. The new program follows Gervais as Andy Millman, a struggling extra (or, as he coins himself, background artist) trying desperately to get that coveted line in a film. Obviously the biggest challenge for Gervais with this series is to distance himself from his iconic incarnation as David Brent. Like “The Office,” “Extras” follows the insatiable quest...
...DIED. NIPSEY RUSSELL, 80, comic known as the "poet laureate of television" for his signature, often political, impromptu verse; in New York City. One of the first blacks to co-star in a sitcom (Car 54, Where Are You?), he was best known for reciting his topical poetry ("The opposite of pro is con/ That fact is clearly seen/ If progress means move forward/ Then what does Congress mean?") on variety and game shows like Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and To Tell the Truth...
...Sitcom with a Message As our Milestone of actor Bob Denver noted [Sept. 19], he played the role of Gilligan in the popular 1960s TV comedy Gilligan's Island. Ten years ago, we profiled the creator of the show, Sherwood Schwartz, in a piece called "The Inventor of Bad TV." Here's an excerpt from that story [March...
...Television in the 1960s and early '70s did not lack absurdities ... Yet of all the ridiculous TV shows of the era, two stand out for their enduring, unfathomable allure: The Brady Bunch, the sitcom about an adage-spewing stepfamily cavorting on an Astroturf lawn, and Gilligan's Island, the tale of seven mismatched castaways on an island that seemed oddly close to Hollywood. Both shows had a goofy otherworldliness painfully out of step with their tumultuous times. Both spawned fanatical cult followings and countless spin-offs. Both, amazingly, were created by the same man, Sherwood Schwartz ... [He] called Gilligan...
DIED. NIPSEY RUSSELL, 80, comic known as the "poet laureate of television" for his signature, often political, impromptu verse; in New York City. One of the first blacks to co-star in a sitcom (Car 54, Where Are You?), Russell was best known for reciting his topical poetry ("The opposite of pro is con/ That fact is clearly seen/ If progress means move forward/ Then what does Congress mean?") on variety and game shows like Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and To Tell the Truth...