Of course, a couple of days after saying I wish I could rewatch Mad Men, I have decided to treat myself by rewatching Mad Men. Funny thing from the premiere: here’s a photo of Pete’s fiancée. Allison Brie hadn’t been cast yet.
My guys! I wish the mini was better, but half it exists at all.
And you've seen more episodes than I had by the time I gave up.
New Ask Alan video mailbag for all paid subscribers. What broadcast shows would have been better on streaming, and vice versa; successful backdoor pilots; and shows I want to rewatch just for fun:
The Baltimore Sun crew from Wire season 5.
Starting The Wire season 5. One of the main stories is about how completely gutted the Baltimore Sun newsroom is. Yet every American paper other than the NY Times would probably weep for the resources Gus had at his disposal at the time.
Those certainly work. My head was mostly on stuff that's aired since I started doing this. An argument could certainly be made for Twin Peaks, you know?
New Ask Alan video mailbag for all paid subscribers. What broadcast shows would have been better on streaming, and vice versa; successful backdoor pilots; and shows I want to rewatch just for fun:
Steintorf reminds Tommy that "kids don't vote."
I will say this: The Wire has a lot of utterly despicable characters, but I'm not sure any of them is worse than Carcetti's chief of staff, Michael Steintorf.
Yeah, those last few episodes of s4 hit VERY hard. On to s5. I'm sure nothing bad will happen to anyone we care about in that one, right?
If it makes you feel any better, at some 2010 music awards show, Adam Sandler introduced Dave Matthew Band by saying they'd been out there performing for 20 years. I turned to my wife and said, "Dave Matthews has been around since 1980?"
SIR Didi.
In yet another TV confluence of two shows with near-identical premises, HBO's Rooster and Netflix's Vladimir star, respectively, Steve Carell and Rachel Weisz as sexually frustrated teachers at liberal arts colleges. My review of these two messy comedies:
Yes
Regardless, Matthew Weiner was infamous for his obsession with getting every period detail exactly right. And yet.
Meanwhile, "Picture if you will," which is the other one people do in Serling impressions, is only said once — and only in Serling's preview for next week's episode, not in the context of an episode itself.
The funny thing is, "Submitted for your approval" is kind of a "Play it again, Sam" / "Beam me up, Scotty" situation. People think Serling said it every week, but it's only in 3 eps — all of which aired years after this Mad Men ep took place.
Paul Kinsey does a Serling impression
Me: Well, I guess I've run out of professional excuses to watch Mad Men for a while.
Me finishing up my Rod Serling bio:
The internet tells me she was also in a Scream TV show? And is the daughter of Shea Whigham.
In a waiting room tuned to New York One. They just ran an important expose about how people’s sleep schedules are affected negatively by the clocks changing
My review of this week's The Pitt, where Mel's bad day got even more complicated by the arrival of her sister:
Ah, man. I kept meaning to mention that — even though, as you say, the similarity was entirely in the titles.
In a previous episode, a male patient tries to flirt with her and she shuts him down by saying something along the lines of "I'm playing on the other team." (I forget the exact phrasing.)
In today's free What's Alan Watching? newsletter: inspired by Rooster and Vladimir, I looked back at the weird history of TV shows with identical premises debuting at the same time. Plus, The Beauty, The Pitt, and the What's Alan Watching? TV show. Read! Subscribe! Share! Go to a furry convention!
Me when people won’t watch The Lowdown:
My review of this week's The Pitt, where Mel's bad day got even more complicated by the arrival of her sister:
Okay, the level of overlap is getting freaky:
Let the guys do a Heaven Can Wait episode, you cowards
In yet another TV confluence of two shows with near-identical premises, HBO's Rooster and Netflix's Vladimir star, respectively, Steve Carell and Rachel Weisz as sexually frustrated teachers at liberal arts colleges. My review of these two messy comedies:
Jimmy has fear? A thousand times no!
