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Literally in the middle of “Private Waste Management: A Journey In Three Acts” when scenes from this appeared in my feed. I initially thought it HAD to be ai, it just seemed so roundly stupid.

Billy Zane and Billy Porter in a one-night Broadway musical about Accounts Payable, featuring a guest appearance by Kevin from The Office, sponsored by Ramp a tech company.

I was just thinking to myself too- man, to have lived in an era when musical numbers about kitchen appliances and waste management were the way companies sold themselves. Well, well, well…

Both have 8 wins a piece, tying them with Julia Louis Dreyfus and Cloris Leachman. Ironically the closest the two ladies were to acting together was their separate appearances on JLD’s Veep.

I say they need a show together. How about the next season of Beef.

Was rewatching the episode where Alfie hypnotizes Rose, and was wondering how realistic it was for such a short showcase to pull an audience.

Then I remembered Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself. Has anyone seen that? It was an off broadway hit and got made into a filmed experience. Frank Oz directed the show and the film, Stephen Colbert and Neil Patrick Harris came in as producers.

Perhaps it was easier to get crowds for this stuff back in the early sixties when oddities really stood out, and folks idea of entertainment actually meant getting out.

Wrapping up a rewatch with the final episode, and wondering about all that expectation around the Queen stepping down at Charles’ wedding.

Do you think she was actually considering it?

Back on Designing Women, Dolly came in to play Charlene’s (Jean’s) “Guardian Movie Star” when the character was about to give birth. It was such a big deal back then, and man was Dolly just living up to the heavenly ideal. RIP.

It’s also wild to me, looking back at early Jean in a sitcom and NOT thinking it’s Deborah Vance. Just reminds me of how incredibly cast Jean was in Hacks.

Anyhow, here’s the clip

https://youtu.be/3QPs6gyjRFA?si=5wgjPmO21D-UpPST

Woke up to news of Daniel being cast as Ryan Price and was super happy to hear it. I’m not a Percy Jackson watcher, but had really enjoyed him in this coming-of-age Cyrano take off “The Half Of It”, and will take any excuse to bring it up because it is so damned, utterly charming. It’s a Netflix original film with Leah Lewis- who is also amazing- and if you haven’t seen it already, I recommend giving it some time.

It’s like art imitating life. A woman hosting a late night show?! Impossible!

It was a fun little chat. Needed more for my tastes.

https://youtu.be/zS2dNYKpMaY?si=UAA0y2ew0STZ6rLU

Everything was so artfully done, with the parallels with gran’s antiquated TV, Guy Fawkes and the rebels, the whole sneaking in to do the interview, the way Bashir was portrayed as snaky with the vaguest hint of nobility. Then there was the power struggle at the BBC. I swear they could have made it two hours and I would have been riveted.

I also looked it up and yes the interview aired the night of the variety show, and yes- One Night Only was performed. I mean, you’ve truly lucked out when reality provides you with such perfect details across the board.

It’s the “Mou Mou” episode, and I’m not sure why I didn’t catch that before. Wish she was in a different, larger role that interacted with the main cast.

I actually made me look up the timing, but it was still kinda cringey to see Andrew go to ‘mommy’ to discuss his marital problems and seem light hearted, while ultimately frustrated with the monarchy.

Andrew & Fergie Marry: 1986
Separation: 1992
Divorce Finalized: 1996
Ghislaine intro to Epstein: 1999

At the end of S2 we see Moishe have a heart to heart with Joel, talking about how he took his bar mitzvah money, grandmas money, college money, birthday money, etc- then he gives Joel a cheque and fires him.

I was watching this scene and trying to imagine what Moishe was thinking, I mean beyond what he said.

I want to go back and rewatch their conversations at Steiner, because I wonder if Moishe was thinking about if he contributed to Joel’s marital failure.

I figure that maybe he felt guilty about depriving Joel of stuff, and pushing him into that job for his uncle in plastics. How he stressed stability and fear, and not enough about joy. He implored him towards wanderlust with a bankroll ($60k then = $700k in 2026 dollars)

When you think about how hurt he was when Rose came to talk to him at the hospital. They were so close to getting engaged. And in the house he bought for them, is an art collection made up of pieces he bought out of spite and competition - and a prized Declan Howell that Midge got him under mysterious circumstances.

Does. Benjamin. Keep. It?

It must be torture for him to look at something like that every day, a piece of beauty he can never fully understand or truly have.

John goes around busting heads, solving problems and saving people’s lives while his car H.A.R.O.L.D. feeds him all the Intel.

Can you imagine Joss with ‘80s hair and fashion looking a bombshell, and Lionel… wait…why does Lionel feel like he’d be unchanged getting dropped into this version?

(Root would be the car technician in a racing jumpsuit and Shaw would be perpetually trying to steal the car after having previously driven the competing S.A.M.A.R.I.T.A.N.)

They will not have ANY issues filling the stands with extras, never mind extras wearing Montreal/Boston gear they already own.

Would you be an arena extra? Would they cap the number of extras they’d use? I think they could actually charge a small fee to raise money for charity, and I think people would pay.

They’ll never have to worry about running the same five background extras in a loop again.

I’m just going to throw this idea out there in hopes it finds the right people and grows wings one day-

But I’d love to read a graphic novel where the character of Lane Kim is written, expanded, re-imagined, or given a completely alternate storyline by talented Asian-American women who grew up watching the show. Just like a big book of different authors and artists and their own takes on Lane’s life.

Like everyone else, I love Lane Kim and Keiko but will forever believe she was done dirty by the show. Seeing how ASP had improved her writing for (parts of) Mrs Maisel, I couldn’t help but wonder what Lane could have been if written by someone who shared some of Lane’s background, who was committed to a much richer story.

I don’t delve into fan-fic, so maybe stuff is already out there, but if not…man, make this and take my money.