Just read this gem in the NY Times:
I think I hear comedy writers everywhere giving up.
BTW- I am watching Madam Secretary because I love Bebe Neuwirth, but the show is pretty bad. It’s really quite cheesy and kind of a mix of 24 and a parody of the West Wing so far. I love Tea Leoni’s voice, too. On the upside, it is so shallow that I can catch up on news and burn up some time before bed (I napped for too long too late in the day).
Oh, we’re also bombing ISIS again. I was unaware we had stopped, so I am not as excited as the very serious people with accents on CNN.
Violet
That’s just depressing.
eemom
Actually, she talks a little like John Malkovich.
Suffern ACE
Cue the next scandal, in which the Queen waits alone on the helipad as no one can find the key to unlock the doors to let Obama out to greet her, ending 150 years of the “special relationship.”
Mustang Bobby
I caught a snippet of Madam Secretary while fast-forwarding through to get to “The Good Wife” on TiVo and thought it pretty weak; Zelko Ivanek as a smarmy bad-ass again?
Calouste
@Suffern ACE: I think the Queen doesn’t do intercontinental travel any more, being 88 and all that. At least, she send Charles to represent her at the last Commonwealth summit in (IIRC) Sri Lanka.
evodevo
I guess it’s WHO is bombing ISIS and where that is so exciting to the talking heads. I think I’ll wait to see what the actual results are before getting all optimistic.
CONGRATULATIONS!
I was the manager of a retail outlet that paid people about a buck over minimum wage: I was required to bag check EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE on both entering and exiting the store, and one of the other employees had to check me. That the White House hasn’t been doing this since the days of, oh, James Garfield is beyond my ability to comprehend.
PGE
Second the love for Bebe Neuwirth, but I’m an even bigger fan of Tea Leoni. I don’t know what brought her to mind, but I was just thinking a few days ago that I don’t understand why she’s not a bigger star: she’s just about the funniest comedienne I’ve ever seen, she can do drama better than most, and she’s gorgeous. You’d think that would be enough.