Oh, Megan
So, I have no idea if the Megan Mullally show has been canceled, but I caught a little of what must have been a rerun this morning before I went to work. Tony from 24 was on, and I don't think I've ever seen him interviewed before, so I don't quite know if it was him, or her, or the audience, or a combination of all of those things, but it was one of the most awkward segments I've seen on a talk show (even worse than that six-year-old photographer on Ellen last week who refused to look at her or give more than one-word answers), and it went on forever.
Megan: "So, I hear you like to play pranks on the show."
Tony: "Yeah, there are lots of Canadian actors on the show, and they're particularly susceptible." [nice, there, Tony]
Megan: "So, like what?"
Tony: [five minutes -- uninterrupted by any reaction from either the audience or Megan, not even "I'm listening" noises -- about stealing Elisha Cuthbert's clothes and giving them to the extras to wear during taping, which basically paints a really unflattering picture of Elisha Cuthbert. Thanks for the confirmation of all my suspicions, there, but you are making no friends on this show!]
Megan: "Wow, that's really funny."
Tony: "Huh."
Megan: "What other pranks? Anything on Kiefer Sutherland?"
Tony: [hems and haws and backpedals as he tries to pretend he likes and respects Kiefer, when he seems not to, at all. I am guessing this taped after he knew his character was getting killed off, because he really was showing no love for anyone on the show.]
Me: click, finally.
I can't imagine how long this went on before a commercial break, and maybe the guy whose job it is to cue the audience to laugh and applaud was out sick today, but yeesh, it was totally unengaging, like watching two people with nothing in common struggle through a first date before the wine's kicked in. Not pretty.
Megan: "So, I hear you like to play pranks on the show."
Tony: "Yeah, there are lots of Canadian actors on the show, and they're particularly susceptible." [nice, there, Tony]
Megan: "So, like what?"
Tony: [five minutes -- uninterrupted by any reaction from either the audience or Megan, not even "I'm listening" noises -- about stealing Elisha Cuthbert's clothes and giving them to the extras to wear during taping, which basically paints a really unflattering picture of Elisha Cuthbert. Thanks for the confirmation of all my suspicions, there, but you are making no friends on this show!]
Megan: "Wow, that's really funny."
Tony: "Huh."
Megan: "What other pranks? Anything on Kiefer Sutherland?"
Tony: [hems and haws and backpedals as he tries to pretend he likes and respects Kiefer, when he seems not to, at all. I am guessing this taped after he knew his character was getting killed off, because he really was showing no love for anyone on the show.]
Me: click, finally.
I can't imagine how long this went on before a commercial break, and maybe the guy whose job it is to cue the audience to laugh and applaud was out sick today, but yeesh, it was totally unengaging, like watching two people with nothing in common struggle through a first date before the wine's kicked in. Not pretty.
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i LOVE megan mullaly, but can't watch her show. i actually watched the first episode, and it was a complete TRAIN WRECK. will ferrell and jenny mccarthy were her guests. WILL FERRELL. and he couldn't do anything to save it. he tried, but she couldn't do it. it is a cryin' shame. of course, it also goes to show you how good writing makes or breaks actors.
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m, at 5:04 PM
The show sucks. I saw it once at the gym and kind of wished the channel had been set to CNN instead. It didn't help that Camryn Maheim was on, talking about the wonderful, selfless, gifted and beautiful actress--Jennifer Love Hewitt. Ick. Never again.
-S
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