They say to let sleeping dogs lie…I say let’s dig up the
present!
A story that starts
out talking about BUT-A-FOO-KOH
(someone I didn’t really know much about until writing this) uses a simple
“screw-up” to scratch the surface of the staff of WNYX. While I won’t waste
time talking about what’s up with Mr. B, it is interesting to see what is going on with our old friends from NewsRadio.
“...a good boss has got to loosen up every now and then...”
DAVE
FOLEY (Foley Twitter) - (Canadian!) If you didn’t know this yet…well, surprise. He did a
movie finishing this year, called Live
Nude Girls…I didn’t really look too deeply into this one, it looked straight
to the point. But Mr. Foley in this one plays a guy named ‘Harry.’ Pretty
fantastic details, huh?! Also this year he makes cameos in Hot in Cleveland, The Middle,
& Justified. Recently, he started
a role on a Canadian TV show, Spun Out, where
he’s THE BOSS at a PR firm. Guess what…his name is ‘Dave’ again! Heheh,
and something I find reminiscent of NewsRadio
is that one of his co-characters on this show is named ‘Nelson’…methinks it a secret reference! …or not.
MAURA
TIERNEY - She is in The
Affair this year. Maura Tierney is also on Broadway with Tom Hanks in Lucky Guy, the story of a New York
tabloid columnist. It’s nice to see
her back on the stage after her hiatus from acting after breast cancer
treatment as her workload seems to have decreased. Maura news on chemo
STEPHEN
ROOT – 7 Chinese Brothers,
Fargo (TV), Turn, Adventure Time (my niece’s favorite), Justified, Dreamworks Dragons, Idiotsitter,
Kung Fu Panda…he’s EVERYWHERE!! Stephen Root is THE MAN! Seems like you can
find him on any show you watch and he is always different—definitely not one to
be pigeon-holed. Many faces of Root
ANDY DICK
(ADick Twitter) – He is currently a part of Run Like the Devil, Hollywood Friends, Deadly Punkettes, L.A. Slasher,
Life Coach, a guest on Tom Green Live,
he’s in Live Nude Girls with Dave
Foley, and (get excited now) Sharknado 2…yeah
they’re filming another one. I’m just waiting for a weekend of sharks in a
tornado, snakes on a plane, and old ladies feeding giant alligators in their
backyards! Heck, if we’re lucky “they’ll” mix ‘em all together into one “great”
flick. Mr. Dick has been said that he has been making big changes in his life,
as he stated while on Dancing With The Stars (my mom loves that show) however
he seemed to have a “run-in” with security there recently. Just this month, at
the 2nd installment of the 21 Jumpstreet movie series (22 Jumpstreet) premiere, Andy Dick
showed up yet appeared to be quite civil.
JOE ROGAN (Rogan Podcast) – A
couple episodes of Meat Eater, of
course a commentator for UFC, he has his stand-up, and The Joe Rogan Experience
Podcast. He is well versed in the world of MMA, which always reminds me of the NewsRadio episode in which he and
Matthew enter the so-called “Octagon of Horror.” (Rogan Twitter)
KHANDI
ALEXANDER (Khandi Community Facebook) – She
is working on a film about blues artist Bessie Smith, The Case Against Sam, and TV series Scandal. She also spent a successful few years on Treme, a rough and tough post-Katrina
story.
VICKI
LEWIS (Vicki Twitter)- Lewis jumps out on the TV this
year in Complete Works, Turbo Fast, Doll
& Em, and See Dad Run. Also she
has plans to do voice work in a Finding
Nemo sequel in 2016 called Finding
Dory, something sure to draw in the kinder-crowd.
Upcoming V. Lewis Movie
PHIL
HARTMAN (Hartman Fan Twitter) – I miss him.
You miss him. I can’t see his acts without laughing then getting a little
silent…he was posthumously awarded a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2012, and
he is now finally due to receive one on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame as well, later
this year.
“Case-in-point me, I’m half loaded right now!”
“and that’s ‘Where they are now’ with Matthew Brock!”
Well, back to talking specifically this 2nd
episode…or the 1st, depending on how you look at it. Matthew leaves
everybody speechless for accidentally dropping the F-bomb on the air
repeatedly. This is where we get to see the beginnings of everybody’s
relationships: Dave & Lisa, Bill & Catherine, Jimmy & Joe, Matthew
& Beth… Dave and Lisa are just one of the obvious ones, as the title of the
episode, ‘Inappropriate’ defines their relationship in the workplace…literally.
Bill snaps at Dave as he and Catherine go back and forth throughout the episode
fighting about Catherine’s birthday. It turns out, he says, it’s all due to
their “secret office romance” from four years prior. It’s funny, that happened
to be a topic the writers often considered turning into a side story…could’ve
been interesting. Would it have been funny?
"...case-in-point me! I'm half-loaded right now."
Jimmy and Joe seem to be opposite sides
of the same coin, as they both claim to have gone to college just for partying only
later to drop out; however, Joe appears to have drawn the short straw in that
deal. Matthew and Beth are odd…literally. They don’t do anything. And not in
the way that the rest of the staff doesn’t do anything. Yeah Beth gets coffee
and Matthew is on the air at the beginning of THIS episode, buttttttttt… they
are two of the employees that seem to know nothing, and get paid next to
nothing, left to live off of Saltines and ketchup packet soup. This episode
also brought to mind (in a comical and serious manner) the way people lie. Beth
catches Dave’s “tell” as he fidgets with his tie (Foley happens to be a big fan
of poker apparently) which causes him to leak certain details about his
developing relationship with Lisa and unsuccessfully augmenting his attire
accordingly. Of course there’s conflict everywhere but in the end Dave and Lisa
find a way to lie to the entire staff. The scratch on the surface of the WNYX
staff reveals lies, monstrous wealth, hidden romance, and what seems to be a
pretty tight knit group of crazy people. Analysis is……good times, and thank God for a group like this getting together even for a little while.
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