Grid Effect

Rescue Me’s mini-episode last night was funny, also a different kind of sarcastic humor for them (one in which the characters might not see it but the viewer does), with them anxiously patronizing the ice cream truck. The initial shot of them all huddled around the window with Leary screaming, “I’m first! I’m first!” was probably the funniest thing they’ve done in these shorts.

Even glowing men with scoliosis love ice cream.

With that said, we hope they are about over. They are becoming tedious to talk about every single week to the point that we willfully skipped writing about last weeks episode (though it was funny in its own right with the mindful distractions while the bathroom is occupied). By our count last night was nine, next week should be ten, which means they are done. Anything more would exceed the boundaries of our agreement to write about these things, and I don’t want the cast and crew over exerting themselves.

Onto some links…

Remember that guy from The Office who plays Dwight’s abnormal cousin Mose? And you just assumed he was a friend of BJ Novak’s that they brought onto set? Well, turns out he’s a writer and executive producer on the series. Not only that, he just signed a seven figure deal over the next two years with Universal Media Studios. What I’m trying to say is, everyone involved with The Office will at some point have a personal driver. So fret not, Brian Baumgartner.

Chris Kattan, the former SNL cast member who we could never determine was funny or not (steadily inconsistent is probably the best way to describe his tinier there), has separated from his wife after eight weeks of marriage. Why? The heart wants what it wants.

Speaking of horrifying, ill-advised marriages, Beth from the second season of The Real World and countless spin-off challenge shows, has married a real-estate developer seven years her junior. What is going on in the world? If Beth from Real world - LA was going to wait this long to get married, I would have assumed it would be to a homeless man or something equally desperate. But as far as I can tell from that little article we linked to, this guy is by all accounts normal, level-headed, and at least moderately successful. Our only explanation is that she is a beard. Of course, it is a shotgun wedding, so if it is a beard that is some thick scruff.

And finally, so this doesn’t come across as a gossip site to whoever stumbles onto it, Harvey Keitel is currently cast in a series called Life On Mars. It warrants mentioning because we can’t remember the last thing we saw Keitel in, and he has always been one of our favorite actors. Of course, according to his IMDB page, the last thing we saw him in was Red Dragon, which was released in 2002. And the last thing he was in, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, came out last summer. So a culmination of poor acting choices and my aversion to fluff have caused this non-newsworthy entry into our links.

Probably it for today, we are feeling mightily lazy. Back with more tomorrow.