Gilmore Girls Backstage Special
Sharpe Fan
or something new.
Alexis Bledel looked different form her Rory character. She was also almost
a nervous as she is on her occasional talk show appearances.
Lauren Graham was relaxed and non-babbling.
Why was there no Sookie?
Yanic Truesdale sounds very different from Michel.
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Sharpe Fan
Julien D.
>
> Yanic Truesdale sounds very different from Michel.
>
You know that Yannick is (in fact) French-Canadian. This summer I saw
him in an old old reruns of Surprise Sur Prise kind of French-Canadian
punk'd. Yannick was the accomplice and I first didn't even recognise
him. He sounded very different, without the French (from France) accent
and I thought he add a much lower voice. I guess he's also not as
disagreeable as Michel.
Anne
"Sharpe Fan" <sharpese...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> There wasn't really anything new in the special. I was hoping for
> bloopers
> or something new.
>
The host of the special was awful. You could tell she wasn't a fan, had
probably never seen the show, and was just reading a script (badly). LG did
her best to try to liven things up and answer the moronic questions.
Anne
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Although one good was question was "Is Dean 'the one' and the love of Rory's
life?" and Alexis said something like "oh no. he was just a good first
boyfriend."
AngLT97
>probably never seen the show, and was just reading a script (badly). LG did
>her best to try to liven things up and answer the moronic questions.
Now i'm glad that I didn't waste time watching the special. On the other hand,
I'm morbidly curious as to how bad the special was.
Anne
"AngLT97" <ang...@aol.comsexymf> wrote in message
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The clips were still fun. And the cast did well, as long as they were
ignoring the host ! :)
Sharpe Fan
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It wasn't BAD, just boring if you have watched the show. It was really more
explaining the show to potential new viewers.
Sharpe Fan
Sharpe Fan
"Julien D." <juli...@canada.com> wrote in message
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Yes, Truedale did explain he was French Canadian and that he deliberately
exaggerates his accent for the show.
Sharpe Fan
Amy Gray
<sharpese...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>There wasn't really anything new in the special. I was hoping for bloopers
>or something new.
The show was not bad. IMHO the point to bear in mind is the backstage
special was to introduce GG to an audience who has never seen an
episode, and in many cases never heard of GG. It was Gilmore Girls
101 for those who wouldn't know LG AB or SP if they bumped into them
on the street.
If you're a fan of Gilmore Girls or had ever watched the series this
special wasn't made for you.
The woman hosting GG Backstage probably had never seen the show
which probably what they wanted becuase she was introducing cast
members and a show to an audience who also never saw the show.
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Shannon
>probably never seen the show, and was just reading a script (badly). LG did
>her best to try to liven things up and answer the moronic questions.
I was thinking the same thing when I was watching. Either she really hadn't
watched the show ever or she is just a bad host.
-Shannon
AngLT97
>special wasn't made for you.
>
>The woman hosting GG Backstage probably had never seen the show
>which probably what they wanted becuase she was introducing cast
>members and a show to an audience who also never saw the show.
>
>
When they got Brooke Burke to host the special , it should be the big tipoff
that the special will be badly done. This is the same Brooke Burke whose
specialty is interviewing half naked people on E! Wild On series. I guess she
is not used to people fully clothed in front of her. I'm surrpise that Lauren
Graham, Alexis Biedel, and others even agree to be interviewed by Brooke Burke.
Rob Jensen
I kept wondering why they got an Oompa Loompa with a gland problem to
interview LG and the cast. My *god,* that shade of orange just doesn't
exist on any human skin in nature! At least, not without being the
product of a tattoo needle. I think the WB should spend the money to
CGI real human flesh tones onto Ms. Mystic-Malpractice-Suit if they're
even thinking of adding the special on as an extra to any upcoming Gg
season sets. It was *that* embarrassing.
Also, I'm not so sure that Ms. Wild-On Oompa Loompas isn't a fan of the
show. It seemed to me like the entire thing was edited down *heavily*
from one long session done probably on the cast's day off. Several of
the transitions out of interviews seemed to be done after severe
timejumps. Sure, she was sticking to a fairly generic script for intros
and send-offs, but she seemed to have genuine familiarity with several
of the series clips that goes beyond just watching them several times to
prep for the interviews.
It didn't help that practically *nobody* wanted to be there. Maybe it
was Oompa Burns asking them the same questions 359 jillion other
interviewers from around the world have asked them over the last five
years. But I doubt it. I think it was just that Brookaloompa's
trainwreck of a fake tan horrified them so much that every one of them
had to just shut down just to get through the questions. Although,
you'd think Alexis would be more used to it by now than her incredibly
closed body language indicated.
-- Rob
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LAYATES
couch. Graham made a valiant effort, but even she at times looked bored silly.
Reminded me of the cast wrapup session for Cheers. Just plain awkward.
$Scrooge
was ok in terms of a having an interview with the cast. What I didnt
like was that that each actor/actress besides LG and AB would only sit
on the couch for like 3 mins even less than that. Dont you think it
would be a even cooler if the whole cast all sat together and then
Brooke interviewed them (I know she doesnt seem to be everyone's fave
to host this) I hated when she talked to Sean Gunn and Liz Tores and
then boom thats it thanks for coming? I hated that so much. Another
thing, where was Jared, Milo, and Melissa? I know they would have made
this interview better than it turned out to be! Plus, bloopers and on
set tours would have ruled too. I dont know i enjoyed it but it just
wasnt enough. What you guys think?
$Scrooge
Amy Gray
>When they got Brooke Burke to host the special , it should be the big tipoff
>that the special will be badly done. This is the same Brooke Burke whose
>specialty is interviewing half naked people on E! Wild On series. I guess she
>is not used to people fully clothed in front of her. I'm surrpise that Lauren
>Graham, Alexis Biedel, and others even agree to be interviewed by Brooke Burke.
They may not have had much choice. "We want to sell this show in
syndication and on DVDs. We need for you to go on this show."
AB LG and others also want to get their names known so they can
do movies.
LAYATES
Notice how, in a clip showing what was to come, Kelly Bishop commented that she
didn't speak, think, or act like Emily. Yet that comment was not in the
interview that was shown with her. Fortunately, only the actors had to sit
through it all; we were spared.
RickRamey
wrote:
>Sharpe Fan wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Yanic Truesdale sounds very different from Michel.
>>
>
>You know that Yannick is (in fact) French-Canadian.
So he's obnoxious *and* boring?
(Sorry, just a joke, just saw Triumph the Insult Comic Dog DVD)
E Brown
Did anyone else get the impression Bishop and Hermann don't *watch*
the show? Hermann gave Graham this look that said "Holy crap, you're
actually pretty good!" after watching a clip.
Emanuel
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"E Brown" <epbr...@att.net> wrote in message
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I wouldn't be all that surprised to discover that none of them watch the
show. Between all the work they put into taping it, I'm sure it's not
something they want to spend what little relaxation time they have watching
it.
Not to mention the time lag: The episode they're working on today is
anywhere from 5 to 10 eps past the one that's airing. Watching this week's
ep could only be confusing.
Steve B.
Rob Jensen
> "E Brown" <epbr...@att.net> wrote in message
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>>On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:05:20 GMT, "Anne" <Ao...@spamout.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"AngLT97" <ang...@aol.comsexymf> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>>>The host of the special was awful. You could tell she wasn't a fan,
>>>>>had probably never seen the show, and was just reading a script (badly).
>>>>>LG did her best to try to liven things up and answer the moronic questions.
>>>>Now i'm glad that I didn't waste time watching the special. On the
>>>>other hand, I'm morbidly curious as to how bad the special was.
>>>
>>>The clips were still fun. And the cast did well, as long as they were
>>>ignoring the host ! :)
>>>
>>
>>Did anyone else get the impression Bishop and Hermann don't *watch*
>>the show? Hermann gave Graham this look that said "Holy crap, you're
>>actually pretty good!" after watching a clip.
>>Emanuel
>
>
> I wouldn't be all that surprised to discover that none of them watch the
> show. Between all the work they put into taping it, I'm sure it's not
> something they want to spend what little relaxation time they have watching
> it.
>
A lot of actors don't watch the shows they're in -- TV, Movies, Theater,
take your pick -- at least, not the week (or even month) it airs because
it's taking the work home with them. And they just don't have the time
to spend yet another hour at home watching the work they'd just done.
When they *do* watch the show, they don't watch it like we do, for
entertainment -- they watch it to get feedback on their performances and
the quality of the work in general. I find in a lot of the commentary
tracks for shows that the actors who talk on them become fans of their
shows, watching them for entertainment, the older the episode is and the
more distance they have from it. Also, as a stage manager, I find that
the only times my actors have ever really watched anything they're in
for entertainment purposes is at a cast party, where the entertainment
purposes are 50% giving the recording the MST3K treatment and 50% shop
talk about it -- which admittedly can include a minor element of
watching it for the story, for those types who are able to separate
themselves from the performances.
Graham might have more familiarity with the episodes than Hermann does
because she's in practically every scene in most episodes while Hermann
is in maybe 2 or 3 scenes at most. OK. Maybe LG's in maybe as few as
75% of scenes when Rory's got a Yale-based storyline because Lor's
usually not in those. But since she's in most scenes, she's going to be
far more familiar with the stories -- proficient in them far more than
any uberfan or even any creative staff other than ASP and DP, really --
simply because she has to be there virtually every minute they're in
production. Hermann probably shoots all his scenes for a typically
Richard-lite episode on one day and goes and does his usual amazing
character work on various movies and voiceover work for various
documentary-type series the rest of the week. What happens is, not a
lot of time for an actor who isn't hugely involved in the episode to
become familiar with it. And Rory's Dance, which that clip was from
(the Kitchen Scene, where Lor stands up to Emily the morning after when
Rory was still out with Narcolepsy Boy), was a Richard-lite ep. That
special probably *was* the first time that Hermann had seen the clip
(much less the episode) in four years. I thought it was really cool in
that context that Hermann would then give such an "attagirl" to LG for
it as it's the scene that the Academy should have given her her first
Emmy for.
LAYATES
>that context that Hermann would then give such an "attagirl" to LG for
>it as it's the scene that the Academy should have given her her first
>Emmy for.
>
> -- Rob
>
>--
I remember seeing Ed Hermann was in The Paper Chase, one of my favorite movies.
It depicted the rigors of law school at Harvard. John Houseman won an Oscar
for his role as Prof. Kingsfield, one of the best crafted performances you'll
ever see.. A very young Hermann played a law student. A fantastic movie. If
you haven't seen it, rush to rent it. It's on VHS and DVD. It's nice to see
him on such a quality show as Gilmore Girls.
Gabby
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him in "North Avenue Irregulars".
Gabby
Rob Jensen
First time I remember seeing Edward Hermann in something was the one-two
punch of "Harry's War" and "The Electric Grandmother."