Tuesday, November 6, 2007

FNL and Extras

I think I have a crush on Kyle Chandler's character Coach Eric Tyler on Friday Night Lights. Not sure if the crush is on the character or the actor. Let me watch more to find out :)

Watched Ricky Gervais in Extras' second season yesterday, so funny. I got the first disc from Netflix and loved the episodes with Orlando Bloom and Harry Potter, both playing caricatures/tools of themselves. Watching Gervais play the straight man and be constantly dumbfounded and shocked at what his agent, friends, and the stars say is sooo funny. I laugh right now thinking of some of his reactions. As he describes in an interview, they're not making fun of people with disabilities or homeless or whatever but making fun of the anxiety people feel around those topics. And isn't that just summarize comedy well? Yeah, I cringe and laugh frequently at the show. Seasons 1 and 2 are now on my Amazon Wish List. Kate Winslet guest-stars in Season 1 and is hilarious too. Plot summary: Gervais plays a character named Andy who is an extra on movie and tv sets. He meets stars and had completely inappropriate/embarrassing interactions with them. Ashley Jenson plays Maggie, Andy's best friend and a fellow extra. She is also on Ugly Betty playing Christina, Betty's best friend.

Here are some clips from Youtube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KmGaW-z2g3Y With Andy and his agent

http://youtube.com/watch?v=43sbtkQM6zc Andy with Sir Ian McKellen "you look confused" HA HA

http://youtube.com/watch?v=trUssiW0O5s Maggie with Orlando Bloom "everyone claps" lol "take a better look at me, see the attractiveness" LOL

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iME60JZInfw Andy and Maggie hang with Daniel Radcliffe. I guess the older woman in the clip is a well-known Dame. "Still going to use it?" "Yeah, it'll be fine." lol

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