Sarah Palin is David Brent of BBC’s “The Office”
Posted on October 15th, 2008



If you’re a fan of the original BBC version of “The Office,” with Ricky Gervais (whose better-than-average romcom “Ghost Town” was unfortunately ignored by moviegoers last month), then you’ll get this comparison with Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin right away. If you’re not, maybe it will be the impetus for going out and renting the superb British TV series (and pioneer of uncomfortable humor) “The Office.” I think Palin would fit right in on the American version of the show, no problem.

Thanks to Chris Tolle for sending this link along.

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Uncomfortable Jason Sudeikis Interview
Posted on August 27th, 2008


Jason Sudeikis (”30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live”) is so good as the rock-band manager in the new movie “The Rocker” that he pretty much steals the show. Being rockers ourselves, we wanted to do something a little different than the normal junket interview. Sudeikis was in town promoting “The Rocker” (starring Rainn Wilson), so we ambushed the comedy star with a homegrown rock n’ roll quiz to see how much of his portrayal was a result of Method acting. As it turns out, this didn’t quite go exactly as planned. This is probably the last time we try to quiz a movie star. Yikes! Maybe we should just stick to the regular junket questions. Anyway, enjoy this very uncomfortable interview with Jason Sudeikis from a dirty hotel room somewhere in Kansas City.


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