Merv Griffin was a funny fellow. My main memories of him are from The Merv Griffin Show, where he often wore the loudest suits he could find and someone from the audience would yell out-Show Em The Lining, Merv! and he would open the suit jacket to reveal some blinding pattern of silk or satin. He joked that after all these years all anyone would remember him for was the lining of his sports coat. No chance of that.He also made a couple of game shows, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy being the ones that stood the test of time…
Category: televison
2007 Emmy Nominations
HBO got 86 nominations and ABC got 70, even if a lot of them are for things like Casting and Art Direction, that’s a lot nominations. HBO’s Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee got the most nods with 17. Being a total Sci-Fi geek I always want to look and see how the oddball shows faired, not too bad, really. Now they just need to win a few times. EUREKA, First Eligible Year 2007 (This is a fun and silly show where the end of the world is always a possibility.)2007 – 1 nomination BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, First Eligible Year 2004…
Mandy Patinkin bye,bye Crimial Minds
Mandy Patinkin is a great talent, but anytime he loses creative control, he walks. He’s been great in everything I’ve ever seen him in. The only trouble is that he doesn’t like doing the same role for very long. So it is no surprise that he is leaving his current show, Criminal Minds. It’s sort of surprising that he lasted as long as he did.The first role that I saw him in and was greatly impressed was Sunday in the Park with George, a musical about George Suerat the post impressionist pointillist painter. His voice is great and his acting…