October 2009
4 posts
10/21 Chuck Klosterman
7:20 difference between tv shows that have 30 episode seasons (leading to contrived plots - 90210) vs 10 episode seasons. quality nobody cares about the emmys. “i can’t imagine someone talented enough to win one but still care about it” though it provides job security and fuels personal competition btwn writers oscars are the only thing that matter anymore, and that’s...
10/19 Mike Tollin (director, 30 for 30)
8min feeling of team defending title is just as good, maybe better than the initial run itself (08 celts, 09 phils, not 05 sox) 13min wilt chamberlin was proud of never fouling out of a game. 5 fouls on him and players went after him. hahaha wilt measured himself only by numbers, and doing everything once. russell was about overall winning success. players wanted to play with him but wanted to...
10/1 Alan Sepinwall (TV)
7min Entourage is the laziest show on television, but keeps getting good reviews because people like writing about themselves & critics are within that industry bubble (narcissism and lifestyle) 38min mt rushmore tv seasons wire season 4, sopranos season 1, ER season 1, NYPD blue season 1 47min Judd Apatow considered being hired for Lorne Michaels’ spot during SNL turmoil ten years ago ...