Sam Bain lifts the lid on 'painful' decision to turn down HBO series, Three Men in a Boat stars enter choppy waters – and Britain's smelliest-looking celebrity
This week's comedy news
Laughing Stock this week brings you news, not of something that's happened in the world of comedy, but something that didn't. According to an interview with Peep Show creator Sam Bain on the Stateside podcast A Bit of a Chat, Bain and his writing partner Jesse Armstrong "were about a week away from flying to La to co-create Flight of the Conchords, and then Peep Show got recommissioned and we couldn't go".
Bain and Armstrong had agreed to make the HBO series with Conchords stars Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement – "[although] we didn't know it was gonna be as good as it was," Bain told interviewer Ken Plume. (It turned out – with the Conchords' eventual co-writer James Bobin – to be very good indeed.
This week's comedy news
Laughing Stock this week brings you news, not of something that's happened in the world of comedy, but something that didn't. According to an interview with Peep Show creator Sam Bain on the Stateside podcast A Bit of a Chat, Bain and his writing partner Jesse Armstrong "were about a week away from flying to La to co-create Flight of the Conchords, and then Peep Show got recommissioned and we couldn't go".
Bain and Armstrong had agreed to make the HBO series with Conchords stars Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement – "[although] we didn't know it was gonna be as good as it was," Bain told interviewer Ken Plume. (It turned out – with the Conchords' eventual co-writer James Bobin – to be very good indeed.
- 5/22/2013
- by Brian Logan
- The Guardian - Film News
You're right in the middle of our 2nd annual ranking of the 50 television episodes that made us laugh, cry, scream, crap our pants, and fall in love with the small screen all over again. Check back to nos. 50-31 to see how we began, and continue on the path to number 1 below.
Nos. 50-31 | Nos. 30-11 | Nos. 10-1
30. “Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares”, Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family / Season 2, Episode 14 / January 2, 2012)
After a mid-season hiatus, everyone was speculating what would happen to the liars after getting jailed: would they be convicted of murder? Would ‘A’ finally win? Suddenly, the girls lay the ultimate trap by pretending to be enemies while ‘A’ preys on each of them, unaware that they’re stronger than ever. After Emily traps a hooded ‘A’ in the dark and fights to stay alive while Hanna gets payback by slamming ‘A’ with her car, the girls...
Nos. 50-31 | Nos. 30-11 | Nos. 10-1
30. “Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares”, Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family / Season 2, Episode 14 / January 2, 2012)
After a mid-season hiatus, everyone was speculating what would happen to the liars after getting jailed: would they be convicted of murder? Would ‘A’ finally win? Suddenly, the girls lay the ultimate trap by pretending to be enemies while ‘A’ preys on each of them, unaware that they’re stronger than ever. After Emily traps a hooded ‘A’ in the dark and fights to stay alive while Hanna gets payback by slamming ‘A’ with her car, the girls...
- 5/31/2012
- by Terron R. Moore
- TVology
What do Alan Cumming, Josh Radnor, Michael Urie, and Jim Parsons have in common besides appearing on TV? They are all returning to the stage within the next year. The Good Wife’s Cumming (who earned a Tony in 1998 for playing Cabaret’s Master of Ceremonies) announced this week that he’s bringing his one-man Macbeth to the Lincoln Center Festival in July. How I Met Your Mother’s Radnor spoke out about his voice preparations for singing in next Monday’s She Loves Me benefit at the Roundabout. Ugly Betty’s Urie revealed that he’s stepping in to...
- 12/3/2011
- by Aubry D'Arminio
- EW.com - PopWatch
Getty Actor Andrew Rannells
Andrew Rannells is nominated for a Tony for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance as Elder Price, a young Mormon missionary, in “The Book of Mormon.” Rannells previously starred in “Jersey Boys” and “Hairspray” before joining the show created by Matt Parker and Trey Stone, of “South Park” fame.
Rannells talked to Speakeasy just before the Tony Awards about looking up to Judith Light, performing at the Tonys, and filming a new HBO series.
Andrew Rannells is nominated for a Tony for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance as Elder Price, a young Mormon missionary, in “The Book of Mormon.” Rannells previously starred in “Jersey Boys” and “Hairspray” before joining the show created by Matt Parker and Trey Stone, of “South Park” fame.
Rannells talked to Speakeasy just before the Tony Awards about looking up to Judith Light, performing at the Tonys, and filming a new HBO series.
- 6/12/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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