Acerbic Comedian Settles down at Home and in Shul by Karen Iris Tucker
Her followers on Twitter know that Sandra Bernhard shares a dizzying number of missives.
“I mix it up, honey, tomorrow night is a vegan potato kale enchilada. That’s how we roll,” said a recent tweet. another said simply: “7:20 is the new 10:30.” to some, the domesticity might seem surprising.
If you’ve never heard of comedienne Heather McDonald, you can check her out Sundays on the hit E! series Chelsea lately at 11:30 p.m. and its followup after lately at 1 a.m. or you can get to know her through her stand-up impressions of Drew Barrymore, Celine Dion and the Kardashian clan. or her New York Times bestseller You’ll Never Blue-Ball in this Town Again.
Good afternoon friends!
Happy birthday to Alfre Woodard (Grey’s Anatomy), Gretchen Mol (Boardwalk Empire) and Parker Posey (Tales of the City).
Photo: Contributed – ABC
Wondering what to watch this week on the tube? Look no further. each Monday, I’ll be highlighting the shows you won’t want to miss for the week to come. American Thanksgiving is this week, so Thursday and Friday are full of repeats on the US networks. another noteworthy change to the TV schedule is staff favourite Survivor. CBS is attempting to pass Wednesday’s episode as “new”, but it’s one of those recap shows that don’t really provide enough added value to make me want to watch.
NBC is getting into business with another Chelsea Lately talent.
The single-camera comedy project, based on stand up comic Sarah Colonna's upcoming book, Life As I Blow It: Tales of Love, Life & Sex…not Necessarily in that Order, has landed at the network. Like the book, the project will follow Colonna and her life in the Midwest surrounded by eccentric friends and family whose opinions and actions know no boundaries.
The Week in Sloth
Thursday 20
“Dave’s Old Porn” (Showtime 9:30 p.m.) Comedian Dave Attell welcomes guests like porn stars Ron Jeremy, Georgina Spelvin and Belladonna as well as comedians like Chelsea Handler, Daniel Tosh and Whitney Cummings (who, oddly enough, isn’t a porn star) to his new show. Their job: Riff on old porn flicks, “MST3K” style. … No, really.
We’re a happy family …. not. The Harmon family moved into their Hollywood mansion and may never move out, prepare to be even more confused/thrilled by tonight’s episode of “American Horror Story” The final 15 minutes of last night’s episode of FX’s “Sons of Anarchy” brought the show to it’s most dramatic moment so far this season. if you’ve DVRd the episode, watch it ASAP before somebody spoils it for you. Did what happened really happen? be sure to rewind to catch the final moments and verify what you can. The next week will be a tough one.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. —
Today was an especially fun day at work!
Eighteen Access Hollywood kids (and some of their parents) got to be models for a day in our Halloween fashion show this morning on Access Hollywood Live.
It’s NBC comedy night followed by the hour of FX comedies that really let loose. “The League” again promises to be great, check out the preview at the end of this post but we also heard that tonight’s episode of “Parks and Recreation” was a fave of certain cast and crew, we’re intrigued. Both “Chelsea Lately” and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” were excellent last night as was “Conan” with Michael C. Hall guesting, see the above clip of Jimmy with Olympian Michael Phelps as well as the embed of the full “Conan” (Michael C. Hall starts at about minute 26). last night’s “Happy Endings” was also very good, I hope that Megan Mullally returns as Casey Wilson’s mom – pure gold.—Comedian Jim Jeffries is getting a shot at a TV on FX as they’ve committed to a pilot entitled “Legit” starring Jeffries. Jeffries is a great comic and his ability to tell stories, rather than one-liners, will probably be fueling the plotlines.—Also along the lines of stand-up comedy is the story of a new sitcom starring Hannibal Buress co-created by Buress and Jonah Hill, to air on Fox. Buress is a brilliant writer and performer who has penned for “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock.” if he ever makes it back to LA to perform, you have got to see it! I saw him do a short set at the Montréal Just for Laughs Festival this summer, it was fantastic.—The Paley Center for Media is hosting a premiere screening of the documentary Miss Representation on Monday, October 17, at 7:30pm. Filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom interrogates the skewed image of women in media, from reality television to corporate and presidential politics. The film weaves stories from teenagers with piercing comments from Katie Couric, Gloria Steinem, Rachel Maddow, and Nancy Pelosi, and more. this is a members-only event, more reason to become a member of this great organization.—The Hollywood Reporter has a mini-interview with Alec Baldwin that reveals he will start releasing a podcast, “Here’s The thing,” on October 24th, the first one will feature Michael Douglas as a guest. Other guests will include Dick Cavett, Kathleen Turner, and Chris Rock.—The TV Junkie Must-Watch plan: “Community,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The Office,” “Whitney,” “It’s always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “The League,” “Chelsea lately,” “Conan,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
Anna Paquin is producing and starring in a new indie called Free Ride. She’ll play “an abused single mother in the 1970s who moves her two daughters to Florida to make a new life for herself.” Twilight’s Cam Gigandet will play her love interest. Can’t wait to see Anna in some ’70s outfits!