The Weekend Tally

Trailers galore this week!

• Article: Sitcoms circle the wagons. Analysis of some of the fall’s returning comedies, including The Office.
• Article: Steve Carell at Comic-Con 2007. BuddyTV | OC Weekly
• Article: The Office’s Leading Man — John Krasinski.
• Article: ‘Simpsons’ creators pick perfect time to sent Springfield sillies to big screen. Includes some interesting quotes from The Office Executive Producer Greg Daniels.
• Chat: Rainn Wilson chats online with Tom O’Neil of the Gold Derby Forums on Tuesday, July 31. Jenna is lining up to do a chat, too!
• Graphic: who is that, endorsing the Denver Post Underground Music Showcase?
• Fan story: a fan meets David Denman and Jenna Fischer!
• Photo: a yearbook picture of John Krasinski.
• Video: a trailer for Horton Hears a Who, starring Steve Carell.
• Video: a trailer for The Comebacks, co-starring David Koechner (“Todd Packer”) and Melora Hardin (“Jan”).
• Video: a trailer for Dragon Wars, co-starring Craig Robinson (“Darryl”).
• Video: if you are a Netflix user, you can watch The Office Seasons 1 and 2 online for free! Just log in, click the “Watch Now” tab, and then click “Top 50.”
• OT subscription options: I’ve updated the OT Subscription page to include a comments feed and instructions on how to follow OT at Twitter.

Tipsters: Nicholas, Dave, Cheryl, Jason, Jessica, Chris, blsmao, Phyllis’ Pants, _bales

12 comments

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   1. Mcclizzle  Sun. Jul. 29, 2007 | 1:17am

   Oh my gosh! The Simpsons Movie is so funny. I saw it Friday and it was just non-stop laughs. I didn’t know Greg Daniels wrote some episodes for the Simpsons though.

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   2. Name  Sun. Jul. 29, 2007 | 5:49am

   John K. had his sleeves rolled up in that yearbook picture. That just struck me as incredibly ironic.

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   3. secondrink  Sun. Jul. 29, 2007 | 8:26am

   Variety article: So glad that Notes from the Underbelly is coming back! Have to love another show with a TDS alum (Rachel Harris). And I think that our show will be fine against Grey’s. GA is a hot mess.

4. 
   4. Angie  Sun. Jul. 29, 2007 | 10:21am

   I am so happy that people (producers and whatnot) finally got their heads out of their asses to make a Dr. Seuss movie the way it should be, animated.

5. 
   5. Jill  Sun. Jul. 29, 2007 | 12:48pm

   FYI on the free Netflix watching — you have to have Windows XP. (Slap in the face to us Mac users!) Bummer!

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   6. Sam  Sun. Jul. 29, 2007 | 3:04pm

   Notes from the Underbelly, the funniest half-hour in years? Really?

   One of the reasons that half-hour comedies have declines has been the rise of the hour-long dramedy. There is a much better mix of comedy and drama out there now– we don’t just have Seinfeld and Law and Order. We have shows like Grey’s Anatomy (say what you want, it mixes the laughs in pretty well) and then Ugly Betty (more comedy than Grey’s but not a sitcom by an means.)

   So the whole premise of this article is a bit misleading.

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   7. Ryan  Sun. Jul. 29, 2007 | 10:43pm

   Gotta say, after Evan Almighty (which I didn’t see, but it looks as if I didn’t miss much), it’s nice to see a few Steve Carell movies that I wanna see (Get Smart and Horton… I’m a sucker for animation)

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   8. Starsky  Mon. Jul. 30, 2007 | 3:47am

   Yup, Mcclizzle, and in my opinion he wrote some of the best ones ever: “Homer Badman”, “Lisa’s Wedding”, “Bart Sells His Soul”, “22 Short Films About Springfield”, “Secrets Of A Successful Marriage”, “Homer And Apu”, and the Halloween shorts “Time And Punishment” and “The Devil And Homer Simpson”. The guy’s a genius, that’s for sure.

   And Get Smart looks awesome so far. They really recaptured the feel of the show, instead of resorting to standard cheap jokes.

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   9. Claudia  Mon. Jul. 30, 2007 | 10:01am

   JK looks just like his Jim character in that picture…rolled up sleeves, tie, and khaki pants haha.

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    10. Samuel L. Chang  Mon. Jul. 30, 2007 | 2:01pm

    Starsky, thanks for the info. Those are some of my favorite episodes of The Simpsons. I was not crazy about the movie, however.

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    11. Tina  Tue. Jul. 31, 2007 | 12:41am

    wow i didnt know steve had another movie other than get smart coming out!
    the trailer looks good!

12. 
    12. Cheri  Tue. Jul. 31, 2007 | 1:15pm

    Does anyone know if Rainn might actually be at the Denver Post Underground Music Festival?!? It does say there will be comedians but don’t see his name anywhere…

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