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An independent publisher is currently shopping around an animated series that stars John Oates' mustache.
The mustache, to be voiced by Dave Attell (oh, it talks, by the way), has the ability to give superpowers to its former owner, the guy from Hall & Oates that isn't Hall. Oates attempts to regain his rock star status and battle villains with their own supernatural mustaches.
John Oates' Moustache Cartoon Sounds Amazing [Rolling Stone]
Get ready to visit the Black Lodge, check up on Annie, and commune with lumber. Not only does Fancast.com have every episode of Twin Peaks available for streaming (minus the feature-length pilot), actress Lara Flynn Boyle is blogging this week about her work on the bizarre David Lynch mystery series, as well as her other projects including The Practice and Threesome.
Take an educational children's film from early eighties England, add a fresh dose of absurdity, and you've got the first season of Look Around You. The BAFTA-nominated shorts started broadcast in 2005, but you might not guess so right away from the deadpan eighties camp factor.
You can find the entire first series on Youtube if you look hard enough. Topics range from sulfur to ghosts.
The higher-budget Adult Swim incarnation of Channel 102's sci-fi web comedy Gemberling is aptly titled Fat Guy Stuck in Internet. Drawing inspiration from Tron as well as nerd culture in general, the actors in the first episode of Fat Guy include Liz Cackowski, comedian Victor Varnado, and my girls Julie and Jackie in an early cameo.
Fat Guy premieres tonight at 12:15 on Cartoon Network, or right now on the Internet itself.
Fat Guy Stuck in Internet Spoofs Tron, Star Wars [Wired]
After a long stretch of experimentation with quantum metaphysics, scientists have at long last succeeded in making High School Musical even gayer.
While watching Disney's wildly popular made-for-TV sleeper hit, your gaydar would have to have a pretty big blind spot not to pick up on the character of Ryan, the fashionable Drama Club co-president with chameleonic hat-wearing abilities. In the stage version of the movie, however, the implied sexuality of Ryan is even more overt, thanks to out playwright David Simpatico and interestingly progressive Disney producers. Simpatico comments:
"I wanted to present Ryan as something from my own past, a version of me, I guess -- though he's a lot better dancer than I ever was!" David says. "In the movie, the character has a gay tint. But in the stage version, I wanted to more fully articulate that tint and say, hey, this kid is who he is. Yes, I consider him a young gay guy without ever having to say it. I'd rather say it with behavior and action. And we do."
"High School Musical" Character Outed in Disney Stage Production [AfterElton]
Possible details have surfaced regarding a miniseries remake of the cult British series The Prisoner for both AMC in the US and ITV in the UK. Sir Ian McKellen may be playing the sinister Number Two, and Jim Caviezel (Jesus in Passion of the Christ) has been linked to the main character Number Six, also said to possibly be the title of the miniseries itself.
That's a lot of maybes, I know...but then, The Prisoner was never exactly known for its unambiguity. For those unfamiliar, it was a little like Lost except considerably less successful and with a white balloon thing instead of a smoke monster.
Sir Ian McKellen To Play The New Number Two In THE PRISONER Remake Miniseries?? [Ain't It Cool News]
It looks as though MTV's The State will finally be out on DVD after an incredibly long delay. Cast members of the mid-nineties cult sketch comedy show will reunite for a Comedy Central special to coincide with the fall DVD release.
Fans of The State can bide their time by rewatching The Ten, or by consuming $240 worth of pudding.
The State DVD Release to Coincide With Televised State Reunion [CHUD]
PBS's new animated comedy Click & Clack's As the Wrench Turns is based upon Car Talk, the NPR show hosted by wisecracking car repair specialists Tom and Ray Magliozzi. The brothers will play fictionalized versions of themselves in the series, which will follow them as they run both their radio show and their auto shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
A zany cartoon debut for an animated pair [Boston Globe]
A TV adaptation of Perry Moore's gay teen superhero book Hero appears to be go for launch. Stan Lee himself is backing the project, and two networks have made offers to produce the series, described as a sort of amalgam of Lost and Heroes.
This could be a truly groundbreaking show if it ends up happening, but I think they'll probably name it something other than Hero, unless they want people to confuse it with Heroes.
Is America's First Gay Superhero Coming to TV? [Vulture]
Showtime has picked up The United States of Tara, a dark comedy series penned by Juno writer Diablo Cody. Toni Collette plays a mother with multiple personality disorder, oft-considered the most zany and hilarious of all crippling mental afflictions.
Provided that Cody can write in a style other than Juno's neo-hipster blogspeak, I could see this maybe being worth watching.
Showtime picks up 'Tara' [Hollywood Reporter]
In light of the frequent cancellation of sci-fi shows with a sizable cult following (Jericho, Moonlight, and Firefly among them), an online campaign has surfaced seeking to prevent the cancellation of Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse...and the show hasn't even aired yet.
Will this preemptive strike do any good, or will it be, as Wired blogger Jenna Wortham puts it, a "self-fulfilling prophecy?"
Dollhouse Fans Campaign To Save Show -- Before 2009 Airdate [Wired]
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