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RIP Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle, best known for his role as Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond  died last night at the age of 71.  He had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease, said his publicist, Jennifer Plante. RIP Peter.
For more on Peter Boyle’s career, click here.

Veronica Mars on iTunes…Finally!!!

Oh happy day! I just got word from my friends at The CW that Veronica Mars has finally been made available for download on iTunes. Catch up on Season 3 before the show comes back with new episodes in mid January.

Glad to see that the powers that be finally got their act together on this one. Veronica Mars lives and breathes by its online fan base, so having the episodes available on iTunes should have been a no-brainer.

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Watchlist: Wednesday, December 13, 2006

American Gangster – Ricky Ross
Narrated by Ving Rhames, this episode recounts the life and crimes of “Freeway” Ricky Ross, a Los Angeles-based crack-cocaine dealer. Was he the mastermind behind an international drug ring or just its pawn? Top Chef – Social Service
The remaining chefs must create mouth-watering fare from leftover animal parts, including chicken feet, pigs’ blood and lamb hearts. Chef Michelle Bernstein serves as guest judge.

Bones – Judas on a Pole
Brennan and Booth investigate the murder of an ex-FBI agent who was working a case on corrupt members of a task force in the 1970s. Directed by David Duchovny. Guest starring Ryan O’Neal.

House Recap: “Merry Little Christmas”

Title: Merry Little Christmas
Original Airdate: 12/12/06

If network censors would allow it, I think a more apt title for this episode would have been, “Merry !@#%$ Christmas”. At least that’s the kind of treatment poor House was getting for most of this episode. Say what you will about his Vicodin addiction (yes, of course he’s taking more than he needs and should cut down), but you really can’t deny that the man is literally in pain 24/7. Like, such intense pain that, when deprived of pain meds, he is willing to go so far as to cut himself in order to release any kind of endorphins in his system to null the pain. OUCH. And is it just me, or when House was explaining this endorphin thing to Cameron, I was totally hoping she’d be smart and sensitive enough to just give him a bloody hug or a kiss or SOME kind of affection – because we all know affection increases endorphins, and really, isn’t House’s abuse of his pain meds just a way to substitute for the love and affection that he guards himself against, yet still desperately needs? Anyone agree with me? Anyone? Bueller?

Well, regardless, completely denying House his pain meds (*cough* Cuddy and Wilson) obviously helps absolutely no one. In fact, it only ends up hurting everyone (except, of course, for heartless, revenge-driven Tritter), and getting House into even worse trouble with the law. But more on that later. First, one person who is suffering from House’s denial of pain meds is the patient of the week, a 15-year old dwarf girl who’s mysterious “lung” illness soon spreads into her liver, then her pancreas, then all over – just like House predicted, naturally. Unfortunately, Cuddy took House off the case because he refuses to accept Tritter and Wilson’s deal, which involves House making a guilty plea and then doing 2 months of rehab in order to stay out of jail.

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Holiday Gifts for the TV Addict

Sorry for the shameless plug, but I wanted to remind everyone to check out the GMMR Store when shopping for the TV addict in your life.  We’ve got shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, hats, mousepads, etc with designs inspired by some of your favorite shows. And if you order before December 20th you get free ground shipping on all orders over $50*. (Click here for Holiday shipping deadlines)
Here’s are just a few of the many designs inspired by shows such as THE OFFICE, GREY’S ANATOMY, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, PRISON BREAK, VERONICA MARS, PROJECT RUNWAY, and more…

Click here to check out the TV inspired merchandise from The GMMR Store. 

*Only applies to orders totaling $50 or more after all other discounts and coupons have been applied, with a shipping destination within the United States. Excludes Custom Postage, international and bulk orders. Promotion starts on November 16, 2006, at 12:00 a.m. (PST) and ends on December 20, 2006, at 11:59 p.m. (PST). See Shipping Information for shipping options and Holiday deadlines.

The Office: A Benihana Christmas (GMMR Preview)

Warning! The following contains spoilers for this week’s episode of The Office. Proceed at your own risk!

I’m not exactly sure what I should do on the morning of December 25th. Usually I celebrate Christmas on that day, but Christmas came a bit early at my house. Actually Christmas arrived this past Monday when I received this week’s episode of The Office: ‘A Benihana Christmas’ in the mail.

A wise and very handsome man once said that “Christmas is the time to tell people how you really feel”. Well if that’s the case, then I must tell Greg Daniels and everyone involved with The Office that “I’m in love with you. I’m sorry if that’s weird for you to hear, but I needed you to hear it.” See you all and went and created one of the BEST Office episodes of all time, and in turn made me my holidays oh so happy.

‘A Benihana Christmas’ (airing Dec 14th at 8/7c on NBC) is a perfect example of why The Office needs to move away from the half hour format and do an hour each week. Not one single moment was wasted. Everything just fit. Reflecting on the episode as a whole, I kept thinking that there was a real sense of balance. The multiple story arcs worked on their own but merged together just right. The characters were their usual zany selves but without going overboard. The result was a purely awesome hour of TV, one that I believe everyone will be talking about on Friday morning.

As a true Office fan, I’m not interested in spoiling the ep for you. Thursday is the best day of the week for a reason, and who am I to be a Grinch? But I’m not above sharing a few teasers to get you silly with anticipation. So without a Yankee Swap and a very special teapot, what do you have to look forward to this Christmas?

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Barack Obama on Monday Night Football

Continuing on with today’s theme of GMMR does YouTube.com here’s another video I felt compelled to share. It’s important that we all take a minute to discuss the world outside of Seattle Grace Hospital, Fox River State Penitentiary, Dunder Mifflin, and Hearst College. Last night a very important announcement was made by Illinois Senator Barack Obama just prior to the Monday Night Football game. Please take a moment to watch.

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Full text of Barack Obama’s speech after the jump.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas – Scrubs Style

If you are a fan of Scrubs (and unless you lost your funny bone in a tragic accident, how can you not be?) then you MUST watch this hilarious new holiday video. Daniel Russ and Ryan Levin wrote the mini-movie featuring the cast of Scrubs and dubbed it to the classic holiday flick A Charlie Brown Christmas. This is funny stuff. Enjoy!!!

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Special thanks to Mo Ryan and The So Called Austin Mayor

P.S. Sorry for bombarding you with all the YouTube.com videos as of late. Sometimes I rely too much on the “show don’t tell” philosophy…plus I’m busy at work, and a little bit lazy.

How I Met Your Mother Recap: “How Lily Stole Christmas”

Title: “How Lily Stole Christmas”
Original Airdate: December 11, 2006

This week’s episode was a great one and taught a very valuable lesson – Never ever bash a friend’s ex. It’s very likely that it will come back and bite you, well, you know where. And normally, it tends to happen at the worst time imaginable. Oh Christmas and the holidays, why do you tend to have so many fights surrounding you?

Everything starts out when Ted decides to stay in Manhattan with the gang this Christmas instead of spending it with his family and with Lily going to extreme measures to create “Christmas Eve Wonderland” for Marshall. The apartment is decorated with more Christmas stuff than is imaginable, and Marshall is acting like a little kid awaiting his chance to see it. Until then, law school and a paper call. He’s off to the law library to write it.

After Marshall left, Ted and Lily found the guys’ old answering machine and decided to plug it in and listen to the old messages. Ted left a message to Marshall during the summer with Marshmallow and Lilypad were not an item any more, and thus, the fight began:

Ted: Hey Marshall, are you on the couch right now moping about Lily. You are, aren’t you? Well stop it! She’s not worth it! You’ve gotta get over that grinch.
Future Ted: But I didn’t say grinch. I said a bad word. A very very bad word.
(GMMR note: the particular “word” is never said in the episode, but general consensus is that it was THAT word. Maybe something you might call someone if you were planning on maybe getting together next week, say next Tuesday)

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TV Stars Sing, Sing a Song

Everyone’s got a talent. Unfortunately for some of us, that talent is hidden…I mean really hidden. But for some of our favorite TV stars their talent has been there all along. Maybe it’s not front and center on their shows, but maybe it should be.

Take a look and listen as some of your favorites from the small screen share their amazing voices. Did you know they had it in them?

Sara Ramirez (Grey’s Anatomy), Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Kristen Chenoweth (The West Wing), Taye Diggs (Daybreak), Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order), Tracie Thoms (Cold Case), Wayne Wilcox (Gilmore Girls), and even a little sampling from Wentworth Miller (Prison Break)

Sara Ramirez (Dr. Callis Torres, Grey’s Anatomy)
Sara may play a doctor on TV, but this gorgeous gal is Broadway through and through. Take a look at Sara’s Tony winning performance of “Find Your Grail” from the musical comedy, Spamalot.

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Check out the rest of the performances after the jump

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Watchlist: Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Barbara Walters: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2006
Now in it’s 14th season, Walters’ annual hour-long special features interviews with some of the year’s most prominent names in entertainment, politics, sports and business, including Sacha Baron Cohen, Patrick Dempsey, and Terri Irwin (the widow of Crocodile Hunter’s Steve Irwin).

Nip/Tuck – Gala Gallardo
In the fourth-season finale, Escobar Gallardo seeks cosmetic surgery for his wife, who was brutally attacked by her husband’s enemies. Sean weighs a major decision about the practice, and Christian and Michelle’s future together is threatened when her violent dark past comes to light.

Making of “Dreamgirls”
HBO takes you behind the scenes of the making of “Dreamgirls,” a 2006 adaptation of the Broadway musical about a trio of black female singers in the 1960s. The film stars Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, and American Idol’s Jennifer Hudson, and was directed by Bill Condon (Kinsey).

House–Merry Little Christmas
Wilson arranges a deal for House with Tritter (David Morse), and is criticized for it not only by House, who swears he’ll never take it, but by Cuddy and Cameron as well. Meanwhile, Cuddy cuts an increasingly desperate House off Vicodin.

My Boys–The Show
PJ’s romance with her new boyfriend (Eddie McClintock) blossoms—but that’s bad news for the gang, who enjoy hanging out at her place. Meanwhile, Brendan considers taking his sputtering relationship with Wendy (Lindsey Stoddart) to a new level.

My Boys–Clubhouse Poison
PJ tries to initiate her new boyfriend (Eddie McClintock) into the group. Meanwhile, Kenny brings along an overeager pal (Johnny Galecki); and PJ is invited to have drinks with Wendy—someone with whom she has nothing in common.

McSteamy & Uncle Jesse Take on Wedding Wars

Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane (McSteamy) and ER’s John Stamos take on the gay marriage debate in Wedding Wars, airing TONIGHT at 9/8c on A&E.

In “Wedding Wars,” love, family, politics and marriage rights collide when Shel (Stamos), a gay party planner, agrees to organize the nuptials for straight brother Ben (Dane) to Maggie (Bonnie Sommerville), the Governor of Maine’s (James Brolin) daughter. After Shel finds out that Ben, a campaign manager for his future father-in-law, is behind the governor’s speech against same-sex marriage, he decides to go on strike for equal rights. Shel’s strike picks up steam and eventually spreads becoming the epicenter of a nationwide strike for the right to get married.

I’m going to check it out tonight, and I hope you will too. Definitely give me a shout if you plan on watching it.

Studio 60/The Office Star Lucy Davis Weds a Niner

It looks like Dawn finally found her Tim. Or rather Lucy finally found her Owain. Lucy Davis, who I have adored since her role as Dawn Tinsley on the UK version of The Office, and now love as Lucy, a newbie writer on Studio 60, just married Owain Yeoman who many on you may recognize as Lucas Dalton on the now defunct ABC drama, The Nine.

From Hello Magazine:

The Office actress Lucy Davis has wed Welsh actor Owain Yeoman in a ceremony more suited to a Hollywood starlet than a Slough receptionist, marrying in the grand surroundings of St Paul’s Cathedral.

Lucy and Owain met while both working in Los Angeles a year ago and were entitled to marry at the cathedral because Lucy’s father, comedian Jasper Carrott, has an OBE. St Paul’s Cathedral is not usually available for non-royal weddings.

Radiant in a sleeveless white gown and long veil, the bride added a touch of humour to her wedding, arriving in a black London cab while the 300 guests were transported to the church in red double-decker buses.

“I’m very proud. It was amazing, very emotional. Lucy looked really stunning,” said dad Jasper.

Joel Beckett, who played Dawn’s fiance, Lee, in The Office, joked that he was “gutted” she was marrying someone else.

He said: “I’m very sad, it’s a sad day, I can’t believe it, I’m gutted,” adding, “It’s going to be a lovely day really.”

Jenna Fischer Exclusive Interview with ALIVE

The Office’s Jenna Fischer recently left the bright lights and horrible traffic of Los Angeles to spend some quality time back home in St. Louis, MO. While in town, Jenna was honored with the National Woman in the Arts Award which recognizes the success of those from St. Louis who contribute to the arts on a national level. Go Jenna!!

During her presumably busy trip home, Jenna found some time to sit down with ALIVE Magazine, a local St. Louis magazine geared to the fashionable hip trendsetters in the area. ALIVE gave Give Me My Remote a sneak peek at the great interview, which is now online for you to check out.

Here’s a little excerpt:

ALIVE: Do you and Pam share a lot of characteristics?

Jenna Fischer: I think Pam and I are both riddled with a lot of self-doubt, but I think the difference is that I’ve managed to overcome that. Certainly I would have been married to Jim already [laughing]. But Pam is able to tolerate a lot more than I am in terms of her jerky boss…I would have told that guy off a long time ago. She’s also a bit more mischievous than I am. But the things we look for in a man are pretty similar—good father, stable but adventurous, funny, a sense of humor—I think that the biggest thing that attracts Pam to Jim is his sense of humor and that’s certainly what attracted me to my husband.

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