Amazon unveiled eight comedy pilots on its streaming service this morning, and one of them, Alpha House, features a cameo from Bill Murray. Here's the cameo in its entirety, courtesy of Vulture. It features John Goodman as a Senator waking up Murray's Senator character. It may not top Bill Murray's Zombieland cameo, but it's still a pretty good Bill Murray cameo.
The lovely, awesome John Goodman is being eyed to play the bad guy in the final Hangover movie. (More like John not so Goodman. Get it? Because he won't be G– I'll just stop now.) Goodman is a natural bad guy, as was the case in this past season of Community, because of how physically imposing he is and the undeniable gravitas of his voice. If Goodman can't do it, Sean Penn and Robert Downey Jr. are director Todd Phillips' back-up choices. And this marks the first time where John Goodman, Sean Penn, and Robert Downey Jr. were fighting for the same role. Well, other than when they all [...]
Maybe it's just a lesson everyone has to learn while trying to convince my friends to see my one-woman production of Carousel, but people have a hard time believing you won't continue to be obtrusively weird if you insist on singing your promise not to be. “We’re gonna have more fun and be less weird than the first two years combined," Jeff et. al vow in a new Community promo. Meanwhile John Goodman returns as the show's new villain, amid much squealing from Dean Pelton. Come for the musical comedy, stay for the squeals!
Interested to see how Kevin Smith will end his illustrious film career? Does the fact that John Goodman will likely be in it sweeten the deal? Yesterday Smith posted a scene from his final film Hit Sombody, a hockey movie "most likely" starring Goodman and based on a Warren Zevon song of the same name. Based on the available scene, Smith will be exiting on a black comedy note, given that (spoiler alert!) the scene involves a young boy's father dangling dead from a flag pole. "Worst part was nobody knew it right away. So my Dad hung up on that roof ‘til dark. The whole neighborhood just waved [...]
Online retailer Amazon is making a big push to develop original TV content a la Netflix, and they've debuted a slate of eight original comedy pilots on their streaming service Amazon Instant Video today. Unlike regular TV networks, who film a bunch of pilots but don't let the public see them, Amazon is letting users see all of its pilots to decide which ones they will order to series based on viewer response. Here's a list of the eight pilots screening on Amazon today and summaries from the web site so that you know what your options are:
Alpha House Alpha House was written by Academy Award nominee [...]
1. John Goodman is the best. 2. Who else really wants some fried chicken with a side of gravy right now? 3. John Goodman is the best. Hopefully, there will be more chicken related news, so Johnny B. Goodman can bust out his colonel more often. Also, chicken news is the most delicious news. BRB lunch.
Because all words before 'rectum' are superfluous: John Goodman's Community promo features him as Greendale's villainous Vice Dean Laybourne, head of the air conditioning repair school, as he over-intimidates Dean Pelton. He should probably know it's really not that necessary to hit the dean with that much raw masculine energy; Pelton probably had a panic attack over whether or not to grow that goatee.
Amazon is getting ready to launch a batch of original comedy shows, and John Goodman has been added the pilot for a new show called Alpha House, Deadline reports. Alpha House, created by Doonesbury and Tanner '88's Garry Trudeau, follows a group of four senators living in a rented house together in Washington DC, and it's just one of six Amazon comedy pilots in development right now. Goodman will play Gil John Biggs, a senator from North Carolina, who finds his seat in jeopardy when Duke's basketball coach runs against him. The show was inspired by a popular news story from a few years back about Democrats Chuck [...]
"Monkey knockout gas? Now that’s the kind of grounded, sensible thinking I want to see this year."
It’s easy to complain about the state of comedy today, because criticizing something is much easier than praising it. More fun, too. I’m completely guilty of this (see: how Modern Family can get better), which is why I’m beginning the first recap of season three of Community with an appreciation of Thursday nights. Well, not the night itself, although TGIAF, but of the shows that appear every Thursday night…(un)like Urkel! Think about it: not only is there Community (my favorite), but also Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock (eventually), It’s [...]
Michael K. Williams isn't the only actor making a swing through Greendale Community College in the upcoming season; John Goodman is also set to appear in at least six episodes. He'll play "Vice Dean Laybourne, the head of Greendale's air conditioning repair school, and he will become a major foe for both Dean Pelton and our favorite study group." Like Williams/Omar, he'll be appearing in the first episode of the new season. Sounds pretty much perfect to me.
