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Lost Roles

The Lost Roles of Will Ferrell

by | August 2nd, 2012

It’s hard to imagine SNL ever being canceled, but a few times throughout the long-running sketch show’s history, it’s come close to demise. There have been several points in Saturday Night Live’s history where it’s been on the chopping block (1980, 1981, 1985), but the most recent time the iconic comedies series stared down the specter of cancellation was 1995, the biggest transitional moment the show has faced in over 20 years. At the end of the 1994-95 season, Chris Farley and Adam Sandler – both well-regarded and talented performers – had led the show into a creative doldrums, resulting in a scathing New York magazine piece.

Luckily [...]

TV

Vince Gilligan and the Dark Comedy of 'Breaking Bad'

by | July 12th, 2012

In a podcast interview earlier this year, Vince Gilligan described comedy and drama as "two muscles in the same arm." Few creators working in television have better coordination of those two muscles than Gilligan himself. His AMC drama Breaking Bad, which follows the bloody transformation of suburban science teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) into a meth dealer and starts its final season Sunday, shifts between comedy and drama so drastically — and yet so seamlessly — I've often found myself watching it as emotionally disoriented as a tearful Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) with a gun to Gale's head. Depending on what angle you're watching it from, Breaking Bad is [...]

spin-offs

Vince Gilligan Would Love to See a Saul Goodman 'Breaking Bad' Spin-Off (Join the Club)

by | July 11th, 2012

Bob Odenkirk's Saul Goodman is one the best characters on television like ever and it seems like Breaking Bad's creator Vince Gilligan understands that. "I would love to see a Saul Goodman spin-off show when it’s all said and done,” Gilligan told Entertainment Weekly. He continued:

 “I think that would present itself pretty nicely, storywise. While Breaking Bad is by design a show that is finite and limited in its scope — it’s a story of transformation that cannot go on forever — I think a Saul Goodman show could have great legs. I love the idea of a lawyer who will do anything to avoid going to court. [...]

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