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[DVD Review] TV Sets: Forever Funny

27 May 2009 11:44 AM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

TV Sets: Forever Funny fetches a brilliant collection of shows to tickle the funny bone as a sampling of the comedic programs CBS has put out over time. Any collection that features Taxi, Cheers, The Odd Couple and Frasier is doing something right of the comedy front – but that’s only half the issue. Along with choosing the funniest shows possible, the funniest episodes of the series ought be selected as well. Instead, in an obvious attempt to encourage folks to start at the beginning, CBS has chosen the pilot episodes of each series. Once again, like in the TV Sets: Action Packed DVD, pilots are great for hooking an audience when the show is brand new – but these are classic shows that your average television viewer has seen at least a few episodes of.

There are two things more puzzling than the steadfast notion that the pilot episodes were

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dream cast: hypothetical ‘Taxi’ movie

19 February 2009 1:10 PM, PST | From www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news

It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Taxi, the 1978-83 ABC-then-nbc sitcom about New York City cab drivers and their abusive dispatcher. (If you have a suggestion for an 80s TV show or movie we should play with, feel free to email me.) The original cast included: Alex Rieger: Judd Hirsch Louie De Palma: Danny DeVito Elaine O’Connor Nardo: Marilu Henner Tony Banta: Tony Danza Bobby Wheeler: Jeff Conaway Reverend Jim Ignatowski: Christopher Lloyd Latka Gravas: Andy Kaufman Simka Dahblitz-Gravas: Carol Kane My dream cast: Alex Rieger: Connor Trinneer Louie De Palma: Peter Dinklage* Elaine O’Connor Nardo: Zoey Deschanel Tony Banta: Noel Clarke Bobby Wheeler: Owen Wilson Reverend Jim Ignatowski: Hugh Laurie Latka Gravas: Eddie Izzard Simka Dahblitz-Gravas: Catherine Tate

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