The Rockford Files: Movie Being Developed for
Vince Vaughn

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NBC?s reboot of The Rockford Files failed to move forward as a TV series but now a feature film is in the works. According to Deadline, David Levien and Brian Koppelman have been hired by Universal...

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Arrested Development: Hurwitz Up for Seasons Five
and Six

post from TheTVBuff.com on 19 April 2012 05:15:51 PM. © TheTVBuff.com

Production on the fourth season of (previously cancelled) sitcom Arrested Development is expected to get underway this summer. You can expect Netflix to release the entire season at once, ?sometime...

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Biggest Loser producer admits twist should have
been revealed earlier; quitters can't talk

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The executive producer of The Biggest Loser who appeared on Tuesday's mutiny episode said he thinks producers should have told the cast earlier that someone would be coming back, but this season only "implied" that. Meanwhile, Buddy Shuh and Mark Cornelison are not allowed to talk to the media and explain exactly why they quit the show. In an extensive interview with the New York Post, executive producer Todd Lubin--who was shown on Tuesday's episode... keep reading »

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HAT SQUAD: REMEMBERING DICK CLARK

post from INNER TOOB on 19 April 2012 05:06:32 PM. © INNER TOOB

Over the next few days, I'm sure you'll be seeing plenty of memorial tributes to Dick Clark, who passed away at the age of 82. Many of those will focus on his iconic status as a TV legend, his skill in front of and behind the cameras with 'American Bandstand' as the centerpiece. (But I think his duties ushering in the New Year with ABC's 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' will also be more of a factor than I think it probably should.)
Blog posts, newspaper and magazine columns.... The best I've seen so far, by the way, was a report by Jack Cafferty on CNN about how instrumental he was in the integration of TV during a tense and troubled time in our nation's history.
Dick Clark also contributed several citizens to Toobworld, mostly during the early part of his rise to national prominence - a couple of guest star shots on 'Burke's Law', a very prominent role in the final episode of 'Perry Mason' (and I think you can figure out what that means), and he is the televersion embodiment of an historical figure - circus impresario James A. Bailey (as seen in 'Branded'.)
But as his fame with 'American Bandstand' grew to epic proportions, his presence as a TV personality made it practically impossible for him to be seen as anybody else but Dick Clark, as happened to League of Themselves members Milton Berle, George Burns, and Bob Hope before him.
So I'm taking this opportunity to salute his fictional presence in Toobworld, that televersion of Dick Clark portrayed by the original.

2000 was the second year of the TV Crossover Hall Of Fame, and I declared it to be the "Year Of The Women" when it came to inductees. (Lucille Ball and some of her characters were going to take up the first third of the year anyway!) But there were two exceptions - in October we saluted Captain Kangaroo on the 45th anniversary of his TV show, and Dick Clark was feted in December. It seemed apt, with the 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' coming up at the end of the month - and as it was leading into 2001, the TRUE beginning of the new millennium, nobody but Dick Clark would do.
Inductees into the TV Crossover Hall Of Fame must have three separate items on their "resume" in order to be eligible. More than a decade ago, Dick Clark had more than enough credits to qualify.
Take a gander at this list of credits in which Dick Clark played himself:
Baby BobYou Don't Know Jack
Just Shoot Me!Mr. Jealousy
Tangled Up in Blue (TV movie)
Dharma & GregMission: Implausible
Bed, Bath and Beyond
Invasion of the Buddy Snatcher
Arli$$
The Price of Their Toys
The X-Files
Millennium(Seen on TV hosting the New Year's Eve special)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
And the Sabrina Goes to...
Murphy Brown
Opus One
Jenny
A Girl's Gotta Love a Wedding
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Hero
The Drew Carey Show
Drew's the Other Man
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
I, Whoops, There It Is
The Philadelphia Story
Mad About You
New Year's Eve
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (TV movie)
Friends
The One with the Monkey
Will You Marry Me? (TV movie)
Blossom
Blossom - A Rockumentary
The People Next Door
Dream Date
The Return of Bruno (TV movie)
Police Squad!
Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh)
The Odd Couple
The New Car
The Partridge Family
Star Quality
Batman
Shoot a Crooked Arrow
The Jack Benny Program
Dick Clark Show

The commercials he did for Havoline Motor Oil, Ballatore, Dairy Queen, Nabisco Shredded Wheat, and Office Depot would also count towards Dick Clark's televersion presence in Toobworld, as would a music video for the Muppets' cover of "She Drives Me Crazy".

Dick Clark also had a presence in the Tooniverse:
The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror X(Although that would be set in an alternate Tooniverse....)

FuturamaSpace Pilot 3000
Recess
Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave: Part 1
Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave: Part 2
Pinky and the Brain
The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special

Fantastic Four
The Origin of the Fantastic Four: Part 1
The Origin of the Fantastic Four: Part 2
Differences in animation styles have no bearing in the Tooniverse. The characters in the Tooniverse should see each other as being the same despite having divergent artistic designs*, whereas the Trueniverse audience could differentiate between the varieties of artwork. Allowances have to be made, otherwise a splainin would have to be found as to why Dick Clark looks so "hulked" up when he hosted that telethon featuring the Fantastic Four!

(* There are exceptions, like the housemates in 'Drawn Together'.)
On 'Family Guy', Dick Clark was voiced by Joey Slotnick, but he's still part of the Tooniverse, not shunted off to some different dimension.

On the other hand, Dick Clark produced a TV show called 'American Dreams', which was centered around 'American Bandstand'. In that, the younger Dick Clark was portrayed by Paul D. Roberts. Since Dick Clark himself already held sway in Toobworld as his own televersion on 'American Bandstand', 'American Dreams' belongs in another TV dimension. (Which is just as well, since it had other Zonks - like Paris Hilton as Barbara Eden backstage at 'I Dream Of Jeannie'. My problem with 'American Dreams' Zonking Jeannie was bad enough, but such a leaden portrayal of the effervescenet Ms. Eden shouldn't be tolerated in Toobworld!)
And although he didn't actually appear in the three sketches, Dick Clark has a presence in Skitlandia, thanks to David Spade playing his appointment secretary on 'Saturday Night Live' (even making Jesus Christ wait in the reception area!)
Most of Dick Clark's fictionalized appearances as himself stemmed from his connection to the music biz and/or work behind the scenes in TV. For instance, when he interviewed Danny Partridge of 'The Partridge Family'.

But sometimes there were those moments which could only happen in Toobworld, and Clark must have been self-assured enough to just run with whatever idea they came up with.
There was the time that he showed up with dozens of other people for a wild party with Dharma Liberty Finkelstein Montgomery - which threatened to turn into an orgy. When he realized it was Dharma's husband Greg who met him at the door, Dick Clark eagerly schpritzed his mouth with Binaca - as if in anticipation of letting the good times roll.
And then we found out how Dick Clark was able to stay ahead of the game in the music biz.....

(That scene also went a long way in splainin how he was able to remain the "world's oldest teenager"!)
Most of the time Clark was to be found in the Toobworld versions of Los Angeles or New York City, and of course his home base of Philadelphia. But every so often he had to travel to other cities not found on the maps of the Trueniverse....

One last O'Bservation of Dick Clark's televersion.....
As he was best known for charting the trends in the musical tastes of America's youth, it made sense that he should make a cameo in the music video which Drew Carey made for "What Is Hip?"

Also on that couch were Flip Wilson and HR Pufnstuf, who was voiced by Len Weinrib. Both of them have since passed away, and now Dick Clark has joined them. (Daws Butler provided the voice for Bingo, also on the couch with Pufnstuf, but he died in 1988....)
Dick Clark may be gone now, but at least we know that in the Tooniverse, he will return by the year 2999.....

As Red Skelton would often say, Good night and may God bless......

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The Cannes Film Festival Announces Its Full
Lineup

post from BuzzSugar on 19 April 2012 04:40:22 PM. © BuzzSugar

Check out the lineup for the Cannes Film Festival - NextMovie
Get Supernatural season finale spoilers here - BuddyTV
In honor of Chimpanzee, here are other movies that feature cute chimps - Rotten Tomatoes
See the first picture of Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock - Moviefone
Get all the details on where American Horror Story will be set in season two - Zap2It
Anna Faris gets a huge comedy award - The Hollywood Reporter
Watch the season three trailer for Louie - HuffPost TV
Julie Andrews talks Disney princesses and Mary Poppins - LilSugar
7 old pop songs that were actually pretty dirty - The Frisky

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Gossip Girl - A Generous Serving

post from Television Without Pity on 19 April 2012 03:52:35 PM. © Television Without Pity

Salon Of The Dead: Dan and Blair's plan to make people miserable is interrupted by misery from all sides, and it's hilarious.

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WATCH: Barbara, Whoopi Pay Tribute To Dick Clark

post from TV on HuffingtonPost.com on 19 April 2012 03:44:01 PM. © TV on HuffingtonPost.com

The ladies of "The View" kicked off Thursday's show with a thoughtful conversation about the life and legacy of television icon Dick Clark.

Clark died on Wednesday morning after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 83 years old.

Goldberg started the conversation by saying that, "younger people may not realize how much he actually changed pop culture forever with 'American Bandstand'."

Goldberg grew nostalgic as she recalled watching the television show in her youth. "I remember [American Bandstand] was the thing you watched because you'd get up and, you had cartoons on Saturday morning, and you knew you were no longer a cartoon person when you started watching 'American Bandstand,'" she said. "And I saw every conceivable performer, black and white."

Walters weighed in and highlighted the longevity of Clark's career. "He worked almost until the end. He loved to work, even after his stroke," she said. "We can call this one a legend, and that one a legendâ€

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'American Idol' planning full tribute to Dick
Clark, claims Ryan Seacrest

One day after Ryan Seacrest choken up speaking on "American Idol" in memory of his personal hero Dick Clark, we are finding out that the Fox reality franchise is planning a proper send-off for Thursday night&#39...

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Announcing new contest - ABDC Season 7
Elimination Challenge - enter now!

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Kim Zolciak victim of 'Real Housewives of
Atlanta' exit rumor

Sheree Whitfield may be leaving "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" after four seasons, but that does not necessarily mean that anyone else will be joining her.A report was first published by MediaTakeOut this week that Kim Zolciak...

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