Posted by Darth Dobbin at 234.11.pool.outpost.com on February 21, 2000 at 17:09:36:
In Reply to: I Thought that was the point of going to ABC posted by Crying Diaperman on February 21, 2000 at 17:00:18:
Let this indignity by that homogonized bunch of "TommorowlLand" nazis act as a clarion call for the good folks at ViewAskew to immediately make back-alley deals with the same network that has brought OZ, THE SOPRANOS, THE GARY SHANDLING SHOW, and DENNIS MILLER LIVE into this world... Kev- You know Dennis Miller; he claims to be something of a 400 lb. Gorilla, if we are to believe his credits at the end of his show- Can't you call some sort of "breach of contract" or "good faith" clause out of your ass, and bring the show to the loving arms of HBO?
That would be such an inadvertant coup! Less money, (which sucks, natch) but more coolness.
: Was that if it did fail that it could be moved to another network, in my humble opinion I say it is time to call HBO in for the rescue.. It would at least have a stable home and a audience who wasnt looking for Regis to ask is that your final fucking answer.
: C.D.
: Cuz I can!
: : I don't know much about television, other than all the behind-the-scenes dirt on THE REAL WORLD, and everything they throw out in NETWORK.
: : If there are a bunch of episodes in the can, and critics liked it, and there's a good buzz...can't you try to peddle your Clerks TAS-ass to other networks, even, horror of horrors, a cable network?
: : Imagine you're a freckle-faced red-headed middle school girl, and ABC is the guy who dated you on the tip that you would yield abundantly. Now this guy hears a different story, that you're the Virgin Queen, and that even the breasts are off limit. So the guy doesn't make much of an effort - he doesn't take her down into his basement, turn down the lights, put on a little soft music, nothing like that - he just goes for the nippled glory in a movie theater, and of course he's rejected, so he decides to dump you, the innocent, freckle-faced, red-headed middle school girl, who would actually put out if treated properly.
: : Just because this asshole guy didn't like you, that doesn't mean plenty of guys won't come around who see your inner beauty, who appreciate the REAL you, who don't just want your tit. Does it?