What made Gilmore Girls special, in one word: Vision. Amy Sherman-Palladino has a vision for the stories she weaves, and it shows. Then she pours her passion into making this vision a reality. Then her passion pours over into the fans she creates for her stories. She did it with Gilmore Girls, turning it into a world-wide sensation. I expect she’ll do the same thing for The Return of Jezebel James, if given the chance.
It’s fascinating. What follows is based on a commentary about Gilmore Girls I wrote a year ago. I wrote it just after the news broke that Amy and her husband Dan were not returning for the seventh season of Gilmore Girls. And even I was surprised at how little I needed to change it. The legacy Amy Sherman-Palladino created lives on. Click to continue »
Celine Dion? Oh, please. Don’t make me do that. Yeah, I know, “My Heart Will Go On” was Chin Chin’s favorite song. But how about “Tears in Heaven.” That’s a wicked song. Or “I Will Always Love You.” I mean, it’s got the cheese factor, but it’s still at least a legitimate—
In the beginning, the story goes, there was Amy Sherman-Palladino. And she was in a room with a bunch of TV executives. And she had 4 idea pitches planned out. And she pitched her ideas, and the executives’ eyes glazed over and they kept glancing at their watches and it was almost lunchtime. And Amy became desperate, because she knew none of her ideas had captured the interest of the TV executives. Click to continue »
After the Columbia Daily Spectator posted an article about Gilmore Girls rumored eighth season return, which includes comments from David Rosenthal and David Grae, one of the writers—
After this article, Diana, the TV Dork from Media Obsessed, tore into the Davids. Diana derides the two Davids for blaming the Palladinos for their own bad writing early this season. And she’s right.
-TimK
Gossip Communications News posted sides from The Return of Jezebel James. These are bits of the script used for readings or shooting. Anyhow, I read it, and here’s what I can tell you so far about Amy Sherman-Palladino’s new project: Click to continue »
Ran across this on The TV Addict blog. It’s about The Return of Jezebel James. If you haven’t heard about it yet, Jezebel James is Team Palladino’s new project, a pilot for Fox for 2007. It’s a half-hour sitcom starring Parker Posie and Lauren Ambrose. And I also understand Scott Cohen (who played Max Medina in our beloved Gilmore Girls) has been signed on as the boyfriend.
In a blog post today, The TV Addict says:
If you are interested in attending a private run-thru of the show on Thursday, April 5th at Paramount Studios in the afternoon, email us at thereturnofjezebeljames@yahoo.com and we will give you the details and even pay for your parking. You must be 18 or older.
But if you think you might hate the Palladinos… What really got me to post about this today, as opposed to in the weekly “Gilmore Girls News” post, was a comment one disgruntled fan left: Click to continue »