Meeting "Chuck"

So, we got a TV series, "Chuck" in for review. I wasn't reviewing it; Psibabe did that one, but I got to watch it with her. Perks of being married to the boss, I suppose. Anyway, Chuck is an awesome show. I loved the blatant parody of "Best Buy" - "Buy More," as they called it in the show.

Chuck is part comedy, part espionage and often has the feel of a show from the eighties, with the occasional flub of the way technology works. It's laughable at times, but that somehow works for a comedy.

Anyway, if you watch Chuck, then I'm sure you're waiting anxiously for a fix, as I am. If you're not familiar with it, check out Psibabe's review of Chuck: The Complete First Season.

CSI gets a "Dexter" injection by "Professor Morpheus"

So, I was looking around the net for something or other when I saw a story posted somewhere (CNN?maybe?) about Laurence Fishburne joining the cast of CSI. As a fan of CSI (the original - Las Vegas only), this was big news. I figured that, since we will eventually be reviewing the DVD of the upcoming season, it's germane to what we do and of interest to our readers. So, I found the original press release to write my story.

I couldn't have been more surprised when I found out that there was going to be a conference call a little over an hour from the time I found the press release. I waited, then took a thirty minute lunch break during the conference call, so I could listen in.

I didn't get a chance to ask any questions, personally, but that's good, because after I indicated that I had a question and before the call was over, other people asked the questions I was going to ask, anyway. It would have been really embarassing to get to ask a question and basically say, "Laurence Fishburne, Do you like toast too? As do I. It is warm and crispy, and a perfect place for jelly to lay... Now get away from me, I've got nothing to say to you!" - to paraphrase Mitch Hedberg.

At any rate, I think the news story about Laurence Fishburne joining CSI came out pretty good, when I weaved in the quotes from Mr. Fishburne and the CSI producers. Some of the quotes were pretty cool, especially to hear Laurence Fishburne say, "Hey, this will work!" excitedly after seeing how dark and moody CSI can be.