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Brian Damage
12-23-2002, 06:01 PM
My job has an entertainment division(I work in radio)and is always sent copies of television shows to be reviewed. Well, today we just recieved two Pilot episodes. One is called the O'keef's starring Judge Rheinhold and the other is called Black Sash starring a guy named Russell Wong. If anybody wants to see a show before it ever airs, maybe I can hook you up!;)

Stormtracker TF
12-23-2002, 06:09 PM
Originally posted by Brian Damage
My job has an entertainment division(I work in radio)and is always sent copies of television shows to be reviewed. Well, today we just recieved two Pilot episodes. One is called the O'keef's starring Judge Rheinhold and the other is called Black Sash starring a guy named Russell Wong. If anybody wants to see a show before it ever airs, maybe I can hook you up!;)
:eek2: OMG!!!!!!!!!!! That's SO cool! :D :D :D :banana: :banana: :banana:
OMG! :D

Mr. Shy Guy
12-23-2002, 06:14 PM
Hook me up! HaHa. Do you have pilots from shows that never aired the pilot...if that made any sense...

Brian Damage
12-23-2002, 06:35 PM
Well, usually after the entertainment department views the tapes, they leave them out on a coffee table in the lobby. It's always first come first serve. For some reason those two pilots and a yet to be aired episode of Everwood are all that remains for now.

Kay Scarpetta
12-23-2002, 08:51 PM
that's coooooool! :cool:

dawsongirl
12-23-2002, 10:59 PM
Every now and then we'd get sent pilots and then have to tell what we liked and didn't like about them. I saw Providence and Profiler before anyone. And a couple comedies I can't remember. I don't think they ever aired.

One of them came on a tape that only played once and erased itself. :mad:

Ditto
12-24-2002, 01:40 AM
Can you maybe review them for us?

Sitcomwriter
12-24-2002, 02:39 AM
Originally posted by Ditto
Can you maybe review them for us?

Yeah.Can you?

*Marilyn Monroe*
12-24-2002, 02:44 AM
That is so cool! I wish I had that!

Brian Damage
12-24-2002, 03:25 PM
I just picked up the O'Keefes. The pilot is scheduled to air in the Spring of 2003 on the WB. I'll check it out and let you guys know how it is.It stars Judge Rheinhold, Kirsten Nelson, Tania Raymonde, Joseph Cross and Matt Weinberg.

Janice
12-25-2002, 12:13 AM
Originally posted by dawsongirl
One of them came on a tape that only played once and erased itself. :mad:
Sounds like the opener of Mission Impossible. I think it was Peter Graves who played the agent, who at the beginning of every show, would listen to his instructions on a tape which always ended with...."This tape will self-destruct in 30 seconds." or something like that.

Janice
12-25-2002, 12:16 AM
Originally posted by Brian Damage
My job has an entertainment division(I work in radio)and is always sent copies of television shows to be reviewed. Well, today we just recieved two Pilot episodes. One is called the O'keef's starring Judge Rheinhold and the other is called Black Sash starring a guy named Russell Wong. If anybody wants to see a show before it ever airs, maybe I can hook you up!;)
That's cool Brian. I like Judge Rheinhold or at least I think I do. Is he the guy who did a guest spot on Seinfeld as Elaine's boyfriend who gets obsessed with Jerry's parents?
If that's the guy I'm thinking of, he's very funny. I'd watch him in a sitcom.

Sitcomwriter
12-25-2002, 12:36 AM
Originally posted by Janice
Is he the guy who did a guest spot on Seinfeld as Elaine's boyfriend who gets obsessed with Jerry's parents?


Yes it is.A few years ago they mentioned him on an episode of "Newsradio".He was also in "Beetoven 3" and "Beetoven 4".He also guest starred in the 1st episode of "Clerks:The Series" playing watch else but a judge named "The Honroble Judge Reinhold".

Ditto
12-25-2002, 01:28 AM
I hope you enjoy it! Please tell us about it! :wave:

AnaheimPMWitch
12-25-2002, 02:29 AM
Hey Brian if you ever get any Pilots with Terry farrell in them can You let me know so I can post it at my Terry Farrell MB??
thanks EVER so Kindly :cool:

Brian Damage
12-26-2002, 04:22 PM
Hey Brian if you ever get any Pilots with Terry farrell in them can You let me know so I can
post it at my Terry Farrell MB??
thanks EVER so Kindly

I'd go as far as sending it to you.:)

Kristina
12-26-2002, 04:27 PM
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Brian Damage
12-26-2002, 04:41 PM
Originally posted by Avril Lavigne
oOoOoOooOoOh WOW u GeTtA sEe gAy sHowZ lYkE hoW dUmB!

Not as dumb as your spelling:lol:

Sitcomwriter
12-26-2002, 10:40 PM
Well when you watch it review it for us.

AnaheimPMWitch
12-27-2002, 12:21 AM
Originally posted by Brian Damage
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I'd go as far as sending it to you.:) aww thanks ever so kindly Brian YOU ROCK

LucyFan
12-27-2002, 01:05 AM
cool. :cool:

Brian Damage
12-27-2002, 02:32 PM
Well, for those of you that care, I watched The O'Keefes this morning. The show has no studio audience much like Scrubs or Malcolm in the Middle.

It's about a guy(Judge Rheinhold)and his wife who home school their three children. All three kids are super intelligent, but lack street smarts because they never attended a regular school. It's sort of like The Brady Bunch movie because the entire family is oblivious to the outside world. They don't even watch TV.

In the pilot episode the two older kids want to attend high school to date and make friends, but the father is frightened because he used to be bullied as a teenager in school.

Eventually, the father caves in and lets his two oldest kids attend high school. They are both fish out of water and don't really know how to interact with kids their own age. That is basically the premise of the first show.

Overall, I think the show has some promise. It wasn't hysterical, but wasn't dull and boring either. If this show was on a major network like NBC, ABC or CBS I'd say its chances for survival would be a lot greater. However, the show will be on the WB so who knows.

Janice
12-27-2002, 03:09 PM
The premise sounds interesting Brian. It's got that Third Rock From The Sun feel to it.
My husband and I have a silly private joke with each other. For example, if we hear a siren outside, and my husband gets a puzzled look on his face, I'll say, "It's a siren Third Rock." Or if I don't get something on TV, he'll say, "Hellooo Third Rock, it means..."
If I talk to someone who just doesn't get it, I say to the hubby later, "So and so was third rocking like crazy."
I call our cat Third Rock often, like when his head swivels around like in The Excorcist when he hears the dishwasher or something he's heard a million times.
It's a goofy reference as in, Are you from this planet? :crazy:
Man, I just detoured down Off Topic Lane, lol.
I'd give The O'Keefes a whirl. Who plays the wife...anyone famous?

Brian Damage
12-27-2002, 04:27 PM
Originally posted by Janice
Who plays the wife...anyone famous?

I think her name is Kirsten Nelson. I've never seen her before in anything else.