'My Name Is Earl' to return with guest star... NBC President Jeff Zucker - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 03-28-2008, 06:22 PM

Your show is back after a three-month strike and you need to catch the audience up. Solution: Make your boss do it! My Name Is Earl exec producer Greg Garcia tapped NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker to film a recap of the Jason Lee comedy for the April 3 episode. Zucker signed on immediately — "We take a steam bath together every night, so I pitched it to him there at Hollywood Saunas," Garcia deadpans — and embraced the spirit of the 90-second introductory bit, in which he cracks wise and even signs off with a "JZ out." Garcia jokes that the Zucker cameo was "a healing gesture between the writers and conglomerates," though it carried risks. "You fear the worst: 'What if you go to your big boss' place and shoot him and he's just awful?'" he explains. "But he nailed it! And I don't just say that because he's my boss."

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/...e-is-earl.html

robyrob · 03-28-2008, 06:32 PM

well, i for one hope that this doesn't shatter anyone's illusions of JZ as being some kind of evil, demonic figure - he has worked so hard to cultivate that image, it would be a shame.

70s show watcher · 07-19-2008, 03:54 AM

70s show watcher · 07-19-2008, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

well, i for one hope that this doesn't shatter anyone's illusions of JZ as being some kind of evil, demonic figure - he has worked so hard to cultivate that image, it would be a shame.

03-28-2008, 06:22 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,108	'My Name Is Earl' to return with guest star... NBC President Jeff Zucker Your show is back after a three-month strike and you need to catch the audience up. Solution: Make your boss do it! My Name Is Earl exec producer Greg Garcia tapped NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker to film a recap of the Jason Lee comedy for the April 3 episode. Zucker signed on immediately — "We take a steam bath together every night, so I pitched it to him there at Hollywood Saunas," Garcia deadpans — and embraced the spirit of the 90-second introductory bit, in which he cracks wise and even signs off with a "JZ out." Garcia jokes that the Zucker cameo was "a healing gesture between the writers and conglomerates," though it carried risks. "You fear the worst: 'What if you go to your big boss' place and shoot him and he's just awful?'" he explains. "But he nailed it! And I don't just say that because he's my boss." http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/...e-is-earl.html
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07-19-2008, 03:54 AM	#3
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