O.J. Simpson to "Anger Management"? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 07-22-2013, 02:43 AM

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...JCVBNwHj9HTBrN

If O.J. gets out of prison early, there's a chance he may join Charlie Sheen on his FX comedy. The NY Post reports that O.J.'s promoter pitched the idea to FX "and was met with a resounding thumbs-up." The promoter believes O.J. will bring in big ratings.

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#dbWLCZLDMMw2cEjj.99

Vahan · 07-22-2013, 02:46 AM

He can't. He's overweight, and on the Daily Mail, they said that he's three months to live.

Zoneboy · 07-22-2013, 02:47 AM

O.J. hopes to act alongside Charlie Sheen on “Anger Management” — if he’s sprung

Now he wants tiger blood on his hands.

O.J. Simpson may soon team up with fellow pariah Charlie Sheen in an effort to resurrect his acting career.

In anticipation of being sprung early from his 33-year stretch at Lovelock Correctional Center outside of Reno, Nev., The Juice hopes to land a recurring, comeback role on “Anger Management.”

Simpson’s longtime promoter, Norman Pardo, recently pitched the idea to a senior production exec on the FX series and was met with a resounding thumbs-up.

“He said, ‘Anger Management’ with O.J. Simpson? That would be a perfect fit!” Pardo told The Post.

On the show — whose June 2012 debut drew 5.47 million viewers, making it cable’s highest-rated sitcom premiere of all time —, Sheen plays Charlie Goodson, a former minor-league baseball player who conquered his own anger issues to become a successful therapist and who conducts anger-management sessions with an inmate group at a state prison.

“O.J. would play a thinly veiled version of himself — a famous con who’s pissed off about being unjustly incarcerated,” said Pardo, adding that he mailed Simpson notes on the role last month, and that Simpson is game.

“I could see OJ pulling in record numbers for the show, especially if there are parallels to his sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping in the Vegas case. A lot people feel that was way too harsh,” a cast member, who declined to be identified, told Pardo.

Sheen has already been associated with Simpson on two fronts.

In 2011, in the wake of being axed from “Two and a Half Men” for “moral turpitude,” the bad-boy actor hired Simpson’s then-attorney, Yale Galanter, to sue the show’s producers for breach of contract.

Five years earlier, Sheen’s then-estranged wife, Denise Richards, said in divorce filings that he “displayed what I can only describe as an abnormal fascination with Nicole Simpson’s death and showed my mother and I her autopsy photographs, which I found very disturbing.”

But getting a green light from the cable network might prove tricky. Pardo relayed a message from the FX exec: “All good ideas, but still need the network to agree to having O.J. on the show.”Bell, who could grant the double-murder acquitee a new trial or set him free on time already served, has yet to rule in the case.

Simpson’s acting career began in 1968 with an uncredited appearance on the TV show “Dragnet” and culminated in 1994 with a starring role in the big-screen comedy “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.”

His plans for a Hollywood comeback will be moot unless Las Vegas District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell shows him mercy.

In May, Bell presided over a weeklong hearing during which Simpson’s new attorneys, Patricia Palm and Ozzie Fumo, sought to have his 2008 conviction tossed on allegations that Galanter’s incompetence and conflicts of interest made it impossible for him to get a fair shake in the robbery trial.

80sTrivia · 07-22-2013, 06:00 AM

That's just plain wrong...I don't watch the show and definitely won't if OJ is a cast member...provided he is released from prison...

catlover79 · 07-22-2013, 11:28 AM

No comment!!

AB · 07-22-2013, 06:54 PM

OMG!

I suppose they could put him in an orange jump-suit with those other convicts Charlie councils at the prison.

TMC · 07-23-2013, 04:36 AM

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...,3019666.story

Reps for the FX show and Lionsgate were quick to dismiss a NY Post report that Simpson is eyeing a cameo with Charlie Sheen. An FX exec adds: "It will never happen."
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#t93fR1Y6MdRRK3lf.99

king of comedy · 07-23-2013, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TMC

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...,3019666.story

Reps for the FX show and Lionsgate were quick to dismiss a NY Post report that Simpson is eyeing a cameo with Charlie Sheen. An FX exec adds: "It will never happen."
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#t93fR1Y6MdRRK3lf.99

This is on my don't see list.

07-22-2013, 02:43 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,545	O.J. Simpson to "Anger Management"? http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...JCVBNwHj9HTBrN If O.J. gets out of prison early, there's a chance he may join Charlie Sheen on his FX comedy. The NY Post reports that O.J.'s promoter pitched the idea to FX "and was met with a resounding thumbs-up." The promoter believes O.J. will bring in big ratings. Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#dbWLCZLDMMw2cEjj.99

07-22-2013, 02:47 AM	#3
Zoneboy RIP, I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU :( Moderator Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 13, 2003 Location: AT HOME WISHING ALL THIS WAS JUST A DREAM AND THAT I'LL WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE. Posts: 34,338	O.J. hopes to act alongside Charlie Sheen on “Anger Management” — if he’s sprung Now he wants tiger blood on his hands. O.J. Simpson may soon team up with fellow pariah Charlie Sheen in an effort to resurrect his acting career. In anticipation of being sprung early from his 33-year stretch at Lovelock Correctional Center outside of Reno, Nev., The Juice hopes to land a recurring, comeback role on “Anger Management.” Simpson’s longtime promoter, Norman Pardo, recently pitched the idea to a senior production exec on the FX series and was met with a resounding thumbs-up. “He said, ‘Anger Management’ with O.J. Simpson? That would be a perfect fit!” Pardo told The Post. On the show — whose June 2012 debut drew 5.47 million viewers, making it cable’s highest-rated sitcom premiere of all time —, Sheen plays Charlie Goodson, a former minor-league baseball player who conquered his own anger issues to become a successful therapist and who conducts anger-management sessions with an inmate group at a state prison. “O.J. would play a thinly veiled version of himself — a famous con who’s pissed off about being unjustly incarcerated,” said Pardo, adding that he mailed Simpson notes on the role last month, and that Simpson is game. “I could see OJ pulling in record numbers for the show, especially if there are parallels to his sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping in the Vegas case. A lot people feel that was way too harsh,” a cast member, who declined to be identified, told Pardo. Sheen has already been associated with Simpson on two fronts. In 2011, in the wake of being axed from “Two and a Half Men” for “moral turpitude,” the bad-boy actor hired Simpson’s then-attorney, Yale Galanter, to sue the show’s producers for breach of contract. Five years earlier, Sheen’s then-estranged wife, Denise Richards, said in divorce filings that he “displayed what I can only describe as an abnormal fascination with Nicole Simpson’s death and showed my mother and I her autopsy photographs, which I found very disturbing.” But getting a green light from the cable network might prove tricky. Pardo relayed a message from the FX exec: “All good ideas, but still need the network to agree to having O.J. on the show.”Bell, who could grant the double-murder acquitee a new trial or set him free on time already served, has yet to rule in the case. Simpson’s acting career began in 1968 with an uncredited appearance on the TV show “Dragnet” and culminated in 1994 with a starring role in the big-screen comedy “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.” His plans for a Hollywood comeback will be moot unless Las Vegas District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell shows him mercy. In May, Bell presided over a weeklong hearing during which Simpson’s new attorneys, Patricia Palm and Ozzie Fumo, sought to have his 2008 conviction tossed on allegations that Galanter’s incompetence and conflicts of interest made it impossible for him to get a fair shake in the robbery trial.
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07-22-2013, 06:00 AM	#4
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07-22-2013, 11:28 AM	#5
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07-23-2013, 04:36 AM	#7
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,545	"Anger Management" won't welcome O.J. Simpson http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...,3019666.story Reps for the FX show and Lionsgate were quick to dismiss a NY Post report that Simpson is eyeing a cameo with Charlie Sheen. An FX exec adds: "It will never happen." Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#t93fR1Y6MdRRK3lf.99

07-22-2013, 02:46 AM	#2
Vahan Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2008 Posts: 2,712	He can't. He's overweight, and on the Daily Mail, they said that he's three months to live.

07-22-2013, 06:54 PM	#6
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,426	OMG! I suppose they could put him in an orange jump-suit with those other convicts Charlie councils at the prison.