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Movie Preview: Despicable Me, Starring Lots of Famous Voices
The same guys who brought us the Ice Age franchise are back to create another potential hit with the 3-D CGI Despicable Me. Seems like every animated movie nowadays wrangles A-list names, but the Despicable roster is even starrier than most. Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Mindy Kaling, Jack McBrayer — it's like a laundry list of my favorite comedy people.
Sunday Funnies: 30 Rock's Kenneth Raps "Top That"
If you could draw a Venn diagram with cheesy '80s movie lovers in one circle and 30 Rock fans in the other, I'm pretty sure the intersection would be this week's "Senor Macho Solo" episode, which featured the endearingly dweeby Kenneth Parcells (Jack McBrayer) rapping the "Top That" song from Teen Witch. Only this time, I'm pretty sure nobody was exclaiming, "I'm so embarrassed. Look how funky he is!"
Weekend Reading: Representing the Peacock as a Page
Kenneth on 30 Rock might lack common sense, but he must be quite extraordinary if he's nabbed a page job at NBC. The New York Times recently profiled the page program for a story that includes interviews with current pages, famous pages (Regis Philbin, Ted Koppel), and Jack McBrayer, whose 30 Rock character is probably the best-known fictional page of all time.
Among the things I learned from the story:
- The page program is 10 times as competitive as admission to Harvard.
- Pages get a 75-page handbook full of NBC trivia, most of which they're supposed to memorize, and they have to pass a test at the end of orientation.
- About 70 percent of pages end up with jobs at NBC by the end of the program.
- Ted Koppel claims that when he was a page, he dated his way through the Rockettes.
- The real NBC pages recently got snazzy gray uniforms, which means Kenneth's look might be getting an update as well.
Jack McBrayer Touches Mariah Carey's Body
You know how sometimes folks who are famous for very different reasons end up doing some project together, and you can't quite imagine how they even ended up knowing each other's names, much less collaborating? That's how I'm feeling about the video for Mariah Carey's new single, "Touch My Body," featuring 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer as the object of Miss Mariah's lust.
You know how I feel about Jack, and it's hilarious to watch his Kenneth the Page-like nerdy character become Mariah's fantasy boy toy — whether he's being spanked, having a pillow fight, or even catching a frisbee in his mouth like a puppy.
TV Tonight: "My Boys" Returns
Okay, I know that last year I kinda hated on the TBS original comedy "My Boys." A lot. And I maintain that it's obnoxious to say that being a laid-back, funny, down-to-earth girl with a few guy friends necessarily means that you can't get a boyfriend because guys are, according to this show, thoroughly turned off by confident girls who like sports.
Rewind: This Week's Buzz
- Jack McBrayer plays Kenneth on "30 Rock," and I got to interview him!
- Admittedly, the new Harry Potter trailer looks amazing.
- If you're creative and into Bjork, you can make a music video for her.
- Have you read about my sudden love for "Shear Genius"? Or my thoughts on this week's episode?
- If you think up new actors for "The Brady Bunch", I might just send you a BuzzSugar t-shirt.
- Will Alec Baldwin's recent antics turn you away from enjoying his work on screen? Talk to me.
- Did you grow up with the Babysitters Club books like I did?
TV Tonight: The "30 Rock" Finale
"30 Rock" had a rough start this season, with uneven episodes, low ratings and the unfortunate fate of being one of two NBC series going behind the scenes at late-night shows. And yet, it's become one of the shows I most look forward to watching every Thursday night. The show got better the second it ditched the weak Rachel Dratch cameos and gave its other actors room to work.Buzz Interview: Jack McBrayer from "30 Rock"
I may not have loved "30 Rock" in the beginning, but I have always enjoyed watching Jack McBrayer, who plays hapless NBC page Kenneth on the show. Having had the good fortune to work with him at New York improv comedy hub the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, I know for a fact that Jack is one of the most endearing people you could ever hope to meet. My recent interview with him only further confirmed what I've known about Jack for a while:
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What Do You Think About the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series?
Jon Cryer is the winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Two and a Half Men. He beat out Kevin Dillon, Neil Patrick Harris, Rainn Wilson, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer.
I was really pulling for NPH, but at least Cryer kept his speech short, sweet, and admittedly funny.
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