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Title: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Russell Nash on February 03, 2009, 07:32:42 PM

Carrie Fisher was on Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me (http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=100094832).  She said a few interesting things, including telling the story about Alec Guiness giving Mark Hamill 20 pounds to just go away.

Title: Re: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Zathras on February 03, 2009, 09:12:44 PM

I heard that this weekend, I think she did a pretty good job.  The last person who did as well as she did, IMO, is Dennis Leary.

Title: Re: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Swamp on February 04, 2009, 05:09:12 PM

Boba Fett gets all the good gigs.

Title: Re: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Heradel on February 04, 2009, 05:34:32 PM

Quote from: Swamp on February 04, 2009, 05:09:12 PM

Boba Fett gets all the good gigs.

Speaking of, and anywhere else this would be really quite geeky, but is only moderately geeky here, did anyone else notice on the last episode of Chuck that they named the grenade IG-88 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG-88)?

I haven't read Wishful Drinking the Book, but if it's mostly what's in Wishful Drinking the Play, then it should be very good.

Title: Re: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Zathras on February 04, 2009, 05:37:58 PM

That's the only episode of Chuck I've seen, and yes I caught it.  Is this episode a good measure of the show as a whole?  I liked it.

Title: Re: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Alasdair5000 on February 04, 2009, 05:45:31 PM

Yes.

Chuck's big fun, sort of Clerks crossed with the bits of Alias that worked.  Well worth making time for.

Title: Re: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Swamp on February 04, 2009, 06:01:10 PM

Quote from: Heradel on February 04, 2009, 05:34:32 PM

did anyone else notice on the last episode of Chuck that they named the grenade IG-88 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG-88)?

I noticed it when I was watching, but then forgot about it.  Very funny.  Thanks for reminding me.  Chuck is full of those references..

Quote from: Zathras on February 04, 2009, 05:37:58 PM

That's the only episode of Chuck I've seen, and yes I caught it.  Is this episode a good measure of the show as a whole?  I liked it.

I highly recommend it.  Here (http://marshaldillon.livejournal.com/tag/chuck) is a review and some recent comments I've made on my blog about Chuck.

Title: Re: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Clutron on February 05, 2009, 12:51:53 AM

I don't get the IG 88 reference...Can you elaborate?  And yes, Chuck rules.  And don't all Geeks get chicks as hot as Sarah?  I'm pretty sure that's accurate.

Title: Re: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Heradel on February 05, 2009, 02:14:52 AM

Quote from: Clutron on February 05, 2009, 12:51:53 AM

I don't get the IG 88 reference...Can you elaborate?  And yes, Chuck rules.  And don't all Geeks get chicks as hot as Sarah?  I'm pretty sure that's accurate.

Er, I hotlinked IG-88, click through to the wikipedia page and all will be explained.

It's TV. Everyone either loses a few pounds or gains enough weight to be comedically useful. It's reliance on image makes it flawed, but it can't survive without it.

Title: Re: Princess Leia on "Not My Job"
Post by: Zathras on February 05, 2009, 02:27:32 AM

Yup.  Look how buff Chuck is.