Posted on 04/19/2005 2:39:42 PM PDT by silent_jonny
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... I went out to the set and the offices of the Fox hit TV show 24 of which I've become a huge fan.
I only heard of the show late last season but it wasn't enough time to watch it, so I started watching it from the beginning this year, and when it was time to go to Afghanistan I bought all three previous seasons on DVD and took them on the airplane and I watched on the way over there 18 episodes, bam, bam, bam, just got hooked. I mean, there's no commercials in the DVD, so I didn't even have time to go to the bathroom. Well, I did, I hit the pause button but I'm just trying to illustrate how I couldn't tear myself away. After the trip to Afghanistan was over on the way back home I watched the remaining six episodes of season one and got as many in on season two as possible. I mentioned this when I got back, that I had watched all these episodes, and it turns out that the creator and producer of the program, a guy named Joel Surnow, happens to be a huge fan of this program, a longtime fan. I am one of his idols. So he calls, "If you're ever out here, come by, we'd love to show you how we do our magic." So I took him up on it. I went out there yesterday, got there about 2:30 and left at 10:30. They were still shooting scenes, working on the last two episodes of the year, still shooting scenes about ten, 10:30 when I had to tear myself away.
If you're watching on the Dittocam you see this smoke jacket, what an appropriate day to have a smoking jacket and to wear one. This was given to me by the crew at 24, and it's got the 24 logo here on the left-front pocket. It was so much fun, these guys, I'm telling you, folks, there's a movement going on out in Hollywood that stunned me. I mean, there were hundred people there, in and out, a big party, and they did it in my honor. It was just so much fun. The thing started at four o'clock, it was a smoking room party and they had all kinds of people from the show, from outside the show, that came in. It was actors and actresses on the show who had been killed off but can't tear themselves away from the set, they keep coming back. It was just a hoot. Everybody dons their smoking jackets and lights up, sits around, snacks and so forth, pictures galore. I got to sit in on a casting session. They're casting a couple of lead female roles for next season, got to see how that's done. But these guys are all conservatives. You know, in fact Vince Flynn, the great novelist Vince Flynn has been hired just for the past two weeks, he's trying to help them come up with story lines for next season, but Vince is such a groupie of mine, he didn't help them yesterday with any story lines; he was too busy talking me and asking me questions about myself and the radio -- I'm kidding about him being a groupie. He's a big fan. They all were.
Folks, it was a huge shock, I'm out there in Hollywood, and, you know, when I show up normally where there's a security guard, I have to have a bodyguard to protect me from the security guard when it's in Hollywood. But this guy was waiting for a football for me to autograph. The eight hours just zoomed by. I watched a couple scenes, actually four or five scenes being shot as they're trying to wrap up this season. But it was just a tremendous, tremendous good time. And I can't thank them enough for all of the courtesy that they showed and the kindness out there. It was once in a lifetime trip. A lot of pictures taken from it, and when I get those pictures, we will post a whole bunch of them on the website. And they should be coming in rather soon because they were all digital. There was a person doing nothing but taking pictures out there for this thing. They did it up right. Just an amazing thing. It's the only Hollywood set I have ever been on that's actually bigger than what it looks like. It's huge if you watch this show, and most everybody does.
I've got to tell you something that happened, the funniest thing happened at the smoke party last night at the set of 24. They brought in this babe to be a bartender. She was about 5'12", and might have weighed I'm guessing below the waste, maybe 50 pounds, above the waist another 50, maybe 75, if you get my drift out there. I walked up there, grabbed a Diet Coke, go back and resume conversations, travel around, go to different room, come back. The last time I went to the bar I said, "Could I get another Diet Coke from you?" She said, "What's my name?" She had been introduced to me when she first arrived. She said, "If you don't remember my name, if you can't come up with my name, I'm not getting you anything." So I looked around, there was nobody there that I could ask, so I just said, "Lavern." "Do I look like a Lavern to you?" "Well, what does a Lavern look like? I thought it was Lavern." So I started guessing names and she'd hold the drink out to me, this tall glass of Diet Coke, and as I said each name she's pull it away. (Laughing) I mean, just a flat out tease. She finally told me her name was Joni and made me pour it myself, and I still enjoyed it! I still had a good time.
You know, we a little more analysis in speculation than that thin gruel, paranoia-based. I know it seems like that white man bad is programatic for TV so often, but that does not apply here on this show, so please give it a rest.
I agree. I didn't see the Actor's Studio interview (was it new or old?), but I've seen KS on Letterman a couple times and he was great, very down to earth. A likeable guy.
If he is a lefty then at least I admire him for not shoving it in our faces. The rest of Hollywood could learn from his example.
the really funny thing is that noone on their staff caught the error about the mountains in Illinois. Guess they dont get to flyover country much.
We LOVE that show!! We have never been fans of network tv, but "24"and then "House, MD" the following night have us hooked!! It's kind of strange to see Hugh Laurie, though, and not hear a British accent.
That's the Joke of it! It was obvioius to everyone what a ghoul that pretentious b_ _____ard was. I guess he is used to snowing people down in Pinellas County. He did not play well to the national audience. Confirmation of this is that the MSM did not comment on him at all o/s his press releases.
They knew he was a loser and was not going over. "Mrs. Schiavo was never more beautiful than when I saw her this morning." "It is inaccurate to say she is starving to death" [she's really thirsting to death, in other words---de-hydrating]
Regarding Kiefer, I feel that if I chanced to talk with him, we would have enough in common in terms of shared principles that political stances would not matter as much. He is not a political thinker per se, so he has probably gotten his political views through associaton. That is not to say that he is shallow, just the contrary. But he wears it easy. He is serious and not showing it off. He tried to claim about himself, in contrast to another actor that he was praising, that he [Kiefer himself] only "got into acting just to get girls". The interview so far was enough to show that his modesty was inaccurate and the interviewer called him on it. Again, he was very likable.
I never got into Steven Segal, but I'm a real sucker for action flicks! Some of my all time favorites are Sly Stallone and Ahhnold movies, and some recent ones are Vin Diesel's Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick. I also like Nicholas Cage's action flicks like Con Air, and I really liked National Treasure
Con Air was an excellant creepy twisting thrill ride of entertainment.
The pool scene with the lil girl and the pedaphile psycho. OMG and then he chose to leave her be. I almost puked thinking what that sicko would do.
Never can look at that guy in other movie roles quite well he played that part all to well....shiver.
Face Off was great too.
Just watched the Forgoten (sp) and started out great but fizzeled.
Steven Seagull is way past his script time to predictable but for a bland non stress Good guy kicks but it is ok.
Van Diesal with the lisp ok I wiil tune into his next flick. Maybe he to young or something but he is following the B action flick film genre.
At least the action hero's are MARRIED and not male sluts! LOL Good guys.
A-men.
He's also the same actor that played Pedro Serrano (the voodoo guy) in the Major League movies.
You know, we a little more analysis in speculation than that thin gruel, paranoia-based. I know it seems like that white man bad is programatic for TV so often, but that does not apply here on this show, so please give it a rest.
My thesis is based on 40 years of watching TV, my friend. They even have a name for it, it's called THE QUINCY SYNDROME. If there is no white higher up involved in the attack, I will apologize. Will you do the same if it turns out my way?
The trailer for it looked like it was a LOT of fun, with Vin Diesel playing his tough guy role as the minder of four kids who, for some reason, are under government protection. It's almost a self-parody for Diesel, and I love watching action movies where tough guys do that. True Lies was one of the best in that regard, with both Ahhnold and Jamie Lee Curtis doing terrific comedy.
The convoy left Illinois, but when Marwan asked where they were, he was told 90 minutes away.
Wouldn't that put them in the Sierra Nevadas?
Stranger than that, is not knowing who he is and then finding out he was British!
Floored me (and producer Bryan Singer... who hired him thanking he was American)
He's got our "accent" down cold!
That was the line that got me hooked!
I was already hooked, but that line has to rank right up there as one of the best in the entire history of the show.
Wouldn't that put them in the Sierra Nevadas?
If it wasn't for the fact the burning tanker was found by the Iowa Highway Patrol.
What was the Iowa Highway Patrol doing in California? :-)
Hi jonny,
Is there a ping list for any and all Rush threads?
If so, and you're in charge, could you add me?
Thanks
I'm a big 24 and Shield fan. I never started watching Lost, but I hear it's good.
I know I won't be able to follow it if I start watching now, but would you recommend I try to get Season 1 on DVD?
Howdy! I believe Born Conservative has a Rush ping list.
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