TVgasm Recaps

As some of you loyal readers may know, there are many, many wonderful shows in the TV universe that we humble TVgasm writers simply have not been able to cover yet. Desperate Housewives, Kevin Hill, and Lost come to mind specifically. But there's another show out there that's worthy of attention. Project Greenlight, now in its third season, has found a new home at Bravo, and honestly, it's awesome -- a total trainwreck of profit-minded studio execs and a sadsack loser with an alleged artistic vision. Since none of us have had the time to give this show the proper recaps it deserves, please read this fairly accurate assessment from The New York Times. The article pretty much sums up the season so far, and if nothing else is a lovely exercise in adjective usage.

Also check out the official Project Greenlight blogs at Bravotv.com. It's the perfect way to waste ten minutes, especially as the too-cool-for-school writers try to do a little damage control.

[Doing guest coverage of Project Green light is sg-dub. You can read his blog at http://weakisht.blogspot.com/.]

Guesting for the first time on tvgasm to recap a show about first time writers and directors is, I think, rather fitting. Being new 'round these parts, I have set my goal pretty low: I only hope to do better than the first two Project Greenlight movies did. At the very least, I promise I won't squander the $2,000,000 retainer tvgasm paid me - at least not right away.

As b-side mentioned in a recent post, this season of Greenlight has some serious potential. Of course, at the time of this writing it is now 4 episodes old, so we've got some catching up to do. Some changes are in place for this, the third season of Greenlight. Miramax has shifted the blame - er, responsibility - to it's subsidiary, Dimension Films. HBO, apparently intent on showing only quality original programming, also dumped the cursed show so it is now seen on Bravo. The channel change means that the show will have no more nudity and no more cursing yet will retain all the suck we've come to expect. Hooray.

[Doing guest coverage of Project Green light is sg-dub. You can read his blog at http://weakisht.blogspot.com/.]

If you were a flabby, pasty, middle-aged guy, would you:

• a) Wear brightly colored shirts tucked into pants that were pulled up to your ribcage?


• b) Purposely look like Flava Flav's retarded white brother (right), or


• c) allow television film crews access to your bathroom while you bathe in your dingy tub?

Q) What do Dimension Films and John Gulager have in common? [answer after the jump]

[Doing guest coverage of Project Green light is sg-dub. You can read his blog at http://weakisht.blogspot.com/.]

After last week's Prozac overdose inducing episode, I was hoping that Project Greenlight be a little bit less depressing in Episode 6. After all, the show made Entertainment Weekly's heralded "Must List" and is getting a small little buzz. TVgasm is recapping it, the New York Times has written a glowing review, EW is on board... Hey, Executive Producer Chris F'n Moore, how do you feel about all of this? "We need more people to watch the show... Project Greenlight is hurting now. Not because of the movie but because of the ratings of the show. Feast will turn out well but we need more people to watch. If you like Project Greenlight, tell a friend and get more people to watch. It would be a real shame if it turns out that we finally figured out the movie side and the TV show kills us..."

It's not nearly as exciting as our run-in with half the reality universe a few weeks ago, but last night J-Unit, Madeyoulaugh, and I happened upon Project Greenlight scribe Marcus Dunstan at a party. We were very happy to hear that he and his writing partner Patrick Melton -- as well as soft-spoken bathtub fiend John Gulager -- all link to TVgasm via their websites, whatever they may be. Anyway, no real stories here. Marcus said Gulager would be showing up, but alas, the directorial wunderkind never appeared. Question: Why is it so fun to say "Gulager" instead of "Monorail" in The Simpson's Monorail Song? Gulager... Gulager...