Friday, November 26

Sidebar

Fishychips at Cedars brings forth this idea for an awful tv series. SideBar.  The original inclination was for this to be a legal drama.  Yawn.  But, when I suggested sitcom with Harvey Fierstein as the judge, well, it just seems right.



Here's what I'm thinkin'... Harvey plays a liberal-minded New York judge who, through mysterious and never-explained reasons, is made to preside over a southern state  (let's say Georgia) county court.  His big-city point of view doesn't mesh well with the small-town conservatives who live in the area.



Who else is in the show, and what do they play?



4 comments:

sprague said...

Fred Thompson as the boligerant, corrupt mayor (if he can take the time off from his politickin').
Chris Cooper as the token red-neck with a family of 14 and a mouth like a drunken sailor.
Betty White as the love interest.
MC Hammer as the funky baptist preacher.

Alan said...

The court clerk is a chimp.

Rob MacD said...

Alan, you had me at "The court clerk is a chimp." You're on the writing staff.
Sprague, "Betty White as the love interst" hasn't been a valid sentence for 20 years. I do like Hammer-time. I'm thinkin' Chris Cooper would be too big for this project. Give him a call, though. I'll be playing the mayor-hole.

Snickers said...

How about Nolton Nash as the local reporter. With the biggest coke-bottle specs you've ever seen.