BY JOHN CROOK
1) What do the fictional paper companies of Wernham Hogg and Dunder Mifflin have in common? 2) What sitcom was set largely inside Cleveland’s Winfred-Louder Department Store? 3) At various times during the run of her show, what sitcom character worked at a plastics factory, a coffee shop, a motorcycle shop and a “loose-meat sandwich” diner? 4) On what vintage Britcom would you find Grace Brothers Department Store staff members Mrs. Betty Slocombe, Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries and Capt. Stephen Peacock? 5) What were the call letters of the TV station where “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was set? 6) Which of “The Golden Girls” worked as a grief counselor? 7) On “Two and a Half Men,” how did Charlie Harper make a living? 8) At what Seattle radio station did Dr. Frasier Crane work on “Frasier”? (Hint: The show was created by David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee.) 9) On “I Love Lucy,” Lucy Ricardo had a notably short career as a TV spokeswoman for what alcohol-laced tonic? 10) James Brolin and Connie Sellecca starred in what soapy 1983-88 ABC drama set inside San Francisco’s elegant St. Gregory Hotel?
BY GEORGE DICKIE @ZAP2IT.COM
YouTube Stars, Wattpad Stories Tapped for Fullscreen’s Fan-Fiction Anthology Series ‘FANtasies’
Muskogee Phoenix/Tahlequah Daily Press
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1) They were settings for “The Office” in, respectively, the British and American versions of the show 2) “The Drew Carey Show” 3) Roseanne Conner of “Roseanne” 4) “Are You Being Served?” 5) WJM 6) Rose Nylund (Betty White) 7) He wrote commercial jingles 8) KACL 9) Vitameatavegamin 10) “Hotel”
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‘FANTASIES’ BRINGS FAN FICTION TO LIFE ON FULLSCREEN If your tastes run toward fan fiction, a new anthology series on Fullscreen.com might strike your fancy. In “FANtasies,” host Drew Monson (“Not Cool”) introduces comedy shorts from his new home in the “weird part of the Internet,” which are very loosely adapted from stories that appear on the fan fiction site Wattpad, and star some of the biggest names in digital media. Among the stars appearing in each six- to nine-minute episodes are Hannah Hart (“My Drunk Kitchen”), Grace Helbig (“Not Too Deep”), Mamrie Hart (“Dirty 30”), Brandon Rogers (“Magic Funhouse”), Tre Melvin (“12 Deadly Days”), Andrea Russett (“Apologies in Advance”) and Jon Cozart (“After Ever After”). The tone of each of the 10 episodes is decidedly camp and silly, but it does serve as a spotlight for the wealth of original tales on Wattpad and other sources, explains Scott Reich, senior vice president of programming at Fullscreen Media. “It’s a celebratory concept,” he says, “so we want to keep it fun and light, and in the spirit of celebrating the stars that it’s written about, and kind of throw out the rulebook of, ‘Oh, well, we have to hit this three-act story’ and all that. (It’s more) like, ‘Nah, let’s just let it flow.’ ” “What’s great is it comes from a place of passion,” he continues. “You know, these people are writing these stories because they are just genuinely passionate about the subject or about the people that they’re (writing for), so there’s no buffer in between, you know? Like people aren’t giving notes or anything like this. It’s like a pure creative outlet, which is great.” Among the early stories are “Kisses of Life,” in which Tre Melvin stars as a high schooler who gets caught between a pretty classmate and her jealous ex-boyfriend, Jimmy Quarterback, the football team’s tight end; “City Children,” a darker yarn starring Brandon
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Rogers about a massacre at a therapy session; and the opening episode, “Paging Dr. Hart,” directed by and starring Mamrie Hart, about a self-involved physician played by Hannah Hart. Many of the stories bear little resemblance to the original tales on Wattpad (often the title is the only recognizable element) but there is plenty of improvisation as the actors mug and wink to the camera, seemingly inviting the audience in on the fun. “Whenever you’re working with the stars that we do, who make videos and are creative people for a living,” Reich says, “you always want to give them the leeway to kind of run with it if something changes in the moment. And the spontaneity just adds to the kookiness and the creative goal that we have for this whole thing.” ALSO NEW TO STREAMING THIS WEEK: MONDAY, JUNE 26 Journey to the West (2013) – Hulu No Escape (2015) – Netflix TUESDAY, JUNE 27 Chris D’Elia: Man on Fire (Original) – Netflix WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 Okja (Original) – Netflix THURSDAY, JUNE 29 David Lynch: The Art Life (Amazon) Ong Bak (2003) – Hulu Ong Bak 2 (2008) – Hulu Ong Bak 3 (2010) – Hulu FRIDAY, JUNE 30 The Pact 2 (2014) – Hulu Chef & My Fridge: Collection (2014) – Netflix Gypsy: Season 1 (Original) – Netflix It’s Only the End of the World (2016) – Netflix Little Witch Academia: Season 1(Original) – Netflix The Weekend (2016) – Netflix
June 22 - 28, 2017