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[listersgirl]

My new theory is that Aaron Sorkin is deliberately making Studio 60 as unlike a real sketch comedy as possible.

Sting and his lute? Granted, it's topical - the album just came out, or is coming out - but Dowland? Dowland? On a comedy show (or at least a comedy show soundcheck)? Not to mention that I seriously object to being forced to listen to Sting butcher those poor lute songs. Bad enough that I was forced to experience the badness at work.

But I will forgive him. Because I love the show.

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[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Heh, I bet. At least it's a bit current, though -- I've been a little thrown by the guests/hosts on the other episodes, not that I bothered to look up whether they had anything new coming out that they could conceivably be promoting. I mean... Rob Reiner? What, is he going on a blitz for the Rumour Has It DVD?

[listersgirl]

Of course, it's a kind of weird situation, because it's not like they're being asked to be the musical guest for a real SNL-type show - I mean, they're not going to get that much air time, or anything. So I can see that some of the really hot groups right now wouldn't want to bother. Plus the target audience for Studio-60-the-sketch-show is different than the audience for Studio-60-the-network-behind-the-scenes-show, at least according to the data they've gathered about who is actually watching.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was thinking about that... certainly they aren't going to get anyone to be a musical guest who wasn't already just hanging out in LA. People who are actually launching a tour are going to be too busy. They shouldn't have trouble finding random actor/director "host" people who are around, though, should they?

[listersgirl]

No - that's just a guest star bit, with, really, even less work in some cases, depending on what they need them for. So that should be easy. Plus I imagine there's a fair amount of interest among actors in working with Sorkin.