Question: Whoa, whoa, whoa. You just called Michael Rapaport "woeful." Hyperbole aside, I have really never disagreed too much with your column(s), but this cannot stand, Matt. Rapaport holds a special place in my heart. Have you seen Higher Learning? And what about Boston Public, especially when he was taking care of the kid? Not to mention his hilarious role as Gary the Cop, Phoebe's boyfriend on Friends. Sure, The War at Home sucked, but I don't blame him. True, I couldn't get past the explaining away of Sarah's "death," so I didn't even make it to Rapaport's scenes, but seriously, why the dislike?
Answer: Maybe I should have referred to his miscasting on Prison Break as woeful so it wouldn't have looked as much like a personal slight. While I haven't seen Higher Learning, I haven't been all that impressed by Fox's repeated attempts to make him a TV star: first on Boston Public, where he at least fit in, but then on his horrible family sitcom (a dreary attempt to recapture that
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Other than so-and-so rather unexpectedly returning, we now have the first piece of casting news for Prison Break's coming season. Michael Rapaport (War at Home Beautiful Girls) is joing the Fox thriller for its fourth cycle, says the Reporter, playing a government agent who makes brothers Michael and Linc an interesting offer.For more Prison Break casting news, keep an eye out for this week's fresh Mitovich Mega Minute. — MWMBookmark our FALL TV GRID | Review All of Our FALL TV NEWS
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Well lets not beat around the bush regarding the big news Earl and Billie got married It was great to see Earl in such suave and decisive form in his first post-coma order of business But as with every enjoyable Earl episode the real fun is in the journey not the destination Lets revisit the main stops along the way All of the main characters were out in full force tonight with the Crab Shack serving as the base of operations At the outset we learned that Joy Darnell and the kids have taken up residence at the bar since Earl tipped over their trailer But even though the children are using the pool table as a bunk bed and getting homework tips from local derelicts fixing that problem isnt on Earls radar for the time being Since Randys humorously stream-of-consciousness notes he had kept arent of much use Earl decides to enlist the help of Frank Michael Rapaport to find Billie I really enjoyed seeing Mike OMalleys Stuart character exerting major influe
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So instead of a one-hour special this week were treated to some tried-and-true to-be-continued fare Theres a reason why comedies have historically been kept to a half hour while dramas get the hour-long treatment those are the formats in which each work best This episodes storyline probably had enough substance to hold up in an extended form unlike last weeks but isnt it more fun to have a little suspenseThe prison warden Craig T Nelson was up to it again tonight offering Earl a five-weeks-off certificate in exchange for organizing a scared straight event at a local school Of course Earls up for the challenge and begins holding inmate auditions But when he hurts Randys pride trying to protect him his bumbling brother begins to make things difficult by exacting revenge in an effort to prove hes top dogI say good for Randy Hes definitely been playing it a little smarter recently maybe due to Joys coaching earlier this season and he mor
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Michael Rapaport, whose recent TV ventures include War at Home and the passed-on pilot Fugly, has inked a development deal with 20th Century Fox Television, as part of which he will join NBC's My Name Is Earl in the recurring role of a prison pal of Earl's. Rapaport's deal, says the Reporter, also has 20th developing a project for him, for the 2008-09 season.
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