"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" B-12 (2006)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Bryan Gordon

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Eli Attie (writer) ...

TV Series:

"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006)

Original Air Date:

27 November 2006 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Matt tries to get a new show on air with just two staff writers, neither of whom have ever gotten a skit on air. Meanwhile, Jordan tries to soften her image with a magazine interview, but it doesn't go smoothly.

Plot Keywords:

Television Flop | Television | Television Studio | Homosexual Subtext | Actor Shares First Name With Character

Cast

Matthew Perry	...	Matt Albie
Amanda Peet	...	Jordan McDeere
Bradley Whitford	...	Danny Tripp
Steven Weber	...	Jack Rudolph
D.L. Hughley	...	Simon Stiles
Sarah Paulson	...	Harriet Hayes
Nathan Corddry	...	Tom Jeter (as Nate Corddry)
Timothy Busfield	...	Cal Shanley
Mark McKinney	...	Andy Mackinaw
Todd Stashwick	...	Bill
Lucy Davis	...	Lucy Kenwright
Columbus Short	...	Darius Hawthorne
Ayda Field	...	Jeannie Whatley
Simon Helberg	...	Alex Dwyer
Nate Torrence	...	Dylan Killington

Company:

Shoe Money Productions

Trivia:

Matt teaches Harriet a joke: "A Jewish guy calls his mother and says, 'Mom! How are you?' And the mother says, 'Terrible. I haven't eaten in 38 days.' And he says, 'Why haven't you eaten in 38 days?' And the mother says, 'I didn't want my mouth full in case you should call." In Aaron Sorkin's "The West Wing" (1999) Season 5, Episode 5, "Constituency of One," the character Amy tells this same joke to Josh. Writing for both episodes is credited to Eli Attie.

Quotes:

Andy Mackinaw: [after Darius and Lucy's sketch receives absolutely no laughs at the dress rehearsal] Yep... That's what tanking is like.
Lucy Kenwright: That was unbearable. Was that really only 3 minutes?
Andy Mackinaw: Actually it ran short. No one had to hold for laughter.
Darius Hawthorne: Come on, let's get out of here.
Andy Mackinaw: Wait here a minute.
Darius Hawthorne: For what?
Andy Mackinaw: The metaphor.
Andy Mackinaw: [Darius suddenly has a door thrown right in his face by a person running out of the studio] Okay, come on.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "The Bachelor" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Trouble Sleeping