It’s interesting to see how my blogging habits have changed. When I started out, it was 90% pop culture, 10% personal. And now it’s, oh, 95% personal (on my main blog), and I have to force myself to post here — and even then, it’s usually me bringing over some article from someone else.
I still watch the shows I love, although my TV viewing has shrunk drastically, but I just don’t feel the need to deconstruct them anymore, really.
Anyway, the idea of Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones in the same show makes me smile.
Rashida Jones joins Untitled Amy Poehler
From Kristin Dos Santos, E! Online
It’s official: Rashida Jones is joining The Untitled Amy Poehler Show (or as we like to call it around here, Amy Poehler Beyond Thunderdome), the new NBC show being created by Office exec producers Mike Schur and Greg Daniels.
The rumors about Rashida first burbled forth in June, and although Schur told me last month that Amy Poehler and Aziz Ansari were still the only two official castmembers, it looks like the paperwork went through, and Rashida is now on board.
Want to know who Rashida’s playing on the new show?
Confirming the news to OfficeTally.com, Schur said, “She’ll be playing a nurse named Ann. (Not Karen Fillipelli.)” That confirms that it’s a new universe (not an Office derivative), but it also makes me say: Hello, nurse!
What does this mean? Is Beyond Thunderdome set in a hospital? Or is Ann just a Rashida Jones-shaped professional cutie whose job happens to be in medicine? Hmmm…
The new series starts production early next year, and the first season premieres in April. Will you be watching? Do you like this cast lineup so far? Post in the comments.
Posted by Erin on November 20, 2008 at 12:45 am
I’m excited about it. I always liked Rashida on The Office – just not her character. :)