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One remake ain’t enough Jack, you better make it two!

This morning I woke up with this feeling I didn’t know how to deal with / Seth Freilich

Trade News | September 29, 2008 | Comments (15)

On Friday, Dustin gave us the worst remake news ever (Dirty Rotten Assholes indeed!). This doesn’t compare to that shit. But it’s still fucking lame. First, the executive producer of “Cashmere Mafia” is shopping a remake of “The Partridge Family” around town, with speculation being that a network deal will be coming any moment now. Not much is known about the remake just yet, although it’s apparently going to be tongue-in-cheek and focus on what it’s like for a family dealing with the modern music business. The Variety article leaves out the part about how it’s also going to be a flaming pile of suck.

Meanwhile, Lips Lisa Rinna claims that the CW is thinking about a “Melrose Place” remake to match up with its “90210” remake. Because why have one show featuring starved and emaciated actresses when you can have two? The CW - catch the anorexia!


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Comments

One of the reasons I never trust Variety for my entertainment news: They always leave out the part about how shit's going to suck.

Posted by: Macafee at September 29, 2008 4:09 PM

Christ, with all the crap they're putting on television, I'm surprised my television doesn't have the faintest whiff of poo about it. Seriously - I'm thinking pretty soon I might have to keep a roll of toilet paper on the entertainment center in case the Panasonic can't hold it in and has an "oopsie" on the rug.

Posted by: Skittimus Maximus at September 29, 2008 4:10 PM

Bring back Heather Locklear!

Posted by: Captain Cliche at September 29, 2008 4:11 PM

Em, Heather's a little busy right now but at least she didn't go on an anti-Semitic rant.

Posted by: PaddyDog at September 29, 2008 4:26 PM

Wasn't this Patridge Family remake just cancelled? Wasn't it called "Living Lohan" or "Hannah Montana" or something like that?

Posted by: BWeaves at September 29, 2008 4:26 PM

BWeaves, I was totally going to bring up Living Lohan.

Gross.

Posted by: Kash at September 29, 2008 5:10 PM

Just bring Reaper back online so I can have some respect for the CW.

Posted by: Lucas at September 29, 2008 5:22 PM

Dealing with the modern music industry, eh? So, recording a bunch of crap on your computer to stick on your MySpace where you will hope somebody "discovers" you and sticks your song in an iPod ad? Sounds like they'll have to stretch that pretty thin for an entire season's worth of inanity.

Posted by: Anne (in Reno) at September 29, 2008 5:44 PM

Another Partridge Family reboot? Am I the only one that remembers the awful reality show searching for the next Partridge Family that was supposed to lead to a sitcom deal for the winners? It was that bad. A VH1 reality show from 2004 (5?). It's how Teddy Geiger (who? oh, that Cannonball dude) wound up with a record contract.

Posted by: Robert at September 29, 2008 8:45 PM

We like a little George Thorogood in the morning................one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.............

Posted by: slower lower at September 30, 2008 8:37 AM

"We"?

I drink alone. With nobody else.
When I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself.

Posted by: bucdaddy at September 30, 2008 9:42 AM

Get a haircut, and get a real job.

Posted by: slower lower at September 30, 2008 9:48 AM

Smoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school.

Posted by: Jay at September 30, 2008 9:55 AM

Skittimus, also consider spreading newspaper under your television. That way your rugs won't get ruined.

Posted by: slip at September 30, 2008 10:55 AM

Mmm, Teddy Geiger. Pretty.

Posted by: "Sybil" "Knife Pile" von Beaverplatz at September 30, 2008 11:45 AM