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    	Did Ellen play a receptionist, or a real estate agent, on "Open
    	House", that show with Mary Page Keller and a couple other people
    	who shall be nameless for the time being because my mind is a
    	complete blank?
    
    							GTI

    I saw this last night and it was funny...I did find myself comparing it
    to Seinfeld, but it was still funny....
    
    in the Worcester T&G sunday tv pullout there is a write up about the
    show...(maybe tonite Ill type it in)
    
    I'll watch tonight too and see if they can keep it up two shows in a
    row. 
    
    Chris

    
    
    	I only caught the last 15 minutes or so of this show yesterday
    night.  I also completely agree with .0 about this show being just
    like Seinfeld.  I just kept thinking same lines different show. 
    Although I have to admit I do like Seinfeld much better.  
    
    
    Salet

    RE: GTI
    
    Yup - that was her.  And the woman on Open House now plays Tom Arnold's
    wife on his new show.  Alison LaPlacia I believe
    
    Jt

    
    	I thought so ... thanks!!
    
    							GTI

    
    Yes, it is just like Seinfeld...espally the answering maching part
    and the DMV photo...instead of 3 guys and a girl, it's 3 girls
    and a guy....so it's like 3's company meets Jerry!  :-)
    
    I like comady as much as the next guy...but I dont want it 7 days
    a week....stop killing us w/ sitcoms!!!!!  
    
    BRING BACK SHOWS LIKE "AGAINST THE GRAIN"  a show w/meaing!
    
    Lou

    
    I saw this one too and have to say it is going to have to get a lot
    better or it won't be on my to watch list. 
    
    Ken

    
    Likeness aside, I thought the show was good.  As a matter of fact,
    so much of the humor seemed like everyday life to me that I found
    myself comparing the lines to what my friends and I say to each 
    other................ wait a minute......... let's think about this;
    a show about single secretaries stuck in southern NH -- this just
    might be a brainstorm!  
    
    Looking forward to tonight's episode!
    
    CLB
    

    Well, I kinda like Ellen D. better than Jerry S., and I watched most of
    this show last night. I thought it was kinda funny, although it is
    leaping on the "comedies about whatever" Seinfeld-esque bandwagon.  The
    trend to keep the comic's name the same as their character (Jerry is
    Jerry, Ellen is Ellen, Roseanne is Roseanne, Tom is Tom, etc is etc...)
    seems to keep on goin' -- you gotta wonder if maybe this is supposed to
    be a selling point, or do stand up comedians forget "pretend" names? :)
    
    It was cute, didn't have any precocious kids and for the last point
    alone, gets marks.  :)
    
    
    Cheers,
    
    kim

    Ditto on the lack of kids being a bonus.
    
    Jt

I'm not a fan of sitcoms ("Seinfeld" being the only one I watch and that only
occaisionally and sometimes "Grace Under Fire" because she went to the same
high school as I) but I did like this. It certainly seems to be modeled after
"Seinfeld" but that's ok with me. I like Ellen D. as much if not more than
Jerry S. 


Randy

    I like Ellen DeGeneres a lot, so I'm wishing her success, a weekly
    dose of her humor can't be all bad (I think the major difference
    between her and Seinfeld is the degree of sarcasm; the Seinfeld
    crew is really mean to each other, I hope Ellen and her friends
    are kinder and gentler ;-) ).
    
    The premiere show had a couple of great moments, especially
    Ellen's "run-in" with the state trooper ("Can I get fries
    with that ticket?"...you had to see it to appreciate it).
    
    Also, her singing "Fill me up Buttercup" was a high point, mostly
    because just last week I was singing it with a couple friends
    in the cafeteria...Art imitates Life once again!
    
    Richard

    Isn't this her second shot at a show? Didn't she have a show called
    something like "It my talk show" or some such nonsense, that ran on Fox
    about three or four years ago? The show was about her hosting a talk
    show from her house in a small Wisconsin(?) town.
    
    She also does ads for USwest in the midwest (in the role of a pet shop 
    owner) pushing cellular phones, pagers, and other communication
    services.
    
    I only saw a minute of her new show, so I'll hold any comment.
    
    
    Greg

re .13

I remember that series, I kinda liked it. I don't think it was Ellen D. though.
Anyone remember?


Randy

    Watched this for the first time the other night, thought it was ok, but
    not comparable to Seinfeld.
    
    It was bothering me as to where I've seen a couple of the other cast
    members.  I can't for the life of me figure out who the guy is, any
    clues?  The actress with the short blonde hair finally came to me, she
    played Hannah's best friend on Anything But Love.
    
    cheers

    Moderators, I guess the time to rename this note is finally upon us.  I
    saw a promo on ABC last night where Ellen Degeneres is walking back and
    forth across her couch cushions, deliriously singing, "I'm on after
    Roseanne ... I'm on after Roseanne," to the tune of "Nyah Nyah Nyah
    Nyah Nyah Nyah."
    
    "Ellen," formerly "These Friends of Mine," returns Tuesday at 9:30
    (8:30 Central, I imagine) on ABC.
    
    Mike
    
    

The guy on the show is Arie Gross (sp?)  I recognize the name but can't 
remember what movies he's been in.  I thought the show was pretty funny - 
same kind of humour as "Mad about You" and "Seinfeld".  Looking forward to 
tonights episode - does anybody know if Adam and Ellen are 
boyfriend/girlfriend now or in past (like Jerry and Elaine?) TV Guide made 
it sound like they live together but I wasn't sure if it is platonic or not.

Thanks.

    
    	Arye Gross was in the movie "Boris and Natacha" [?] as the
    	bell-hop, among others.
    
    	Oh, how about "House III" or "House IV"?  I think it was
    	"House III", having something to do with an indian curse.
    
    							GTI
    

    This reminds me more of Three's Company than it does of Seinfeld.
    The writing and the comedic timing is just awful. I like Ellen
    Degeneres as a stand-up comic, but all she does on this show is
    react to everyone elses stupidity-boring. I've watched 3 episodes,and
    have crossed this off my list...
                                    Jim

    Arye Gross also starred in "The Opposite Sex and How to Live With
    Them," or something like that.  I don't know if it was ever in
    theatres, but it's probably in your video store.  I think he resembles
    Julian Lennon.
    
    I'm hot and cold on this show.  There was one episode where Ellen,
    succumbing to pressure from her mother, bought her boss a baby gift. 
    Ellen had one of her classic, run-on-sentence monologues where she just
    kept getting herself in deepr and deeper.  I watched the tape of that
    episode several times - and watched that scene even more.
    
    Another episode, where Ellen went to her high school reunion, was
    extrememly contrived.  I didn't laugh once.
    
    I like her enough to keep writing.
    
    When the show returns with new episodes in the fall, I imagine we'll
    see some changes, including, I hope, the mysterious disappearance of
    the brunette friend.
    
    Mike
    
    
    

    re: .20
    
    "I like her enough to keep writing."
    
    Ahem.  I mean watching.
    
    Mike

Last nights episode was lame.  Too bad, cause I really enjoyed the week 
before.  I guess this will be one of the shows I flip on when there's 
nothing else worth watching. 

    Bleack....I give up on this one.
    
    Jt

    Was there any warning that Ellen would be a take-off on 'Friends" last
    night? Any discussion?  Any purpose stated?  It was a take-off, right?  
    I was left with a feeling of so...... now what?
    
    This show has become one of the shows that I try and catch -- but
    last night was a little more off-center than usual.
    
    Carel

    To answer my own question -- the Tuesday night Ellen was a unreleased
    episode from 1994!  It wasn't a take off!  It was just ... not funny.
    
    Glad they went to the new format .... and the *new* Ellen.
    
    C.

    Oh my Gawd!  
    
    Ellen is Lebanese!
    
    	Jay

  Anyone catch the show? I saw it and I thought it was one of the best Ellen
shows I've seen, not just because of the controversy, it was really funny.

  The entire cast was great. The jokes were great, the timing was great,
everyone seemed to be really on.

  Laura Dern was both outstanding and breath taking as always.

  George

    Yep, saw it. Enjoyed it.  But then I've always liked this show.
    I'm not sure you can really compare it to a 'regular' episode
    what with all the hype around it, but it had some classic 
    moments.  I had fun trying to pick out the guest stars.  The 
    only ones I couldn't figure out were the cashier during the 
    dream sequence, and the guitarist/waiter in the coffehouse,
    if indeed that was a celebrity star, rather than some random
    guest star.  I thought at first she was kd lang, as I saw that 
    part before the dream sequence (kids/dinner, caught on tape)
    but then I realized upon seeing the earlier parts on tape, that
    kd lang was only in the dream sequence, where it seemed everyone
    was a celebrity.  But that cashier???
    
    It will be interesting to see where it goes from here.  Next week
    Ellen in three-D??  Where do I get my glasses?
    
    PeterT

    the cashier was Gina Gerhin (sp?) who was in "Bound" with Jennifer
    Tilly and the guitarist was K.D. Lang.
    
    Other celebrities in the grocery store - Billy Bob Thorton, Demi Moore
    and Dwight Yoakum.

Gina Gershon was also the star of the show featured in "Showgirls".

    Was the woman who tried to pick up Paige one of the doctors on ER?
    
    Cheryl

    Yep, she is one of the ER doctors.  
    
    Jan

    BTW:  You can get the glasses at Wendy's.