Conversations with Writers: #1 In A Series.

JKrach: You’ve seen the NBC “You’ll know when to laugh” promos?
BeaucoupKevin:Yeah.
JKrach: For a big 3 network, that’s a sea change.
BeaucoupKevin: Wasn’t SCRUBS their first to drop it?
JKrach: Yes.
BeaucoupKevin: I’m trying to think of an earlier one for NBC.
BeaucoupKevin: Unless you count LA LAW
JKrach: Ha!
BeaucoupKevin: I like LA LAW.
BeaucoupKevin: Without it, no David Kelley.
JKrach: And yeah, all his shows since have been iterations on his LA LAW, haven’t they? Except maybe BOSTON PUBLIC.
BeaucoupKevin: And that’s a Workplace Dramedy.
JKrach: Even PICKET FENCES had extensive courtroom scenes.
BeaucoupKevin: PICKET FENCES seemed to be BUILT for those scenes.
BeaucoupKevin: I wonder if that’s on DVD. I never saw more than a couple episodes.
JKrach: Netflix doesn’t have it.
JKrach: I remember enjoying some of the early stuff especially. Young Don Cheadle!
BeaucoupKevin: YOUNG DON CHEADLE’s a show I’m pitching to the CW for a Summer pickup.
JKrach: All about him practicing accents while having multiple affairs and, I dunno, solving crimes?
BeaucoupKevin: Solving crimes and staying out of jail for a crime he didn’t commit.
JKrach: In high school.
BeaucoupKevin: I figure we can get a solid 13-episode commitment if Keenan drops 120 lbs.
JKrach: You want Keenan Ivory Wayans. To play Young Don Cheadle. Though he’s six years older.
BeaucoupKevin: No, Keenan THOMPSON.
JKrach: D’OH.
BeaucoupKevin: Christ, all black people are the SAME TO YOU.
JKrach: ALL BLACK PEOPLE NAMED KEENAN
BeaucoupKevin: ALL BLACK PEOPLE NAMED KEENAN THAT ARE COMEDIANS
JKrach: (I forgot Thompson existed. *sob*)
BeaucoupKevin: Jane Doe weighs on on the Keenan thing:

JaneDoeIM: nooooo! i love keenan the way he is! just say that cheedle lost the weight as he got older. jeez!
JaneDoeIM: everyone loves a fat black detective anyway.
JaneDoeIM: see: that dude in “die hard” and the urkel tv show.

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