Calista Flockhart - Allie McBeal

See, there's this tv show called Ally McBeal. And it features three *hot babes*. That little bit of sexual subconscious out of the way, let me say it's a very funny show. It's a great show, I'll go even further. It's about a law firm. And Allie's ex lover just happens to be a member of the firm and he's married to a gal that has a jaw and blonde hair that Allie doesn't have. Billy, the ex lover of Allie, has mixed emotions And Allie has become friends with Billy's wife. We're talking age ranges of 25-28 here, folks. My theory is that this is a guy type show, and that women will find it embarassing. I don't think it will end up on the feminist top ten listing of tv shows, maybe the bottom ten. The women are too cute and too bimboish at times. And the women aren't the aggressive, free wheeling Marcia Clark types, they're quite timid usually. But how can you not like a show whose lead actress is *** Calista Flockhart *** That name just does it for me. I would love to have a girlfriend like her just so I could introduce her to people. Uh, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend, *Calista Flockhart*. Dream, dream. I'll have more to say about Allie McBeal. It's my favorite tv show. I hope others will join me in this quaint little discussion.

Georgia is the name of Billy's wife, I forget the name of the bimbo that is Allies assistant. But she gets the bimbo of the year award. I can hear the grinding of feminist teeth out there.

Howdie....Allie Mcbeal is a real kool show. I hope they don't get stupid and cancel it down the road. The theme song is great too. Nick

Hey, what do ya think of that "Face Bra"? Some invention ha? NIck

Someone, I have a feeling it won't catch on!

OK, I am going to have to watch this show just once to see what all the hype is about!

Yep, check it out, it might creep up on you. Curious about the "face bra"?

You got it!!

know what the face bra is, but not from calista's show. saw a couple of them and i thought they were funny! kinda reminds me of "dream on" with the asides involving music and b/w films.

hey, i remember Dream on! we had it over here - used to be on a friday night, really late :)) haven't seen it for years now

IT REALLY BOTHERS ME WHEN A SHOW CATCHES MY ATTENTION AND THEN AFTER TWO SEASONS GETS CANCELLED. LIKE "NED AND STACEY" WHATS THE DEAL WITH THAT? WHY?..:SEINFELD"....AND WHAT THE HELL HAPPEN TO "TGIF" FRIDAY NIGHTS ON ABC? YOU HAD "FAMILY MATTERS" FOLLOWED BY "BOY MEETS WORLD" THEN "STEP BY STEP" OH..REMEMBER "DINOSOURS"? OK THREE OUT OF FOUR AINT BAD! I'M SURE YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH SOME SWEET CANCELLATIONS LET ME KNOW! NICK

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My all-time fave show, thirtysomething.

It's a great show, my room mate Ellis' favorite. She relates to it.

It's my life (*gasp*)! I AM Hope...(kind of frightening to see yourself on TV)

It's coming to the UK! I'll finally be able to find out what all the fuss is about

I've seen it! Calista Flockhart? SCHWOOOOOOOOON :-)

i'm starting to like this new bg colour :)

What a great show. And what do you think of the 'other' babes that populate the show? And the singer/piano player?

well, i've only seen the one episode, and only half of that. i didn't really notice the other women in it, i don't think...the coloured girl? not my type, and the secretary/PA type is a bit dozy for me! But, Calista can drop by anytime. Anytime :)

Don't know this show at all!

The singer in the bar recently did a pass through Austin. Big hit.

oh yeah, the bar singer! what's that all about?

She got famous by being on the show and now has hit records. Missed her gig here in Austin, though.

oo-er :) the bar singer, although a babe, is a bit cheesy, don't you think?

Cheesy in what sense?

Spreadable and yummy, perhaps...

dunno...i just get a cheese feeling off of it. like somehow she should either be a character, or just be a background part; not the sort of in-between thing that she is at the moment.

Thought she was the big cheese, a lot of people relate to her in betweeness, I think that's what makes the show, she just doesn't have a slam dunk on a man and that makes her more appealing.

heheh :) good point. i've forgotten which day of the week it's on. i've a feeling it might be this evening, so i'll have to check the tv guide.

During the world series, they had a cut of Ally jumping onto John Ritters face, her legs on his shoulders. Sex education for the kids watching the series.

What do other guys see in her? he looks like she has an eating disorder -- I'm not kidding. I like women to look healthy.

mmmmmmmm.....I could probably cope with that happening :-)))

I meant, of course, SHE is that second sentence.

of course, so, george what do you consider healthy looking? i have a friend who is skinny as a rail (and i mean this literally). she eats all day long but she is such a hyper gal--just like the batter, keeps going and going and going!

of course, so, george what do you consider healthy looking? i have a friend who is skinny as a rail (and i mean this literally). she eats all day long but she is such a hyper gal--just like the battery, keeps going and going and going!

oooops *grin*

A gal with some meat on her bones.

You make me feel so sexy! What a MAN! (I'm also convinced that lady has a serious problem. Do you really get people who are SO desperately thin and eat alot? I wonder.)

I think the last time I was her size was when I was about 3 months old.

LOL!! sonja, you'll be a member of our real-women modelling agency, then, won't you?

my opinion of CF is that she has lovely eyes and a lovely face, but is way, way too thin. soft, round, and voluptuous is what i like.

You called, darling?

;)

What do those symbols mean? Alot of people here make them. Is it like a special code?

sonja, that symbol is one of several hundred different types of smiley faces. if you look at it as a face laying down on its side you can see. the one i used above is a smiley face winking at you. here are some others: standard smiley-- :) standard smiley with a nose-- :-) non-smiley-- :( devilish smiley-- >:> there are hundres of others. do a web search for smiley and you can find archives of them

I see! How sweet!

Has anyone seen that Calista dear is in "A Midsummer's Night Dream"?

Nope. On Broadway. I actually watched Allie McBeal this weak and it was quite a melange of subplots, including Allie in a boxing match. They crammed a lot in to one episode. And something about one of her firms lawyers touching Janet Reno's "waddle" . . . Dyan Cannon as the Judge and several other celeb cameos.

Should have read On Broadway? I was asking this as a question as opposed to making a statement of fact.

Nope...a movie...

i noticed that calista is in that film. anyone notice that michelle pfiefer (also in this film) looks a bit like madonna in her ray of light video?

They had a cool shot of Calista at the Superbowl.

Sitting in the stands with one of her co-stars, forget his name. The curly haired guy. Not Billy.

How could you tell that Calista Flockhart was in that movie? It's not like one can see her!

that was mean

I saw that show last night... she is pretty damn sickeningly thin... but the show was funny (knee pit stuff!)

Missed it this week.

Did you see the joke Jay Leno did about this girl? He wondered what she would say if one compared her to Kate Moss. And came up with: "WHAT?? That FAT BITCH??" ha-ha!! It IS a funny show though, I have to admit.

She's going to be in a "Midsummer Nights Dream" with an awesome cast. The trailers look great.

why do they call em 'trailers' when they actually come out BEFORE a movie opens?

Good question, don't know. It should be called a "leader". Wonder where that term came in to play?

I always think of them as surprise-spoilers.

ha-ha, Or maybe they call them trailers to remind the movie stars of their roots!

ok, has anyone seen the movie yet? certainly not i, you know me, always months behind the current showings!

Haven't yet. It's down at the Dobie. The Dobie is one of Austin's hippest, most intimate movie theaters. Last movie I saw there was Boogie Nights.

i saw boogie nights in a dinner theatre--well, fast food theatre....

how appropriate

Having just looked into this subject, the singer-pianist at "the club" on Ally McBeal is Vonda Shepard, executive producer David Kelley's (who is lucky enough to be married to babe Michelle Pfeiffer) favorite babe singer. This show is filled with babes. Calista Flockhart, though pretty, is too anorexic, although she's a terrific actress and I enjoy Ally's hallucinations and self-absorbed angst. Those who find Kate Moss beautiful (count me out) would call her "waifish." My favorite babes on this show, n order: 1. Lucy Alexis Liu--I'd love to start another topic with her and one on Mariah Carey, as well. 2. Portia DeRossi 3. Lisa Nicole Carson 4. Courtney Thorne-Smith 5. Dyan Cannon (still fabulous although she must be pushing 60!) 6. Jane Krakowski 7. Calista Flockhart (Calista is Greek for "beautiful" and if she weighed 15 more pounds, she would be.

John, I can create the topics for you (I have some few small powers around here thanks to Geo conference). Name them and they will be yours. (Callista is the only one I have ever seen skinnier than I am...)

You don't look anorexic, though. She does...and television allegedly puts 8-10 pounds on people's appearances. She must be downright skeletal in person.

If you saw that People Mag photo of her at the Emmys (?) she was painful to look at...

What a bevy, don't the drool ladies wish they had these many objets desire in one place at the same time on a weekly basis?

Oh, I don't think they feel slighted. When they do, they discover the rest of The Spring...and the rest of life. Happy thought, indeed...*smile*

Actually the drool ladies, if they are not at work or married to their computers on The Spring (heh, heh) can turn to any daytime soap on any of the original 3 networks and find a veritable cornucopia of stud muffins ages 16 to 60.

John, you have us seriously underestimated. We have a huge brain trust in Drool and in The Spring as a whole, and we do not admire "bodies" without intellects attached. Sorry, dear, but it just isn't that way.

What about Kevin Costner?

Firthians occupy most of Drool, and I can only speak for them. Hafta find a KC Droolie who can write...I guess (I am ducking under my computer as I hit the submit button.)

Why? Do you have a camera attached? Or are you afraid a pie is going to hit you from the monitor?

Words hurt, John!

I know. I was only joking. I keep forgetting Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (or is that vice versa?) What is banter to men is a deadly brickbat to a woman. I'm sorry.

Okay, let's post pics of all the babes of Ally McBeal! Now that Marcia has taught me to do this, I am unstoppable! VONDA SHEPARD (the singer-pianist at "The Club")

Be still, my beating heart. Here is an incredible photo (nevermind the mag copy) of Lucy (Alexis) liu, who plays the beauteous legal viper, Ling Woo.

Portia de Rossi is Australian by birth (birth name: Amanda Rogers). She plays Ling's best friend, Nelle, the firm's hired rainmaker who has a thing for "Biscuit" (Peter McNicol).

Okay, maybe this picture of the lovely Ms. Portia will post without hassle:

And now, the fantastic Courtney Thorne-Smith, former "Melrose Place" regular, now Georgia Thomas on Ally:

Here is lovely Lisa Nicole Carson, a former semi-regular on "E.R." and a stand up comedienne ("The Apollo Comedy Hour") who plays Ally's roommate, Renee:

Jane Krakowski (right), who plays Ally's nosy secretary, Elaine, with Courtney Thorne-Smith:

I guess it didn't work, and I can't find downloadable pics of Dyan Cannon either, although she's been in show biz for 40 years.

Maybe this solo picture of Jane, while not as flattering, will work:

Oops, wrong photo...

Here's Calista:

Jane, Jane, Jane:

What's that in her hand? A face bra?

As much as I dislike writing on men's drool topics because it irritates John...I do so to give you the female opinion of what she is holding. I am guessing it is, as Terry suggests, to keep the chin from sagging and all the rest of the "stuff" she has accumulated because she is too zoftig...she would find it more affective if she lost some of that baby fat she is harboring...*smirk* (just trying to be helpful...)

It is a "face bra." And the picture is unflattering and the dress is shapeless. She is not the least bit zaftig or Reubenesque. Sorry, Marcia.

You're sorry...So am I...(the non-Reubenesque and non-zaftig Marcia)

BTW, just exactly what is a face bra for? (I lead a v e r y sheltered life...)

It's an "invention" of her character, Elaine, the irritating, nosy secretary. You did nail the purpose. You're supposed to wear it while sleeping or hanging out around the house to prevent facial sag. Everybody laughs about it behind Elaine's back, but patronizes her (which of course, she's clueless about). But old neurotic, angst-ridden Ally is worried that her face will sag and she will actually need one.

Thank for you that. I watched the first 2 years of Ally but got hooked on something far more interesting...and here I sit writing in little boxes =) I do know her character and the rest of them, for that matter...!

:-)

Charlotte can write... and, don't forget, this topic is tied into the tv conference, as well...

I had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder.

Actually, I wish she would - more! And, as I said before, words hurt...!

I was referencing you saying you needed to find a KC drooler who could write... (and don't they just...)

(yessir, they do, indeed)

Some related to topic, dept. KELLEY � WHO WON double Emmys for Fox�s �Ally McBeal� and ABC�s �The Practice,� and just had his latest effort, �Snoops,� picked up for the season by ABC � is reportedly ready to ink a deal with Fox that will pay him $50 million up front, plus back-end guarantees (based on such criteria as ratings performance, ad revenue and syndication sales) that could amount to hundreds of millions more. Although �NYPD Blue� creator Steven Bochco recently signed a $50 million development deal, Kelley�s incentive-laden pact is virtually unheard of in tube-land. Usually, only A-list film directors like Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis or guaranteed box-office locks like Tom Hanks or Adam Sandler can finagle a percentage of the gross as part of their pay. FOX GETS DIBS The Kelley deal, which has been in the works for months, will extend an existing relationship the wonder boy has had with Fox Broadcasting Company, where he created series both for the Fox network and for ABC. The new financial terms will apparently be retroactive to cover �Ally McBeal� and �The Practice,� meaning Kelley could get a substantial chunk of those show�s first-run and syndication revenues. Under the new pact, Fox gets dibs on all Kelley�s TV projects � hoping Kelley�s one-man factory can crank out up to four new shows in the next five years to replace such aging Fox dramas as �The X-Files,� �Party of Five� and �Beverly Hills, 90210.� The deal also purportedly contains a feature component, though Kelley�s recent big-screen forays �Lake Placid� and �Mystery, Alaska� didn�t exactly wow audiences.

I am not crazy about what they have done to "The Practice " this season. I am also aware that they couldn't care less that I am no longer a viewer of that program.

Good we're only shown last season's shows, then (or season before that?).

Alexander, enjoy your year-or-two-year-old shows while you can. They are sadistic and more gorey than I need before I go to sleep...!

Oh, THAT good? Didn't notice yet...

From a review in http://www.girlson.com Let me start with the things I hate about "Ally McBeal": the music. Yark. That crappy, girly, gimme-love-slow-dancy Melissa Ethridge knock-off stuff nearly killed me. Along with the music, I hate the bar they play it in, and everyone and everything in it. Next, I hate the unisex bathrooms. The last thing we need is a device to create sexual tension at the office, since our little stammering vixen, Ally (Calista Flockhart), and her cohorts happily supply plenty. Third, the "imaginary" device ran out of steam early on; they should just drop it. I've seen enough of those rubber rolled-out tongues dropping to the floor to last several lifetimes. And lastly, I hate the stammering vixen herself, Ally McBeal, who is unapologetically not feminist.

Wow! Harsh critic. Truthfully, I stopped watching her last year because I was tired of her same neuroses over and over and over. Her reactions to me are so alien to me that I figured I was not the target audience!

She had nice things to say also, I just posted an excerpt.

It got my attention! It is a really cute show but the male remote control person does not like it...*sigh* Of course, I ususally do not watch TV with him anymore. Guess I could tear myself away from the Spring for 1/2 hour each week.

*smile* Thank EWE ....always!

I hear Renee Zellwegger is giving Calista Flockhart some competition in the thin dept. since she lost 20 lbs after Bridget Jones Diary.

She signed an agreement with the production company saying that she didn't have to gain loads of weight to do the Bridget Jones sequel - that was the only way she was prepared to take the part again!!!

And Renee now has her own topic. After all, Bridget Jones traffic generated about a million hits in the last ten days, so she deserves it!

And the traffic has been roaring to new heights these last two days, a 2 million hit a week clip!

Guess what, Guys, it wasn't Renee doing all that generating. Did you get a good look at Mark Darcy? Oops wrong topic... Renee is deightful and I am happy to have her amongst the admired!

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