The Pez
Apr 14, 2004 @ 5:21 pm
We now have the official press release for Just Shoot Me! - Seasons 1 and 2. We've previously reported on this set, scheduled for June 8, but now we have all the final details about this release, including the previously unannounced extras. Look for those at the bottom of the press release, just above the final cover art shot we've included (it's the same as the one we previously posted, but with a different color scheme). Our thanks to Pavan Badal for his help with this:
Six-Time Emmy Award Nominated Comedy Series Starring David Spade, George Segal, Wendie Malick and Laura San Giacomo
JUST SHOOT ME! The First & Second Seasons
Available June 8 on Special Four-Disc Collector's DVD Set
Culver City, CA (March 29, 2004) - Fashion, mayhem and non-stop laughs are in focus at the New York offices of Blush Magazine - the central location for one of television's wackiest cast of eccentric characters on Just Shoot Me. The acclaimed ensemble comedy series features an irreverent cast including Golden Globe nominee David Spade (Tommy Boy, Joe Dirt), Laura San Giacomo (sex, lies & videotape, Pretty Woman), two-time Emmy Award nominee Wendie Malick (The American President) and George Segal (Look Who's Talking). Available June 8 for the first time ever on DVD from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, JUST SHOOT ME: THE FIRST & SECOND SEASONS features the complete collection of 31 episodes on a collectible four-disc DVD set, priced to own at $39.94 SLP.
Hot-tempered journalist Maya Gallo (San Giacomo) got herself fired from yet another job when she made an anchorwoman cry on the air with some gag copy on the teleprompter. Unable to find a job anywhere else and facing eviction, she is forced to work for her rich father Jack's (Segal) fashion magazine Blush. The problem is that Jack has not exactly been a devoted and nurturing parent, plus he is now married to one of her former classmates. Personality conflicts quickly ensue with the magazine's colorful staff - libido-driven ex-model Nina van Horn (Malick), philandering photographer Elliot (Enrico Colantoni), and obnoxious, power-hungry secretary Dennis Finch (Spade).
Created by acclaimed writer/producer Steven Levitan ("The Larry Sanders Show," "Wings") and executive produced by TV veterans Bernie Brillstein and Brad Grey ("NewsRadio"), Just Shoot Me ran for seven top-rated seasons on NBC. The series was nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards including Best Comedy TV Series, six Emmy Award nominations and garnered an American Comedy Award for Spade's hilarious performance.
JUST SHOOT ME: THE FIRST & SECOND SEASONS feature several special guest cameo appearances including Jay Leno, Dana Carvey, Carmen Electra, Megan Mullally ("Will and Grace") and Cheri Oteri ("Saturday Night Live").
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
Creator and Producer Commentaries on Selected Episodes
Exclusive Featurette with Cast and Creator: Always in Fashion
Cast & Crew Featurette
Photo Gallery
Digitally Mastered Audio & Video
Fullscreen Presentations
Audio: English (Stereo)
Subtitles: English
Bonus Previews
Episode Selections
Not Rated
Color
Closed Captioned
Running Time: 689 Minutes
DVD Catalog # 03997
UPC Code: 0-43396-03997-1
SLP: $39.94 DVD
http://216.218.203.229/news1/JustShootMe_S1_Final.jpgI can't wait!
Lillywhite
Apr 14, 2004 @ 8:56 pm
Awesome! I'm glad they got seasons 1 and 2 in one DVD, consireding season 1 is so short.
I better start saving money!
giebergoldfarb2
Apr 16, 2004 @ 3:06 pm
I liked the show for the first few years. I thought the basic core situations of the show -- a feminist at a sexist magazine; a young woman trying to get re-acquainted with her estranged father -- were interesting and gave the show a certain degree of heart even when the characters were being horrible to each other.
By the last few years, there were all these new and probably network-imposed characters, too many stories built around the least interesting character (Finch), and the characters were all outright mean and nasty. Another good NBC show that went wrong.
Lillywhite
Apr 16, 2004 @ 9:14 pm
I thought the last year was pretty good. It seemed to be going back to its old self. Season 6 was horrid, though. They killed it with all those super guest stars that only came around to hang out with Finch. Finch was funny, but reacting to other people. When he carried out a plot he got kinda dull. Killing Binnie was a huge mistake, even though we never saw her the "My friend Binnie..." stories were the best. Kevin was so not funny. Some of the major interractions were missing: Elliott/Maya, Jack/Maya, Nina/Booze. Basically it was the season of Finch. It got really old.
The earlier seasons were awesome, though. I can watch Dial N For Murder every day and still laugh my ass off.
Favorite quote:
Maya: You. Are. All. My. Bitches!!!
Albanyguy
Apr 16, 2004 @ 11:42 pm
The Biography parody "Nina Van Horn: Trouble Be Thy Name" will always be my favorite episode.
AD35
Apr 18, 2004 @ 6:26 pm
The Biography parody "Nina Van Horn: Trouble Be Thy Name" will always be my favorite episode.
Ah yes, Nina Van Horn, nee Claire Noodleman. One of the greatest female sitcom characters of all time. Never voted, drinks like a sailor, often in the company of sailors and was peripherally involved in the kidnapping of Patty Hearst. And that's for starters. The Biography ep (hosted by Harry Smith) was an instant classic for me. Can't wait for the dvds to come out.
valny
Apr 18, 2004 @ 7:54 pm
I'll always love,: "Chicken pot chicken pot chicken pot piiiiie!
What season was that from anyway? I forget Elliot's brother's name. Anybody?
AD35
Apr 18, 2004 @ 9:05 pm
I'll always love,: "Chicken pot chicken pot chicken pot piiiiie!
What season was that from anyway? I forget Elliot's brother's name. Anybody?
That's from the 3rd season ep, "Slow Donnie", and the Donnie referred to was Elliot's brother.
FfrauleinN
Apr 19, 2004 @ 7:43 am
"Chicken pot chicken pot chicken pot piiiiiiie" may just be the funniest damn thing I've seen on TV.
Gulftastic
Apr 19, 2004 @ 11:40 am
'Maya made Donnie's pants tight.'
And then when he is hugging Elliot and mouthing 'my pants are tight' to Maya.
Lone Pine
Apr 19, 2004 @ 4:50 pm
I think it was from one of those later seasons with all the guest stars, but I did really enjoy the college stalker's version of Finch. I didn't care so much for how the ep progressed, but loved how well she mocked him.
I, like most, will always love Slow Donnie, and "Chicken Pot Piiie."
And Nina's antics at the morning staff meetings always make me smile. If only I had the nerve to attend staff meetings drunk, scantily clad, and in sunglasses. Might make me more enthusiastic about mornings.
Slackzilla
May 23, 2004 @ 1:46 pm
This is an underrated show. It was really funny in its earlier seasons. Anyone else remember "Warm Nights in Paris"?
GovMarley
Jul 17, 2004 @ 10:54 pm
I do! I do!
Just saw the season one/two box set at the store. I loved this show so much when it was on.
And Nina's antics at the morning staff meetings always make me smile. If only I had the nerve to attend staff meetings drunk, scantily clad, and in sunglasses. Might make me more enthusiastic about mornings.
Hee! Me too. Ah, Nina Van Horn.
Meedis
Jul 17, 2004 @ 11:05 pm
Ah, Nina Van Horn
WORD...she's definitely my favorite character on the show!
The Biography parody "Nina Van Horn: Trouble Be Thy Name" will always be my favorite episode.
Yeah that was my favorite one too. Especially her face transposed on some model's body shown over and over again.
kiki82
Jul 17, 2004 @ 11:31 pm
This was my favorite show through most of high school. I loved Donnie and "chicken pot pie!!". They show reruns on UPN on Saturday afternoons sometimes. What was the one weird guy in the office name? Kevin? Remember how he had the crush on Nina? I always loved those episodes. Brian Poshen (sp?) is a quite a funny comdian.
GovMarley
Jul 18, 2004 @ 8:44 am
He is a funny guy. Every time I see him in a show or movie, I saw, "Hey, it's Kevin!"
Have any of you gotten the DVD set yet? I'm just curious about the bonus features included.
Also, on the TV Potluck thread (Pixel Challenge #110 Jeopardy), KermitD.Frog has a Jeopardy entry with Donnie (hee!) on page 12. Check it out, it's funny stuff.
absolutelyisis
Jul 18, 2004 @ 10:04 am
Ah, Nina Van Horn.
I used to be compared to her - in appearance and mannerisms,
not substance-abuse related behavior. Since Wendie Malick is quite attractive, I decided it was a compliment.
Brian Poshen (sp?) is a quite a funny comedian.
He also did a voice on the cartoon
Mission Hill, which Cartoon Network shows on its
Adult Swim schedule.
RainIsBeautiful
Jul 18, 2004 @ 11:23 am
He also did some funny commentary on VH1's "I Love the 90s". Every time I saw him, I yelled, "Kevin!" My roommates thought I was nuts.
Eh. What's new? ;)
Hanna-Reetta
Jul 21, 2004 @ 2:27 pm
Is Kevin the mail man? If so, that guy is stuck with 'weirdo' roles. But yeah, he is funny.
Why is it that I cannot remember "Chicken pot piie"? Where was I? Nina Van Horn documentary rocked. She's truly a funny character.
gryphon
Jul 21, 2004 @ 8:23 pm
it was better than Good Morning, Miami
True, but *softly* I liked Good Morning Miami. /ducks so not to be hit from flying TV Guides/
I love Nina Van Horn...always my favorite character. And her Biography is my favorite episode.
Mangetical Anji
Nov 7, 2004 @ 10:27 pm
Ha! I saw the Slow Donnie episode the other night and forgot how funny it was. Being the dork that I am, I made a post on my Livejournal, to which I immediately got four responses saying how much my friends loved that episode. All the cool people love JSM.
I'm thinking about inserting "Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot pie!" into conversations, randomly.
I agree with the other posters - Nina was awesome. Although, my dad has this inexplicable love for the "How the Finch Stole Christmas" episode, and I can't say that I fault him.
Meedis
Nov 8, 2004 @ 1:03 am
The Biography parody "Nina Van Horn: Trouble Be Thy Name" will always be my favorite episode.
I have to add if they decide to release this episode alone in a DVD set, I'd totally buy it.
CateofCholia
Nov 8, 2004 @ 12:41 pm
Nina is excellent. Finch was really funny. Maya got on my nerves a little though.
meknownothing
Jan 7, 2005 @ 12:02 pm
We're seeing this now every weeknight at 11:30 pm. Every once in a while, there's a ep that makes me collapse with laughter. Like last night, with French Stewart as the latest of Maya's dating disasters, a puppeteer who adds Maya to his kiddie show as a naggy panda puppet -- and he refuses to admit the panda puppet is Maya. Best part is when he adds Nina as a slutty giraffe -- and Nina is flattered. It ends with Maya going psycho, choking the puppet mayor-dog on camera.
soccerfiesta
Jan 7, 2005 @ 8:20 pm
Killing Binnie was a huge mistake, even though we never saw her the "My friend Binnie..." stories were the best.
They killed Binnie!? Oh, for shame! I guess I haven't seen the show in way too long, or I would've known.
Meedis
Jan 8, 2005 @ 7:19 pm
What season did they kill Binnie? I think I have a vague recollection of seeing that. I'm remembering Finch & Elliot breaking into Nina's apartment just to prove that Binnie didn't exist.
tvweb44
Jan 8, 2005 @ 11:19 pm
I could never catch who sang the closing song. Anybody know it? It's a female voice and the first line goes something like this;
Life keeps bringing me back to you (accompanied by an acoustic guitar)
Warden
Jan 9, 2005 @ 1:57 am
What season did they kill Binnie?
It was the fifth episode of season 6.
I could never catch who sang the closing song. Anybody know it?
AFIAK it was just a few words strung together by one of the production staff.
BigCat
Jan 10, 2005 @ 5:30 pm
Isn't this one of those shows they moved around a lot? And the first season had something like 6 episodes that only aired in March? Well, I occasionally watched the show in prime time, and have never seen it in syndication. So, very surprised when I picked up the Season 1 and 2 DVD set and found out how JSM can be very very funny. Anyone know when the next DVD collection will be coming out? Now that I've found out how funny Just Shoot Me! actually was, I can't wait to see (or re-see) season 3.
Meedis
Jan 10, 2005 @ 6:37 pm
I hope they release Seasons 3 & 4 together (separately). I'd buy Season 4 for the Nina Van Horn: A&E Bio episode alone.
soccerfiesta
Jan 10, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
I liked the show for the first few years. I thought the basic core situations of the show -- a feminist at a sexist magazine; a young woman trying to get re-acquainted with her estranged father -- were interesting and gave the show a certain degree of heart even when the characters were being horrible to each other
Oh, I agree. And having read more of the typical women's magazines out there in the real world over the last few years, I saw how perfect the behind-the-scenes action at Blush magazine really was. It seems like there are a lot of real magazines with exactly that kind of double personality- a serious article with a cheesy cover reference, talking about appreciating your unique beauty in the same issue as inferiority-inducing fashion and weight-loss articles, etc. It's like we get to see how this happened!
the Nina Van Horn: A&E Bio episode
That show was downright brilliant. I also like the way it stood as its own episode. It was "really almost as if" an A&E special had pre-empted JSM.
I'd always look at Wendie Malick and go, "hey, that's Hobie's mom!"
Who's Hobie?
meknownothing
Jan 11, 2005 @ 11:41 am
"Hobie Buchannon" was a character on Baywatch. And so was Wendy Malick! His mom! That's all I know.
I think of her as "Clair" on Kate & Allie, "Wendy" on Seinfeld (she drops Elaine off blocks short of her house after a ski trip, and gets in a billing/scheduling dispute with George), "ChiCha" on The Emperor's New Groove, "Ronee" on Frasier, and "Victoria" on Father of the Pride! Not to forget "Judith" on Dream On!
BigCat
Jan 11, 2005 @ 1:28 pm
And she will apparently be "Naomi" on Jake in Progress, the John Stamos midseason show that might start this March 2005 (interesting, considering JSM was a mid-season show that started in March).
iMissEthan
Apr 4, 2005 @ 5:15 pm
Damn, this baby was back on page 13!
I just had to post about catching the best episode this show ever made last night: The introduction of Donny.
Chicken pot chicken pot chicken pot pie!
OraBrooch
Apr 4, 2005 @ 6:37 pm
Green quarter!
That is all.
Lillywhite
Apr 4, 2005 @ 11:34 pm
"My pants are tight!"
kat_may
Apr 5, 2005 @ 12:42 am
One of my funniest-lines-from-mediocre-sitcoms came from Kevin, although his schtick got old fast.
Jack: How're things down in the mail room, Kevin?
Kevin: Okay. How're things down at the rich old bastards club?
and then, Jack looks horrified and Finch runs away, he goes, "Dennis, I said it but he didn't laugh..."
God. Something about the deadpan way he delivered that just kills me.
meknownothing
Jun 15, 2005 @ 12:20 pm
On last night: Jay, the jerky blind guy, first dating Nina, then Maya. I remember thinking when I first saw it that the actor was really blind. But now, I see it, and say, "Hey, that's
Dave Foley -- he's not blind!" -- in other words, a really great actor!
cjl
Jun 15, 2005 @ 12:26 pm
"Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot pieeeeeeee...."
David Cross was brilliant as Donny. What a jerk. Sorry AD fans, Tobias has his moments, but I wish he were 1/10th as funny as Donny.
jennifuh
Jun 15, 2005 @ 3:23 pm
Ha! I just said green quarter today!
"Donnie wants to climb a tree! That's a metaphor. You're the tree..."
absolutelyisis
Jun 15, 2005 @ 3:36 pm
My sister's stepson used to call me Nina Van Horn. Other people have likened me to Wendie Malick, and I could do a lot worse! I am younger, though she certainly looks fab, and I though I am small-boned and somewhat thin, I am not that thin. I'm told my mannerisms and speech are similar to hers, though that's harder for me to gauge.
Wendie was also on Cybill for a few episodes. Her character dated Ira, and she'd act strangely when water was running. (Anyone?)
I liked Just Shoot Me when it started, and I like when they played on the chemistry between Maya and Elliot, but I stopped watching along the way and never felt I missed anything.
AD35
Jun 16, 2005 @ 9:32 am
Wendie was also on Cybill for a few episodes. Her character dated Ira, and she'd act strangely when water was running. (Anyone?)
I'm sure that she was just on for that single ep ("Cybill with an 'S' "). It would have to be since the final scene has her and Ira in/near the bathtub, with running water, with the Psycho shower-theme music playing. Like her appearances elsewhere, Wendie was very good, switching between personalities at the drop of a dime whenever there was running water.
nitrodan
Jun 16, 2005 @ 2:45 pm
I could never catch who sang the closing song. Anybody know it?
That was
Lauren Wood.
I loved Nina. I remenber a scene that I kept watching over and over. Nina was arguing with Jack and she storms off to the elevator she gets in all self-righteous and the doors close, all of a sudden they open again and she's bawling realizing that she just presses the button again. Hilarious!
Favorite quotes:
Donny: Chicken pot, Chicken pot, Chicken pot pie!
Elliot: My dad(?) called me Smelliot. (This line had me ROTFL for like 10 minutes)
Nina: (Notices her lips has swelled up due to allergic reaction to shrimp) Howy cwap!
cjl
Jun 16, 2005 @ 3:00 pm
One of my favorite bits is when Elliot does Nina's "comeback" photo shoot, and has the ingenious idea of covering her in gold paint for a set of shots. When Nina sees the finished layout and calls him a hack, he pretends he's run out of paint solvent, leaving her "gilded" for at least a week. This leads to Finch's brilliant improv when she walks into the office. Finch puts his arm around her waist:
FINCH: "I'd like to thank the academy for this (mock crying)....oh gee. I promised myself I wouldn't cry."
NINA: "Are you quite done yet?"
FINCH: (pumps fist) "Free Tibet!"
Bluelena
Aug 22, 2005 @ 1:42 pm
For the "Slow Donny" fans:
The Houston UPN affiliate will have this episode on Saturday, August 27th at 9pm. Not sure if all the UPN affiliates show the same re-runs, though.
I know I'll be setting my VCR!
Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot pieeeeeeee!
Spiritofstorm
Aug 22, 2005 @ 2:30 pm
How did it end? Did Maya and Elliot ever hook up? I was always hoping that they were soulmate-ish and it would end w/ them together. What ever happened between them anyway?
M. Darcy
Aug 22, 2005 @ 2:45 pm
I still have yet to see the final episode. And, most of the finale season.
Last night on the finale of SFU, every time Ruth was watching tv, it was an episode of Just Shoot Me.
cjl
Aug 22, 2005 @ 3:40 pm
Elliot and Maya flamed out when he tried to propose and collapsed from a panic attack. Maya somehow interpreted this as fear of commitment. (Hmph. Women.) No, they never got back together. The final ep of JSM was Jack Gallo's sudden retirement, and Maya's ascension to editor-in-chief. Finch immediately attached his lips to her butt. Everybody tried to talk Jack out of leaving or at least celebrating his retirement, but he just wanted to put his last issue to bed and clear out. (Bonus continuity feature: Jack's long-rumored secret exit from his office was revealed in the final ep.)
Ridha
Feb 16, 2006 @ 4:07 pm
This is a show that I've been catching (in the UK) 10 minutes of every morning while I'm getting ready for work, and I always thoguth of it as something to watch because there's not alot of choice at that time and it's snuck up on me in the last couple of weeks, that heeeey, I actually really like it. It's funny AND I'm totally shipping Maya and Elliot. Can someone tell me what their history is? What season did they 1st start? And was there always an 'undertone' or was that discovered later? Because I didn't detect anything there, until one episode where suddenly they seemed to be bf anf gf, and suddenly I thought what a totally cool couple they make!
jayseyfield
Aug 24, 2006 @ 6:55 pm
I don't know if this is considered a spoiler but on Veronica Mars Laura San Giacomo has reportedly joined the show as a possible love interest for Keith (Enrico Colantoni).
Weird.
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