The internet has been a very inhospitable place for me of late, but last night I was forced to take refuge from the massive amounts of www.jackwagonry.org and watch Project Runway: All-Stars with my family. The downside of this was NOT that I didn’t enjoy the program, but that, since this season was shot concurrently with the last one, it lacked the presence of host Heidi Klum and mentor Tim Gunn. The one-two punch of sexy/paternally immaculate really solidifies the format, and makes Runway more than just another ‘artists-get-eliminated-based-on-random-factors-and-unfounded-opinions’ show in the same vein as a dozen other similar programs. Without the charm, wit and fabulous ass that the hosts bring to the table, it’s just not as good a show…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) is ready to make it work, asking: Which key players are absolutely necessary to your enjoyment of their respective corners of pop culture?
That season of X-Files without Anderson/Duchovny sucked out loud…
Anyone but Anthony Daniels as C-3PO just doesn’t work for me. That might sound funny coming from someone who is technically deaf, but he brings more than just a voice to the droid.
Similarly, I think a lot of animated series would be quite different without the voice actors they have. It is sometimes more than just someone delivering the lines written, some of them bring a lot of personality to the characters. Several of the classic Simpsons moments of Homer being stupid weren’t originally written but ad-libbed by Dan Catellaneta.