Eastbound And Down

Here's a snapshot of what we see on the derby track right now. * = Top 10 semifinalist in 2008 ** = Nominee in 2008 Best Actor In A Comedy Series        
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock" ** (Winner)
Zach Braff, "Scrubs"
Steve Carell, "The Office" **
Kevin Connolly, "Entourage"
David Duchovny, "Californication" *
Johnny Galecki, "The Big Bang Theory"
Brad Garrett, "Til Death" *
Adrien Grenier, "Entourage"
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
Lee Pace, "Pushing Daisies" **
Tony Shalhoub, "Monk" **
Charlie Sheen, "Two and a Half Men" **
 
(Possible)
Jason Lee, "My Name Is Earl"
Zachary Levi, "Chuck"
Danny McBride, "Eastbound & Down"
Jay Mohr, "Gary Unmarried"
James Roday, "Psych"
Josh Radnor, "How I Met Your Mother"
David Spade, "Rules of Engagement" (Long shots)
Kyle Bornheimer, "Worst Week"
Jemaine Clement, "Flight of the Conchords"
Bret McKenzie, "Flight of the Conchords"
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Hannah Montana, the Movie's opening weekend boxoffice more than quadruples that of Observe and Report, the throw-up make-out feel-queasy guy-fave comedy of the Easter season. Having watched as much as I could stand of Jody Hill's Eastbound & Down HBO series, with its cloddish, deliberately dumb anti-pc-in-air-quotes humor ("I thought the blacks in Baltimore were bad, but turns out, they're nothin' compared to these fags you have in San Francisco") and sketch-comedy caricatures of lower-Slobovia suburbia, I have no interest in returning Seth Rogen's stare from the big screen in a film that sounds like The Cable Guy goes to the mall. I realize The Cable Guy has developed a cult over the years, which I chalk up to the contrarianism of those with more brains than taste. But perhaps I'm being unfair and should give The Cable Guy another try; nah, forget it.

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