http://jenniferkarmstrong.com Writer, Teacher, Feminist. Mon, 20 May 2013 00:19:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2013/05/19/are-you-a-mary-or-a-rhoda/#comment-11209 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:19:23 +0000 http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/?p=842#comment-11209 I would love to say I’m a Mary, but honestly, I think Rhoda is def. closer to a lot of us. As Valerie says, “Mary’s who you want to be, Rhoda’s who you prob. are, and Phyllis is who you’re afraid you’ll become”!

]]> http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2013/05/17/the-office-finale-yeah-i-cried/#comment-11201 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:13:52 +0000 http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/?p=831#comment-11201 Exactly! I think both this show and 30 Rock looked at The Mary Tyler Moore Show finale for inspiration. I can’t prove it, but a lot of evidence is there! Both profoundly affected by MTM, whether people now realize it or not.

]]> http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2013/05/17/the-office-finale-yeah-i-cried/#comment-11192 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:04:03 +0000 http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/?p=831#comment-11192 I must tell you that I loved your description of digging up those early email exchanges with your partner as “cringeworthy.” One, because I can identify and think its the perfect description of my own early emails with my husband… and two, I remember reading a very early review of the show during season 1 where a critic described Michael Scott as being the most “cringeworthy, uncomfortable character ever to grace our television screens.” While not meant as a compliment back then, it today is an understated “all that and a bag of chips” compliment when describing what is so lovable and endearing about Michael Scott. (sorry for the “all that and a bag of chips” reference… I know its very lame and very dated. LoL) ) I cried from the beginning of the retrospective that aired before the finale, until the end of the finale… and upon the first quick pan of Michael Scott, I nearly lost it as Dwight shouted, “I can’t believe you came” and then hugged one another. (that’s a lie, I did lose it) I’ve been watching older episodes recently, knowing the end was coming very soon… and have had fun in doing so. I too have an immense appreciation for the MTM show and have found myself having a very similar attachment with The Office and just about all of its characters. Watching the evolution and/or maturity of the characters has been in my eyes at least, a subtle, sometimes clumsy but almost always, realistic and very human transition. Ugh… and the writing, what can possibly be said about the writing, except that I can only dream of having the sort of God given talent one must have in order to write for a series such as The Office, just brilliant. I started my evening none to thrilled about watching the two hours devoted to The Office on NBC last night and wasn’t sure where my lack of enthusiasm was coming from… it suddenly hit me like a bolt of lightening after Dwight happily found Angela squished inside the trunk of his car, courtesy of Mose. I was in denial and wanted this show to just keep going on and on and on and on… and so on and so on and so on, e.t.c… As mushy and even maybe corny as it may have seemed, I really loved the last individual interviews for the “documentary” with the characters because we as the viewer knew it was sincere and genuine. It was their Lou Grant, “I treasure you people” finale moment. With that, I don’t think I’m done crying yet… hell, I still cry whenever I see that “I treasure you people” scene at the end of the MTM show. LoL!

]]> http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2013/05/17/the-office-finale-yeah-i-cried/#comment-11188 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:39:45 +0000 http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/?p=831#comment-11188 Couldn’t have said it better myself. I have not been distraught over a show’s end since “Full House,” and yet I do feel at peace with the character’s stories. Except for Creed, I hope someone visits him.

]]> http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2013/04/15/win-a-free-advance-copy-of-mary-and-lou-and-rhoda-and-ted-part-3/#comment-11071 Mon, 06 May 2013 19:46:00 +0000 http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/?p=733#comment-11071 Now, this one, I knew, but I missed it:

]]> http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2013/04/12/win-a-free-advance-copy-of-mary-and-lou-and-rhoda-and-ted-part-2/#comment-11063 Sun, 05 May 2013 15:29:42 +0000 http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/?p=731#comment-11063 You’ll know it once you read the book.

]]> http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2013/04/12/win-a-free-advance-copy-of-mary-and-lou-and-rhoda-and-ted-part-2/#comment-11060 Sun, 05 May 2013 05:55:25 +0000 http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/?p=731#comment-11060 Dang, I didn’t even know that! *hides* I fail.

]]> http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2010/10/29/where-are-the-mouseketeers-now-doreen-tracey/#comment-10813 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:30:48 +0000 http://jennifermarmstrong.com/?p=110#comment-10813 Dorren
When you came to Vietnam with your show you came to Cha Rang Valley about 15 mile outside of Quinhon and put on a splendid performance. I met you and you asked if you could take a shower while I guarded the entrance to the shower room, and you did. I never forgot that nor you who came over to entertain us Army boys..
Lee Doyle
Seoul, korea

]]> http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2013/04/15/win-a-free-advance-copy-of-mary-and-lou-and-rhoda-and-ted-part-3/#comment-10681 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:58:07 +0000 http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/?p=733#comment-10681 Walter Cronkite

]]> http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2013/04/15/win-a-free-advance-copy-of-mary-and-lou-and-rhoda-and-ted-part-3/#comment-10660 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:59:42 +0000 http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/?p=733#comment-10660 Thank you all for playing! If you’re in the New York area, you can use those trivia skills by joining me for the book launch/trivia night in Brooklyn. More prizes, including free copies of the book!: http://jenniferkarmstrong.com/upcoming-appearances/

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