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Entries from Austinist tagged with 'rickygervais'

August 10, 2007

Rush Hour 3: Don't Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker look dismayed to find themselves in the third installment of their never-ending Rush Hour franchise? If you find it hilarious to watch a BLACK GUY and an ASIAN GUY fighting crime--together!--then look out, because now they're fighting crime in France, the funniest place in the world! Which one of them do you think will be eye-rolling and making fish-out-of-water quips while dangling from the Eiffel Tower......

Continue Reading "New Movie Release Rodeo!"

June 14, 2006

Local: The U.S. Commerce Secretary recently met with local Austin business leaders in an effort to push Bush's platform to control illegal immigration. One concern facing business owners will be their ability to find skilled workers who can claim legal status. In other local news that we mentioned a while back: Your house may now be located in a flood plain. State: Democratic candidate for governor Chris Bell believes that the four-way race for......

Continue Reading "Political Tidbits and Other Scraps"

September 8, 2005

We can argue this until we’re blue in the face, but at the end of the day, you have to come to terms with it – “The Office” is the best comedy in the history of television. Our apologies to “The Simpsons,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “Mr. Show,” “Cheers” and whatever else you've got, but Ricky Gervais and Co. set the bar. In recognition of their brilliance, The Alamo Village Drafthouse is showing episodes......

Continue Reading "Going to “The Office” on a Thursday Night...Are We Mad? Yes, Completely."

March 24, 2005

The American version of The Office, an hilarious hit comedy from the UK, premieres tonight at 8:30 on KXAN. We've aleady seen a preview of the first episode, and it looks to be almost word for word the same as the British version. Steve Carell will be taking the place of the series writer/creator, Ricky Gervais as the star of the show, and Austinist thinks that he'll do a good job. The show follows......

Continue Reading "The Office Premieres Tonight"

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