- The promised oral history of the show is up at Grantland, though it contains marginal spoilers for the finale. (And Simmons notes one exciting tidbit that didn't make it in, though I'd prefer 5 more seasons of Eric and Tami just being generally awesome.)
- Tami Taylor says "y'all." A lot. Seriously, almost as much as Don Draper says "what." (ETA: Relatedly, my sister sings the praises of "y'all.")
Thursday, July 14, 2011
TEXAS FOR FIVE SEASONS: To continue the celebration of Friday Night Lights' much deserved multiple Emmy nominations for the final season, two items:
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The one complaint I always have about oral histories is that they're not long enough. I love the ones where they go on and on forever and you hear from everybody about everything, sometimes from multiple perspectives. Would have loved to have heard more people talking about who was good at football (Kyle Chandler said that Jesse Plemons was the best of them), about discovering how to write for Tyra, about Plemons's emergence as an actor, about bringing Billy out of the background, all that stuff.
ReplyDeleteBut I do love the part about everybody going out for dinner when East Dillon had been cast and Kyle Chandler telling them "this is your show now."
I'm not going to read the oral history until I've seen the finale - thanks for the note about spoilers.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to note that "y'all" is an extremely useful construction and if I didn't sound like a complete idiot using it, I'd make use of it much more often. You go, Tami Taylor!
I liked the part where Peter Berg said he nearly threw himself in front of the bus before Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton could drive together from LA to Austin because the two actors had such instant chemistry that he feared they would end up having an affair.
ReplyDeleteI want there to be a video montage of Tami saying "sug" as a sequel to the "y'all" vid.
ReplyDeleteY'all is a terrific inclusive word - works for a group of 3 and a group of 300. Very handy word indeed.
ReplyDeleteOne of the interesting aspects of the ending of FNL in the Austin area is, of course, the loss of the money it created for the area but also, on a more direct level, for local schools. The stadium scenes are filmed primarily at two of our neighborhood high school stadiums and they regularly offered opportunities for extras to fill the stands and make a little money. It was a unique fundraiser for some of the school groups.