Before George Lopez had his own late night talk show on TBS, he was part of the Ski Patrol. He looks the same now as he did when he was 28 in that 1990 movie.
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I never realized how scary George Lopez’s eyes were until these close-ups of him. Seriously could they be any more bug-eyed? I guess you could say that Tyra Bank would love him because she always tells her models to speak with their eyes and his are definitely speaking loud and clear.
I am at the Cable TCAs and I am blogging about George Lopez’s show, so if it is out of order it is because I am live blogging it!!
George Lopez goes from sitcom success to try his hand at a talk show on TBS at 11p. He is happy to bring it to cable because it the right place for him. Back when Arsenio Hall has his own late night talk show, George was on it over 20 times and he is asking Arsenio for advice. Lopez is also real and realizes that his toughest competition will be novelas, he knows he won’t win that battle.
The show will have that feeling it will be taped outside, but in reality it will tape on a set on the Warner Bros lot in Burbank. They were getting too many complaints from Two and a Half Men when they were taping outside, so they recreated the outside look inside.
George says that his show might not always start with a monologue if the guest is big enough he will open with them. He wants his show to be open and like a party. He wants his guests to feel welcome. He will try to keep his show current by going as close to air time as possible.
When asked how he is prepping for his interview skills, he said, “he will be spending August at the University of Phoenix”. LOL! His past experience with being a popular talk show guest has prepared him for doing interviews.
I am looking forward to seeing what he can do with his show, so remember to check him out in November on TBS when it starts to air.
COMIC George Lopez got pretty serious Wednesday on Orlando station WOMX 105.1’s "Scott & Erica Show" when he told the radio hosts he wanted to "start a feud" with "Tonight" show host Jay Leno. "Leno is the biggest two-faced dude in TV," said Lopez. Though he was unclear as to why he felt this way, sources said Lopez was offended by Leno’s attitude after the ABC sitcom star had a kidney transplant in 2005. Leno invited him on his show after the surgery – but hasn’t had Lopez back since then. Leno’s producers supposedly told Lopez it was because he wasn’t funny enough the first time. "When I had my transplant, he called me and was the nice guy on the phone," dished Lopez. "And then he just puts the knife in your back . . . It tells you something about Jay Leno if Conan O’Brien is coming into ‘The Tonight Show’ [in 2009] when Jay Leno is still young enough to be the host," catted Lopez. "The dude’s, like, the worst interviewer on TV." A Leno flack had no comment.
That is messed up that they said that a man who just went through a kidney transplant was’t funny enough. In Leno’s defense besides his show, that does ok in the ratings, what else does Lopez have to promote. In George’s defense he is right, Leno is not that good of an interviewer.
BARBARA EDEN was everybody’s favorite "Jeannie," including GEORGE LOPEZ, who has cast the legendary actress on an episode of his hit ABC TV series, which will air sometime in early 2007. "I was married to the TV growing up, and Barbara is one of the people who became a part of my extended family through TV," George tells ET. "My own TV show has selfishly given me the opportunity to bring in people I admire." Barbara has joined the cast in the role of Ruth, George and Angie’s (CONSTANCE MARIE) new housekeeper, but one who is not all that interested in keeping house. George got the idea from a friend, who had hired a housekeeper who was great with kids, but left the house in a mess. "I think she just loves to do for him," Barbara says. "She just wants to cook, bake and feed him. I feel that way about my dog. Some people like to nurture. That is just the way she is. She just wants to see him eat and be happy. She really doesn’t want to do housework. It isn’t her thing. My mother was a little like that." It has been more than 30 years since "I Dream of Jeannie" left the air and Barbara was a regular on a TV series, but even so, she says she wouldn’t say no if asked to return to the weekly grind. "I am really surprised she isn’t on a show already," George adds. "She is well prepared, brilliant comedically, and just fantastic at everything she is doing." Something else that Barbara is doing is theater. She has joined forces with LARRY HAGMAN, her "I Dream of Jeannie" co-star, and the two are doing performances of Love Letters at venues across the country. "I think it is just a matter of wanting to work," she says of her long-term success. "A lot of people don’t want to work. They don’t enjoy it. They have had some success, but they don’t really enjoy it. I do a lot of theater. I don’t think I would want to sing again, but I like to act."
COMIC George Lopez got pretty serious Wednesday on Orlando station WOMX 105.1’s "Scott & Erica Show" when he told the radio hosts he wanted to "start a feud" with "Tonight" show host Jay Leno. "Leno is the biggest two-faced dude in TV," said Lopez. Though he was unclear as to why he felt this way, sources said Lopez was offended by Leno’s attitude after the ABC sitcom star had a kidney transplant in 2005. Leno invited him on his show after the surgery – but hasn’t had Lopez back since then. Leno’s producers supposedly told Lopez it was because he wasn’t funny enough the first time. "When I had my transplant, he called me and was the nice guy on the phone," dished Lopez. "And then he just puts the knife in your back . . . It tells you something about Jay Leno if Conan O’Brien is coming into ‘The Tonight Show’ [in 2009] when Jay Leno is still young enough to be the host," catted Lopez. "The dude’s, like, the worst interviewer on TV." A Leno flack had no comment.
