“4 A.M. Miracle,” and a Nevada Day remembrance
If you’ve been following along with my Studio 60 Revisited Monday night marathon, tonight’s the night for “4 A.M. Miracle,” which originally aired on February 19, 2007. The episode has its fair share of Matt-Harriet psychodrama, but it will, to me, always be known as The One With The Exploding Baby. Ha! Pretty sure they’re never going to ask Tom, Simon, or Cal to babysit now.
I’ll have more to say about “4 A.M. Miracle” tomorrow after re-watching it tonight. Right now, though, I’m thinking about “Nevada Day Part II,” and a question I wrote at the time we re-watched that one:
“How great would it have been to have a face-off between Wilson White and Judge Bebe? When the scene in which Ed Asner’s White intimidates Jordan was immediately followed by the scene in which John Goodman’s Bebe made Jack melt down, I couldn’t help but wish these two great actors could have chewed some scenery together — whether butting heads or chatting over pie at the diner.”
Of course, we never got any sort of meeting between John Goodman’s character and Ed Asner’s in Studio 60’s single season. But some movie news I saw today made me think about that wish: The two actors are appearing in the same film, Gigantic, an indie romance starring Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel as characters named Brian and Happy.
According to an item in The Hollywood Reporter, “Asner will play Brian’s pot-smoking, gangsta rap-loving father,” and “Goodman will play Happy’s brilliant, domineering dad.”
Don’t suppose those two characters will be meeting at the diner for a slice of pie. But it’s nice to see them working, and working together.
Watch “4 A.M. Miracle” with me tonight, and come back throughout the week for a review, recap, memorable lines, and five questions.
Studio 60, NBC, Ed Asner, John Goodman, 4 A.M. Miracle
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