The actors (or "characters") featured are the cast of ABC's new sitcom Modern Family. Thomas will no doubt recognize the second gentleman featured as Vice President and Former Governor of Pennsylvania Eric Baker, and Joe will easily spot Jack's ex-wife from Lost, but understandably the rest of you might be in the dark. The two knuckleheads who bring the music to a screeching halt (and really, is there anything more retreaded than using the "record scratch" to indicate a change in moods?) are Fox TV heads Gary Newman & Dana Walden, who no doubt think they're being hilarious with their little wink/wink, nudge-nudge routine. Problem is unless your an industry insider you not only don't have the pleasure of being "in" on the joke, but also may very well be one of the writers, actors, or crew members who can't find a job in what used to be a top time of the year for employment because fewer and fewer pilots are getting made.
It's not so much that I think this is patently offensive because it quite obviously was made with satirical, completely innocent intentions. It's just that this is such a lame & predictable exercise meant to cater to the "insider's crowd" to the point of not only failing to be funny, but being just plain stupid.
I've broached the subject before and I'll revisit it again in the future (bank on that), but it just makes me conjure up the quote from "What Just Happened", a surprisingly self-indulgent look at Hollywood that featured Bruce Willis as an actor named Bruce Willis. In the film, Bruce Willis (as portrayed by Bruce Willis) gives the following eulogy:
Hunter S Thompson once said to me, "The movie business is a cruel and shallow money trench, where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.' Then he added, 'There's also a negative side'.
