I didn’t make it to Fenway Park until the 2nd inning last night. Had I been on time I would have seen Smallville’s Tom Welling throw out the first pitch during the Red Sox/Mets game. Well, at least they tell me Tom Welling threw out the first pitch. I can’t say with any amount of certainty that it was Tom. The Tom Welling I know is a lean, clean cut, fine looking man. The TW that showed up last night? Hmmmm. Superman? Not so much.

Oh, and my Sox spanked the Mets in what was probably one of the best baseball games I have ever seen!!! Let’s go Red Sox let’s go!!!!

(Thanks to Just Jared for the pics)

As Boyz II Men so eloquently put it, “It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday”.  But that’s just what The WB will be doing when it ends its 11 year run on Sunday, Septmber 17th.  So how exactly will The WB bid farewell before transitioning to the all new CW?  Warner Bros has annouced that they will be re-airing some of the pilots of the shows that made the newtwork what it is today. Memories of my college days will be in full effect when The WB reairs the first eps of classics  Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel,  Felicity, and GMMR’s personal favorite, Dawson’s Creek.

It’s going to be great to look back at those familar faces when they were just those crazy kids of The WB.  Remember when the too tall girl from the wrong side of the Creek wasn’t synonymous with crazy men jumping on couches?  And oh the lessons we learned about the life altering impact of cutting one’s hair. Of course we can’t forget the peaceful night’s sleep we’ve had since we found out that there was a kickass chick ready to beat down those monsters under our bed.  Yes, the classic WB.  Those were the days. I can’t wait to relive the memories.

My first real TV boyfriend (ok, I suppose Kirk Cameron was my first), Josh Jackson was spotted looking supafine this week at the premiere of Superman in LA. Looks like he left his latest fling, Diane Kruger, at home. Good!!! We just don’t see enough of JJ these days. He needs to find his way back to TV, and fast. Hey Shonda Rhimes, isn’t there a role for my boy on Grey’s Anatomy? McPacey?? Now, that would be nice.

Attention Veronica Mars fans!!! The cast of Veronica Mars will be participating in a Veronica Mars Q&A panel at San Diego’s Comic Con in July. If you are lucky enough to be attending Comic Con make sure you don’t miss out on this incredible event. In addition to show creator Rob Thomas, confirmed cast members include Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Jason Dohring (Logan Echolls), Enrico Colantoni (Keith Mars), Francis Capra (Weevil), Ryan Hansen (I love Dick…Casablancas), and Michael Muhney (Sheriff Lamb).

Having met the cast of Veronica Mars, I can tell you how wounderful they are to their fans, so I’m sure this Q&A and autograph signing will be a blast.

Here’s the details….

Event: Comic Con (San Diego, CA) Veronica Mars Q&A Panel
Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm (with autograph signing to follow)
Moderator: Daniel Manu from TVGuide.com

If you are planning on attending the event, and have specific questions, let me know. My contact at The WB might be able to help you out.

And as always, if you are new to GiveMeMyRemote.com, check out My Day on the Set of Veronica Mars.

Welcome to GMMR’s happy place. I just came across this video of classic Jim Halpert (John Krasinski, The Office-US) and Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman, The Office-UK) moments set to the very appropriate tune, “It’s All in the Face”. (You can so tell when I come home form work and hang out on YouTube.com)

Special thanks to absnow54 for posting the video.

The Office webisodes don’t start until July 13th, but there’s a sneak peek available online at, you guessed it….youtube.com.

Check it out.

According to TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello, Michael Cera, best known for playing George Michael on Arrested Development, will not be appearing on Veronica Mars next season.  Michael Cera and his AD on-screen cousin, Alia Shawkat, both appeared in an important episode of VM last season.  Show creator Rob Thomas had noted that he was asking both Michael and Alia to return as recurring characters during season 3.  However, it looks like Michael Cera has a few movies in the works and his return to Neptune, CA is unlikely.

“We’re very bummed, but surviving,” Rob Thomas tells Ausiello. “We’re hoping to get him in the show after his movie wraps, but the boy has many projects, so we’re not banking on it.”

In other VM casting news, Tina Majorino (Mac) is thisclose to becoming a series regular. This has been in the works for a while, but Majorino’s desire to continue to work on Big Love had made things a bit more difficult.  I guess Mac just isn’t ready to truly say goodbye to Beaver  Cassidy.

Title: Chlamydia
Original Airdate: June 27, 2006

Last time on Rescue Me: Lou contemplated suicide before shacking up with Tommy. Tommy continued his affair with Mrs. Turbody and had controversial sex with Janet. Probie insisted he wouldn’t go down without a fight. Sean told Tommy he was in love with Maggie, who then told Tommy she had four other boyfriends. Chief’s working at a bar. Franco overshared with Alicia about how he illegally took Keela away from her foster family.

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The crew’s over at Tommy’s removing furniture to take over to Janet’s. Sean’s in a bedroom taking a nap because Maggie kept him up all night. Tommy goes in to heckle him, saying that Sean’s a pussy because he didn’t confront Maggie about the ‘four other boyfriends’ thing. Tommy knows Maggie will be pissed if Sean does say anything.

Keela and Alicia have tea at the park. Keela asks if she’ll be going away soon like her mommy did. Alicia tells her no and that she once had a little girl who went away, up to heaven, and she knows how it feels when someone leaves so she won’t go. Keela says “I want us to be together forever.” Alicia says she’ll work on it. I’m going to work on hoping Alicia doesn’t do something sketchy.

As the guys move some of the last stuff out, Sheila stops by and tells Tommy she ran into Angela, Johnny’s ex. Angie’s looking great and doing great. (Knowing that Angela is played by Marisa Tomei, I’m really fighting making a My Cousin Vinny reference. Chances are good that I’ll lose the fight later in this recap. Fair warning.)

Chief stops to talk to his boss at the bar, who is betting on some sporting team…Gonzaga…I’m lost. Chief gets a $100 advance on pay, only to get nudged into betting it all on the competition. Tsk tsk, Jerry.

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Ding dong the witch is dead. Star Jones-Reynolds announced this morning that she is in fact leaving The View. See ya…don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out. Sorry, but I loathe Star Jones and I am so happy to see that she is finally leaving the show. Although I would have loved to see the sparks fly if she and Rosie were forced to sit at that table together every morning.

Anyway, check out Star’s Emmy winning performance as she broke the news to the audience, as well as her co-hosts (like they didn’t already know..come on now).

(Click the image below to watch Star’s speech over at dlisted.com)

What makes her annoucement so impressive is that she has already been blabbing to whomever will listen that she was in fact fired from The View. Check out what Star told People Magazine about her departure.

“What you don’t know is that my contract was not renewed for the 10th season,” Star tells People. “I feel like I was fired.” Star adds that she was told her contract wouldn’t be renewed just days before news leaked that O’Donnell would be joining The View.

Oh snap. Yeah, The View is moving in a different direction, Star…away from your obnxious, self righteous act.

Update: Babs was none to pleased with Star making her dramatic annoucement yesterday without informing her co-hosts.  I guess they really didn’t know.  According to Barbara Walters, they had planned on canning Star 6 months ago, but it was never the right time.  Also, rumor has it that Star was asked NOT to return to work today.  I’ll be TiVoing it to see how it oes down.  SCANDAL!!!

TV’s best comedy may be on a summer break, but we at GiveMeMyRemote.com don’t want you to be in “Office” withdrawal. In case you missed some of your favorite Dunder Mifflinites, we thought we would give you a sneak peek as to what they’ve been up to over the summer.

GMMR is proud to team up with the fabulous and talented Meg for these exclusive cartoons inspired by our favorite show, The Office.

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Ok, how talented is Meg? When I first approached her about doing an “Office” cartoon, I knew she was uber-talented but this is off the charts. Thanks again Meg. Can’t wait to see the next one!!!

(Please do not copy this image from GiveMeMyRemote.com)