Re: Mr Gilmore as a medical intern

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Cory <my_wheel_life@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 18, 1:15 am, Rob Jensen <ShutUp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:03:00 +1300, Anybody
> >
> > <anyb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > >Anyone know why Mr Gilmore gave up his long career to become an
> > >hospital intern in Grey's Anatomy?? Maybe he went a little strange
> > >after his heart attack - a late-mid-life crisis.  ;-)
> >
> > Oddly enough, that's kinda what happened to Good Ol' Norman on Grey's.
> > Had a mid-life crisis after his wife died.
> 
> The "Richard Gilmore as an intern" storyline was about the most
> bizarre thing I've seen on television in a LONG time.  It was pretty
> obvious that it was just filler, for whatever reason... not that it
> wasn't great to see EH, of course, and no offense to his talent,
> either.  It was just a poorly conceived and executed plot on the part
> of TPTB of GA.

They probably saw (or heard about) the older man in the batch of
applicants for the new team on House and decided "hey, that's a good
idea, let's clone it" - that's how Hollyweird usually works.   :-\