Current Project: Making of ‘My So-Called Life’ Book

The day after Christmas seems like a good day to hop on this blog to issue my annual apology for not updating it anymore. (I’ve fallen into that all too common trap of tapping out quick posts on Facebook instead. I know, I know – I’m part of the problem.)

Anyway, I’m not sure how much cross-over appeal there is between “Gilmore” peeps and those who love “My So-Called Life,” but I thought I should mention that THIS is the book that’s currently occupying my time these days: “So Beautiful it Hurts: The Making of ‘My So-Called Life.'”

I’ve only just started writing it – I’m only about 3 chapters in – and still have a few interviews to go yet. If you’re so inclined, please join us over here in our little corner of the world as we discuss Jordan Catalano, Angela, and all the gang from one of the best TV shows ever made. (Flannel optional.) If you’ve sworn off Facebook, you’ll find some good old fashioned blog posts here.

Wishing you a wonderful new year,

-Aaron

‘GG Companion’ Foreword

Hi all – I know it’s been a while since I posted anything here….

I was super-excited to learn that The Gilmore Girls Companion audiobook is out and now available on Audible, but just heard that Edward Herrmann’s foreword is not included. (This is a huge book so I understand they couldn’t record everything.)

Anyway, I figured the best way to remedy this is to post Mr. Herrmann’s foreword right here. (Click on the image below to download a PDF.) Now having had the opportunity to reread it, I’m hit anew with a deep sadness that this wonderful, witty man is no longer with us. He truly was one of the best…

 

Thanks to Cosmopolitan.com

I really appreciate Peggy Truong mentioning The Gilmore Girls Companion in her “17 Insane Facts…” piece for Cosmopolitan.com yesterday – so cool! Naturally this makes me even more psyched for the Netflix return 🙂

 

Remembering Edward Herrmann

On Dec. 31st it will be one full year since we lost our Richard Gilmore, Ed Herrmann. I didn’t learn about his passing until the following week, and decided then to share the full text of the interview I conducted with him for the book in PDF form. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, here’s the download link again.

One of the things I’ll never forget from our chat was his passion for old time radio, from Jack Benny to the later team of Bob & Ray. We could’ve easily blown three or four hours reliving our favorite moments from that golden age. In many ways, Mr. Herrmann continued the professionalism and attention to detail of radio into the television and film worlds of today.

Funny thing: Growing up in Washington DC, I listened to a long-running weekly radio show the reran many of those classic shows. The program was called “The Big Broadcast” and was hosted by a former old time radio star, Ed Walker. Even when I later grew up and moved all over the U.S., my wife and I continued to listen to him via the Web. Sadly, he passed away at the end of October, actually recording his very last episode in the hospital – he had been hosting the show for 25 years!

If there is an epilogue to this dream we call life, I’d like to think that Ed Herrmann and Ed Walker are sitting around now swapping stories about the radio programs of yesteryear… I count myself very fortunate to have interviewed them both.

Peace to two gentlemen who proved the old adage that two Eds are better than one…

Netflix Bringing Back ‘Gilmore Girls’?

OK, this TOTALLY justifies the already-justified Netflix bill! http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/gilmore-girls-revival-series-works-833108