Think of it as an unofficial announcement, RENO 911! cast members are scheduled to visit The U.S. Troops overseas. The cast members will be reunited for the first time in character after the show was cancelled this past Summer 2009. Yes, the reunion will include Deputy James Garcia and Deputy Cherissa Kimball. No words yet if Deputy Clementine Johnson will partake in this reunion.

Thank You to all members af U.S. Troops. It’s a small Thank You for all of you.

Stay tuned for more news on this.

Apologies for those who read the post earlier, as I heard it wrong. What it’s supposed to say:

RENO 911! cast members to reunite in San Francisco this January 2010 sans Wendi McLendon-Covey. Wendi will not be joining the RENO 911! reunion because she will be visiting the Troops overseas at the same time.

Stay tuned for more.

"ACME Saturday Night" Host 9/12/09 Wendi McLendon-Covey

LOS ANGELES – (Friday, September 11, 2009) – Wendi McLendon-Covey, known to television viewers as Deputy Clementine Johnson on “Reno 911!” will host the online, comedy TV show “ACME Saturday Night”  Saturday,  September 12, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. PT on www.acmecomedy.com.  The show is recorded live in front of a studio audience at ACME Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles.

McLendon-Covey will appear in a variety of outrageous sketches alongside “ACME Saturday Night” cast members Jen Parker, Kevin Small, Pauline Yasuda, Eric Stitt, Kimberly Huff, Jake West, Brian Spillane and Kirk Diedrich.  The Moon Upstairs will perform as the show’s musical guest.

ACME Comedy Theatre is located at 135 N. La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, CA 90036.  Studio audience tickets are available at www.acmecomedy.com for $10.00.  Tickets are $15.00 at the door the night of the show.

"ACME Saturday Night" Musical Guest 9/12/09 The Moon Upstairs

Celebrities who have hosted at ACME previously include:  Tichina Arnold, Lea Thompson, Matthew Lillard, Brian Krause, Kevin Richardson, Debra Skelton, Tatyana Ali, Kato Kaelin, Neil Flynn, Kelly Packard, Jai Rodriguez, ANT, Elaine Hendrix, Maria Quiban, Cristina Perez, Noureen DeWulf, Lisa Ann Walter and Thomas Calabro.

ACME Comedy Theatre celebrates its 20^th Anniversary this year.  Dan Kane is the executive producer of “ACME Saturday Night” and the owner of ACME Comedy Theatre. Please visit www.acmecomedy.com for additional information.

MEDIA CONTACT: riley@charlesrileypr.com

Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Small "ACME Saturday Night" www.acmecomedy.com © Daniel Acuna Photography 2009

Herman Spooner is a used car salesman who still lives at home with his parents. Spooner is fairly set in his unfulfilling routine, but turning 30 marks a hard deadline set by his mom and dad to get a place of his own. To top it off, Spooner’s boss is putting on the pressure to bring in some numbers, or face the chopping block. Headed for one of the worst days of his life, Spooner meets the girl of his dreams, Rose. Forgoing all other priorities, Spooner is now working on winning her heart, but on their perfect date, she breaks the news that she is about to leave for the Philippines. How far will Spooner go to show Rose he really knows how to spoon?

Humorous, minimal mushiness and just the right amount of charm keeps you entertained throughout this wonderful story, without falling into predictable indie-cliches, as well as a fantastic performance from lead actor, Matthew Lillard. A great little film that does everything it should.

Kerri Kenney looking perty (far left)

“Pushing Daisies” is in trouble and has probably had its head lopped off (yep, it’s been canceled, it’s official) which made it hard to enjoy the last few episodes even though they were pretty delish. The show is by the same people who did the short-lived but masterful “Wonder Falls” and like “Wonder Falls,”  Pushing Daisies proved to be too quirky for the average viewer. Pushing Daisies is visually stunning  and better than most things out there, although it can be a tad too gimmicky and scooby-doo episodic.  Still, it was getting better and I hate to see it go. (Oh! Swoosie Kurtz is AMAZING as a mermaid in a jeweled eye-patch. Ah. Freak Love.)  As a magical realism lit-fiction writer, I’m excited by every failed attempt to bring magical realism to TV.  The charming episode where Kerri Kenney is the assistant to The Great Herman (Fred Williard was awesome!) was probably one of the last episodes we’ll ever see of Pushing Daisies. She rocked it!  I wish I had a clip but I’ve looked and can’t locate one. You can only see her briefly in this promo for the episode called “Oh Oh It’s Magic!”

Kath & Kim — based on a successful Australian comedy of the same name — is probably in some trouble of its own. Starring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair as mall worshippers engrossed in popular culture and not much else, Kath & Kim is oddly endearing and definitely grows on you. I love dorks so I really love this show with the dorkiest romance ever between Kath Day and Phil Night. (Knight?) It just goes to show that the harder you try to be cool the more you miss the mark. I love Molly Shannon and want the show to do well but I worry cause it’s pretty weird. In the episode “Friends” (which aired December 11th) Kath & Phil throw a Christmas party and invite people they barely know. Wendi Mclendon-Covey was small town dreamy as wife to a mall security guard. Loved it! See Mclendon-Covey in an NBC clip. 

Technically all three of the original Reno ladies have been on prime time in the last 6 months or so. Niecy Nash — the hardest working woman in show biz — was on that horrible sitcom about the hotel. But that sucked too much to count. Nash shines as Deputy Raineesha Williams though.

A movie based on
the television series
Reno 911!

Actress and comedienne Wendi McLendon-Covey will visit Dr. B and Dangerous Lee on the #1 most listened to comedy show on all of BlogTalkRadio.

McLendon-Covey is known for her role as on the Comedy Central television program Reno 911!, a role which awarded her #10 on Maxim magazine’s TV’s Best Nymphos list. She’s also involved in a charity organization called Cops 4 Causes and will be hosting their kick off party on Thursday night.

Then, the boys of Bag of Toys will stop by to help celebrate this weekend’s unofficial beginning of summer. The band, whose new album Afternooner is available now, sounds like summer with their acoustic surf rock.

All that, plus author Jen Lancaster, Vinny Bond drags his Big Leather Couch into the Radio Happy Hour Lounge to chat live with the listeners, Justin the Weatherman and we’ll take your calls at 646-652-4804.