I finally finished the "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" DVD set. I had watched the final two episodes on Sunday night, but tonight, I watched the special feature.
That's right: Just one special feature. (There was also a commentary by writer Aaron Sorkin and director Thomas Schlamme on the pilot episode, but I don't listen to those, so they don't really count in my book.)
The one special feature began with a tour of the set, led by Timothy Busfield. I found his voice so low that I had to crank my volume up to 40 (it's usually at 20) just so I could hear what he was saying. Of course, that meant that when they put in actual clips to illustrate what he was talking about, I had to dial the volume back down. How inconsiderate is that?
After the tour was finished, I was prepared for that to be the end of the feature, but it wasn't. There were some interviews with Sorkin, Schlamme and other cast members (who all told the interviewer how lucky they felt to be working with such geniuses). It appeared that the interviews were done very early on in the process (by one account, on Day 3) and everyone was full of hope. At that point, there wasn't really much of anything to be said.
Unfortunately, much like the 22 episodes of "Studio 60," the 30-minute documentary was over quickly -- much sooner than I had hoped. Part of me wished they could have gotten the gang back together after the show had wrapped, just so they could all talk about the experience. I guess that would've been too much to ask.
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