Mel Gibson Puts Passion Into TV Sitcom

[neomonkey]

Mel Gibson comedy! Makes me cringe about as much as hearing a priest crack a sorry joke during mass.
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LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson (news) leans forward, scrutinizing a monitor showing a rehearsal for his latest project. He's not directing a sweeping battle a la his Oscar-winning "Braveheart." It's not a scene with the transcendent suffering of his "The Passion of the Christ."

In this run-through for "Complete Savages," the conflict is between five brothers and the cantankerous neighbor (Betty White) who's holding hostage a prized family basketball.

They beg and plead. She assaults them with her cane.

"Comedy," Gibson murmurs with satisfaction.

Yes, it's comedy and small-screen comedy, to boot — "Complete Savages" is a freshman sitcom for ABC (8:30 p.m. EDT Friday). Keith Carradine stars as a single father trying to keep order among his teenage boys.

Mel!

[OneBlueSky]

1. and his character's name is Officer Cox . . .

which I somehow find appropriate . . . :)

[neomonkey]

2. Here's a "taste" of his uproarious humor:

Chatting with a crew member between takes, Gibson jokingly describes his low-carb lunch entree: "I had the double bacon-and-amphetamine burger.

I almost broke a grin. Well no, actually, it was a grimace, it was a fart, which proved much more comical than Mel Gibson.

[jdots]

3. the elevator's on the way down

yo skippy Road Warrior was a long time ago