I'm addicted . . . to John from Cincinnati . . . I watch it repeatedly. I love all the characters. The little surfer dude reminds me of Cameron. I totally identify with the porn star mom. (kidding!!! puhleeze!!!) But who knew that HBO would create every possible media marketing channel known to man? One thing I keep getting, loud and clear, is that when you get older, you don't keep up. I'm trying! I'm trying!!! I commit myself to trying to remain technically astute. ahem. Here are just a few of the blogs, you tubes, fake web sites, etc. that they have created to inspire interest in their new series. (I'm good but if you kill off Shaunie, I'm done. I can take anything on the sopranos but I couldn't take that.)
John from Cincinatti HBO Official web site: Cast and Crew (trivia: Dr. Michael Smith looks exactly like my sister's ex-husband Peter Barnes. Freaky!!!!!)
Here is the fake Yost Clan Web site that the character Dwayne hosts - even better, he stopped posting last September = it must be real!!!:
You tube: just search on JFC; here's one you shall surely enjoy with stills from the series:
Please also enjoy the Opening Credits (Johnny Appleseed song). I have been begging for Steve to record this so that I can share with my non HBO friends. If he is uber-hubbie, I'm sure he will!! I'm sure you will enjoy "Crap Machines," "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph" (thanks Bill Jacks i.e. Ed O'Neill from "Married with Children" ), and many more.
Also, "Stinkweed", the (I think- but what do I know, I am a stayathome mom) fictional website-
I got my eye on U . . . .
2 comments:
I've watched John f. C. a few times. I saw the one where John spoke of all the Grandmother's thoughts and sins while she was at the kitchen sink. Yikes! She did some bad stuff...Made me feel like a saint in comparison. Was that the point?
The show reminds me of Stranger in a Strange Land, a classic SF novel.
The most redeeming character is the skater grandson. Quite a handsome boy.
That was certainly creepy! Shocking! I think they needed to villify her to bring her down to the level of her family- the men certainly are all badly behaved with their drug abuse and affairs, etc. If she were such a great mother/grandmother/wife, why would she have stayed with them? I have started to watch the earlier episodes (they are free on demand) and see all sorts of things that I missed before! Many are saying that the dialogue cadence is similar to "Deadwood" (I never watched it). I wonder if this show is based on the novel you mentioned? You can comment on one of the HBO blogs and maybe they will respond!
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