Last Second Thoughts

ER Musings

Ray Liotta guest-starred on ER last night. I imagine his initial talks with the producers of ER went something like this:

Ray: Hey. This is Ray Liotta. Damn right - it's Ray Liotta! You know you want me to do a guest role on your show. Don’t deny it Johnny Wells. Well, I’m gonna make your day. I want an Emmy. That’s right, an Emmy! So y’all are gonna get me my Emmy!

First, give me a character that’s the focus of the episode. Nobody else can get any attention except me. That way the Emmy committee can’t help buy notice my superb acting skills! And make me dying. With all sorts of death hallucinations and crap. Chicks dig my melodramatic side. And Emmy voters love hallucinations and crap! And I love melodrama! And make sure my character has a little bit of a dangerous edge to him – you know, like a cop. Or a mobster. Or an insane stalker. Or a ballplayer who was banned from Major League Baseball. Something like that, you know? Alan Alda thinks his guest role was good? I’ll freakin’ blow him away and eat his children! Oh yeah, and make sure there’s no music or score to this episode. I hate freakin’ music! Only my lines should be heard, damnit! Oh yeah, Emmy, here I come!!!!