I believe it was actually The Good Wife that inspired a conversation about stuntcasting on a recent Sepinwall/Feinberg podcast that was pretty interesting. My memory is that the definition that they circled around that I found myself agreeing with is roughly that it counts as stunt casting if it is something that is done largely to try to bring in new viewers. If you can imagine a promo saying "This week _____ is on _____" then it counts as stunt casting, even if the person is a perfect fit and/or a great actor. The example they were discussing was Wallace Shawn, who is great and all but is not likely to be someone people tune in for special, as opposed to many of the 30 Rock or Will and Grace guest stars that clearly had some of that appeal, even though some of them were very well used.
Or, as I think of it, Louie CK wasn't stunt casting in Season 2 of Parks and Rec but was stunt casting in Season 4. Not that this makes sense. - dg On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Dave Sikula <dsik...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I think it varies from show to show. I never watched "Will and Grace" (if > only because I loathe Megan Mullaly), but it seemed like every week they > had two or three stunt-cast guest stars who were slumming to appear on a > hot sitcom. On the other hand, "The Good Wife" (which I've only just > started watching in the last couple of weeks) always seems to have > name-brand guests, but (from what I've gathered) who have been hired in a > multi-episode capacity because they're good actors (and in New York). > > --Dave Sikula > > > On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 5:41:00 PM UTC-7, JW wrote: >> >> > It may be stunt casting, but NCIS usually* makes really good use of its >> > stunt-casted actors (see: Lily Tomlin as McGee's grandmother, Robert >> Wagner >> > as DiNozo Sr., Bob Newhart as Duckie's colleague/mentor, etc.) - I'm >> > confident this will be as well. >> >> I guess the problem is a definition for "stunt casting". Having Robert >> Alda play Hawkeye's father certainly qualifies. Reuniting the Mary >> Tyler Moore cast on Hot in Cleveland fits. >> >> I think it's more than just hiring a big-name actor, though. Robert >> Vaughn playing Duckie's colleague/mentor would be stunt casting. I >> don't think Bob Newhart is. But I could be wrong about the definition. >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
