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15 Minutes of Fame (2/22/99)
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Well, we thought we'd heard the end of it once his final episode aired last week, but it appears that people are still moaning about how George Clooney has left ER. All we can say is, we wish people would get over it already. Sure, we're fans of the show, and we liked the character of Dr. Ross as much as the next group of Apple-crazed soap opera writers, but he's gone and we're dealing with it. Given that the news of his departure has been public for months, we doubt it hit anyone as a surprise.
Besides, it's not like George Clooney was the only maverick heartthrob on the air these days. Take, for instance, David Boies, star of the ongoing courtroom drama "Redmond Justice." Now there's an intriguing character. Okay, so his picture may not be gracing the cover of Teen Idol magazine and he might not crack Cosmo's top ten list of "Most Yummiestest," but his fan base is growing and the media are starting to take notice. Take, for example, Newsweek's recent profile of the man. It does a creditable job of giving readers a glimpse into the life of the most effective TV trial lawyer since Perry Mason. (And nobody give us any lip about Matlock-- we're aware of his work.)
For a guy who's primarily responsible for the government's almost certain victory against Microsoft, Boies is described as both "affable" and "cheerful." (We bet that Microsoft's legal team might take issue with that characterization.) Kudos to the show's writers for coming up with a slightly quirky, effective-as-all-get-out lawyer who's still so likeable-- and kudos to Boies, of course, for pulling off the role with such aplomb. From his devil-may-care insistence on wearing black sneakers in court to the facile way he eats witnesses for breakfast, we think Boies is poised and ready to take over Clooney's throne as king of the TV drama heartthrobs. Sorry, ladies-- he's married.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 2/22/99 episode: February 22, 1999: Apple's big, scary lawyers prepare to mix it up with two teens from Calgary. Meanwhile, Motorola considers setting the PowerPC people free to focus on their work unfettered by the distractions of the company's other projects, and government lawyer David Boies knows his profile in Newsweek is just the beginning...
Other scenes from that episode: 1356: Candy From a Baby (2/22/99) Apple Computer's the last company we'd even expect to live by the saying "there's no such thing as bad publicity," given that bad publicity practically killed them a couple of years back. And yet, we can't think of any other reason why they'd choose to use legal scare tactics on a couple of sixteen-year-old Canadian kids, just to get ownership of a domain name that they really don't need and isn't particularly hurting anyone... 1357: PowerPC Outside (2/22/99) When you think of Intel, you think of one thing, right? No, not the Pentium II strapped to a snail's back. No, not a flaming Bunnyman, either. Let's rephrase the question: when most people think of Intel, what do they think of?...
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