One of my favorite things of all time is to read Wikipedia and IMDB.com entries about TV Show writers I admire. I call it "research." A few months ago, I was reading about Mindy Kaling, who plays Kelly Kapoor on the American version of The Office, when I discovered she writes AND acts on probably the funniest show on television. She also keeps a tremendous blog: mindyephron.blogspot.com. Her tone is really girly, and it's hard to imagine her writing lines for anyone but Kelly, yet she managed to write the very funny The Dundies episode from Season 1.* My general dislike of female comediens does not extend to smart, hilarious ladies like Mindy. She went to Dartmouth and wrote a two women play after graduating called Matt and Ben (Damon and Affleck respectively). From there, she was recruited to write for The Office. She's livin' the dream - specifically, my dream. I also like the premise of her blog. The entries are simple, short, and really fun to read. The title is Things I've Bought That I Love, and her entries detail exactly that. Sure, the conceit is pretty superficial and materialistic, but then again, I'm from LA, so who am I to judge?
- Celeste
*EDIT: Apparently The Dundies were from Season 2. I watched both seasons in the span of oh, 4 days, so I have no concept of Seasonage.
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Mindy's blog is pretty hilarious.
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Yo The Dundies were Season 2 biatches. Season premiere!
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