The 5er: Channel 4's Ed Webster

(Photo Disclaimer: I clearly did not interview a baby so obviously the interviewee subject is on the left. LOL)

For the best British TV recommendations, I often consult my friend, Channel 4's Ed Webster, for which he is now the reason for my absolute addiction to the infectious show, "Peep Show".  Get deeper inside his mind for more of his fave shows - albeit some of them American ones, what American-isms he fancies and why Gene Kelly is so appealing to him.

What is currently your favorite show on Channel 4?
The brilliantly written, shot and acted "Peep Show".  I'm very glad that it's coming back for another series (or season as you would say!) later this year.

 Peep Show

  
What is currently your favorite show not on Channel 4 and why?
I'm catching up with various box sets. I'm a huge fan of the "West Wing". It makes me proud to be an American. At least it would if I was.

Out of current shows, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" which I tried to get Channel 4 to acquire for the UK. It's the funniest thing I've ever seen on TV.  "Boardwalk Empire" is amazing - I'm going to New York to visit my friend Anatol Yusef this year, who plays "Meyer Lansky". While I'm there I'm going to try and persuade him that his character should have a brother.  From there it's a short walk to my own spin off series, which would like to be a musical comedy show. I'll let you know what they say.

Anatol Yusef

If you could live anywhere else than London, where would it be?
I absolutely love New York (though you never once invited me over when you lived there. I'm over it) And I could very happily live anywhere along the California coast - so beautiful. Even thinking about it makes me happy.

What makes you laugh the most about us silly Americans?
The Writers/Cast of 'It's Always Sunny...', Seth McFarlane, Oliver Hardy, Steve Martin, legal disclaimers on commercials, The 'World' Series, and the way you spell 'favourite'.

What is your favorite all-time film and why?
I want to say "The Godfather" but I think I have to go for "Singing in the Rain". When I grow up, I want to be Gene Kelly.

Go See: Premium Rush

If you enjoy action, NYC and some key actors such as Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Chung, Dania Ramirez and "Boardwalk Empire's" Michael Shannon (who does such a good job playing evil characters), then you'll enjoy "Premium Rush".  You may seriously never want to be a bike messenger after seeing this flick, too.  But hey, did you ever think you could do that anyway?  This film was directed by David Koepp, who co-wrote this flick with John Kamps.  Koepp seems to have the experience with action as he also wrote the first Tom Cruise version of "Mission Impossible", "Spider-man" and "Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".

I gots to give my shout out to my fellow asian actors and wanted to give props to Jamie Chung, who, btw, I got the opportunity to interview last weekend at "Audrey's Night Out".  If you know anything about her, you would know she started off on one of "The Real World" seasons, then went on to become quite successful landing roles in films such as "Sucker Punch", "The Hangover 2" and the soon-to-be released, "The Man With The Iron Fists" to be directed by RZA.  Other notable factoids: did the character Raj look familiar?  Well, that's because you might recall seeing Aasif Mandvi in "Ghost Town" with Ricky Gervais, "The Last Airbender" and "The Dictator".  And Wole Parks, who played Marco, was a soap opera star playing Dallas Griffin on "As The World Turns".

So, go see it - it's a fun ride.  Okay, I just couldn't resist!