Miguel Ferrer on
KTLA Morning News - Los Angeles
January 10 2007
Provided by "Neddy"
From the top of the
hour, Miguel was seated next to entertainment guy and
joined in the discussion. Everything from the new Apple
cell phone/ipod to whether teachers can be fired for
their extracurricular activities (In this case, a
teacher was fired for applying paint to his butt and
"painting" w/said butt. The teacher called it "art."
Butt -- he was fired. By the way, none of this occurred
in the classroom.) Miguel was hilarious through all of
it. (He plays such a serious, no-nonsense character that
I forget how funny he really is!) Very likable and
engaging. If I didn't watch CJ, I would tune in just to
see him!
He told one story about
when he was 15 and had his first date w/James Coburn's
14-year-old daughter -- and how in awe he was 'cause
Coburn was the ultimate cool guy -- lived at the top of
the hill w/the big mansion and the Ferrari. (I guess
Miguel must of lived in the slummier part of Beverly
Hills!)
Told us that something
like the new Apple thingamajig doesn't interest him
because all he wants is a cell phone that works -- no
text messaging, no music. But that he has 4 sons and
every one of them are going to want the Apple thing at
$500 a pop.
At the end of all this
happy talk, the entertainment guy (a total Boob who has
become a fixture in LA) turned to the subject of CJ --
asked Miguel if he agreed w/the description "quiet hit"
to describe CJ. Miguel seemed a bit taken aback but
shrugged his shoulders and said "sure" -- that many
phrases have been used to describe CJ i.e. "workhorse,"
"it's over."
The Boob brought up
about how CJ is different than other procedural crime
shows -- Miguel elaborated that from the very beginning
CJ was different from the rest of the procedurals
because CJ had a greater focus on the lives of the
characters and story arcs for the characters. Then TPTB
stepped in and said "Too much character stuff, we want
more procedural stand alones." Then, when character
stuff starting creeping into other procedural crime
shows, TPTB changed their tune and suggested that CJ add
more character stories. He made the point that CJ has
tried it both ways -- implying that the character stuff
is what works well for CJ.
Of course, he said all
the "happy" stuff such as how it's been so great, he
can't believe it's 6 years; the actors are all so
terrific and wonderful to work with; the writing is
still good; they all get along so well. Mentioned how
JOC came on as a guest and was only supposed to do one
episode but fit in so well, he stayed for years.
Showed a clip from
Retribution -- one I hadn't seen anywhere else. Macy and
Jordan discussing the case against Jordan -- the judge,
the drugging, Jordan's missteps. You hair aficionados
will want to know that JH's hair looked very
blonde-highlighted -- like she had time to stop by the
local hair salon while in DC.
Miguel also said
there's a lot of "silliness" on the set. The Boob
suggested doing funny things w/the corpses and Miguel
added "far worse." In fact, he told us that Jill wrote
new words to the song "I Want To Hold Your Hand,"
incorporating the phrase "trouser trout." I wonder if
that little ditty will be on her next album? (LOL I'm
sure JH is thrilled that Miguel revealed that tidbit to
the audience rather then something like what a great
mother she is!)
All in all, Miguel was
on for at least 20 minutes and it was a fun segment.
Good, positive exposure for CJ.
