Michael Urie

Most of the spoiler news about Ugly Betty lately has been surrounded around Betty and her family. Refreshingly, EW’s Michael Ausiello has an interesting little tidbit about Marc:

Question: We haven’t had Ugly Betty scoop in forever! What’s next? — Sidra
Ausiello: Marc’s getting a new roommate…But the show isn’t adding any new cast-members.

Hmmm – the possibilities are intriguing.

The obvious one would be the return of David Blue as Cliff. No doubt Michael Urie and Blue were great together, in an odd-couple sort of way. This is the possibility I am wishing for the most. However, when we last saw Cliff, he was leaving Marc in tears. Can they put that Genie back in the bottle?

Who else might it be?

• Wilhelmina? – Maybe, but aren’t they together a little too much already? It would be interesting to see a topical storyline where Willy gets caught up in the mortgage crisis.
• Daniel? – Has the possibility of being funny, but way too gimmicky for my tastes.
• Christina? – Just can’t make any sense out of that one.
• Amanda? – This one is the most likely possibility. If Betty does move back in with her family (please, no!), Amanda will have nowhere to go. Could the writers be setting up a Marc and Mandy spin-off?

Anyway, like I said, the possibilities are very intriguing. What do you think?

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Michael Urie recently hopped across the pond to attend the National Television Awards, broadcast on ITV from Albert Hall. Ugly Betty was nominated for Most Popular Comedy Programme (I LOVE spelling it that way!), although the award went to Benidorm.

This is an interesting look for Urie; it’s almost as if he stole Alec Mapa’s glasses.

It appears I’m not the only one wondering what’s going on with urie’s character Marc. 3.07, Crush’d, was a disaster for him. Cheating on Cliff, and not even over some long term emotional attachment, but anonymous sex (stereotype much, UB writers?). Then, in a moment of guilt, he proposes marriage?

I know Marc has done many dastardly deeds in Wilhelmina’s name, but this just feels different. The only thing worse he could do is betray Amanda. Please, UB writiers, Marc should be ruthless at work, loveable and sympathetic at home. That’s how I feel about it at least.

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Marc and Amanda get trapped in an elevator at Mode, and go into an air-headed panic.  I love how they go from “we’re stuck in here” to “the entire human race is gone, but us.”

The conversation at the beginning about flavored, er,something, is intriguing.  I also especially liked Marc’s dream about putting on Wilhelmina’s tiara  and becoming Zac Efron.

I don’t know which is creepier, Amanda’s recurring subconscious girl-crush on Betty (even if I bought a Mandy girl fantasy, Betty just doesn’t seem to be her type), or the fact that Marc and Mandy actually started the process of “repopulating the earth”.  However, when the elevator started back up, their mutual relief is hilarious.

Then, they see the security camera, and we get a little slapstick.

All in all, a great little diversion.

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It starts out with Amanda doing her “Vlog”, basically describing Betty’s love life delimma through a sandwich analogy. Who says Mandy is dumb?

Marc comes in, then mayhem ensues. What starts out as a celebration of the anniversary of their friendship turns into a fight – a real one. It’s quite hilarious.

Each proceeds to reveal to the web audience embarrassing facts about the other (my favorite? Marc’s screen name is “StickyBunz” BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!) They have a fight reminiscent of “Dynasty”, then of course, make up. Absolutely wonderful. If these webisodes are any indication, this season of Ugly Betty is going to be marvelous!

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The webisode tells the story of Marc and Mandy after an unsuccessful night out partying, stuck at Mode without cab fare.  Amanda goes to steal Betty’s subway tokens and finds an extra pair of “Betty” glasses.  That’s when they decide to mock first Betty, then Daniel.

I’ll say it right now: Becki Newton is absolutely HOT in Betty glasses.  As Craig Ferguson said about a certain vice presidential candidate, Becki has that “naughty librarian vibe” in this scene.  OK, I’ll calm down now.

In her attempt to Mock Betty, she takes a poncho and fashions a “Gwadalaharahh” sign on it.  They mock Betty’s interest in “being true to herself”.  They make fun of Daniel’s daily struggles with losing the company (a sideways swipe at the writers?)

Amanda then reveals a little vulnerability in a rare serious moment.  The video ends with a tribute to a moment in episode 1.01.

I really hope ABC makes more “Mode After Hours”.  This was pretty entertaining!

Thanks to Sarah for pointing this out!

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It’s a little weird that Newton seems to have the mic, meaning many times that it’s hard to hear Urie, but I guess that just adds to the homemade “realism”.

The absolute best part is when Amanda sits in the big chair and “acts like a doll”.  The tour of WIlhelmia’s office is funny all around.  It recreates a little of that magic from “Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral”. 

They have a very serious conversation about which Olsen sister they love and which one they hate.  Also, Amanda tells us about the stressful parts of her job (”Do I put line one on hold?  Or let the second caller go to voice mail?”).

Hat tip to UBN commetor Tomatish for pointing this one out!

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 First of all, I want to make clear that last night’s Ugly Betty, episode 2.12, Odor In the Court, was one of my favorite episodes, ever.  Seeing Betty go berzerk was side-splitting funny.  I loved how, for this one episode, Micheal Urie, Marc Indelicato, Ana  Ortiz, and Eric Mabius all got to play the “straight man” to Betty’s craziness.  America Ferrera is one great comedic actress.  As EOnline’s Kristin (actually, Korbi) said: “These are the moments that Emmys are made of…”

Having said that, there were a few moments that made me say, “Yeah, but what about…?”  I’m not the type that demands realism out of my entertainment, mind you.  Especially shows like Ugly Betty.  But there were a couple of times where it was obvious the writers did not come in to help with tidying things up in the post-filming stage.  Let me list a couple, and you can tell me if I’m just being nit-picky.  Warning, these are major spoilers if you haven’t seen the episode:

• What happened to the charges against Claire for escaping prison? Maybe that’ll come up in a future episode, but only the murder charges were dropped, as far as I could tell.  I guess I’ve had too many years of watching Law and Order, but it bugged me a little.
• Why did it take Henry so long to call?  He called her while she was in the doctor’s office, and Betty seemed to drop being angry at him (granted, she was down from her high).  But, what was the reason he waited till the next day to call?  Did I miss something?
• How did Gio afford such a nice sandwich shop?  Maybe this was explained earlier in the year, but I expected his shop to be little more than a closet (like many of the office-based sandwich shops I’ve seen).  It just seemed a little nicer than I expected.
• Why didn’t Marc and Wilhelmina just keep the Jackie Kennedy dress?  Of course, the way it played out in the show was funnier, but it seemed strange that they had it in their hands and only needed to hide it, but didn’t.

One other thing I notice that wasn’t a nitpick, but was kind of a neat discovery: they’ve never shown Fey’s Sommer’s whole face.  She’s always had on huge sunglasses, or is obscured like in this picture:

I don’t know, maybe I’m wrong. But I’m pretty sure I’m not. 

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• Wilhemina’s “welcome mat”.  Ahem.  Took me a couple of days to figure it out, when Marc mentioned something about Wilhelmina having a “welcome mat” and she said, ”I haven’t had a welcome mat since the 90’s”.   Or something like that.  Naughty, naughty.  But hi-larious!
• Marc “comforting” Christina.  Christina, upset about being turned down by the insurance company for her husband’s treatment, rips an arm off a mannequin, and throws it.  It hits a hidden Marc.  They speak of Christina’s predicament, and Marc attempts to “comfort” her by stroking her face with the plastic arm.
• Bring It On – At the video store, Cliff suggests serious and art films, and Marc suggests each of the “Bring It On” movies.  This one was so funny because David Blue and Michael Urie had wonderful comedic timing.
•  12 year old Betty – This was such a touching moment; it was interesting that this week, Betty didn’t have a vision, Daniel did.  I hope they bring the little girl back, it was a nice touch.
• “You matter to me, Betty Gonzalez”.  Amanda, trying to befriend Betty, says a chain of statements to Betty that make it obvious she knows nothing about her.  Getting her last name wrong was the funniest.
• Amanda saluting Gene Simmons. Upon “discovering” that Gene Simmons is her father, Amanda sticks her tongue out at a photo of the Kiss rocker.  Based on spoiler photos from episode 2.12, we’re going to see more of this behavior.
• Secret Code Names. When planning the renegade fashion show, Henry and Betty adapt code names, and Daniel, although he says it’s silly, takes one himself.  Betty was “Princess Daisey”, Henry was “Black Dragon”, and Daniel was “Falcon”.

There were so many honorable mentions: Linda (Annie Potts) sensing that her daughter had a boy at home, Bow Wow liking “freaky” Betty, Daniel explaining why he’s win a “pissing contest” with Alexis, “Mr Wow”, Amanda saving a “black dawg”, “Inennendo”, Ignacio telling Hilda how he likes “junk in the trunk”.

So now is your turn  what was your favorite part of this past week’s episode?

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Plus, her melodramatic line at the end is priceless. And, Marc seamlessly switching in and out of a Scottish accent is hilarious.

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