'The Winner' creator tackles Faye Dunaway

January 20, 05:22 PM

The new FOX comedy The Winner focuses on a 32-year-old virgin (Rob Corddry) who lives at home and forms a close personal bond with the 13-year-old son (Keir Gilchrist) of the woman (Erinn Hayes) he wants to sleep with. Given that the show comes from the twisted mind (and twisted autobiography) of Family Guy veteran Ricky Blitt, it's no surprise that the show goes places that most sitcoms have the good taste to avoid (and finds laughs in those dark corners).

"I think somebody described it as being sort of sweetly offensive, that there's a real heart to it, and that it never crosses the line. It's coming out of a thing of innocence. It's never coming out of anything mean-spirited or cruel."

Nope. Never mean-spirited or cruel. Well, maybe...

"I had one line in one episode where Glen is wondering whether he's going to have an adulterous affair with the first woman he's been with and says, 'Who am I kidding? I'm going to hell like Hitler and Faye Dunaway.'"

What did the star of The Starlet and Dunston Checks In do to so offend the screenwriter of The Ringer? Blitt delves into personal experiences to explain.

"I've never learned how to drive a car, so I use a driver to drive me around, and every driver that I've used, I say who is the worst person you've ever met, and it's always Faye Dunaway," he says.

Blitt takes an expert pause.

"And also, by the way, not a good lay."

That, of course, forces at least one critic to request clarification, to find out if Blitt and the Chinatown and Don Juan DeMarco temptress actually have a past romantic history. We're gullible like that.

"I actually have never met her -- once again, you seem to think I was joking when I said she wasn't a bad lay? No." Blitt clarifies. "I've never met Faye Dunaway, but everybody that I've ever met, any driver that I've had, I said, 'What's your worst celebrity story?' They always say, 'Faye Dunaway. She is just a monster.'"

Again, another expert pause.

"If I can do one thing as a writer and a creator it's bring down that old bitch."

Dunaway should watch out -- The Winner premieres on Sunday, March 4.

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That guy sounds like such a deranged bitch.

Kyle | Jan 23, 2007 9:09:23 AM | #

I totally worked with her on a film in Columbus OH and she truly is a horrible person. This is entirely true.

Bet | Jan 23, 2007 4:05:15 PM | #

That was an odd article. I would much rather learn more about the show. When does it premiere?
And is it single-camera or multi-camera with laugh track?

Bill | Jan 24, 2007 4:09:43 PM | #

I'll write in more depth on the show (it's often quite funny) in advance of its March premiere. This blog post was more about general appetite whetting...

On the more specific front, the show is a multi-camera w/studio audience and it premieres on Sunday, March 4 with two episodes. FOX only ordered six episodes and they air two-per-week the following two weeks...

Hope that helps.

-Daniel

Daniel Fienberg | Jan 24, 2007 6:04:44 PM | #

Just so you know…

“The Winner” premieres on Fox MARCH 4, 2007.

The show has been picked up for 6 Episodes.

The show’s topics include Nancy Kerrigan being clubbed in her knee, special “massage parlors”, cocky spelling bee champions, gay man crushes, and hot teacher love.

Check out the press release here http://www.fox.com/programming/new/winner.htm

rt | Feb 16, 2007 1:17:17 AM | #

I'd basically sworn off Fox Network until I heard about this show. First, it features a guy named Glen Abbott, who's played by Rob Corddry from "the Daily Show" which really ought to be all I need to say. Second, he's an awkward, late-blooming (read: middleaged) gentleman who is finally growing up-it makes me feel better about myself right now. God, I'm glad I'm a woman-at least my future has cats...lots of cats. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to the 4th.

also: www.fox.com/winner/

ashley | Feb 16, 2007 2:02:13 AM | #

Some shows are so bad they are good. This one can't even do that. Bring back Arrested Development.

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