Short-Lived Shows: Keen Eddie

I also agree with you that Mark Valley is a great and handsome actor who is being wasted in Boston Legal. When I see him he reminds me of Bruce Willis in Moonlighting. Mark has a natural charm, he is very talented I just hope that some day he will be recognized as the great actor that he is. When I see the struggles of good actors like Mark I remember that there are other people who become famous or have a chance for an acting role in a big movie not for their skills but because they are related to other famous people, an example Tom Hank's son. This is very unfair but at the end it depends on the american people to do some justice and appreciate the good things.

Ha ha. Pick on a guy's typo! :-p

I'm sure Fox feels justified in their cancelation since they cut it mid season and pushed the OC up which became a roaring success.

bemaon - verb express discontent or sorrow over something using chinese curses that you learned by watching firefly

I agree that this was a fantastic show and I too bemaon its loss. Much like I do with Shannon's Deal. Now there's a "short-lived show" for ya! Oh and The Jeremy, you're wrong about Desmond Llewelyn and being in Bond as 2 characters. The character he playing in From Russia With Love, Major Boothroyd, was Q's real name so, same character.

I loved this show. Especially the Duran Duran themed episode. Sienna Miller was absolutely hot in this. So much so that I bemoaned when I heard she was not cast as the female companion in the New Doctor Who (although Billie Piper won me over though). And Colin Salmon rocks. If they ever went for a *multi-cultural* Bond, he'd get first dibs. Granted, he's already been in the franchise, but so was Q before he became Q. And I don't mean John Cleese either.

Nice summary of Keen Eddie. I do have two minor technical gripes though. I think Eddie was actually renting his place from Fiona's aunt. And didn't the driver of Eddie's Bentley hear Miss Moneypenny? I agree with Toby that the audience should take part of the blame for Eddie's cancellation. However, I don't think it is because it wasn't what they thought it was going to be. I think they probably never saw it. I don't know why, when we have listings in every major newspaper and on countless websites, people can't be bothered to see what is on. And count me as another that thinks Mark Valley is being wasted on Boston Legal. Finally, a quick short-lived shout out to another Mark Valley show, Pasadena. :D

Oh, I meant to mention this in my post. Was it just me, or did anyone else think the camerawork in the movie 'Shawn of the Dead' was reminicent of 'Keen Eddie'? Especially the scene where the two guys are trying to figure out what they'll do to rescue their family and friends and wind up back at their favorite pub, drinking a pint.

Eddie Arlette is a character who should come back if for no other reason than to rescue a great actor like Mark Valley from being wasted on 'Boston Legal'. FOX bears most of the blame in my opinion as to why the show failed. But as with 'Arrested Development', I also blame the audience. I've always pictured the general mass of the viewing public (but not you, fellow Squad visitors!) as being thrown for a loop by the kinetic visual style of 'Keen Eddie'. They probably tuned in, thinking "English police show..... slow, leisurely pace like 'Morse' or 'A Touch of Frost'." Probably suffered a bit of vertigo or whiplash from the camerawork! If not an actual series, why not an occasional TV movie like FOX did for 'Alien Nation' for awhile? Thank God for the DVDs!

I didn't find the show until it ran on Bravo, and became quite a fan. While the DVD collection is sadly lacking in extras (and lacks the original music), it remains one of my favorites. Mark Valley is simply gorgeous, and Sienna Miller is terrific.