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February 27 - March 5, 2022 WHATS UP! T11 in 1993's "Groundhog Day" ("Bing!"). The last person to hold the big job at Sunnydale High was Prin- cipal Wood (played by Wood- side), who only took the job so he could work as a freelance vampire hunter in the vamp-in- fested city. Woodside joined the show coming off one of his big- gest roles, playing the tragically ambitious son of a crime boss trying to go clean in 2000's "Ro- meo Must Die." Q: Did John Grisham ever do a TV show based on one of his books? Or was it just mov- ies? A: There have been two at- tempts at capturing the Grish- am-movie magic on the small screen, both unsuccessful. But maybe the third time's a charm? Lawyer-turned-author John Grisham's novels have been reli- ably successful when translated to the big screen (his first, 1993's "The Firm," made $270 million on a $42-million budget), but not so on the small screen. After 1994's "The Client" was a hit in the cinema with Susan Sarandon ("Stepmom," 1998) in the lead, CBS made a series out of it starring JoBeth Williams ("Poltergeist," 1982). That only lasted a season, ending in 1996. Then, in 2012 they tried again, turning "The Firm" into a series on NBC with the exact same re- sult — a speedy cancellation. Now HBO is getting into the Grisham business, but taking a slightly different tack: Rather than a remake of a movie, it's go- ing for a sequel. The cable giant is currently working on a series adaptation of Grisham's 2020 novel "A Time for Mercy," which is a follow up to his earlier book "A Time to Kill," adapted for the big screen in 1996 with Matthew McCo- naughey ("Dallas Buyers Club," 2013) in the lead. HBO is dou- bling down on its attempt to build on that movie's success by getting McConaughey to reprise his role in the sequel series. Perhaps that will be enough to break Grisham's TV curse. Q: Will Rowan Atkinson do any more "Mr. Bean" shows? A: It depends on whether you consider the cartoon to be part of the canon. After the original internation- al hit "Mr. Bean" series made the character famous, star Rowan Atkinson and writer Richard Curtis made a "Mr. Bean" car- toon series. It is less well-re- membered today, even though it ran for much longer, releasing more than 100 episodes, com- pared to 15 episodes of the live- action show. But in an interview with Brit- ain's Radio Times late in 2020, Atkinson said that he and Cur- tis are working on a big-screen animated movie — it's still only a maybe, and so there's not even a tentative release date yet. However, he hopes that will be the last he sees of the character. "It's easier for me to perform the character vocally than visu- ally," he said, but even so, "I don't much enjoy playing him. The weight of responsibility is not pleasant. I find it stressful and exhausting, and I look forward to the end of it." Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Personal replies will not be provided. Advance Pest Control 2 x 2 TAKE 5 BY ADAM THOMLISON TV Media Q: Who played the princi- pal in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? A: That question's not as sim- ple as it sounds. Not surprising- ly, the show set (mostly) at a high school actually had a lot of principals. It's not a position that normally has a lot of turnover, but when your school is situated on top of the mouth of hell, it's apparently harder to keep some- one in the job. Buffy Summers' (Sarah Mi- chelle Gellar, "Cruel Intentions," 1999) school had three princi- pals during the show's seven- season run, and to complicate things more, that required four actors. In order of number of appear- ances, you could be referring to: Armin Shimerman ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), who played Principal Snyder from Seasons 1 to 4; Ken Lerner ("The Gold- bergs"), who played Principal Flutie for most of Season 1; Ste- phen Tobolowsky ("Groundhog Day," 1993), who played Flutie in the pilot; or D.B. Woodside ("Lu- cifer"), who played Principal Wood in the final season. All that said, when you say "the principal," you're probably referring to Principal Snyder, played by Shimerman. Not only was he in the job the longest, but his actions most affected the plot of the show: Snyder con- spired with the mayor (who later became a demon) to cover up the various supernatural goings- on at Sunnydale High. During the time he was on "Buffy," Shimerman was also moonlighting in his more fa- mous role as Quark, a Ferengi bar owner, on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Principal Snyder came in late in the first season, replacing Principal Flutie after he was eaten alive by a pack of students possessed by the spirits of hye- nas. In that episode, Flutie was played by Ken Lerner, who is more recently, and better known, as Lou Schwartz, father of central character Geoff on "The Goldbergs." (Fun side note: Geoff is played by Ken Le- rner's real-life son, Sam.) In the pilot episode of "Buffy," Principal Flutie was played by the great character actor Stephen Tobolowsky, best known forever as annoying in- surance salesman Ned Ryerson D.B. Woodside and Sarah Michelle Gellar as seen in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" HOLLYWOOD Q&A Solution on page T23 Use the clues above and beside the grid to fill in the squares Rogers 479-636-5590 • Springdale 479-756-1788 Eureka Springs 479-253-8967 www.advancepestcontrolnwa.com Family Owned, Competitively Priced, Quality Service Since 1981 PEST CONTROL | TERMITE FERTILIZATION | WEED CONTROL PRE-EMERGENTS