History Series / Action

''Action'' was a [[ScrewedByTheNetwork short-lived]] Creator/{{Fox}} series (September-December, 1999. One further episode was broadcast in August, 2000) , starring comedian Jay Mohr as ruthless movie producer Peter Dragon, who's just had the biggest bomb of his career, and is now trying to get his comeback movie, ''Beverly Hills Gun Club'', made. Not an easy task. Helping him is his new partner, Wendy Ward (Creator/IlleanaDouglas), and his [[HonoraryUncle Uncle]] Lonny (Creator/BuddyHackett). Also, there are Peter's assistant, [[StraightGay Stuart Glazer]], and the film's irritable, unsavvy writer, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Adam Rafkin]]. Together, they deal with prima donna actors, crazy directors and the arrogant studio head, Bobby G, who also happens to be Peter's ex-wife's StraightGay current husband.

-->'''Lonnie''': You're threatening me? That's a laugh...I'm 79 years old. I've got one kidney, one ball and one lung. I take Viagra just to keep from peeing on my shoes, and you're threatening me? Who are you frightening?

'''Adam:''' No.
-->'''Wendy:''' I own one, Adam. Adam, have you ever had a Dominican face-hat?
-->'''Adam:''' No.
-->'''Wendy:''' Of course you haven't. Cause I'm one of only six people in the world who knows how to do it, and Adam, when you get to page 80 I will do it ''to you''. I'm even gonna throw in the incredibly difficult reverse ceiling squad, which normally requires a permission slip from a cardiologist.

-->'''Lonnie''': How do we know he's really dead?
-->'''Peter''': What?
-->'''Lonnie''': [[LampshadeHanging When someone dies, they crap themselves]] and I don't think... [[ZigzaggedTrope never mind]]. It's stuck underneath.

* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: When Peter asks Stuart to get the bookish Jewish screenwriter Alan Rifkin to write his film, Stuart mistakenly signs the bookish Jewish screenwriter Adam Rafkin instead. Could also be a [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] of IdenticalLookingAsians.

* BiTheWay: Given Peter's reaction when Bobby G. disrobes, he could be.

-->'''Wendy:''' I own one, Adam. Adam, have you ever had a Dominican face-hat?
-->'''Adam:''' No.

* AdamWesting: A lot of celebrities made cameos on this show, including Creator/SalmaHayek (who beats up Peter), Creator/SandraBullock (who beats up Peter), ScottWolf ([[VeryPunchableMan sensing a pattern here?]])...

* ClusterFBomb: Everyone, especially Peter.

* NoDeadBodyPoops: When [[spoiler:Titus Scroad]] drowns in his pool, Uncle Lonny isn't quite convinced he's dead, until he [Lonny] sees "The Turd in Question".

-->'''Wendy:''' Adam, do you know what I used to do?
-->'''Adam:''' You were a prostitute.
-->'''Wendy:''' Adam, do you know what a two-fingered Mexican oil job is?

-->'''Wendy:''' I do. Do you know what a double-knobbed rubber-bottom sex-basket is?
-->'''Adam:''' No.

-->'''Peter''': You're pitching me OJ Simpson?!?
-->'''Agent''': Every kid knows his name!
-->'''Peter''': Yeah, every kid knows to ''stay away from him!'''

* ComicSutra: Provides the trope's page quote.

* BadassGrandpa: Uncle Lonny

-->'''Peter''': Hey, hey, hey... bad luck? Let me tell you something - thirty-three years old I had cancer of the mole, ''that's'' "bad luck". ''*to [[BadassGrandpa Lonnie]]*'' I'm calm! Heart attack at thirty-four is "bad luck". Overdosing the Director while [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] his wife in the hot tub, he's ''wearing water wings'' for christ's sakes! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis That! Is! Just! Sheer! STUPIDITY!!!]]

-->'''Lonnie''':You're threatening me? That's a laugh...I'm 79 years old. I've got one kidney, one ball and one lung. I take Viagra just to keep from peeing on my shoes, and you're threatening me? Who are you frightening?

* EndOfSeriesAwareness: The final handful of episodes include Peter [[spoiler: legally dying of a heart attack (time of death: 9:30 on a Thursday night)]], and Peter saying to an interviewer that a TV series about his life would be a hit if it was in the right timeslot.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Peter does have a few stray morals lurking in his heart, though they usually manifest themselves at inopportune moments... like when his [[CloudCuckoolander drug-addled A-List star]] accidently [[spoiler: murders the director of his movie.]]

* DownerEnding: The result of being cancelled before it's main arc could be finished.

* EndOfSeriesAwareness: The final handful of episodes include Peter [[spoiler: legally dying of a heart attack (time of death: 9:30 on a Thursday night)]], and an Peter saying to an interviewer that a TV series about his life would be a hit if it was in the right timeslot.

* EndOfSeriesAwareness: The final handful of episodes include Peter legally dying of a heart attack (time of death: 9:30 on a Thursday night), and an Peter saying to an interviewer that a TV series about his life would be a hit if it was in the right timeslot.

* ImplausibleDeniability: When confronted with a furious SandraBullock, Peter denies he had anything to with releasing a sex tape featuring the two of them. Bullock then points out the '''[=DragonFire=] Films''' logo on the box, and adds that it's currently the #1 video in Taiwan.

* NarratingTheObvious: Invoked in-universe. On the above-mentioned sex tape, Peter keeps using SandraBullock's full name all through the act. Why? So the tape's viewers would know it was her.

* AdamWesting: A lot of celebrities made cameos on this show, including SalmaHayek (who beats up Peter), SandraBullock (who beats up Peter), ScottWolf ([[VeryPunchableMan sensing a pattern here?]])...

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''Action'' was a [[ScrewedByTheNetwork short-lived]] Creator/{{Fox}} series (September-December, 1999. One further episode was broadcast in August, 2000) , starring comedian Jay Mohr as ruthless movie producer Peter Dragon, who's just had the biggest bomb of his career, and is now trying to get his comeback movie, ''Beverly Hills Gun Club'', made. Not an easy task. Helping him is his new partner, Wendy Ward (Creator/IlleanaDouglas), and his [[HonoraryUncle Uncle]] Lonny (Creator/BuddyHackett). Also, there are Peter's assistant, [[StraightGay Stuart Glazer]], and the film's irritable, unsavvy writer, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Adam Rafkin]]. Together, they deal with prima donna actors, crazy directors and the arrogant studio head, Bobby G, who also happens to be Peter's ex-wife's StraightGay current husband. [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Should never have been cancelled.]]

''Action'' was a [[ScrewedByTheNetwork short-lived]] {{Fox}} series (September-December, 1999. One further episode was broadcast in August, 2000) , starring comedian Jay Mohr as ruthless movie producer Peter Dragon, who's just had the biggest bomb of his career, and is now trying to get his comeback movie, ''Beverly Hills Gun Club'', made. Not an easy task. Helping him is his new partner, Wendy Ward (IlleanaDouglas), and his [[HonoraryUncle Uncle]] Lonny (Creator/BuddyHackett). Also, there are Peter's assistant, [[StraightGay Stuart Glazer]], and the film's irritable, unsavvy writer, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Adam Rafkin]]. Together, they deal with prima donna actors, crazy directors and the arrogant studio head, Bobby G, who also happens to be Peter's ex-wife's StraightGay current husband. [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Should never have been cancelled.]]

->'''Wendy:''' Adam, do you know what I used to do?
->'''Adam:''' You were a prostitute.
->'''Wendy:''' Adam, do you know what a two-fingered Mexican oil job is?
->'''Adam:''' No.
->'''Wendy:''' I do. Do you know what a double-knobbed rubber-bottom sex-basket is?
->'''Adam:''' No.
->'''Wendy:''' I own one, Adam. Adam, have you ever had a Dominican face-hat?
->'''Adam:''' No.
->'''Wendy:''' Of course you haven't. Cause I'm one of only six people in the world who knows how to do it, and Adam, when you get to page 80 I will do it ''to you''. I'm even gonna throw in the incredibly difficult reverse ceiling squad, which normally requires a permission slip from a cardiologist.

''Action'' was a [[ScrewedByTheNetwork short-lived]] {{Fox}} series (September-December, 1999. One further episode was broadcast in August, 2000) , starring comedian Jay Mohr as ruthless movie producer Peter Dragon, who's just had the biggest bomb of his career, and is now trying to get his comeback movie, ''Beverly Hills Gun Club'', made. Not an easy task. Helping him is his new partner, Wendy Ward (IlleanaDouglas), and his [[HonoraryUncle Uncle]] Lonny (BuddyHackett). Also, there are Peter's assistant, [[StraightGay Stuart Glazer]], and the film's irritable, unsavvy writer, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Adam Rafkin]]. Together, they deal with prima donna actors, crazy directors and the arrogant studio head, Bobby G, who also happens to be Peter's ex-wife's StraightGay current husband. [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Should never have been cancelled.]]

* NoodleSutra: This show inspired the trope.

!!!! Related Tropes

* TakeThat: Once it was clear that the show wasn't going to be renewed by {{FOX}}, the Creative Team took vicious aim at the [[MiramaxFilms Weinstein]] [[WeinsteinCompany Brothers]] with the ''[[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Rothstein Brothers,]]'' portraying them as [[VillainousGlutton villainous gluttons]] who are [[EvilerThanThou even more morally bankrupt than Peter]].

* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: When Peter asks Stuart to get the bookish Jewish screenwriter Alan Rifkin to write his film, Stuart mistakenly signs the bookish Jewish screenwriter Adam Rafkin instead. Could also be a [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] of AllAsiansAreAlike.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Peter ''constantly'' forgets Adam's name.

* RefugeInAudacity: And ''how''.