Los Angeles Times
October 27, 2002
And they're also
known as jokesters
By Brian Lowry
"Alias" is a dramatic, sometimes dark spy series -- one in which the
characters have at various times had teeth pulled out by pliers and
been shot up with heroin -- but a recent event honoring the show
played like a situation comedy.
An overflow crowd attended an Oct. 14 tribute to the ABC series at
the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood,
featuring series creator J.J. Abrams, star Jennifer Garner and
others, including Victor Garber, who -- despite playing Garner's
usually dour father in the show -- provided many of the laughs.
"One glass of Merlot, and 'spy daddy' is doing stand-up," Garner
quipped.
A few of the other lines:
Co-star Kevin Weisman, who, like Garner, appeared on Abrams' earlier
show "Felicity," explaining how he got the part: "I had also worked
on 'Felicity,' where I also met my husband, Scott Foley." (Garner is
married to Foley.)
Executive producer John Eisendrath, on Abrams' rare generosity as a
collaborator: "Absolute power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts
absolutely. And there's nothing like the absolute power of creating a
TV show."
Abrams, on the capacity crowd: "This is wild and surreal."
© Los Angeles Times 2002
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