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Alas, this was the week we finally bid adieu to the series " I Can't Believe I'm Still Single " which enjoyed a mystifying and, for the most part, entertainment-free third season on the Showtime. And, in case you are new to this wee blog, I have been posting what you could call an "un-review " of Schaeffer's, long, brain-numbing, patience-challenging work all along. So, now it's done.  Finished.  Finito.  And my final take is this: OMG!  Eric Schaeffer is STILL Single?!   No ! You mean, after three entire seasons of  I Can't Believe (Eric Schaeffer) is Still Single , he is still out of luck? How the hell did that happen?! In all this time , Eric did not find at least one , single person on the entire planet to fall in love with?! Give me a break. Schaeffer even wrote an entire book about his quest! He infamously trolled the internet for love, hungrily devouring every single personal ad on Nerve.com like a starving ma

Sooooo, here we are:  S3, E7 (Which means, Season three, episode 7) BTW:  This is me.  Last summer.  On my third, and final, attempt to get through this book. Back to the show: This week, during the longer than usual winter casting session for Ward/Schaeffer's sequal we learn a few things that kind of jumped out at me, for reasons only The Shadow could possibly shed light on: First we learn that Eric's agent "threw out" Tony Roberts for the so-called "F. Murray Abraham"character, whatever that means. Then we learn that Donal Ward's mom went on a date with Tony Roberts "about 40 years ago."  I wonder why Eric can even afford a seasoned, Tony award-winning actor for this obviously low budget B-Film.  The bad thing about union actors is that they expect fair pay. Anyhow, this led Eric to share that his mom once went out with Henry Gibson. And then, something personal happened when I heard this:  I had this big old flashback to BUHS

Hollywood Casting Couch Schaeffer's Casting Couch I happen to love the opening credits to this show. To be honest, they really do crack me up.  The Tigger-like optimism. His voice over is kind of like a hack comedian skipping up to the front the stage and handing everyone in the front row their very own cream pie; Then bouncing back to center stage oblivious to any impending onslaught. Every week, the same thing. And every week, in these opening credits, he always sounds so promising. "I'm Eric Schaeffer , just your average, single, semi-famous filmmaker-actor, who wants to settle down.   "This season I'm staying in New York City and looking for my girl here. "I mean, if the love of my life isn't in my hometown, I don't know where's she gonna be? "I also need to make my new movie, 'They're Out of the Business' with my best friend, Donny.  It's the sequel to first film,'My Life's In Turnaround.'

I Can't I'm Believe Still Single , Season 3, Episode 2. Or:  How To Produce a Movie So Crappy Everyone Falls Into a Coma First. (For the record:  It's " My Life's In Turnaround 2 ") Seriously, what the fuck was that limp mess?  A comedy?  A documentary on film-making?  Or a cable access show shot in some creepy dude's apartment? Really?   That was the show?  Did I accidentally take an ambien before watching it? The beginning wasn't so bad.  The serious dialogue with Mark Ebner as an investigative reporter and Donal Ward appeared to be leading somewhere important.  I thought we might actually be setting the stage for something interesting, thematically.  Eventually.  It had to, right? But, then Eric gets in the car with his bag of God-only-knows what junk food and starts riffing on picking up chicks at his bank, and then the episode just falls to crap. The show also includes some humiliating, and really boring, audition session footage

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M STILL SINGLE , SEASON THREE -- SHOW NUMBER ONE: Meet Eric Schaeffer: He has a "Semi auto-biographical" show about him not finding true love or anything resembling it for many a season on Showtime.  God only knows why. Here's an older promo for his former seasons.  I can't find one new to put here.  Guess there's no money for promotion at the network this year. Meet some of his loyal entourage (Who happen to really be the main reasons I now watch this.) Meet Mark Ebner  Meet Mark Ebner, a feisty die-hard investigative journalist, and self-described " New York Times Best Selling Author , " who also was Schaeffer's college pal way back when.  Schaeffer wisely added Mark to the show last season, presumably, to have a "straight man" to play off.   What Schaeffer may not have expected was that the onscreen presence of Ebner, who is so intuitively comfortable tooting his own horn, onl