Archive Index

September - December 2003

Clancy Narrates "The Barbarians"
Sunday, December 28, 2003

Aarrrgh!

Clancy will be narrating the History Channel special, The Barbarians, which airs at 9pm on January 19 and continues at 9pm on the 20th.

Happy Holidays!
Saturday, December 20, 2003

You'll notice that you have to reach this site through "clancybrown.com"... our other domain, "clancy-brown.com," is temporarily broken. Hopefully, it should be back up sometime in the early New Year.

Some updates: Carnivàle was nominated as Best Drama in the Satellite Awards, sponsored by the International Press Academy! Several of the cast members -- Nick Stahl, Amy Madigan, and Adrienne Barbeau -- also received nominations! Congratulations all around!! More info here.

Fans of the series have also created "Dust Bowl Tour '34" T-Shirts, which you can buy with all proceeds going to charity. More info on the shirt page... Orders are only taken through January 5th!

Carnivàle returns to town in 2004!
Thursday, December 11, 2003

It's official: Carnivàle has been renewed!! From the Hollywood Reporter:

Dec. 12, 2003
HBO crystal ball: 'Carnivale' back
"Carnivale" will reopen its tent next year on HBO. Sources said the premium cable network has greenlighted a second season for the primetime series, ordering 13 more episodes. Production is expected to begin in the spring in anticipation of returning the Depression-era drama to air sometime in late 2004. Created by Daniel Knauf, "Carnivale" completed its 13-episode rookie season earlier this month with an episode drawing 3.5 million total viewers, just under its season average. While HBO's more established series such as "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City" attract much bigger audiences, "Carnivale" earned a respectable viewership on par with another of its critically acclaimed dramas, "The Wire." The series appeared to hit a ratings trough early against stiff competition on the broadcast networks but surged in the latter half of its run even as its lead-out, the faux-reality series "K Street," faltered. Launched simultaneously with "Carnivale," "Street" will not return for a second season. "Carnivale" is executive produced by Knauf and Howard Klein. Knauf is repped by Agency for the Performing Arts' Marc Pariser. (Andrew Wallenstein)

New Autographed Photo - Mr. Krabs!
Friday, December 5, 2003

Ar-ar-ar-ar-ar! The CBFC has a new autographed photo available for the little (and not so little) land-lubbers, straight from Bikini Bottom. And just in time for the Holiday Season!

The color photo features Mr. Krabs, the cheapskate crustacean of "SpongeBob SquarePants", standing in front of his beloved eatery, The Krusty Krab! A larger image and all details can be found on the Autographs page.

So if you're a big SpongeBob fan -- or if a few of the little fishies in your family have a soft spot for the crusty ol' sailor who perfected the Krabby Patty -- now is your chance to ask Santa to make a delivery straight from our pineapple under the sea to yours!

Last "Decoding Carnivàle"
Wednesday, December 3, 2003

Beth has transcribed the very last (for now) "Decoding Carnivàle" interview with Clancy done by John Jay and Brother Phil of WIRX in Michigan. The transcript is up in the Blog!

Carnivàle Official Chat with Clancy and Nick Stahl
Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Carnivàle's official web site at HBO.com has information about an upcoming chat with Clancy and Nick after the final episode of Carnivàle airs on the east coast. The chat will take place this Sunday, Nov 30, at 10 PM EST/ 7 PM PST at the official web site.

Only 2 left!
Monday, November 17, 2003

Only two episodes remain of Carnivàle! Episode 10 reruns all this week, and episode 11 premieres this Sunday. No word yet on a 2nd season, but the news will be posted here as soon as we get it.

H - A - Double L - O - Double U - Double E - N spells Halloween!
Friday, October 31, 2003

Carnivàle items...

On Sunday, HBO 2 will be re-airing every single episode of Carnivàle for those who might have missed any, or come late to the game. The marathon starts at 2pm and leads all the way up to the new episode at 9! Remember, the channel is HBO 2.

NPR aired a radio segment on Wednesday focused solely on Carnivàle. You can download and listen to the 7-minute segment here at the NPR site.

"I've got a bad feeling in the pit of me wallet."
Monday, October 27, 2003

Mr. Krabs fans rejoice! The first season of SpongeBob SquarePants is being released onto DVD tomorrow, Tuesday Oct 28. The 3-disc set contains the first 40 episodes of the show, plus bonus features and commentaries. US and Canada residents can click on the image to the left to be taken to Amazon.com where the set is priced 30% off the list price. Cool.

New Interview
Saturday, October 18, 2003

HBO's Carnivàle web site has a new interview with Clancy up: http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/interviews/2_brown.shtml

The latest episode of the show, "Pick a Number," debuts on Sunday at 9 EST/PST, and repeats throughout the week.

Beth should have a new radio interview transcript up in the Blog come Tuesday or Wednesday. Last week's is still up for all to read!

Weekly Radio Interview
Tuesday, October 7, 2003

For the past 4 weeks, since Carnivàle premiered, Clancy has been a call-in guest on a radio show every Monday morning on WIRX in Southwest Michigan. The radio hosts, John Jay and Brother Phil, have named the segment "Decoding Carnivàle," and with CB, they discuss the previous night's episode, along with anything else that pops up. Beth, who receives the radio station, has been transcribing each interview and putting them online in the CBFC Weblog. Yesterday's interview is up now, and check the blog archives to read interviews from the previous weeks. A huge thanks to Beth for her work that gives us who aren't in Michigan access to the interviews, and also thank you to John and Phil for the mention yesterday!

New Article
Wednesday, October 1, 2003

Dave Larson wrote this article about CB that appeared today in the Dayton Daily News. Thanks to Howard for letting us know about this.

Carnivàle Marathon this Friday
Wednesday, October 1, 2003

This Friday, October 3, beginning at 8pm, HBO is showing the first 3 episodes of Carnivàle back-to-back. Double check the airtime in your local listings.

Carnivàle Premieres!
Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Naturally, I would have to go out of town at the time when this site would see the most hits, coinciding with Sunday's Carnivàle premiere. Welcome new visitors! Here are several updates from this past week...

Carnivàle saw fantastic ratings on Sunday, reaching about 5.3 million viewers. This was the highest series premiere numbers HBO had ever seen. You can read more in this Reuters article.

Clancy was interviewed early Monday morning on a Michigan radio station, WIRX. Beth transcribed the interview and has it up in the CBFC Blog... Thanks Beth!! A reminder we also have the new Message Boards where you can discuss this interview, or anything else you like.

Andrew McGinn of Ohio's Springfield News-Sun interviewed Clancy for this Carnivale article. Other newspapers that have recently reviewed Carnivale include the Salt Lake Tribune, Fox News, USA Today, San Jose Mercury News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Associated Press, and the Contra Costa Times. For more articles, see Google's news search on Carnivàle.

The CarnivaleHBO Yahoo!Groups discussion list has reached 450 members!

New CB article & Carnivále fansites
Saturday, September 6, 2003

Ohio writer Steve Stout (who has covered the Fan Club's "Breaking News" screening and CB's support of J. Madison Wright a few years ago) has a new article about Clancy in Carnivàle. Click here to read it on the Urbana Daily Citizen's site. Stout also has another article about Carnivále that Clancy is quoted in. It is here.

A few Carnivále fan sites have been popping up: Carnivale.org which offers episode guides and a fan forum, and Fragments which has a lot of information AND many spoilers, so be warned.