WATCH "ER" TONIGHT ON NBC!!!!

Thursday, 2 February 2006

Happy Groundhog's Day! We had fun talking about what forms shadows and those hamsters (as my kindergartners called them), i mean, groundhogs today.

Also, don't forget to watch "ER".

Watch "ER" tonight to get a glimpse of the dreadful disease my dad is dealing with, ALS, or Lou Gherig's Disease.

James Woods plays a person living with ALS on "ER" tonight, Thursday, February 2nd.
In Hawai'i, the show is from 9 - 10 pm on NBC, Channel 8. http://www.nbc.com/ER/

In today's Honolulu Advertiser, "ER" is listed as "Tonight's Must-See".....

"The beginning and end of this hour are as good as anything you'll see on TV. The rest is strong, too, making it a superb episode. James Woods plays a brilliant professor in the final stages of Lou Gherig's Disease (ALS). Only his eye movements remain enough to propel his wheelchair and his artificial voice. As he crumbles, Abby seems obsessed with keeping him alive - possibly ignoring his wishes. This is an Emmy-worthy performance."

Background, Before the Show....

For more than two hours at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, Calif., last December, six individuals with ALS gave actor James Woods a crash course in living with Lou Gehrig’s disease as he prepared to play someone with the disease on the critically-acclaimed NBC television show “ER.” The episode, titled “Body and Soul,” is entirely devoted to Woods’ Nate Lennox character and is scheduled to air on Thursday, February 2 (check local listings).

See the whole article below:

Actor James Woods Receives a Lesson From People with ALS
http://www.alsa.org/news/article.cfm?id=871