All Hail Johnny Drama

I don't have HBO, but have watched all of the Entourage episodes on DVD. This is a show that went from four stars (get to live vicariously through guys much younger than me in Hollywood) to five stars (season three is awesome) in my Netflix ratings. I never thought a show whose central steady character is played by the same actor who was the dumb kid in a Married With Children ripoff would become a hands-down favorite of mine.

Jeremy Piven has been a favorite of mine for years and years, and his role as Ari Gold may be his best performance yet. But Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama truly steps up to the plate in season three. His blustering about his roles over the years has grown on me immensely (in a conversation with Paul Haggis in reference to DeNiro's weight loss for Raging Bull, Drama mentioned his weight loss to play a "bulimic pedophile on The Commish" ... man that was great) and in the final 2006 episode he is the voice of reason as the boys discuss firing Ari.

Plus he landed the first blow when Vince's entourage brawled with Seth Green's group. All hail Johnny Drama!