RENO 911!: Garcia, Johnson and Kimball Are Killed Off The Show.

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UPDATE:
Carlos Alazraqui sends a video update on his upcoming appearances. Yes he is aware that Reno is NOT in California, but remember that they shot most of RENO 911! in California. We only did 1 take for the video. Anyway, Carlos will be hitting the road with Cedric Yarbrough and Jill-Michele Meleán on some shows.

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High Quality Video in QuickTime Movie.

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Now back to the original post:

Yeah, the cats are out of the bag. After months of keeping the not so well kept secret, someone at Comedy Central decided to spill out the beans by showing trailers and new promos for the show.

Spoiled spoiler alert!

Guess what? Deputy Garcia, Johnson and Kimball was not there. Apparently all three of them were killed during the accident at the Taco Stand.

The news first came weeks before the filming of RENO 911! Season Six. The show creators Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant and Kerri Kenney-Silver has delivered the ending to Season Five cliffhanger. Deputy James Garcia, Deputy Clementine Johnson and Deputy Cherisha Kimball were killed at the Taco Stand accident. Shocker!

Fans will want to know why the three Deputies were killed off. Well, send your complaints to Comedy Central here. Don’t forget to select “Reno 911” as the topic.

RENO 911! Season Six has been filmed, so in a way your favorite dead Deputies won’t be back unless they become a ghost or whatever in Season Seven. If there would be Season Seven. Then again, they could make the whole Season Six as a huge dream.

This one is an unspoiled spoiler alert, so don’t read the following paragraph if you don’t want to get spoiled. Is that right? Get spoiled. Anyway, do not read the next paragraph. Use a marker or liquid paper or anything to cover the next paragraph. As long as you don’t read it if you choose not to. OK, are you ready to not to read the next paragraph?

Deputy S. Jones mourns the loss of his partner Deputy James Garcia in a touching and explosive tributes to his fallen partner. In essence, Deputy James Garcia made his appearance just like what Graham Chapman did in “Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl.”

Well, I don’t know if the scenes above made it to the final cut.

Anyway, originally Comedy Central signed the show for total of 5 seasons. After the fifth seasons ended, all the main cast members parted ways to do their own projects. There seemed to be some disconnects between RENO 911! creators and the rest of the main cast members. Exhibit A is “Balls Of Fury” which featured almost all of RENO 911! cast members with the exceptions of Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Niecy Nash and Cedric Yarbrough. Robert Ben Garant Directed the movie, Thomas Lennon had a role and Kerri Kenney-Silver had a bit part. The fate of RENO 911! was uncertain until after the WGA Strike in 2007. There were some talk to bring RENO 911! back for its sixth season.

In 2008, Mary Birdsong who played Deputy Cherisha Kimball announced that she is moving back to the East Coast. Currently she is doing more theater work than acting in front of the cameras.

Wendi McLendon-Covey was busy fending off a “bike-riding-goat-lord” and was unable to rejoin RENO 911! cast. (Completely made up by me. Hi Bob!)

Carlos Alazraqui joined the Circus a month before Comedy Central ordered RENO 911! Season Six. Well, Alazraqui did say something about joining the Circus. (Completely made-up by me.)

Even though RENO 911! is back for the sixth season, some fans will be mourning the loss of their favorite deputy/deputies.

OK, I’m a little bit sleepy here. I gotta go to sleep. I’ll update this post later.

Before I ended this post (for now), some lucky Colleges will be visited by Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough. I’ll post the schedule soon.

Carlos Alazraqui: Taco Bell Dog Voice

A short test clip from Carlos Alazraqui’s performance at The Hollywood Improv. Recorded November 19th, 2008.

Carlos is wearing a Green Digg T-Shirt. On Saturday night show, Carlos was also wearing the same T-Shirt because we’re taping all the shows and going to put them together. Lala from Tiki Bar TV came up to Carlos and talk about Digg and its founder Kevin Rose who Lala is a close friend with.

Rocko Diggs Digg

Carlos Alazraqui, the man behind the voice of Rocko (Rocko’s Modern Life) and the face behind the moustache of Reno 911!’s Deputy James Oswaldo Garcia, diggs Digg. During recent appearance at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco (December 12 & 13, 2008), Carlos was wearing green Digg t-shirt.

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In November 2008, an article titled “The Faces Behind TV’s Cartoon Voices” made Digg front page. Comments like this one and this one show how popular Rocko was. Add Reno 911!’s James Garcia, Family Guy’s Mr Weed, and the Taco Bell Chihuahua to Carlos Alazraqui’s resume, he is a legend.

Rocko is giving the love back to Digg!

Special thanks to Laura for taking the pictures and Carlos for the permission.

South Park, Reno 911!, Stargate Atlantis and Slipknot.

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South Park:

The second half of Season 12 is set to premiere in October 2008.

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Reno 911!:

According to Carlos Alazraqui, Reno 911! might go for the sixth season. Apparently Comedy Central and Reno 911! creators are talking about renewing the show.

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Stargate Atlantis:

Sci-Fi channel has confirmed that they will not be renewing the series after the conclusion of its fifth season. Stargate Atlantis will follow its predecessor, Stargate SG-1 to resurface in feature length movie format.

In related news, the third Stargate series titled “Stargate Universe” has gotten the green-light and will go into production for 2009 premiere.

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Slipknot:

“All Hope Is Gone” is on track to become Slipknot’s first ever #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Roadrunner Records are pushing hard to make this a reality.

Reno 911! Might Return for The Sixth Season

Comedy Central and Reno 911! creators are reportedly talking about renewing the show for the sixth season. There has not been any official confirmations from both camps at this point.

I talked to Carlos Alazraqui on Saturday night at ACME Comedy Theatre, and he confirmed that indeed the show MIGHT BE picked up for the sixth season by Comedy Central. Then Alazraqui added, “You would know it before I do, that’s how it usually goes.

The Reno 911! Season Five DVD was released within a week after the season finale episode first aired on July 10th, 2008.

Currently, Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough are doing College Comedy Tour across The United States.

Cedric Yarbrough attended The Boondock‘s creator Aaron McGruder‘s wedding in Laguna Beach, California on Saturday August 23rd, 2008 (if the location was 100% correct).