The Middle » Atticus Shaffer http://the-middle-abc.com A fansite for the TV show 'The Middle' on ABC Thu, 13 May 2010 23:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Everybody Loves the Weird Kid From ‘The Middle’ http://the-middle-abc.com/loves-weird-kid-the-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/loves-weird-kid-the-middle#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 20:40:42 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=226 TV has always had a soft spot for geeks and oddballs, and critics zeroed in on the actor and role when “The Middle” made its debut in September. “Atticus Shaffer is the breakout,” Joanne Ostrow of The Denver Post wrote last August. “The kiddo is hilarious.” But the gushing has grown so loud — “Just Love That Little Brick on ‘The Middle,’ ” read a Miami Herald headline in March — that the show’s writers appear to have started building episodes more squarely around that character. To help hype its season finale on May 19, “The Middle” landed Ms. White. Guess who all of her scenes are with?

“People just like Brick because he follows the beat of his own drummer,” Atticus said. “He’s different, and he’s quirky, and people seem to think that’s adorable. Trust me because I know. It’s my life.”

Brick, right down to the whisper, is based on the son of Eileen Heisler, who created “The Middle” with DeAnn Heline. (The two women, whose credits include “Murphy Brown” and “How I Met Your Mother,” have been writing partners since meeting in college.) “The funniest things come from reality,” Ms. Heisler said.

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“All I know,” Atticus said, “is that I feel extremely blessed to be on TV. It’s a hard job, but real life is harder. Truth be told, playgrounds can be war zones.”

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Betty plays a librarian who threatens to keep little Atticus Shaffer from graduating to the third grade on the ABC comedy, airing Wednesdays.

Source: KGET

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The TV legend, Betty White, has signed on to guest star in the season finale of ABC’s The Middle.

White will play a school librarian who confronts Brick (Atticus Shaffer) about his failure to return numerous overdue books.

Source: EW.

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/betty-white-the-middle/feed 1 Why You Should Be Watching ‘The Middle’ http://the-middle-abc.com/watching-the-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/watching-the-middle#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:58:50 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=190 Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) stars as matriarch Frankie, a not-no-successful car salesman at a local car dealership. Neil Flynn (Scrubs) plays her brutally honest and sarcastic husband Mike, who works as a night shift driver who delivers snack cakes. (Mike used to work at a quarry but lost the job when the plant closed for scientific research after he discovered a dinosaur bone there.)

Then there are the Heck kids.

Axl, portrayed by Charlie McDermott (Frozen River), is the teenage son, a jockey, semi-nudist (seriously) and often rebel who occasionally has a soft spot; Eden Sher (Weeds) plays the socially awkward teenage daughter Sue who has tried out for every sport and extracurricular at school known to man without ever being accepted into any of them; and Atticus Shaffer (The Unborn) plays Brick, the bookwork and youngest child who often whispers to himself and considers his backpack his best friend. Oh yeah.

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/watching-the-middle/feed 0 ‘The Middle’ actor shines http://the-middle-abc.com/the-middle-actor-shines http://the-middle-abc.com/the-middle-actor-shines#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:52:52 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=175 Ohio.com brings us some information about Atticus Shaffer, Brick from The Middle:

Californian Atticus Shaffer plays Brick, the younger son in the family comedy starring Northeast Ohio’s own Patricia Heaton. According to ABC, he began acting in 2006 and has appeared on The Class, My Name Is Earl, Days of Our Lives, Carpoolers, Out of Jimmy’s Head and Human Giant — as well as sharing a bus stop with Will Smith in Hancock and doing commercials. Other films include The Unborn and An American Carol. He is home-schooled, a Boy Scout and an avid Yu-Gi-Oh player. And he does all those things while dealing with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease; Shaffer has Type IV, which according to the OI Foundation’s Web site leaves people ”moderately affected.”

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/the-middle-actor-shines/feed 0 Atticus Shaffer AIG Commercial http://the-middle-abc.com/atticus-shaffer-aig-commercial http://the-middle-abc.com/atticus-shaffer-aig-commercial#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:44:57 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=60 Atticus Shaffer who plays Brick on The Middle was on a commercial for AIG two years ago. Here it is:

[Source: TV Squad]

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/atticus-shaffer-aig-commercial/feed 1 Atticus Shaffer on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ http://the-middle-abc.com/atticus-shaffer-jimmy-kimmel-live http://the-middle-abc.com/atticus-shaffer-jimmy-kimmel-live#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:28:17 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=28 We love Atticus Shaffer, and so here is his interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live:

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