Television: March 2008 Archives
Happy Friday!
Watching VH1's new competitive reality show I Know My Kid's a Star this weekend, I couldn't help but wish that growing up I had had a mom as cool as Rocky Sanchez.
Dated Los Angeles-style rock affect, styling, and tattoos? CHECK.
Short short schoolgirl skirt on an overaerobicized 40 year old bod? CHECK.
Tampon string hanging out of her pantyless vagine? Apparently, also CHECK.
What is sadder – the death of Judith Barsi or her trashy grave? You be the judge.You might remember little Judith from her inimitable child performances in such films as Jaws: The Revenge and All Dogs Go To Heaven not to mention television’s Punky Brewster and Cagney & Lacey. But Judith’s life and budding acting career were both cut short when her father brutally murdered this concrete angel in 1988. Jozsef Barsi shot ten-year-old Judith and her mother Maria Barsi and then doused their bodies with gasoline and set the Barsi house on fire before shooting himself in the Barsi garage.
Although Judith was a beloved actress, tragically, she was buried with her mother in an umarked grave in a Los Angeles cemetery. But almost twenty years after her murder, fans stepped in to honor Judith with a trashy grave:
In June 2004, a fund was set up to get headstones for their graves. Judith's marker was placed on August 23, 2004 while one for her mother was placed on January 28, 2005. Future donations will go toward donating Beanie Babies to hospitalized children. Judith's marker reads "Our Concrete Angel - Yep Yep Yep" in reference to a popular song and her character Ducky's catchphrase from The Land Before Time. Her mother's marker reads "The wind beneath JEB's (Judith's initials) wings - Yep Yep Yep."Rest in peace, Judith!
Oprah's trampled fan, one "Orit Greenberg" claims she was trampled to death during a 2006 taping of the Oprah show, during which Oprah and her gay friend Nate Berkus failed to properly control their audience of insane admirers.
In her suit, Greenberg says that she, along with an "excess number of patrons," were gathered in a waiting room before the show. She claims audience members were then told to enter the studio and sit "where they wanted," causing a stampede. She says was pushed down a flight of stairs as the rabid fans "rushed the gate" while pushing and shoving one another.
This is not the first time the increasingly embattled hostess and her gay friend Nate Berkus have had to outrun the long arm of the law! In fact, you might remember that Oprah's last brush with a tort introduced her and the world to weight loss coach and "America's Pastor" Mr. Phil McGraw-- whom she met during a traumatic stay in Texas during that period when she was being sued by the world famous Bonanza Steakhouse Chain! Well let's just hope that Mr. Phil stays out of this one.
Now, as most of our loyal readers know, we here at FeyFriends have a firm, unwavering anti-tort-reform stance. After all-- what if Orit Greenberg had been carrying a cup of hot coffee during this incident?! As you can see, it's a slippery slope when hot coffee and followers of Ms. Winfrey are concerned! However, despite my strong pro-tort position, I do hope that the judge in this case (and surely Oprah's lawyers are hoping for the totally sympathetic-seeming Judge Hatchett!) will go easy on the legendary daytime queen of gab! Martha Stewart is one thing, but it just wouldn't be right to see Oprah Winfrey, talk show hostess and star of Alice Walker's THE COLOR PURPLE, behind bars!!!
...and she slept here! That's right, the pilot episode of Ann Jillian's classic sitcom "Jennifer Slept Here" is finally available online! "Jennifer Slept Here" tells the story of a young boy (probz gay) who moves into an old mansion in Los Angeles with his parents, only to discover it is still inhabited by the ghost of its former owner...movie-star Jennifer Barrow, played by a pert, twinklingly vivacious Ann Jillian. And only HE can see her!
As a fey it's pretty easy to relate to the metaphor for adopting a classic-movie starlet as an imaginary friend, but beyond that I have absolutely no idea what t.f. the show was getting at, or how it hoped to wring stories from its retardo premise. I'm just glad it's finally back.
(For parts 2 and 3, go here and here)
The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Showtime has picked up TV masterpiece "The L Word" for a sixth and final season! (Read the details here; be sure to get a load of the reporter's name.)
With an end date in sight, I think we are this much closer to finding out whether America's favorite will-they-or-won't-they lezzie supercouple Bette and Tina (pictured at left) will wind up together!
Friday Night Lights has been saved from the brink of cancellation yet again. I'm sorry, but I FUCKING HATE THIS SHOW. No matter HOW faggy it is.
That said, Kyle Chandler is clearly the hottest TV daddy of all times. (Ok, SECOND hottest.)
FEY ALERT: SUZANNE SUGARBAKER NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
Television star, beauty queen, COMPULSIVE HOARDER and interior designer/businesswoman, Suzanne Sugarbaker-- aka Dixie Carter Delta Burke-- needs your help! Entertainment Tonight reports that the TV legend is out of the mental hospital (where she was alarmed to learn that there weren't any mirrors!!!) and, as usual, she's feeling a little blue. So television's Mary Hart is sponsoring a special emergency Suzanne Sugarbaker E-Mail Relief drive, where we the fans can send the STAR our special e-letters of support.
Come on, Feyfriends! Who among us hasn't felt a little EXHAUSTED from time to time? Who among us hasn't needed/wanted to be rescued from a dangerous Xanax-and-Diet-Coke binge by television's MAJOR DAD? And most importantly: who among us hasn't spent many smiling hours glued to DESIGNING WOMEN on the Lifetime Network? (My favorite episode is the one where Suzanne loses her extravagant jewels IN the salad bar.)
Well now we can finally pay back the woman who brought us all that love and laughter. Let's all flap our wings together and send our special wishes to Ms. Potts! To participate in Mary Hart's e-mail drive, click HERE. I know you can do it!!
