My Bad.

My post on Meg Ryan prompted an Anonymous but astute commenter to point out that the "recent" picture I posted of her is actually about 5 years old. I thought it was recent, as it accompanied a story that was very recent.

Here is a pic of Meg last month, and I must say, it's an improvement over the "bad facelift" look.

She's kinda Michelle Pfeiffer now.

Still a bit willowy and wan for my taste, but it'll do. For God's sake, Meg, eat every morsel on that plate!

Senseless in Seattle.

I saw this recent photo of Meg Ryan, and I'm deeply disappointed. For God's sake, let your face age, already! Or is she trying to look exactly like Calista Flockhart? Because she sort of does.

I miss Meg's original face. I don't care how it would look without all the botox. It would be real.

Psycho.

I just happened across an ad for the Kellogg's All-Bran 10-Day Club (which sounds like some sort of pooping organization), and there was a picture of John McEnroe. Wow, he's aged. As I looked at the picture, I was trying to figure out who he reminded me of.

Then it hit me.

Norman Bates. The late Anthony Perkins, in his middle-aged years.

Creepy.

"You can't be serious!"

Oh, but I am, Mr. McEnroe. I am.

"We all go a little mad sometimes. Don't you?"

Joe Gerard Has Died.

First, it was Sam the Butcher from The Brady Bunch. Then Emily Hartley from The Bob Newhart Show.

Now, actor David Groh, who played the hunky construction-worker husband of Valerie Harper on Rhoda, has died at the age of 68. He was an early crush of mine. Hunky, hairy... often in a velour bathrobe or his trademark blue jeans and blue work shirt...

Sorry, I got distracted there for a minute.

Rest in peace, Joe.

Number Three Has Happened.

No, I'm not speaking of Heath Ledger. While I am terribly saddened by his death at such a young age, I believe there is someone else who completes the Suzanne Pleshette-Allan Melvin trio.

That would be Ms. Lois Nettleton. If you're not familiar with her, for shame! She was an amazing actress, graceful, charming, funny... I always felt like I knew her personally. Her performance as Blanche DuBois in a 1973 Broadway revival of "Streetcar named Desire" was heralded by critics. "This is a Blanche . . . who has been to hell and back and yet retains her innocence," wrote critic Clive Barnes in a review for the New York Times. "Miss Nettleton plays Blanche as a woman of nearly unshatterable courage."

She died at the age of 80 of lung cancer. I came to love her as a regular guest on "The $20,000 Pyramid." But I will never forget her guest appearance on "The Golden Girls" as a lesbian who falls for Rose. Brilliant.

So... Heath Ledger and Brad Renfro can be part of a different trio. But Lois is the third I was waiting for, sadly.

Waiting for Number Three.

I was so saddened to learn today that two of my favorite people from my childhood (and beyond) have passed away.

Suzanne Pleshette has died at the age of 70. Naturally, I adored her as Emily, the sassy but loving wife of Bob Newhart on his first tv show. I also squealed with delight when his second series, Newhart, ended with him discovering that the entire series had been a dream and he was back in bed with Emily.

But I also loved her in her few guest appearances on Will & Grace as Karen's grifter/mother. I loved how she called Karen "KiKi." I'm so sad she's gone.

The second death? Sam the Butcher. Actor Allan Melvin has passed. He also voiced "Magilla Gorilla," one of my favorite cartoons of my youth. He was on "All in the Family / Archie Bunker's Place," too, but I didn't care for those shows. No, he was and forever shall be Sam the Butcher.

Rest in peace.

What Am I Sick Of?

Boyfriend and I are both ill with colds, so we were unable to go to the premiere of "Three Days of Rain" presented by the theatre group to which I belong. Sure, we'll have plenty more opportunities to see it, but tonight he was to meet, among other friends, AnnieGrace! I'm terribly bummed.


Feeling headachy and a little congested, I am in a pissy mood. So, I've decided to make a random list of things or people I have had enough of. Let's begin:







Baby-doll dresses and tops: they make everyone look pregnant. I abhor them.















Paris Hilton



Britney, her sister, her mom, her ex-, her boyfriend, her babies, her lawyers, et al



Commercials where "apply directly to forehead" is repeated several times-- or any other commercial lampooning this phrase repetition



Disrespectful middle-schoolers



The writers' strike



Reality shows-- with the exception of "Project Runway," "Dancing with the Stars," and "American Idol"
















Tom Cruise and his "wife"




Movies or tv shows featuring an African-American man playing many roles, among them an older, fat, African-American woman













Pop-up ads mimicing dialog boxes telling me to click for my prize, or any pop-up mortgage ad featuring a scary animated dancing person or creature



The View



Clay Aiken



Tattoos





Broadway musicals based on movies that were bad movies to begin with









Paper-wasting "neighborhood shopper" newspapers that are in my mailbox almost every day



The war, the administration, the impending election ads



Commercials for Washington Mutual (WaMu) featuring a nice young African-American man against a large group of fat old white male bankers




YouTube losers being touted as celebrities










Anything related to "High School Musical"-- sequels, stars, ice show incarnations, tours, amateur productions



















Spam email that assumes I have a small penis, trouble getting it up, or an interest in "teen barnyard sluts"


Will Farrell

Thanks for letting me rant. I feel ever so much better now.

It's All in the Eye of the Beholder, Part 2

My new friend and fellow-blogger Mark suggested I might counter my last post with a list of some famous men who DO turn me on. Forthwith...

Jonathan Schaech

Paul Walker

Chris Evans

Peter Sarsgaard

Joseph Fiennes

Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Eddie Cibrian

And, of course, anyone whose picture I feature in a 'Nuff Said posting.

That's More Like It... Sort Of

Okay, so I tried this celebrity picture thing again. Most results were better...




Joshua Jackson.... not bad.

Yikes! Say it ain't so, y'all!

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