Category: Television
Blog posts
A Tribute to LaToya Jackson’s Step Up, Plus Her Uber-Fattening Recipe For “Creamy Apple Dessert” in Eating With The Stars
Notes From The Honeycomb Hideout, Part One: Hatching the Plan
Making Lists: On Collecting, the Acquisitive Personality, and 8 Things Barbra Streisand Did in 1971
Really, Rosie? Rosie O’Donnell, TV’s Erstwhile “Queen of Nice,” Loses Bully Pulpit Once Again and Is Finally Outed as the “Nastiest Woman in America!”
I know whence I speak, for I too have been publicly “O’Donnelled” not once but twice in the mid-nineties. In the years that have passed I have heard similar horror stories anecdotally from many, many other people. After hearing about Rosie’s most recent spree of bullying on Oprah’s network, I have decided that something must be done: I propose we form a twelve-step group called “Rosie Anonymous,” where people who have been publicly humiliated or whose lives have otherwise been negatively impacted by this monster can share their stories and let each other know that they are not alone.
My Worst Audition Ever? Or, The Danger of Playing Paddle Ball, Chewing Gum and Singing “We Built This City” Simultaneously
Fanny Cradock’s Christmas Cookery: “Turkey—let’s face it—is a very dry bird!”
“And who among us will soon forget the violent, staccato pinching of the turkey? It that suggests that, though ostensibly already dead, animals may very well have been harmed during the production of this show.”