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Happy Charles Nelson Taylor Day

Better stock up on booze and confetti because we’re only hours away from the gayest date on the calendar, Jan. 13, the day flamboyant game show mainstays Rip Taylor and the late Charles Nelson Reilly were born.

Filed under: 70s, Charles Nelso…

Interlude

Filed under: comedy, Interlude, Television

I’ll trade you the drug addict for the closeted gay

Gary Busey and Ted Haggard are swapping wives — for our entertainment, of course.
Ah, the sanctity of marriage.
Filed under: Americans scare me, drugs, gay issues, Television

Best debut of 2011

Eddie Schweighardt, aka Greg the gay kid on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”:

Filed under: comedy, Television

‘No one makes fun of Tim Allen on my watch’

Johnny Depp may have stopped making interesting movies but at least he’s a good sport.

From Rickey Gervais’ new show, “Life’s Too Short”:

Filed under: comedy, Television

Fox conspiring to destroy the animated sitcom

Fox has bought TWO new series featuring Russell Brand, the UK’s answer to Adam Sandler (or, as Heinrich suggests, the Brits’ idea of payback for Madonna). Besides an unscripted late night show on FX, Katy Perry’s husband has been tapped to appear in an animated comedy about himself. It’s written and produced by the team [...]

Now this is kitsch

Kitsch is one of those overused terms, like diva and icon.
This, gentle reader, is kitschy:

Filed under: 70s, kitsch, nostalgia, Television

Nothing says Friday quite like …

A supersized compilation of Gene Gene the Dancing Machine. It’s been too long.

Filed under: 70s, nostalgia, Television

Cosell-a-palooza

What might’ve been (excerpted from the New York Times’ review of “Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports,” by Mark Ribowsky): Cosell did not mind self-parody but refused Allen’s offer to play a pervert in “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.” I’m guessing this was the role Cosell [...]

I hope the promotions whiz who wrote this feels dirtier than GG Allin

(source) With unemployment an ongoing issue and women now outnumbering men in the workforce, the new comedy series Work It follows two alpha males who realize the only way to beat the current “mancession” and land a job in pharmaceutical sales is to pass themselves off as women. To be fair, “Work It” might be [...]

The interior decorator turned hitman

Hilarious.

Filed under: Clip du jour, Television

The seminal moment of my youth

Filed under: Bigfoot, nostalgia, Television

When forces of evil collide — only on FOX!

A flash mob reality show hosted by Howie Mandel? This can’t be happening.

Filed under: Fox, Obnoxious celebrities, Television, trends

Cosell du jour

Featuring Ed Asner, Dick Van Patten and the Greta Garbo of tomboy actresses, Kristy McNichol.

Filed under: 70s, Cosell, Television

Yet another conservative victim (and this one’s gay)

As you’ve no doubt noticed conservative Christians are the most persecuted group in all the world, be they female (Sarah Palin), black (Herman Cain) or gay (one of the cast members of Logo’s ode to Amos ‘n’ Andy, “The A-List: … Continue reading