8SimpleRulesForDatingMyTeenageDaughter-related stories
Posted Oct 27th 2009 2:01PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free, Gone Too Soon

This week, we're going to take a bit of a departure from the shows we normally cover. It's very rare that a show that puts out 76 episodes could be considered by anyone to be gone too soon, and yet I make the argument that
8 Simple Rules (for Dating My Teenage Daughter) is that show.
I'm also not going to try and convince you that
8 Simple Rules was one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, because it simply wasn't. It was a fairly standard, solid series headlined by a brilliant comic actor... and then it became something else.
Continue reading Gone Too Soon: 8 Simple Rules
Posted Jan 24th 2008 8:01PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities

John Ritter's widow Amy Yasbeck
is suing two doctors who treated her husband before his death in 2003. She is suing for the potential earnings of the show he starred in before his death,
8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter.
I'm kind of ambivalent regarding this lawsuit. On one hand, the death of a loved one is always a tough time and my heart always goes out to anybody who lost someone special in their lives. On the other hand, we have too many frivolous lawsuits in this country and suing a couple of doctors isn't going to bring John Ritter back.
Continue reading John Ritter's family sues over his death