the golden girls-related stories
Posted Sep 22nd 2009 9:33AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free
Estelle Getty, the matriarch of
The Golden Girls and general wise-ass of the bunch passed away last year. Now, her family has put the Emmy she won for her role of Sophia Petrillo in that show
up for sale on eBay. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have strict rules about such things. If the family no longer wants the award, they are supposed to return it to the Academy.
Ms. Getty's family would hardly be the first to try and raid the treasures of a dead celebrity relative for some cash. It does seem in somewhat bad taste to sell such an honor.
On the other hand, the item hasn't even received any bids yet according to the
Variety article (although that may have changed given the increase in publicity). Is it a bigger insult to sell an Emmy or that the Emmy in question hasn't received any interest from the buying public?
Posted Jun 10th 2009 5:02PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Video, Game Show, Reality-Free
If you're like me, then you're probably a mom. Although, I don't have children. In fact, I'm a quarter-century old dude built like an extra from a 1960's beach movie (that's not necessarily a compliment, especially if you think "compact" is a terrible description of body type, as I often do). However, when I'm at the gym, I seem to get along like gangbusters with all the mothers who take to the Stepper for a mindless lower-body workout in which one essentially climbs to nowhere.
In fact, every now and then, you'll catch me on the machine upwards of an hour, which is by no means an easy task when you have the attention span I do. But luckily, I've got plenty of friends to keep me going, and I don't even have to talk to them. Because they're inside the TV! (Sorry, moms!)
Continue reading Five shows to watch at the gym (if you know what's good for you)
Posted Jun 9th 2009 2:04PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Video, Children, Reality-Free
Zachary Johnson and Jeffrey Max are two effed up dudes.
Before they hit the "viralsphere" with
Lasagna Cat, the production team and creative geniuses behind
Fatal Farm created an incredibly twisted, brilliantly subversive, and unarguably hilarious series of "alternative intros" parodying the openings to classic sitcoms. No two intros follow the same theme or formula, except to say that they're all unequivocally... Messed. Up.
From blood and guts to go-carts and the hinting of pedophilia, each parody brings with it an innate ability to eviscerate any leftover nostalgia from the sight of, say, the
Happy Days jukebox or the beginning chords of the theme to
Cheers. (Believe us, you'll never think of Rhea Perlman the same way again.)
Strap in, sit back, and take an incredibly disturbing trip down Memory Lane, courtesy of your friendly tour guides at
Fatal Farm:
Continue reading Fatal Farm twists the opening credits [NSFW]
Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free
AOL has chosen the
best TV shows of the 1980s, and it's not a bad list. But I'm sure everyone reading this will have their own thoughts.
Sure, there are shows that were my favorites I'd like to see on the list, but those would be personal choices. The only problem I have is
where the shows place on the list. For example, is
Fraggle Rock really a better show than
Spenser: For Hire,
Miami Vice, and
Kate and Allie (even beyond the fact that it might be an odd show to compare to the other shows in the first place)? Is
Facts of Life better than
MacGyver?
Continue reading What are the best TV shows of the 1980s?
Posted Mar 3rd 2009 11:02AM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Video, Animation, Children, Reality-Free
Some say the most important job in the world is that of a teacher. And, really, we've all been placed under the tutelage of someone who was literally
paid to provide education. But yet, so often, kids find themselves inspired by - and often in worship of - these individuals, young and old alike, who can play an integral role in shaping one's childhood and, some might argue, the rest of their lives.
Of course, that isn't
always the case. Teachers can also be awful monsters whom we never forget for their ability to patronize, degrade, or humiliate us, often leaving one wondering if the man or woman in question took the job merely to torture students. This, naturally, can lead a kid to fantasize about how cool it would be to fall under the instruction of one of the following actors who, despite likely not possessing any type of teaching certification in real life, would probably be a blast to spend 40-or-so minutes on a daily basis.
Continue reading Five small-screen teachers for whom we'd totally do our homework - VIDEOS
Posted Jan 16th 2009 11:33AM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Video, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
Battlestar Galactica is premiering! Did you know that?
BSG is starting again. Ten eps left. Best show ever. Can. Not. Wait. Especially because we
need to know the identity of the final Cylon!
Look, we're so crazy excited for the season premiere that the only thing we could do to keep ourselves from going a'spoiler-hunting was to create a wishlist. Below are six characters from other shows throughout history whom we imagine share the same genetics as those frakkin' Toasters.
Continue reading Six characters from other shows whom we wish were Cylons - VIDEO
Posted Dec 4th 2008 8:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Awards, Reality-Free
You mean
Bea Arthur wasn't already in the TV Academy Hall of Fame before today? Well, actually, that was Bea's choice. In a very
Maude-like way, she had turned them down. "I said, `So sorry, very nice of you, but I can't possibly accept. There are so many talented people in the business,'" Arthur recalled.
However, she's had a chance to think it over and when asked again, she agreed to become a Hall of Famer, just like Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson and Bill Cosby.
As I wrote previously, the TV Academy Hall of Fame will expand to include Bea Arthur, Merv Griffin, Larry Gelbart (
M*A*S*H), Sherwood Schwartz (
Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch), and ABC executives Thomas Murphy and Daniel B. Burke. On December 9 in Beverly Hills, the awards will be presented.
Continue reading And then there's Maude...in the TV Hall of Fame
Posted Mar 27th 2008 9:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Cable/Satellite, Celebrities, Upfronts, Casting
The buttoned down mind of Bob Newhart is coming back to TV. In August,
Hallmark Channel will present Newhart in Herb's Murders, a two-hour original TV movie. And that's not all. Hallmark, which yesterday announced
Jane Seymour in a detective movie called
Dear Prudence, has other old TV favorites slated for original telefilms.
There's former
7th Heaven star Stephen Collins will star in
The Ride of Her Life; Jacqueline Bisset has a holiday pic in the works called
Thanksgiving Reunion, which will air in November; and Pam Grier, Florence Henderson (
The Brady Bunch) and Donna Mills (
Knots Landings) will headline
Ladies of the House, about three women from the same church who team up on a home renovation project.
Continue reading Hallmark books Newhart, Bisset and more old faves
Posted Feb 21st 2006 1:22PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: TV Royalty, Celebrities
Betty White, the actress best known for her roles in The
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, and for being confused with the little old lady who raps in
The Wedding Singer was honored
yesterday by the Los Angeles Zoo. White, who has served on numerous zoo association and foundation boards, will have
a plaque hung in her honor next to the L.A. zoo's gorilla exhibit.
Her new official title is "Ambassador to
the Animals,' but I'd like to see what the precise job description of that position is... sounds like fun. The
ceremony was attended by numerous dignitaries including the mayor of Los Angeles. White is currently in her eighth year
as a zoo commissioner and plans to continue to "love the animals."
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