* * * * (out of 5)
London was Bleeding Love towards Nelson Mandela on June 27 and it was well deserved. I just finished watching an abridged version of the Concert, on VH 1, to honor the man on his 90th Birthday. It seems that the weeks surrounding Independence Day have become a traditional time to have huge charitable concerts on international television. From Live Aid in 1985 to Live 8, Live Earth and the Concert for Princess Diana, the world falls into a giving mood that rivals a sedate Christmas.
I think I first heard of Nelson Mandela and the struggles in South Africa in 1984. I read in Rolling Stone about the fight against apartheid and about the death of Steven Biko and the false imprisonment of Mandela. "Madiba" is Mandela's clan name and what he is often called. President Reagan and many other world leaders were unconcerned about the atrocities in this country and kept doing business with it, despite world wide protest. To stand up for what was right, in a simple protest against Mandela's incarceration and the brutal politics of apartheid the free world's artists vowed to never play Sun City, the all-white resort town in South Africa. Artists who did were blackballed. Queen, Tina Turner and Rod Stewart were among the musicians who did play there and were considered outcasts for it. Amnesty International gained world wide acclaim by pushing the issue front and center and made all political prisoners a cause celebre for a few years in he 1980s.
Then in 1988, London held a 70th Birthday party for the still-jailed Mandela at Wembley Stadium. I was busy that day and missed the show on the radio and didn't have cable yet to watch it, but it was a great success. The man was put in jail in 1964, Prisoner Number 466 of 1964, 46664. He was held there until 1991, 27 years later. Word of that concert in '88, gave him renewed hope and indeed gave hope to many other prisoners like him. When he was finally released, he was probably the only man in history more famous for getting out of prison than going in. With the world's help he lead his country out of apartheid and became president, but with a dream of democracy where white and black could live alongside each other in peace. He could have easily turned into a demigod and turned his country into a bloodbath, but he held true to the principals that put him into prison and made him such a hero and martyr to the world.
Now in his "retirement" he has started many new foundations with his name to build on peace, freedom and education. His prison number, 46664, is the name of a new cause that will try to conquer the scourge of AIDS which imprisons so many of his countrymen. AIDS in Africa and especially in South Africa is so rampant that I doubt anyone can really stop it, but he's performed miracles before.
One nice idea introduced by Bono and the Edge in a videotape at the concert, was for a world holiday commemorating Peace, to be honored every year on Nelson Mandela's birthday. When Madiba came on stage to thank the crowd and the musicians, he looked a bit frail but his words were strong. That any man can live to be 90, after spending 27 years in a hellhole prison is a testament to his spirit and love of life. When you see a man like that, you always hope two things. That there is someone much younger willing to be as loving and courageous when the need arises. And two, that because of the work of such a man like Mandela that that brave younger man will not be needed. Unfortunately, we know all too well that brave young people must still rise up and fight for what's right in this world.
As for the concert itself, it was a rousing party, made up of some familiar faces and some new. Will Smith did such an excellent job of hosting the Philadelphia contingent of Live 8 in 2005 that he was made master of ceremonies again here in London's Hyde Park. He and wife Jada Pinkett Smith nicely balanced the seriousness of the cause and man, while generating excitement for the show ahead. It looked like at least 100,000 showed up for the show and were very loud throughout. These types of shows from London give me a warm, special feeling about the people from England and their strong political convictions. I'm not sure a concert for Mandela here in America would draw such a large, spirited crowd. Not without some major headline acts.
This show had Simple Minds singing "Don't You Forget About Me", which has to considered one of the Top 10 most important songs of the '80s. It defines the era and what makes it so ironic is that Simple Minds lead man Jim Kerr didn't even write it. They played it for "The Breakfast Club", but he actually hated it at the time because it reminded him and probably many of us of a Billy Idol song. How would you like your signature song to be something you hate? Hahahah. Ahh, the problems of being a rock icon.
Amy Winehouse came out with a skirt that was way too tight for her and had to keep pulling at it, because it would ride up and show off her bloomers. A physical mess doesn't begin to describe this girl, but she still looks better than Janis Joplin in her prime and has these amazing eyes that burn through whatever crack haze she shadows them in. A crackhead playing a song called Rehab at a Nelson Mandela show. That's funny as hell, but it worked because it is one of the best songs of the past five years. Even when she mumbles some of the words as she did here, the song still catches fire. It reminds me of early REM. You didn't care what Michael Stipe was singing, his voice was just another wonderful instrument in the band. What I didn't like was that she lead the final concert singalong for "Free Nelson Mandela". There were so many good singers on stage, especially Leona Lewis, who could have done a much better job than her.
As for Lewis, this was my first time seeing her and after months of being beaten over the head with her #1 hit Bleeding Love, I'm beginning to see what Simon Cowell saw in her. What a voice, so classy from head to toe. She doesn't move around enough, but maybe that will come later. If you have the moves you dance, if you don't maybe you should stand still. Whitney Houston was a horrible dancer, she hit you between the eyes when she was stationary. Unlike Whitney or Mariah, Leona doesn't destroy the phrasing of the song for some fake gospel feel. I know it's a lot to ask, but hopefully she can be as sweet and unassuming as she apparently is now. She makes you want to root for her.
Will Smith (aka The Fresh Prince) did his last big hit from the summer of '05, "Switch", and mixed it in with the theme to his TV show. If there is any doubt that he's an international superstar you should hear the London crowd singing along with every lyric. He's been so serious in so many movies for so long now you kind of wonder if he still has that flashy Fresh Prince vibe that endeared us to him in the beginning and judging from his live performance he still does. He just saves it for the stage.
Being that the show was cut down to 90 minutes with commercials for VH 1, I did not see all the acts, but the highlight had to be the pairing of the remaining members of Queen with Bad Company's Paul Rodgers. What a match made in heaven. If they come to the States, I will definitely go see them. No one could enthrall a London crowd quite like Freddie Mercury, just watch tape of his historic Live Aid performance, but these fans were more than happy to take the flight with Air Rodgers. Older and definitely tougher looking than Mercury, Rodgers sang the classics in Queen style but changed the phrasing just a bit to make them more his own. While I can't listen to We Will Rock You or We Are the Champions on the radio anymore, live in concert those songs come alive. And Brian May's guitar playing. Why isn't this man mentioned more in the discussion of guitar gods? Just to show you what he's got, they finished off with All Right Now, the old Bad Company hit and Brian played it like he created it.
I'm all for making a Nelson Mandela Peace holiday if it just means hearing great music like this every year.
The Freditor
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Fawlty Towers is silly, intermittent fun
* * 1/2 (out of 5)
Just came back from watching three episodes of Fawlty Towers at a friend's house. I watched them when I was a kid on Channel 13 and remember laughing with them at the time. But I saw an episode about a year ago and it was a bomb. So being outnumbered three to one I sat down for another go at it tonite. And I'll admit I laughed at times.
It's way too manic for my tastes. That old vaudeville idea of if you scream a lot, bang lots of doors and throw things around people will laugh at the sheer exuberance of the moment. That never catches me. What I like is cleverness and there were some good moments, like during a fire drill when the out-of-his-element Spanish bellhop starts a real fire. Or when the same bellhop is behind the front desk and is practicing his English and the doddering old Major thinks its the moosehead on the desk speaking to him.
I guess I laughed at it as much as an average episode of Two and a Half Men, so if it was on nightly on Channel 11 I might watch it during dinner. But like Bernie Mac it would definitely need subtitles. I missed at least a quarter of the dialogue with the barely penetrable British accents.
The Freditor
Just came back from watching three episodes of Fawlty Towers at a friend's house. I watched them when I was a kid on Channel 13 and remember laughing with them at the time. But I saw an episode about a year ago and it was a bomb. So being outnumbered three to one I sat down for another go at it tonite. And I'll admit I laughed at times.
It's way too manic for my tastes. That old vaudeville idea of if you scream a lot, bang lots of doors and throw things around people will laugh at the sheer exuberance of the moment. That never catches me. What I like is cleverness and there were some good moments, like during a fire drill when the out-of-his-element Spanish bellhop starts a real fire. Or when the same bellhop is behind the front desk and is practicing his English and the doddering old Major thinks its the moosehead on the desk speaking to him.
I guess I laughed at it as much as an average episode of Two and a Half Men, so if it was on nightly on Channel 11 I might watch it during dinner. But like Bernie Mac it would definitely need subtitles. I missed at least a quarter of the dialogue with the barely penetrable British accents.
The Freditor
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Dana Carvey's Comeback is Very Funny on his HBO Special
* * * 1/2 (out of 5)
I grew up with a kid I'll call Sunshine. Sunshine was one of the funniest people I have ever been friends with. He had expressions that would make you laugh, jokes, one liners. He had a great many ways of making you laugh and they would never be pre-planned, always off the top of his head. But Sunshine had one problem that too many of us suffer from. When you say something that gets a big laugh, you should always let it stand alone and hang back. It will have way more impact. Sometimes the best way to handle it, is to just walk away, so it is the last thing people have on their minds about you. George Costanza understood that on Seinfeld. But Sunshine couldn't do that. Addicted to the laughs, the way many of us are, he would try to pour on more jokes or act sillier to keep the laughter rolling. But then he became guilty of one of the worst crimes in comedy. Not knowing when to stop. He started Mugging for laughs. That's when you cross over from being a very funny person to being a clown and no one respects a clown.
Throughout his career going back to Saturday Night Live, Dana Carvey has been guilty of mugging. Which is so unfortunate, because if he could just pull back and let laughs come organically, he would be considered a much greater comic. There's no denying his talents. His impersonations are some of the best in the business. Sometimes what he says with the impersonation is a little weak, but other times he knocks the performance right out of the park. On HBO recently, Carvey had a one-hour live standup show that revealed him for all his talents and all his miscues. With live comedy on TV, I'll allow 5 minutes of no laughter if I get a big laugh after. But if more than 5 minutes goes by without a chuckle I'll change the station. Carvey made me pee as much as made me shake my head, but that's still a good ratio.
Perhaps my favorite pseudo impression he ever gave on SNL was of Carsenio, a blending of Johnny Carson and Arsenio Hall. He nailed it and Carvey nails various moments on this show, as well. His Al Gore impression as not of old Al Gore but this new Al Gore, who Carvey says, "sounds like a gay Forrest Gump" was dead on. "I'm doing my best for Global Warming. I even turned down the air condtioning on my private jet." Carvey said that Barack Obama looked like a cross between "Alfred E. Newman and Urkle." Even the name "Barack Hussein Obama" had to be the hardest name hurdle a presidential candidate ever had to cross. It was like being named "Charles Manson Hitler." The campaign ad would go, "Charles Manson Hitler is worried about our children. He's wants to initiate universal health care and improve the economy." The opponent's commercial would say, "Charles Manson Hitler is nothing but a tax and spend liberal. My name is OJ Scott Peterson and I approve this message."
His take on modern parenting is also on target. "My father was a former Marine, he'd yell at us, 'get in the car!' But nowadays I see a father in the park bending down, pleading, 'Greggers, didn't we decide we were going to go home now?' " "One time I had a glass of milk and was walking across the living room carpet. My father said, 'You spill one drop of that and I'll break every bone in your body.' " So Carvey shows the most careful display of milk carrying you ever saw until he reaches his stool and places it down. With a heavy breath, he yells, "I'm alive." And everyone from his age group and older laughed knowingly and exulted. Maybe Carvey's career is alive again. Hope so. I'd hate for his legacy to be know as Mike Myers sidekick, like Dan Ackroyd he deserves much more than that.
He jokes about his heart problems, but they were very serious. The man's artery was blocked more than "a port a potty at a construction site." He had five angioplasties and surgery on the blocked artery. He won $7.5 Million in a lawsuit because the doctor worked on "the wrong artery." If this is his big comeback it's a worthy one.
The Freditor
I grew up with a kid I'll call Sunshine. Sunshine was one of the funniest people I have ever been friends with. He had expressions that would make you laugh, jokes, one liners. He had a great many ways of making you laugh and they would never be pre-planned, always off the top of his head. But Sunshine had one problem that too many of us suffer from. When you say something that gets a big laugh, you should always let it stand alone and hang back. It will have way more impact. Sometimes the best way to handle it, is to just walk away, so it is the last thing people have on their minds about you. George Costanza understood that on Seinfeld. But Sunshine couldn't do that. Addicted to the laughs, the way many of us are, he would try to pour on more jokes or act sillier to keep the laughter rolling. But then he became guilty of one of the worst crimes in comedy. Not knowing when to stop. He started Mugging for laughs. That's when you cross over from being a very funny person to being a clown and no one respects a clown.
Throughout his career going back to Saturday Night Live, Dana Carvey has been guilty of mugging. Which is so unfortunate, because if he could just pull back and let laughs come organically, he would be considered a much greater comic. There's no denying his talents. His impersonations are some of the best in the business. Sometimes what he says with the impersonation is a little weak, but other times he knocks the performance right out of the park. On HBO recently, Carvey had a one-hour live standup show that revealed him for all his talents and all his miscues. With live comedy on TV, I'll allow 5 minutes of no laughter if I get a big laugh after. But if more than 5 minutes goes by without a chuckle I'll change the station. Carvey made me pee as much as made me shake my head, but that's still a good ratio.
Perhaps my favorite pseudo impression he ever gave on SNL was of Carsenio, a blending of Johnny Carson and Arsenio Hall. He nailed it and Carvey nails various moments on this show, as well. His Al Gore impression as not of old Al Gore but this new Al Gore, who Carvey says, "sounds like a gay Forrest Gump" was dead on. "I'm doing my best for Global Warming. I even turned down the air condtioning on my private jet." Carvey said that Barack Obama looked like a cross between "Alfred E. Newman and Urkle." Even the name "Barack Hussein Obama" had to be the hardest name hurdle a presidential candidate ever had to cross. It was like being named "Charles Manson Hitler." The campaign ad would go, "Charles Manson Hitler is worried about our children. He's wants to initiate universal health care and improve the economy." The opponent's commercial would say, "Charles Manson Hitler is nothing but a tax and spend liberal. My name is OJ Scott Peterson and I approve this message."
His take on modern parenting is also on target. "My father was a former Marine, he'd yell at us, 'get in the car!' But nowadays I see a father in the park bending down, pleading, 'Greggers, didn't we decide we were going to go home now?' " "One time I had a glass of milk and was walking across the living room carpet. My father said, 'You spill one drop of that and I'll break every bone in your body.' " So Carvey shows the most careful display of milk carrying you ever saw until he reaches his stool and places it down. With a heavy breath, he yells, "I'm alive." And everyone from his age group and older laughed knowingly and exulted. Maybe Carvey's career is alive again. Hope so. I'd hate for his legacy to be know as Mike Myers sidekick, like Dan Ackroyd he deserves much more than that.
He jokes about his heart problems, but they were very serious. The man's artery was blocked more than "a port a potty at a construction site." He had five angioplasties and surgery on the blocked artery. He won $7.5 Million in a lawsuit because the doctor worked on "the wrong artery." If this is his big comeback it's a worthy one.
The Freditor
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The 100 Best-Looking Men in Television History
Here in New York City, Channel 11 is celebrating their 60th Anniversary of broadcasting and I thought this would be a good time to coincide this milestone with a listing of what I believe to be the 100 Best-Looking Men in the history of American Television. This list took a few hours to come up with and I'd say it's pretty thorough. I have stars in it that stretch back to the '50s.
I eliminated all reality stars and news reporters, as well as Game Show hosts. The only men on here are actors who appeared for several episodes on a given show. While they may have many listings, I only credited them for the shows I remember them from or that I enjoyed the best.
You may have complaints, suggestions, or praise. I look forward to all of them. If you are not sure what some of these men look like, you can always look them up in IMDB. Oh, and they are in no particular order.
The Freditor
Pierce Brosnan (Remington Steele)
Tom Selleck (Magnum PI)
Burt Reynolds (Gunsmoke, Evening Shade)
Clint Eastwood (Rawhide)
Robert Urich (Vegas)
James Garner (Rockford Files)
Robert Wagner (Switch)
Eddie Albert (Switch)
Henry Winkler (Happy Days)
David Hasselhoff (Knightrider)
Shaun Cassidy (Hardy Boys)
David Cassidy (Partridge Family)
Richard Hatch (Battlestar Gallactica)
James Brolin (Marcus Welby)
Jack Lord (Hawaii 5-0)
Dirk Benedict (Battlestar Gallactica, A-Team)
Robert Young (Marcus Welby)
Mike Connors (Mannix)
Greg Morris ((Mission Impossible)
Peter Lupus (Mission Impossible)
James Franciscus (Longstreet)
Desi Arnaz (I Love Lucy)
Desi Arnaz Jr. (Here's Lucy)
Adrian Zmed (TJ Hooker
Wiliam Shatner (Boston legal)
Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live)
Rock Hudson (MacMillan and Wife)
Matt LeBlanc (Friends)
Damon Wayans (In Living Color)
Brian Keith (Family Affair)
Bill Bixby (Incredible Hulk)
George Reeves (Superman)
John Forsythe (Dynasty)
James Spader (Boston Legal)
Ivan Dixon (Hogan's heroes)
Max Baer Jr. (Beverly Hillbillies)
Donny Osmond (Donny and Marie)
Phil Hartman (News Radio)
Tim Daly (Wings)
Bruce Lee (Green Hornet and Kato)
John Travolta (Welcome Back Kotter)
Ted Danson (Cheers)
Ken Wahl (Wiseguy)
Mark Valley (Keen Eddie)
Morgan Freeman (Electric Company)
Alan Alda (MASH)George Peppard (A-Team)
Mr. T (A-Team)
Billy Dee Williams (Dynasty)
Luke Perry (90210)
Bill Cosby (Cosby Show)
Michael J. Fox (Family Ties)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)
Martin Sheen (West Wing)
Andy Griffith (Salvage 1)
George Clooney (Roseanne)
Will Smith (Fresh Prince)
Bruce Willis (Moonlighting)
Don Johnson (Miami Vice)
Philip Michael Thomas (Miami Vice)
Patrick Duffy (Man From Atlantis)
William Devane (Knots Landing)
Leonard Nimoy (Star trek)
Eric Braeden (Rat Patrol)
Erik Estrada (CHIPs)
Michael Douglas (Streets of San Francisco)
Lee Majors (Six Million Dollar man)
Randolph Mantooth (Emergency)
Kiefer Sutherland (24)
Greg Evigan (BJ and the Bear)
James Naughton (Planet of the Apes)
Michael Landon (Bonanza)
Telly Savalas (Kojak)
Robert Guillaume (Soap)
Denzel Washington (St. Elsewhere)
Kyle Chandler (Homefront)
Kent McCord (Adam-12)
John Slattery (Homefront)
David Janssen (The Fugitive)
Tom Welling (Smallville)
Jay Silverheels (The Lone Ranger)
Jason Priestly (90210)
Ricardo Montalbon (Fantasy Island)
Rob Lowe (West Wing)
Eriq La Salle (ER)
John Schneider (Dukes of Hazzard)
Ted McGinley (Married with Children)
Jeff Conaway (Taxi)
Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me)
Carlos Bernard (24)
Ricardo Chavira (Desperate Housewives)
Avery Brooks (Spencer For Hire)
Richard Dean Anderson (MacGuyver)
Jameson Parker (Simon and Simon)
Freddie Prinze Sr. (Chico and the Man)
Tony Orlando (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
Richard Dawson (Hogan's Heroes)
John Ritter (Three's Company)
Danny Thomas (Make Room For Daddy)
James MacArthur (Hawaii Five-0)
I eliminated all reality stars and news reporters, as well as Game Show hosts. The only men on here are actors who appeared for several episodes on a given show. While they may have many listings, I only credited them for the shows I remember them from or that I enjoyed the best.
You may have complaints, suggestions, or praise. I look forward to all of them. If you are not sure what some of these men look like, you can always look them up in IMDB. Oh, and they are in no particular order.
The Freditor
Pierce Brosnan (Remington Steele)
Tom Selleck (Magnum PI)
Burt Reynolds (Gunsmoke, Evening Shade)
Clint Eastwood (Rawhide)
Robert Urich (Vegas)
James Garner (Rockford Files)
Robert Wagner (Switch)
Eddie Albert (Switch)
Henry Winkler (Happy Days)
David Hasselhoff (Knightrider)
Shaun Cassidy (Hardy Boys)
David Cassidy (Partridge Family)
Richard Hatch (Battlestar Gallactica)
James Brolin (Marcus Welby)
Jack Lord (Hawaii 5-0)
Dirk Benedict (Battlestar Gallactica, A-Team)
Robert Young (Marcus Welby)
Mike Connors (Mannix)
Greg Morris ((Mission Impossible)
Peter Lupus (Mission Impossible)
James Franciscus (Longstreet)
Desi Arnaz (I Love Lucy)
Desi Arnaz Jr. (Here's Lucy)
Adrian Zmed (TJ Hooker
Wiliam Shatner (Boston legal)
Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live)
Rock Hudson (MacMillan and Wife)
Matt LeBlanc (Friends)
Damon Wayans (In Living Color)
Brian Keith (Family Affair)
Bill Bixby (Incredible Hulk)
George Reeves (Superman)
John Forsythe (Dynasty)
James Spader (Boston Legal)
Ivan Dixon (Hogan's heroes)
Max Baer Jr. (Beverly Hillbillies)
Donny Osmond (Donny and Marie)
Phil Hartman (News Radio)
Tim Daly (Wings)
Bruce Lee (Green Hornet and Kato)
John Travolta (Welcome Back Kotter)
Ted Danson (Cheers)
Ken Wahl (Wiseguy)
Mark Valley (Keen Eddie)
Morgan Freeman (Electric Company)
Alan Alda (MASH)George Peppard (A-Team)
Mr. T (A-Team)
Billy Dee Williams (Dynasty)
Luke Perry (90210)
Bill Cosby (Cosby Show)
Michael J. Fox (Family Ties)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)
Martin Sheen (West Wing)
Andy Griffith (Salvage 1)
George Clooney (Roseanne)
Will Smith (Fresh Prince)
Bruce Willis (Moonlighting)
Don Johnson (Miami Vice)
Philip Michael Thomas (Miami Vice)
Patrick Duffy (Man From Atlantis)
William Devane (Knots Landing)
Leonard Nimoy (Star trek)
Eric Braeden (Rat Patrol)
Erik Estrada (CHIPs)
Michael Douglas (Streets of San Francisco)
Lee Majors (Six Million Dollar man)
Randolph Mantooth (Emergency)
Kiefer Sutherland (24)
Greg Evigan (BJ and the Bear)
James Naughton (Planet of the Apes)
Michael Landon (Bonanza)
Telly Savalas (Kojak)
Robert Guillaume (Soap)
Denzel Washington (St. Elsewhere)
Kyle Chandler (Homefront)
Kent McCord (Adam-12)
John Slattery (Homefront)
David Janssen (The Fugitive)
Tom Welling (Smallville)
Jay Silverheels (The Lone Ranger)
Jason Priestly (90210)
Ricardo Montalbon (Fantasy Island)
Rob Lowe (West Wing)
Eriq La Salle (ER)
John Schneider (Dukes of Hazzard)
Ted McGinley (Married with Children)
Jeff Conaway (Taxi)
Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me)
Carlos Bernard (24)
Ricardo Chavira (Desperate Housewives)
Avery Brooks (Spencer For Hire)
Richard Dean Anderson (MacGuyver)
Jameson Parker (Simon and Simon)
Freddie Prinze Sr. (Chico and the Man)
Tony Orlando (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
Richard Dawson (Hogan's Heroes)
John Ritter (Three's Company)
Danny Thomas (Make Room For Daddy)
James MacArthur (Hawaii Five-0)
The 100 Best-Looking Women in Television History
Here in New York City, Channel 11 is celebrating their 60th Anniversary of broadcasting and I thought this would be a good time to coincide this milestone with a listing of what I believe to be the 100 Best-Looking Women in the history of American Television. This list took several hours to come up with and I'd say it's pretty thorough. I have stars in it that stretch back to the early '60s. Sorry, but I couldn't think of one star from the '50s that I thought should make it.
I eliminated all reality stars and news reporters, as well as Game Show girls. The only women on here are actresses who appeared for several episodes on a given show. While they may have many listings, I only credited them for the shows I remember them from.
You may see some names missing from here that often appear on other lists. Pamela Anderson and Lynda Carter to name two, but I've never been a big fan of either. You may have complaints, suggestions, or praise. I look forward to all of them. If you are not sure what some of these women look like, you can always look them up in IMDB. Oh, and they are in no particular order.
The Freditor
Jaclyn Smith (Charlie's Angels)
Cheryl Ladd (Charlie's Angels)
Angie Harmon (Law and Order)
Halle Berry (Knots Landing)
Victoria Principal (Dallas)
Andrea Roth (Rescue Me)
Paula Marshall (Cupid)
Gina Gershon (Rescue Me)
Sela Ward (Sisters)
Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty)
Dana Delaney (China Beach)
Joan Collins (Dynasty)
Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy)
Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Laura Harring (The Shield)
Rena Sofer (24)
Dawn Wells (Mary Ann-Gilligan's island)
Tina Louise (Ginger-Gilligan's Island)
Shannon Doherty (90210)
Jennie Garth (90210)
Heather Locklear (Melrose)
Heather Thomas (The Fall Guy)
Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman)
Kristen Kreuk (Lana Lane--Smallville)
Tiffany Amber Thiessen (Saved By the Bell, 90210)
Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City)
Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Vanessa Marcil (Las Vegas)
Rhona Mitra (Boston Legal)
Daphne Reid (Fresh Prince)
Leah Remini (King of Queens)
Callie Thorne (Rescue Me)
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Sopranos)
Sarah Shahi (Sopranos)
Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives)
Morgan Fairchild (Flamingo Road)
Donna Mills (Knot's Landing)
Lisa Bonet (Cosby Show)
Jamie Luner (Melrose, Savannah)
Morgan Brittany (Dallas)
Stephanie Powers (Hart to Hart)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld)
Susan Lucci (All My Children)
Gail O'Grady (NYPD Blue)
Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue)
Barbara Bain (Space 1999, Mission Impossible)
Meredith Baxter-Birney (Family, Family Ties)
Betty White (Mary Tyler Moore)
Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks)
Rose McGowan (Charmed)
Alyssa Milano (Charmed)
Eliza Dushku (Buffy)
Yvonne Craig (Batman)
Pat Priest (The Munsters)
Jessica Alba (Dark Angel)
Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock)
Roselyn Sanchez (Without a Trace)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five)
Blake Lively (Gossip Girl)
Catherine Bach (Dukes of Hazzard)
Holly Robinson (Hanging With Mr. Cooper)
Christina Applegate (Married With Children)
Mia Kirschner (24)
Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill)
Maura Tierney (Newsradio)
Marisa Tomei (A Differnt World)
Sienna Miller (Keen Eddie)
Ali Larter (Heroes)
Charisma Carpenter (Buffy)
Nicole Eggert (Baywatch)
Tina Cole (My Three Sons)
Linda Evans (Dynasty)
Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order)
Laura Prepon (That '70s Show)
Tisha Campbell (Martin)
Nadine Velazquez (My Name is Earl)
Jacqueline Obradors (NYPD Blue)
Gloria Reuben (ER)
Tamara Tunie (24)
Elisha Cuthbert (24)
Kari Wuhrer--(Remote Control, 90210)
Jo Ann Pflug (Fall Guy)
Mary Frann (Newhart)
Julia Duffy (Newhart)
Jenna Fischer (The Office)
Marilu Henner (Taxi)
Loni Anderson (WKRP)
Suzanne Pleshette (Bob Newhart)
Shirley Jones (Partridge Family)
Lee Meriwether (Barnaby Jones)
Wendy Makkena (The Job)
Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live)
Marlo Thomas (That Girl)
Diahann Carroll (Dynasty)
Sonya Monzano (Maria-Sesame Street)
Janis Hansen (Gloria Unger-Odd Couple)
Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
Joyce Vincent Wilson (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
Mila Kunis (That '70s Show)
Delta Burke (Designing Women)
I eliminated all reality stars and news reporters, as well as Game Show girls. The only women on here are actresses who appeared for several episodes on a given show. While they may have many listings, I only credited them for the shows I remember them from.
You may see some names missing from here that often appear on other lists. Pamela Anderson and Lynda Carter to name two, but I've never been a big fan of either. You may have complaints, suggestions, or praise. I look forward to all of them. If you are not sure what some of these women look like, you can always look them up in IMDB. Oh, and they are in no particular order.
The Freditor
Jaclyn Smith (Charlie's Angels)
Cheryl Ladd (Charlie's Angels)
Angie Harmon (Law and Order)
Halle Berry (Knots Landing)
Victoria Principal (Dallas)
Andrea Roth (Rescue Me)
Paula Marshall (Cupid)
Gina Gershon (Rescue Me)
Sela Ward (Sisters)
Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty)
Dana Delaney (China Beach)
Joan Collins (Dynasty)
Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy)
Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Laura Harring (The Shield)
Rena Sofer (24)
Dawn Wells (Mary Ann-Gilligan's island)
Tina Louise (Ginger-Gilligan's Island)
Shannon Doherty (90210)
Jennie Garth (90210)
Heather Locklear (Melrose)
Heather Thomas (The Fall Guy)
Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman)
Kristen Kreuk (Lana Lane--Smallville)
Tiffany Amber Thiessen (Saved By the Bell, 90210)
Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City)
Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Vanessa Marcil (Las Vegas)
Rhona Mitra (Boston Legal)
Daphne Reid (Fresh Prince)
Leah Remini (King of Queens)
Callie Thorne (Rescue Me)
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Sopranos)
Sarah Shahi (Sopranos)
Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives)
Morgan Fairchild (Flamingo Road)
Donna Mills (Knot's Landing)
Lisa Bonet (Cosby Show)
Jamie Luner (Melrose, Savannah)
Morgan Brittany (Dallas)
Stephanie Powers (Hart to Hart)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld)
Susan Lucci (All My Children)
Gail O'Grady (NYPD Blue)
Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue)
Barbara Bain (Space 1999, Mission Impossible)
Meredith Baxter-Birney (Family, Family Ties)
Betty White (Mary Tyler Moore)
Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks)
Rose McGowan (Charmed)
Alyssa Milano (Charmed)
Eliza Dushku (Buffy)
Yvonne Craig (Batman)
Pat Priest (The Munsters)
Jessica Alba (Dark Angel)
Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock)
Roselyn Sanchez (Without a Trace)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five)
Blake Lively (Gossip Girl)
Catherine Bach (Dukes of Hazzard)
Holly Robinson (Hanging With Mr. Cooper)
Christina Applegate (Married With Children)
Mia Kirschner (24)
Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill)
Maura Tierney (Newsradio)
Marisa Tomei (A Differnt World)
Sienna Miller (Keen Eddie)
Ali Larter (Heroes)
Charisma Carpenter (Buffy)
Nicole Eggert (Baywatch)
Tina Cole (My Three Sons)
Linda Evans (Dynasty)
Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order)
Laura Prepon (That '70s Show)
Tisha Campbell (Martin)
Nadine Velazquez (My Name is Earl)
Jacqueline Obradors (NYPD Blue)
Gloria Reuben (ER)
Tamara Tunie (24)
Elisha Cuthbert (24)
Kari Wuhrer--(Remote Control, 90210)
Jo Ann Pflug (Fall Guy)
Mary Frann (Newhart)
Julia Duffy (Newhart)
Jenna Fischer (The Office)
Marilu Henner (Taxi)
Loni Anderson (WKRP)
Suzanne Pleshette (Bob Newhart)
Shirley Jones (Partridge Family)
Lee Meriwether (Barnaby Jones)
Wendy Makkena (The Job)
Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live)
Marlo Thomas (That Girl)
Diahann Carroll (Dynasty)
Sonya Monzano (Maria-Sesame Street)
Janis Hansen (Gloria Unger-Odd Couple)
Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
Joyce Vincent Wilson (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
Mila Kunis (That '70s Show)
Delta Burke (Designing Women)
Saturday, June 14, 2008
How to Comment on a Story in Fred's Blog
Apparently there is some confusion about how to comment on the various "No More Stinky Monkeys" Blogs.
At the bottom of every story, there is a line that reads something like:
"Posted by The Freditor at 6:15PM 0 Comments" (and then a Letter symbol)
If you would like to send me a comment, you click on the Letter symbol and a page will come up.
Next to Friend's email address, put your email address and then in the comments field write whatever you want. If you WANT me to Post it into my Blog, just mention that at the top. Otherwise it will be just for my eyes. Thanks for reading my stuff and your continued support.
My birthday is one month from today, I've had 1300 hits so far, I'd love to get to 2,000 by my Bday.
The Freditor
At the bottom of every story, there is a line that reads something like:
"Posted by The Freditor at 6:15PM 0 Comments" (and then a Letter symbol)
If you would like to send me a comment, you click on the Letter symbol and a page will come up.
Next to Friend's email address, put your email address and then in the comments field write whatever you want. If you WANT me to Post it into my Blog, just mention that at the top. Otherwise it will be just for my eyes. Thanks for reading my stuff and your continued support.
My birthday is one month from today, I've had 1300 hits so far, I'd love to get to 2,000 by my Bday.
The Freditor
Monday, February 25, 2008
Haha, Oscars have worst ratings ever
Two reasons always make or break Oscars ratings. One, popular movies are nominated giving the audience a rooting interest. Titanic is the highest rated Oscar for this reason. Young girls all wanted Jack and Rose to win it all, which they did. When a movie is nominated that didn't even make as much as a baseball player's salary, then no one is going to care if it wins or loses.
Two, the Host is so important. If the host comes out of the gate with a great monologue people might stick with it, but if he tanks then the casual viewer will move on to something else. Before I left the house I caught three minutes of Jon Stewart's monologue and what I saw was bad, except for the Gaydolf Tittler joke. That was funny. But that's a big problem there. Jon Stewart. Who thinks Jon Stewart is funny? I don't, if I did I would watch The Daily Show. He replaced the Funny Guy on that show, Craig Kilborn.
You want a funny host who used to actually host a funny show. Greg Kinnear from Talk Soup. He's a really good actor who happens to be very funny, and quick on his feet.
Instead they keep bringing back horrible hosts like Whoopi Goldberg. Let's look at the hosts since Johnny Carson stopped doing the show.
2006/7--Jon Stewart--Not Funny
2005 Chris Rock---Funny
2004 Billy Crystal---Funny during the Reagan years
2003 Steve Martin---See Billy Crystal
2002 Whoopi Goldberg---Interesting, not funny.
2001 Steve Martin
2000 Billy Crystal
1999 Whoopi Goldberg
1998 Billy Crystal
1997 Billy Crystal
1996 Whoopi Goldberg
1995 David Letterman---Great. One of my favorite Oscar hosts. Got slammed because he wasn't a Hollywood insider. Oprah Uma thing was dumb, but the rest of the show was fun. He'll never do it, but I'd bring him back.
1994 Whoopi Goldberg
1993 Billy Crystal
1992 Billy Crystal
1991 Billy Crystal
1990 Billy Crystal
1989 No official host
1988 Chevy Chase---Rather stick a grapefruit spoon in my eye than watch him.
1987 Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan---The Ménage à trois from hell.
1986 Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams---The hairiest Ménage à trois.
1985 Jack Lemmon---Only Neil Simon thought this guy was funny.
1984 Johnny Carson--The King.
The Freditor
Two, the Host is so important. If the host comes out of the gate with a great monologue people might stick with it, but if he tanks then the casual viewer will move on to something else. Before I left the house I caught three minutes of Jon Stewart's monologue and what I saw was bad, except for the Gaydolf Tittler joke. That was funny. But that's a big problem there. Jon Stewart. Who thinks Jon Stewart is funny? I don't, if I did I would watch The Daily Show. He replaced the Funny Guy on that show, Craig Kilborn.
You want a funny host who used to actually host a funny show. Greg Kinnear from Talk Soup. He's a really good actor who happens to be very funny, and quick on his feet.
Instead they keep bringing back horrible hosts like Whoopi Goldberg. Let's look at the hosts since Johnny Carson stopped doing the show.
2006/7--Jon Stewart--Not Funny
2005 Chris Rock---Funny
2004 Billy Crystal---Funny during the Reagan years
2003 Steve Martin---See Billy Crystal
2002 Whoopi Goldberg---Interesting, not funny.
2001 Steve Martin
2000 Billy Crystal
1999 Whoopi Goldberg
1998 Billy Crystal
1997 Billy Crystal
1996 Whoopi Goldberg
1995 David Letterman---Great. One of my favorite Oscar hosts. Got slammed because he wasn't a Hollywood insider. Oprah Uma thing was dumb, but the rest of the show was fun. He'll never do it, but I'd bring him back.
1994 Whoopi Goldberg
1993 Billy Crystal
1992 Billy Crystal
1991 Billy Crystal
1990 Billy Crystal
1989 No official host
1988 Chevy Chase---Rather stick a grapefruit spoon in my eye than watch him.
1987 Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan---The Ménage à trois from hell.
1986 Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams---The hairiest Ménage à trois.
1985 Jack Lemmon---Only Neil Simon thought this guy was funny.
1984 Johnny Carson--The King.
The Freditor
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