2004-02-06T10:50:00.000-05:00

Is Fran Drescher funny? I have never been able to watch enough of her to actually find out if she is funny or not. I just tried to watch a few minutes of The Nanny and found that it gave me a bizarre, acidy feeling at the back of my throat. I just couldn't do it. For some reason, the show was on for seven years, and Drescher was nominated for two Emmy's. Maybe someone can explain to my why it was nominated five times for an Emmy in costuming. I did notice during the three and seven-eighths minutes I watched the show that they were all wearing clothes, but I didn't catch anything particularly noteworthy about them. Apparently, she has a dog named Chester in the series. Said dog is actually Fran Drescher's dog in real life whose name is actually Chester...

Which brings Tony Danza to mind. Tony made his TV debut in Taxi portraying a character named Tony. In 1984, he became a household name in the series Who's the Boss? playing a character named Tony. In 1995, he starred in an underappreciated cop series called Hudson Street. Guess what his name was. Yup, Tony. In 1997, The Tony Danza Show hit the airwaves and was watched by exactly 17 people and some of their pets. Most of their pets, however, in a bizarre coincidence, discovered their own inner child and were distracted from the television. I don't know what that means. Anyway...the Tony Danza Show actually did get some critical attention as it was nominated for three ALMA awards. Do you know what an ALMA award is? I didn't either. Apparently, it is the American Latino Media Arts Awards. Okay, so what was his name on The Tony Danza Show? Why, Tony, of course. His last series, to date, was Family Law. His name was Joe. He hasn't appeared on TV since. My thinking is that the entire experience of having to answer to a name other than his own on a daily basis was too much for him. He'll never be the same again. Maybe that's a good thing.

2004-02-05T12:58:00.000-05:00

Well, I've finally done it. I've finally started a blog. I have been meaning to do this for some time now, and now it's done. Well, that's that. I'm glad it's done. Now...it's done. Done. Hmmm. I guess that means I should blog about something.

Okay, here's a start. Does anyone else find it a little bit tacky that Winona Judd CMT is still showing Morning After: The 40 Greatest Drinking Songs as hosted by Wynonna Judd?

I'm not a drinker, but I'm fascinated by the idea of the "drinking song." Is this a song that inspires more drinking? Is it more fun to drink while listening to a drinking song? Does a drinking song give you a similar sensation to drinking itself? Shouldn't there be some drinking songs that give you the "morning after" sensation? Oh, wait, they do have those, and they are all written by Marvin Hamlisch.

Here are their Top 10 drinking songs:
1. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
2. Family Tradition - Hank, Jr.
3. Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Loretta Lynn
4. Whiskey River - Willie Nelson
5. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash
6. All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight - Hank, Jr.
7. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink - Merle Haggard
8. White Lightning - George Jones
9. Chug-a-Lug - Roger Miller
10. You Ain't Much Fun - Toby Keith

Why is it that in the Chunky Soup commercials with the football players and their moms, particularly John Lynch and Donovan McNabb, the moms are always carrying the big grocery bag full of soup? How do they miss things like that?

Sitting here watching "The Last Detail" and wondering how Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid can look so alike and so different at the same time. Was there a subject in that sentence? Understood "I'm"? Don't know. Did it again. How does someone like Randy Quaid get nominated for an Oscar at the age of 23 only to find that he later only gets to play drunk, crazy, fat people? Jack Nicholson was skinny back then.

For those of you into the Kevin Bacon game and its many variations, here is a link you will like. Kudos to the freak at UVA that made this thing. It also allows the following phrase to pop up on your screen, "The Oracle says: Wilt Chamberlain has a Herve Villechaize number of 3." How much fun is that?

Okay, so those are my thoughts for the day. Whee.

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