My one memory of the Mrs America pageant was seeing one broadcast (as a kid I loved beauty pageants, I think the non-sports competition appealed to the part of me that also loved game shows, plus it came with regional tribalism). The part I remember came when Gladys Knight (I loved “Midnight Train to Georgia” from the…

One of Chuck Barris’ short-term successes (according to him) was $1.98 Beauty Pageant, where each week there was a beauty pageant featuring six competitors (sometimes including drag queens). Then they’d have a contest to pick a winner when the previous winners were matched up, eventually leading to a winner of the…

The job seems to be amazing at turning GOP “rising stars” into sinking ships, which makes me optimistic that we won’t have to pay attention to Haley after a little while.

As I recall, Laura Bush’s guac recipe uses lemon.

If Morgan Freeman’s busy, I’ve become enamoured with Keith David’s narration voice.

I haven’t seen it but most of this is in the trailer. I probably won’t watch it unless I want to bust a vein from what it’ll do to my blood pressure.

...and he wasn’t around for the whole thing! As a comforting thought, think about how Chris Colfer has enough money that he seems to just do stuff that sounds fun (like appearing on Hot in Cleveland, to get to work with that cast and appearing in the final filmed episode where Carol Burnett appeared) and…

Yeah, I think a lot of people underestimate the power of having a bunch of money-sucking sycophants around you. Even a minor celebrity has a few (enough to do some good damage), I can’t imagine the kind of reality-free bubble someone as huge as Michael Jackson lived in.

Oh. Right. That’s what started people calling Rivera “crazy.” I just remember thinking it sounded stupid at the time but can’t remember why I roll my eyes whenever I see some stupid “There’s Naya Rivera being crazy again” story.

Sadly, from what I’ve read about the topic, the parents of the children in the pictures probably wouldn’t want to do violence to him.

Obligatory:

As a gay dude with body issues, I agree it’s an important issue but mos of the time I see it brought up its breaking up a discussion about womens’ body issues. It’s almost as if they like having the unrealistic expecations as an argument but just that.

I finally saw him host Family Feud thanks to the celebrity edition. I can’t remember who I tuned in for (I know you could get me to watch anything that promises Penny and Gary Marshall, but I think they both didn’t appear so no dice) but I barely made it through the whole thing.

The one Cheesecake Factory I went to had a massive menu. It was literally a little book (though every other page was an ad) with so much variety everything had to be frozen. The cheesecake counter looked amazing, like there was a Hollywood set designer constantly refreshing it to make it look perfect. (And so many…

Every Cheesecake Factory I’ve been to looked like that so whenever I see it on TBBT looking like a sad diner that hasn’t been renovated since the 70s, it’s distracting.

Don’t they repel gophers? I saw a garden show recommend growing castor beans once and it was to plant them at your border if you have gopher problems.

Nah, there would be more celebrities on the list. I can’t see Billy not turning it from “Who do you admire?!” to “What about Cate Blanchett?! Are you saying you don’t admire Cate Blanchett?!”

In the deranged spirit of overreaction beloved by alleged slumlords everywhere, Dunne has admitted he’s the one who put up blaring red signs all over town. The signs feature a bunch of tiny little hammer-and-sickle insignias above a caricature of Ho Chi Minh and the words, “Don’t vote for Ho Chi Chin. Vote for more…

I’m pretty sure we’re headed to the first camaign that’s all sreaming “Not one of us! One of them! One of them!” while pointing at pictures of the oppponent.

The genre is dying for the most part. There’s still plenty of reality TV but it’s been a while since a new reality show has become a hit for broadcast TV. (Which is kinda too bad in the case of ABC’s campy Whodunit? or the actually fun The Quest.) On cable, the long-running franchises are still around, but the most…