Looks Like A Clear Case Of Pg: ‘Pretty Garish’
Now that a ratings system is in place for television shows as well as movies, what do the people being rated think about it?
Among the early reactions:
Harry Shearer, voice of multiple characters on “The Simpsons”: “My ratings system would be very simple. Just two symbols - D for dreck and ND for the rest.”
Lucy Salhany, president and CEO, UPN network: “I’m real aggravated by the whole ratings system. A television set’s never killed a kid. Let’s get guns off the street first.”
Drew Carey, “The Drew Carey Show”: “I have a problem with the government being so heavy-handed about it … They should butt out of the free market. And yes, there should be a special rating for Kathy Kinney’s makeup.”
Loose talk
David Hyde Pierce, on providing the cartoon voice of Sideshow Bob’s brother, Cecil, on “The Simpsons”: “Normally, I would not do something like this. But how often do you get a chance to work with an actor like Kelsey Grammer and, more importantly, play his brother?”
Mr. Mayor was in ‘Rocky Horror’? What a time warp
Barry Bostwick turns 52 today.
Behavior that’s quite consonant with stupidity
“Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak, on his pet peeve (in SOMA magazine): “People who have a lot of money, not many letters up there, they don’t know the puzzle and there are a lot of blank spaces, they’re spinning that wheel and calling letters at random, instead of buying a vowel. I’ve seen more people lose a game without buying a vowel.”
And if Vanna White ever starts slowing down …
Not only has dark-haired former Playboy pinup Carmen Electra replaced blond bimbo Jenny McCarthy on MTV’s “Singled Out,” she’s slated to take over blond bimbo Pamela Anderson Lee’s old spot on “Baywatch,” reports “Access Hollywood.”
So, he can Dole it out, but he can’t take it
Norm MacDonald insists in TV Guide that he’s not the caustic news anchorman you see on “Saturday Night Live” in real life: “People think I’m going to be arrogant or mean because some of the jokes are a little hard. I’m not intimidating; I’m intimidated by everyone.”
Even then, he’d probably be discounted
“Men Behaving Badly” star Rob Schneider seems to be feeling the pressure. “I have to live up to the title of my show,” he tells People magazine. “If I can get arrested for some sordid thing like running naked through a department store, it will be considered a good thing.”
Well, it was either that or ‘Wal-Martha’
Speaking of department stores, Martha Stewart last week led 25 media types through her 11-bedroom Long Island mansion showing off her new line of sheets, pillows, towels and bed throws that will be available March 1 in Kmart. In honor of the association, the Washington Post has taken to calling her “Kmartha.”
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