Blergh

Saw the Annie Lennox one -and it's quite ironic that her paternal grandmother was descended from a long line of short-lived, destitute folks who grew up orphaned and/or rejected by their parents/guardians yet Mrs. Lennox herself would live into her 90's to become the beloved family matriarch and even see her granddaughter become rich and famous. I wonder if Mrs. Lennox knew any of the tragic history of her father's side?

Yeah, why couldn't they have had them silently raise fists or shake index fingers to show appreciation ? Too bad the ' customer' didn't tell them " Just FORGET it. I'm outta here. Get a room!' while walking away and shaking his head in disgust.

Re "Friends"- Just ONCE I'd have liked someone to have called them out on their nonexistent 'parenting'! Man do I hope those kids grow up to dump ALL the Friends in the cheapest nursing home they can find and show them all the love and attention they gave them growing up- NONE!

Concur with those who hate the Match.com ads. I mean, of course they're going to use those 'interviewees' that claim to know someone who had successful matches. No way would they use the ones who say stuff like 'My sister tried it and she had to take a restraining order from the kook she got matched with!' or 'My best friend's match proved so flaky, she tried to plan their wedding as well as names and number of kids before their first (and last) date was even over!' Oh, and as to the the CEO in his office? Are we supposed to believe he was genuinely surprised that that one said she had tried these hook up services fourteen times and did she actually expect the CEO not to blame it on not using his company instead of saying 'Whaddya expect? Folks who use these services often are folks whom no one they know in their real lives would wanna go out with!'

Miss Henderson has said that playing Carol's grandmother was simultaneously her favorite and least favorite part of the show. Her favorite because she got to use her own mother's Kentucky accent and even a few of her personality traits. This appeal almost made up for her enduring the application of very uncomfortable makeup comprised of latex and cotton padding that was downright painful when it had to be removed from her skin so that somewhat guaranteed that Grandma would be one-shot character.

What makes you so sure the woman in bed's not his would-be mistress and the woman sweeping the street then purring at the sight of the car's not the old rogue's wife? Put it this way, it's less likely he'd be trying to enhance himself for someone who could dump him for a more vibrant sugar daddy than someone whose spent her life making the best of what he's given her. Anyway, I like it because it recaptures the nearly lost art of being 'naughty' , coy and slightly risqué without devolving into being tacky and tasteless.

Maybe I haven't scrolled back far enough but is it too late to put in a vote for that 'naughty' Fiat ad set in the Italian village with a certain blue pill getting missed and going straight into the Fiat's tank while the old rogue screams no? Anyway, I wonder if the older woman purring at the sight of that enhanced Fiat could be the old rogue's wife? LOL

OK, this isn't exactly a 'LGBT' theme but I can think of no better category to put this in. Anyway, all this hullabaloo over Caitlyn the Jenner Formerly Known as Bruce got me to recall how in 1978, when they decided to produce a live-action version of the 'Incredible Hulk' comic strip, it was decided that they had to change the protagonist's name from Bruce to David Banner because 'Bruce sounded too gay'. Talk about times changing! I wonder how that went over this Scottish viewers who consider Robert the Bruce to have been a national hero?

Is it okay for me to not have to instantly fawn over the Jenner Formerly Known as Bruce? I mean, yes, I get this individual has shown others that it's okay to admit having been uncomfortable in one's skin and deciding to do something about it and I'll even say that no matter how this person has appeared, this person has always seemed nicer than their most recent ex. Still, just because this person has made this transition doesn't erase the sad recent death of the other driver nor the neglect of the children that this individual had with three spouses. And, forgive m,e but I find it a bit jarring that many expect everyone to instantly refer to this person by a new name instead of the one that was made famous almost 40 years ago and retroactively pretend that this person had always been female.

Agree with everyone here re Josh himself and I'm afraid I'd explode my server if I got started. As to Anna, I wonder if it's possible that she may have liked the idea of being the 'heir appearant's wife' [and therefore outranking every other female save Michelle] and wanting to reap the bounty of being on the Dugger gravy train enough to be oblivious to what the victims went through despite her fiance fessing and the crimes being common knowledge in their circle? If that's so, then her own kids would have every reason to hate her forever almost as much as Josh and the rest of those complicit in the crimes.

Agree Jacob's no angel but could that at least partially explained by the fact that after he nearly lost his life to Matt's giant slingshot toy which gave him a concussion and took out a piece of his skull, neither of his parents considered tearing down that devise- and, in fact, even insisted he [and family friend Mike who had also been seriously injured by it ] rebuild it?! Even after Mike died not too long afterwards, I've never heard Matt or Amy express the slightest remorse or regret re priorities.

My UO is that I always found Letterman to be too smarmy to bother watching more than a few minutes here and there down the years and while I definitely think he's become more tolerable [and perhaps I've become more tolerant and his tude seems rather tame compared to virtually the remainder of late night folk], I can't say I'm crying buckets of tears over his departure. Still, I wish him well and hope he and his family have a good sunset. Oh, and I always liked his mother Dorothy and hope she's well enough to join in the sendoff. OTOH, I wound up liking him FAR more than Leno [whom I initially liked] . Moreover, after ALL Leno did to so many folks down the years, I thought NBC telling him 'goodbye [and good riddance]' was a case of what goes around comes around and did not join his pity party and nor buy his claims of age discrimination. Therefore, I totally believe Melissa Rivers on how he treated her late mother and how he didn't muster any attempt at a condolence despite being in such proximity.

This isn't a continuity error but I've often wondered why, no matter what else, the length of Dorothy and Stan's marriage was always 38 years each and every single time the length was brought up. I mean, the show fluctuated re the numbers and ages of children, siblings, fates of parents,etc. but they never once changed a reference to Dorothy and Stan's marriage having lasted that long. I wonder why THAT factoid alone was the only one that they had an elephant's memory for while they were squirrely about virtually everything else.

All I can say is I'm so thankful he had the nickname back then and not now as there would be few if any TV characters with enough taste not to make junior high jokes about it.

OK, here's something to freak out the 4077th and all its fans: Mr. Linville's first wife [and mother of his only child] was a Miss Kate Geer, one of the daughters of Will Geer [yes THAT Will 'Grandpa Walton' Geer]. Despite the fact that he and Mr. Geer's daughter stayed wed until 1975, neither of them ever guested on the other's show. However; can anyone imagine how much fireworks Thanksgivings must have been between those two? LOL

To be fair, ONLY Charlotte's father's reaction was recorded in court documents. Her mother's was not and while it's possible that she herself simply wanted the best for their daughter and grandchild, there's simply no evidence either way.

OK, here's one: re Bruce Jenner's reveal, AFAIC, it is what it is and while I admit to some shock inasmuch as I couldn't imagined it way back when, I'm not surprised considering recent events. However; [here's the unpopular deal], I have to wonder what Bruce Jenner was thinking re choosing Diane Sawyer to be the one to help break the news. I could be wrong but my impression of her has always been that she's rather insincere and exploitive [not unlike Barbara Walters in those regards]. Sad to say, it's hard for me to imagine a current journalist who wouldn't use Bruce Jenner's revelations to feather their own nest under the guise of supporting a greater cause.

Interesting stories re Miss Etheridge's ancestors in Quebec City and Kaskakia, Ilinois in the 18th Century but I was a bit astounded that she said she had NO idea that Quebec was originally a French colony AND predominantly Catholic. And later she admitted she'd already BEEN to Quebec with her late father so why did she think this city had ALL these signs in French and looked like a small French city? Geez.

Let me just say that IMO that Cam was pot calling kettle re stereotypes [as is the whole show]. Never once had any of their gay acquaintances had ever been anything BUT broad stereotypes nor has the show ever dared to show someone who fit some of gay stereotypes to actually turn out to be straight. I know it's a comedy and not a documentary but isn't it possible to find humor in discovering that oneself getting too invested in stereotypes even if one was supposed to be fighting against discrimination ?[off my soapbox now]

Lucille Ball on "The Lucy Show" played Lucy Carmichael as a widowed single mother in 1962 and I think there were more obscure ones as far back as the 1950's. To bring this back on topic, Lucy barely interacted with before ditching her kids altogether before the show's run was half-through so, in that regard, it fits in more with sitcoms today than it did with contemporary ones.

Amazing story re Bill Paxton's 4-times great-grandpa Sharp. Many questions though. Like why did he [and his family] leave the somewhat tamed Virginia spread to go to what was definitely fronteir land? Even going by river, they'd have had to cross the Appalachians to get there and then go upstream on the Mississippi. Could he have been given that land for his Revolutionary War service and/or government service. Also, were the slaves Mr. Sharp begged in his will to be freed possibly linked to them more than merely having grown up with his children- like could one of them have been his actual offspring? Even making those declarations in the will re urging them to be set free AND bequeathed land was somewhat risky for him in that time and place. Also, it seems that the Sharp Family Plot had long since passed out of the family to other folks because they almost certainly would NOT have put the gravestones in a hard to reach wooded area. However; none of the trees growing amongst the stones seemed more than a few decades old so it's likely the plot was tended for a good century after Mr. Sharp's death. Also, quite amazing how all those researchers ALREADY knew Mr. Sharp had written not one but TWO accounts of his participation in King's Mountain .What a WILD spot that must have been for all sides .Also a good note that, since it was fought between Colonists alone [ Patriots and Loyalists], that it was a sneak peak to how the Civil War would be fought less than a century later. Overall, a good episode [and liked the locales].

Not a bad episode re Miss Ferrera. However; I wish she had actually confronted her late father's 'brother' who said that the reason he'd amscrayed and didn't bother to even contact her or her sibs after he left her mother [when Miss Ferrera was eight] was that he had 'problems and issues' . I mean, yeah nice that he made a new life as a tech programmer [so why couldn't he e-mail?], but what would it have hurt Miss Ferrera to have asked the 'uncle' 'WHAT issues? WHAT problems?'. And was he making excuses just to cozy up to the celeb when he couldn't be bothered to contact her [or even urge his 'brother' to do so] when she was obscure? Speaking of celebrity. Am I being cynical in wondering whether her great-grandpa's hometown naming the center after him in 2014 may have had more to do with wanting to be linked to her rather than an impromptu remembrance of him 80 years after his death? Here's hoping Miss Ferrera eventually get the answers she needed rather than just got told what she wanted to hear.

OK, I hate to admit I ever watched this but I can think of two episodes that need mentioning as 'hated'. One was the one in which Tootie found herself stranded in this Manhattan greasy spoon and soon got chatted up by this teen prostitute whose pimp was pressuring her to add Tootie to the 'collection'. Anyway, it had Tootie get all huffy when she found out what her 'new friend' intended for her to become part of. Even way back then when little if anything about the realities of human trafficing was widely reported , I thought it was wrong that no one in the know (the diner waitress who gave Tootie the heads up, Tootie herself, Mrs. Garrett,etc.) considered lifting a finger to try to help the poor teen out of this nightmare much less attempt to blow the whistle to the authorities re the pimp. They just huffily got Tootie out of there and Tootie gave the girl a 'how could you' look and that was that. Somewhat along those lines was the 'OutRAgeous Tootie Model' creepy one. I mean, yes, Mrs. Garrett got all righteous and fingerwagging to the photographer but not before the show depicted Tootie in a bunch of dubious poses while the shutterbug was getting openly inappropriately excited over this barely teen [and, of course, nothing was done to try to help out his 'former fave' who supposedly for laughs kept lying about being 'only twelve']. I mean, yes, Mrs. G. got to cluck and all but why were these shots actually shown and what kind of messages were these supposed to give to the audience?

OK, here's one. As much as I like Candice Bergen as a person and have, overall, admired her work as a performer; I've not quite forgiven her for having agreed to co-star on Boston Legal. Why? Because I hated the show, the premise and disliked the way it grew out of The Practice essentially letting James Spader and his despicable character turn all the other performers into wallpaper on what was originally an ensemble show and refused to watch the 'spin off'. In summation, I always thought if only Miss Bergen hadn't participated in this show, there was a possibility it would have IMO deservedly sunk into obscure derision but since she did participate, it got enough 'cred' to draw in the viewers. Oh, and does anyone think we'd be having Shatner as the Priceline Negotiator if this show had died of bombitus ASAP? I rest my case.

I liked Mr. Goldwyn's episode with his maternal 3rd great-grandparents Nathaniel and Mary Coe. I wasn't the least bit upset on his behalf [and I don't think HE was either] over being told to go to this spot and that spot- primarily because Albany, New York and Salem, Oregon seem like very pleasant places to visit. Moreover, I think it was refreshing that he gave full credit and thanks to the researchers instead of acting as though he was entitled and/or somehow HE had done ALL this work solo. As for the Coes? OK, I think the idea of protecting vulnerable single women from the consequences of premarital sexual encounters was well-intended and a noble gesture. HOWEVER; going so far as to even attempt to outlaw consentual encounters not only seemed a bit infantilizing but also may have backfired on a few young women [e.g. by being misused by parents who hated their choice in perspective husband to frame the man to get him out of the picture]. Somewhat like temprance, a noble idea with good intentions to protect against very serious consequences that may have wound up punishing their original intended benefactors. Anyway, I liked how detailed the journey from New York State to Oregon via Panama were via that Mrs. Coe's letter [and I think it should have been noted that it wasn't JUST riding in canoes and burros to cross the Isthmus that wasn't so pleasant but the entire time travellers had to worry about being bitten by ONE wrong mosquito that would give them a lifetime of malaria]. Also, nice that they made their corner of Oregon into a thriving, bountiful community [even crediting Mrs. Coe for the namechange to Hood River]. Good, for Mr. Goldwyn to consider that despite their otherwise noble objectives, the Coes DID have rather condescending if not dehumanizing ideas re Native Americans [not surprising since, like many other settlers, they didn't want to have to consider themselves thieves or exploiters]. I wonder if the Coes might have also looked with disdain upon their own great-great-granddaughter's marriage to Mr. Goldwyn's father of Jewish heritage? Regardless, I thought it was an intriguing segment and I'm glad he got to read the detailed accounts and SEE where they wound up.