Said to me with utter seriousness:<\/p>\n
–“Patty Duke is not the avatar of angry.<\/b><\/p>\n
I said to him, “Did you actually just say the word ‘avatar’ in my house? How dare you.”<\/p>\n
–“Tempest Bledsoe has all kinds of attitude.”<\/b><\/p>\n
I still can’t stop laughing about that one. Like … we’re PISSED at Tempest Bledsoe<\/i> for having “all kinds of attitude”. We’re PISSED that Tempest Bledsoe<\/i> has not learned a little humility. Guys. It’s Tempest Bledsoe. Calm down. Also: Tempest Bledsoe<\/i>????<\/p>\n
— And then last night – after we turned out the light … we had been talking a bit about The Surreal Life<\/i> … yadda yadda, no big deal … Then there was a brief pause. And Mitchell said, totally seriously, and also … he sounded a little bit pissed-off about it:<\/p>\n
“What is Bronson Pinchot’s problem?”<\/b><\/p>\n
And – those words lay in the room for about 15 seconds … nobody said a word … and then we feckin’ LOST IT. We could not stop laughing. We HOWLED into the night.<\/p>\n
Random actors and actresses, has-beens, and never-wases … inhabit our minds. We keep up with each other in this regard. Very very rarely do we have to say “Who?” Or … if I have to say “who?” (and it is usually me) – then Mitchell will immediately start to list credits, and he’ll say SOMEthing I recognize.<\/p>\n
We watched Entourage<\/i> … An older actor shows up. Mitchell says, “Is that David Paymer?” Of course I know who Paymer is. “I don’t think it is.” “Didn’t Paymer die this past year?” “Did he?” The next thing I know I glance over at Mitchell, sitting at my laptop, and all I see on the screen were the words: “BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID PAYMER”. Why does that make me laugh so hard???? Turns out it WASN’T David Paymer, but another older character actor – who Mitchell remembered from Tales of the City<\/i>, a gazillion years ago.<\/p>\n
So if any of you are mistaken on any of these points, here’s a re-cap:<\/p>\n
Patty Duke is NOT, contrary to popular belief, the avatar of angry.<\/p>\n
Tempest Bledsoe has all KINDS of attitude.<\/p>\n
And what the hell<\/i> is Bronson Pinchot’s problem??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Said to me with utter seriousness: –“Patty Duke is not the avatar of angry. I said to him, “Did you actually just say the word ‘avatar’ in my house? How dare you.” –“Tempest Bledsoe has all kinds of attitude.” I … Continue reading