Slog - Comments on R.I.P. Aaron Spelling http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling Those who have read my TV column over the years know that more than any TV personality (yes, even Hasselhoff or Selleck) I held uber-producer Aaron Spelling in the highest regard. After suffering a stroke this past weekend, Spelling died earlier today at the ripe age of 83. Though best known for guilty pleasures such as Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Fantasy Island, T.J. Hooker, Dynasty—Christ, the list goes on and on—Spelling never gave two craps about what the critics thought, always keeping the viewers in mind first. "The knocks by the critics bother you,"... Copyright 2007 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:03:35 -0800 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:25:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by genevieve My childhood would have been a far darker place without the shining beacons of Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, and especially Fantasy Island.

I still remember asking my dad (when I was something like 9) what a "hooker" was after seeing an episode of Love Boat. Spelling's shows were entertaining AND educational, dammit!

RIP Aaron!

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381138 Arts Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:28:09 -0800 Comment by rujax206 Tori.

Got to be Tori.

]]> rujax206 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381784 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381784 Arts Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:55:38 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray Amanda Woodward is undoubtedly looking fabulous in a very short black dress and glancing occasionally at her watch, impatient for the memorial to be over so that she can meet up with her newest lover. But, at the same time, cruising the pallbearers.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Spelling.

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381804 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381804 Arts Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:47:55 -0800 Comment by Gomez I'm saddened... that his legacy lives on in that talentless bitch daughter of his, Tori.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381880 Arts Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:05:33 -0800 Comment by SUPERFRANKENSTEIN Love Boat, baby. The musical episode with Ethel Merman. The Warhol episode. The coked-up Cruise Director. Masterpiece of shit.

]]> SUPERFRANKENSTEIN http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381881 Arts Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:08:14 -0800 Comment by impossibleprince Family with Kristy McNichol was a good show. Love Boat was always reliable in the Saturday night TV line-up. There was always a guest-star you had to see! I just felt like a lose watching it.

Tori's show on VH-1 was actually somewhat amusing.

]]> impossibleprince http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381924 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/rip_aaron_spelling#c381924 Arts Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:55:27 -0800 Comment by Violet_DaGrinder I would like to suggest that any writer who uses the phrase "now more than ever" be permanently banned from the Stranger/Slog.

Thank you for hearing me out on this one.

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