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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Oh, My Aching Effie!

posted by on August 23 at 11:28 AM

Agents at the border or something have intercepted “chatter” or whatever containing the following disturbing video segment. It was sent in an email from known hillarrorist Grady West (code name: Dina Martina) and addressed to persons unknown. Behold, and for Christ’s sake, brace yourself:

And no, you weren’t just having a stroke, and yes, that really just happened, and yes, Marla Gibbs seems to be wearing the skin of a gutted space lizard. And for ruining/making the rest of my life, thank you, Mr. West. Thank you, indeed!

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1

WOW. Why did it end with a giant paperweight? And they couldn't find a better rhyme for family than "giant tree"? Just - wow.

Posted by StotheL | August 23, 2007 11:51 AM
2

haha! punky brewster can't sing.

Posted by jezebella | August 23, 2007 12:08 PM
3

why the hell did I watch that? why why why? I could tell that was Bea Arthur on the screen before I clicked it but I did it anyway! I will never forgive myself...

Posted by thankshappy | August 23, 2007 12:21 PM
4

I wish I was dead.

Posted by Mr. Poe | August 23, 2007 12:21 PM
5

I want my 3.5 minutes back.

Posted by daytrpr | August 23, 2007 12:35 PM
6

I loved every second of it. Except for Punky Brewster. What a ho.

I had forgotten that Carlton was originally on Silver Spoons.

Posted by The General | August 23, 2007 12:43 PM
7

That is the most horrible, corny shit. I imagine Bea Arthur scrambling backstage and shaking, muttering, where are my drugs? Where are my drugs? Thank god for punk rock and the Internet, and thanks to Grady for reminding me of the rain of shit we used to sleep under.

Posted by Grant Cogswell | August 23, 2007 12:44 PM
8

THAT. WAS. AMAZING.

Posted by terry miller | August 23, 2007 1:01 PM
9

To cleanse my mind, ears and spirit, I listened to Jennifer Holliday belt out, "I'm Telling You, I'm not Going" at the '82 Tony Awards...I feel better...

The sad thing about the NBC clip is the waste of actually talented musical theater people on crap like that. I'm hoping that NBC was backstage giving Bea, Nell, and Charlotte large sacks of cash...

Posted by michael strangeways | August 23, 2007 1:17 PM
10

You'll be hearing from my attorney.

Posted by thehim | August 23, 2007 1:18 PM
11

Did Nell Carter have to go numero dos during the clip?

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | August 23, 2007 1:20 PM
12

@11- lol! she went to work for #2.
why is she dressed like a giant blue kite?

Posted by mongo like slog | August 23, 2007 1:31 PM
13

that was truly, truly, truly outrageous!!!
i want more!

Posted by jem and the holograms | August 23, 2007 1:43 PM
14

Still better than all of that reality crap!

RIP Nell Carter!

Posted by Lloyd Cooney | August 23, 2007 1:44 PM
15

A shiver went through my body while watching that which can only be described as "douche chills".

Posted by She's the Sheriff | August 23, 2007 1:56 PM
16

I get the sense that B is the only one that gets how silly this whole thing is--hence the 6 martini's she had before going on. . .

Posted by brford | August 23, 2007 2:22 PM
17

Damn you Adrian, damn you to hell. I'm going to have nightmares, the last time I watched that I was nine and I couldn't sleep for a week. Is it getting cold in here? Sooooo cold...so cold.

Posted by Thom | August 23, 2007 3:52 PM
18

Fabulous!! Inspired genius!

Posted by Michigan Matt | August 23, 2007 5:37 PM
19

there house needs some fucking walls.

Posted by yungrii | August 23, 2007 5:40 PM
20

Jeez, what do you people have against menapausal, biracial, polyamorous lesbian families, anyway? I had no idea that NBC was so forward thinking back in the eighties.

Posted by yucca.flower | August 23, 2007 5:59 PM
21

"We are a family." Now there's an idea that needs to be killed in the womb.

Posted by MyDogBen | August 23, 2007 7:04 PM
22

Damn that was GREAT! Thanks Grady!

Posted by Deacon Seattle | August 24, 2007 11:28 AM
23

My grandmother had an all-white apartment, too. Though she could afford walls.

Posted by boomer in NYC | August 25, 2007 5:36 AM

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