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TV in Real Time: Dynasty Reunion

May 03, 2006

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As I sat and waited for the "Dynasty Reunion" to start last night, I was reminded of how fun it used to be to watch morons waste money in the 80s. There was a different "Decider" in the White House then but gas prices were a lot cheaper, maybe that has something to do with it.

As I watched a commercial for the "news" I became crazy thinking about how much cash is going I-don't-know-where these days.

How much did Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco get paid to reunite on "Entertainment Tonight", which begs the question: Is "Entertainment Tonight" the biggest freaking money-waster in the universe? Or do they have no shame for paying (six figures, right?) Amy and Joey to extend the circus through yet another sweeps cycle? Dumb question, I know.

Tonight, in a very public exercise in gas guzzling, Tom Cruise is going to take several forms of transport to his "Mission Impossible 16” premiere -- first a boat and then a Porsche and finally a subway car that he (Paramount) has rented. Paramount produces “ET”, too, so they're really throwing it away, and I guess that's their right. But how much is it costing the City of NYC and commuters for Mr. Crazy to take over the underground? I know I'm payin' somehow.

And I don't even want to know what part of my taxes is going to pay for David Blaine to swim in a snow globe at Lincoln Center for a month or whatever. I can't fathom that -- and I won't.

In any case, the "Dynasty" reunion is starting and the intro is a doozy. I am treated to (and shocked by) before and after shots of each of the cast members set to the show's theme music. It's like a paid ad for awfulplasticsurgery.com, but I'm distracted by the notion that Pamela "Claudia" Bellwood, Jack "Stephen 2" Coleman and Emma "Fallon 2" Samms somehow got "special guest billing." How did THAT happen? Coleman and Samms didn't even originate their characters!

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Philip wrote:

"But John James? Where is my Jeff Colby?"


You Can find him on All My Children Playing Erica Kanes Ex Hubby Jeff Martin

posted on July 27, 2006 at 8:23 AM

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