A Bigtime Ramble

November 20, 2008

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I didn't realize the Triborough Bridge had been re-named to commemorate Robert F Kennedy! Wow. What does Mr. Triborough and his family think about THAT? After all that Thurgood R. Triborough did for our city (not to mention what he did for the Jews). It just doesn't seem right. Is Bloomberg sending the Triborough clan a muffin basket or what?

(I do realize there is no Triborough family.)

The other night at the Paper Party someone was telling me they'd just seen the revival of David Mamet's "American Buffalo" starring John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer and Haley Joel Osment. I freaked out because the casting seemed so random, like the subject of a "kiss, kill, cuddle" game. Now it turns out the show is dying a quick death. Sad, but isn't that a WEIRD threesome? Maybe it's not. What do I know?

The NY POST today is all about the 11 year old WOLF BOY in India. Poor little Prithviraj Patil has hypertrichosis, which means he has a thicket of hair all over his bod, including his face. The hair doesn't stop him from playing cricket and doing boy's stuff, but the mom don't want him to be a kid in wolf's clothing. This is clearly not funny but put it in Bel Air and isn't it a potential sitcom?

Speaking of Bel Air, here are a couple other sure-fire sitcom ideas:

- NEL AIR! Nell Carter comes back from the dead and realizes that a rich lady in Bel Air (Dixie Carter) has left her all her money. Nell moves into the house, renames the neighborhood Nel Air, and takes over Nel Air society with the guidance of her roomie, the mean ghost of Dixie C!

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