Pamela Ribon is an author, screenwriter, actor, and Wonder Killer. This is her diary. Sort of.

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Monday, September 22, 2003

pamie finds bizarro dan

Hi, Pamie!
First of all, I love your writing. I'm sure you hear that a lot, but who
doesn't like to hear it as often as possible? I don't know if you're still answering pop culture questions, but I figured I'd give it a shot anyway. I'm currently going through an 80's & early-90's kid sitcom phase (conclusion: "Clarissa Explains It All" is still good, "Saved by the Bell" is so bad it's almost magical) and I realized I have these giant gaps.

What in the world is "Blossom"? I asked my sister about it and she just started ranting about Joey Lawrence, and I was all, "ohhh, right, Joey Lawrence". And then I realized I thought she meant Joey McIntyre. So what's the deal with Joey Lawrence and/or "Blossom"?

While we're on the subject, I know nothing whatsoever about "Punky Brewster". Any help and information would be much appreciated. Thank you muchly, and if you can recommend anything else, I'd be thrilled.

Again, you rock. Because it just can't be said enough.

Sincerely (I never sign e-mails..what should I use? "Cordially"? I thought "Love" was kind of personal),
Daniel

Ai ya. Clarissa is good? Where to begin from there?

Blossom.
More Blossom.
Joey Lawrence.
More Joey Lawrence.

Your confusion must be in their trademark sound effect. Joey L: "Woah!" Joey M: "Oh-oh-OH-OH-oh!" Although Joey L does fancy himself a musician, nothing he's done is going to land him on Boston Public or Boomtown. Back, back, back in the day, JL was on a little show called Gimme a Break. But my favorite thing Joey did was sing the theme song for "My Buddy," a commercial featuring a pre-Chucky doll who towered over small children. "My buddy and me, like to climb up a tree. My buddy and me, we're the BEST friends there could be!"

(That's the place in my brain that might have cured cancer, except I put baby Joey singing a doll song in there instead. Wonderful.)

Oh, man. You don't know anything about Punky Brewster? That's just sad, oppoDan. Sincerely sad. Cordially sad.

In addition to having one of the best theme songs of my childhood, Punky was the coolest girl my sister and I had ever seen. We wanted to be Punky. (to be honest, my sister wanted to be Brandon, Punky's dog). Yay, Punky Brewster. You must not be watching too many of those kids shows, because Soleil is all growns up (post boob job) and was on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Punky (real name: Penelope) was an orphan who often reminded us that her mother abandoned her and left her for dead (blink your eyes reallllly hard and say "She went into the store..." Then blink again and again and again, like you really want to cry. Then finish: "and she never came back." My sister and I were always worried after that when Mom left us in the car to run in to get some eggs.). Punky snuck out of her foster care center (because she couldn't keep the dog, I think) and hid in the closet of loveable curmudgeon Henry, who for some reason was allowed to keep Punky, who was friends with Cherie (pronounced "Cherry"), who lived in the building and had a mother who helped Henry learn how to take care of a little girl and her dog. Foster care antics, a brat named Margeaux, and the first time we ever learned why you shouldn't crawl into an abandoned refrigerator on the street ensued. Then there was a crap animated series that featured an annoying creature named Glomer, but we're going to ignore that. (Check out this trivia site for some weird Punky facts.)

# posted by pamie : 4:40 PM

Dan asks, "When did Cosby go blind"?

Awww, thanks for watching as to the status of my back, Pam. This must be why unpopular opinions are called "unpopular opinions." The silent majority has emailed me accordingly. And the revolution will NOT be blogged.

I know the vast majority of media pundits have already sounded off on the topic and I know the triple issue of People is already on its way to my house, so I’ll make it quick:

*The Emmys sucked.

*I love Jon Stewart.

*And Conan.

*And Ellen.

*Wayne Brady makes me sad.

*You’re inside, Dr. Huxtable. How will you ever deliver babies when the future's so bright you’ve gotta wear shades?

# posted by Daniel : 1:15 PM

new entry: sexie blind item report

New entry. stee helped.

And a shout-out to reader Heather, who recently wrote an email to my friend that simply read: "WAIT! You're Puppethead Frank?!" We are very much enjoying his new nickname.

# posted by pamie : 1:00 PM

Banned and Burned

I like elevating my reasons for reading East of Eden this week from "I think that episode of Oprah is coming up" to "I'm celebrating Banned Books Week." It's also one of the few Steinbeck novels I haven't read. Just never got around to it. For an 800 page book, I'm flying through it, and enjoying every page.

I like telling you guys what I'm reading, but I hate that I always sound so ignorant when I tell you what I think about the book. "Hey, Steinbeck's a really good writer!" Oh, ya think? Thanks, Pam. You too.

But for those of you who also discuss their current selections and in doing so are moved to write horrible lies about Dan, I have this to say: I liked Life of Pi as much as the next Man Booker panelist, but nobody talks smack about my sidekick without me threatening to sweep the leg, Karate Kid-style.

That's right. Bibliophile blog warz. Ain't nothin' geekier on a Monday afternoon.

# posted by pamie : 12:16 PM

incentive

I found out if I raise $1000, I get a crown. That's $200 away. Time to start mass-emailing my friends until they hate me.

# posted by pamie : 11:26 AM

Blaine Watch Update

From Catronia:

The madness continues. Spreads.

Legoland, a theme park at Windsor has a miniature London, made from Lego bricks. They've added a new attraction...

Which amuses me greatly.

Still no sign of him escaping, falling "dead" from the box and
reappearing moments later in the river, an email prediction from "those in the know", which most of the country has now received (he vanishes from the box on day 39 apparently). Nor is there any sign of him doing anything that could be remotely classified as "magic". He could at least do a couple of card tricks for the entertainment-starved masses underneath...

From Annie:

I thought you might like to see this lovely picture of DB (known around this parts at 'the eejit in the glassbox') from today's Sun. We passed over Tower Bridge on Sunday but he seemed to be having a snooze and didn't rouse himself at the sound of us tooting the horn.

We are planning on making a return trip someday soon, complete with picnic as appartently it is 'the place' to be seen at the moment - recent visitors include Sir Paul McCartney and all the papers are writing 'serious' articles about what he's doing, what the crowds around him are doing and what it says about us, the media and life in general.

My favourite story so far though has to be about the tabloid newspaper who organised a remote control helicopter to hover outside the glass box with a big mac attached to it!

# posted by pamie : 10:47 AM

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