Friday Linkage
Irradiated by LabRat
- James May vs. Gordon Ramsay, for my fellow BBC America fans. The only way this whole encounter could possibly be made better is if we recut the video to add “Falcon PUNCH!” sound effects at strategic moments.
- Between the bus tour thing and the e-mail thing, either Sarah Palin is the most brilliant troll in the history of the country or the media is really, really in no relative position to call her stupid.
- Screech from Saved By The Bell: from adorable little geek to fantastically bitter insane man-child. Or apparently having begun and ended in that latter state, off-camera. I don’t know why I find this so fascinating- I didn’t like that show when I WAS the target audience, and there is absolutely nothing unique about this child-star trajectory- but I did.
June 24th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Dustin Diamond has about the same mental issues as Anthony Weiner. Both of them are determined to prove that THEY AREN’T THAT KID ANY MORE.
Sad and pathetic, really.
June 25th, 2011 at 7:42 am
I have some sympathy. It sucked bad enough being “that kid” (wanting to be a part of the group, being utterly rejected, etc) without doing it under the pressures of being on a huge television show, in Hollywood, with all of the extra pressure that money and fame present. Being mocked by the popular and good looking kids is one thing, how much worse is it when that clique really is popular and good looking enough to be nationally known and Hollywood actors and actresses?
Which isn’t to say what he’s become is good, at all, just… I can see how that sort of stress might break a person.
June 25th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
I don’t see how your point about Sarah Palin has to be an exclusive-or.