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Because the 4 women had perfect chemistry that would've been lessened with any substitution. And Stritch came across as coarse and not particularly warm in the (few) TV roles I saw her in. And Bea's Dorothy is my all-time favorite TV character, so a definite hard pass on the thought of Stritch in the role. I took my Mom to see Bea's one-woman show in Westchester (Nyack) shortly before she (my mom) had a stroke and lost most of her faculties. She only mentioned GG twice.

Thank God she didn't get the part as Dorothy on GOLDEN GIRLS. The show wouldn't have been the same with her in the role instead of Bea Arthur.

Every time I look at the headline for this thread, I think it's asking for info on where to get ADVAIR in NYC.

Is his first initial P?

https://nypost.com/2020/11/24/elon-musk-still-lags-bill-gates-in-philanthropy/ Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of the e-commerce company he founded 27 years ago, he announced in a stunning new letter to employees on Tuesday. The 2nd richest man in the world said the switch will take place in the third quarter of 2021 when Amazon Web Services CEO, Andy Jassy, will take the reigns. Bezos, 57, will then become executive chair of Amazon’s board, the letter states. “I intend to focus my energies and attention on new products and early initiatives. Andy is well known inside the company and has been at Amazon almost as long as I have,” Bezos said. “He will be an outstanding leader, and he has my full confidence.” The announcement comes just 90 minutes before Amazon reports what is expected to be a blowout holiday quarter earning report. “As much as I still tap dance into the office, I’m excited about this transition,” Bezos said, adding that he will focus on “the Day 1 Fund, the Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, The Washington Post, and my other passions.”

Dorothy: Ma got a letter from Gina Marie Donatelli. Her cousin Joe is hanging new wallpaper in Tony Bennett's guest bathroom. Rose: Oh, I love Tony Bennett. Blanche: Oh, so do I. He was always so sweet to me. Dorothy: Blanche, you dated Tony Bennett? Blanche: Honey, I did more than date him. He may have left his heart in San Francisco, but he left his shorts on my radiator. Rose: You're kidding. Blanche: Hell, no. Picture this... (end of episode)

I pity those teenage boys... forever scarred by almost being run down by an old man. ? ? ?

Dixie would be mourning if she weren't already dead.

People barely out of diapers complaining on this site about aging.

The D-team: Zak Spears, Brian Hawks, Dick Masters, Rod Phillips The E-team: Famous names I wasn't really that excited about: Mike Branson, Al Parker, Jeff Stryker, Kevin Williams

Yes, but with all of that jumping, did they ever actually get around to having sex? ??????

Drag names work better when they have, you know, actual first names incorporated into them.

WTF is the second one supposed to be?

Pearl Onion, Candy Gramm, Sara-Ann Rapp, Tish Ewe, Minnie Padd, Jen Trify, Jen DerBias, Frieda B. Ewe-Andme

Ann Choavee, Bea Keeper, Bea Leaver, Kay Kupp (and her married name Kay Kupp-Coffey), Kay O'Pectate, Carrie-Ahn Wayward-Son, Anita Hipp-Replacement, Terry Cotta

Names I use to order product samples for my friend: Claire Voyant, Winnie Bago, Crystal DeKanter, Sandy Aygo, Virginia Hamm, Belle Pepper, Virginia Beech, Carol Ina,, Vita Mehta-Vejamin (think I LOVE LUCY). An old thread on the topic: (I'd get banned for just reviving it) https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/clever-drag-name.42904/

The movie “Mass” starts and ends with the Christian hymn “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds.” It’s a slow, reassuring tune famous for its use in all three acts of “Our Town,” the classic American play about parents and children, why we go on living and what we leave behind when we die. “Mass,” which premiered Saturday in the Sundance Film Festival, tackles all of those timeless topics, too, and I’d reckon the “Our Town” shoutout is purposeful from writer-director Fran Kranz. But his drama is also haunted by a modern plague the people of Grover’s Corners could scarcely imagine: school shootings. Kranz’s poignant debut feature, which mostly takes place in one tense room around a folding table, knocks the wind right out of you and then lingers in your mind for hours, if not days. Several years after 10 local high school students were murdered in a massacre, the mother and father of one victim and the parents of the gunman, who killed himself, meet face-to-face for the first time in a church basement, seeking some kind of closure. It’s a brave premise, handled sympathetically by Kranz, that allows for a quartet of visceral performances that doesn’t come along every year. Heck, every five years. The parents of Evan, the victim, are Gail (Martha Plimpton) and Jay (Jason Isaacs). Gail can barely will herself to walk into the building at first, and she is determined to find out how the monster who killed her son was created. Were there early warning signs? Could it have been stopped? Hayden’s mom Linda (Ann Dowd) and dad Richard (Reed Birney) not only lost their child on that awful day, but have been blamed over the years by many of the families of the students he killed. A lawsuit was filed against them. Could they have done more? Were they good parents? And the most heart-wrenching: Are they allowed to fondly remember their boy? You see, Kranz has not attempted to coldly psychoanalyze a killer — Hollywood’s favorite thing to do — but instead suggests what the healing process might look like after living through a nightmare. The first remark to really shake us up comes as the couples are sharing old photos, which their therapists have suggested. Gail hands one to Linda and says, “That’s the last Christmas.” Silence. Later on, while talking about the unfathomable challenge of being the parents of a loathed murderer, Linda painfully confides, “The world mourned 10. We mourned 11.” There are many such striking moments. Plimpton and Dowd’s relationship unpredictably switches over and over again, from professional to combative to conciliatory and back. Dowd, with a monk-like calmness suggesting years of self-reflection, is the adult in the room — until an unforgettable moment late in the film when everything changes. Plimpton begins as a fortress who’s unwilling to hear anything she doesn’t like, and gradually comes to realize she’s sitting across from two other humans who also lost a kid. Neither actress is playing a British queen, or is smothered by prosthetics in a weighty epic — and I know it’s only January — but these women have given two of the best performances you’ll see all year. Isaacs and Birney (who film audiences won’t recognize, but is a brilliant stage actor who wowed Broadway with “The Humans”) have more restrained roles. Their characters clearly feel they need to stay strong for their wives, not to mention their own masculine pride, so their occasional cracks are affecting. Viewers, I’m sure, will be hesitant to watch “Mass” when it’s widely released. It confronts one of the ugliest stains on American life that frightens us on the news all too regularly and that we pray never happens again. But, more importantly, the film beautifully expresses humanity’s best aspects — our capacity to forgive and connect with the most unlikely of people. As Emily says in “Our Town,” “Let’s look at one another.”

Peruvian lawyer caught having sex during virtual court hearing A lawyer has gone viral in Peru after he stripped off and had sex while still on-camera during a live-streamed court case, according to reports. Héctor Cipriano Paredes Robles had been taking part in a virtual hearing involving a feared local gang, Los Z de Chanchamayo, when he shocked the judge and other viewers Thursday with his X-rated display, according to Todo Noticias. Robles completely stripped off, then started kissing an equally naked woman who soon straddled him, according to video that went viral on Twitter. The outraged judge, John Chachua Torres, immediately called a halt to proceedings — ripping Robles for having “disrespected the dignity” of the court, Todo Noticias said. “This lawyer has lacked the honor and dignity of the profession,” the judge said. The Junín Bar Association later also stressed that it “strongly rejects” the “obscene acts” as it called for a swift investigation into his future in law. Robles — who has yet to publicly address the sex scandal — was replaced in the case, and faces a probe by Peru’s Public Ministry as well as the bar association, according to The Sun. His case is just the latest scandal over officials being either underdressed or getting carried away as live stream cameras record their shame. In September, married Argentinian MP Juan Emilio Ameri resigned after cavorting with his girlfriend during a virtual session of congress — pulling down her top to kiss her newly enhanced breasts.

The B-team: Rob Cryston, Lee Ryder, Nick Rodgers, Ken Ryker (for looks only, not performance) The C-team: Jack Simmons, Cutler X, John Davenport, Chad Johnson (for body/cock only, not performance or face) It feels wrong to leave out my long-lost twin, Jeff Stryker (we were born on the same day), but his performances were boring to me, and his on-screen persona grew tiresome eventually.

Marilu Henner liked this feature on Tony Danza.