Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/1...eut/index.html

Cable network Comedy Central is planning to turn the make-over hit "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" upside down with a new show called "Straight Plan for the Gay Man."

Debuting in February, the new show will parody the Bravo channel's "Queer Eye" series and male stereotypes in general as a team of straight comedians -- the "Flab 4" -- teaches a succession of gay men how to pass as heterosexuals.

The make-overs include lessons in such areas as spartan home decorating, oafish manners, less-than-fashionable wardrobes, and an overdeveloped ego to mask all personal failings, production executive Lou Wallach told Reuters on Monday.

Well the race is on then, because Bravo itself is planning on doing a reverse Queer Eye shortly, with five straight guys teaching some flamer how to butch it up. There will be a specialist for "sporting event etiquette," which I think is brilliant. It seems they're not playing it as a spoof, but I still don't see how's there's room for two straight guy/queer guy shows.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
There shall be no ripping on Rush on my watch. Same goes for Triumph, Chilliwack, Loverboy, the Payolas, Carol Pope/Rough Trade, Gino Vanelli, The Pursuit of Happiness, or Gowan. But especially Rush.

I take it Celine, Alanis and Anne Murray were intentional omissions...


Good.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
hoodoo gurus

You know all this time I thought the Hoodoo gurus were Canadian. I didn't realize there were hoodoos anywhere but Alberta. I am going to have to google this.

edited to note that Ty is right. I had no idea what their music sounded like, just by the name I thought they were one of ours.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Please note that as there appear to be no Australians around, it's open season on Olivia Newton-John, the Eurogliders, Men At Work, the Little River Band, the Eurogliders, Midnight Oil, the Bee Gees, INXS, Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus, or Prawns With Horns ("Australia's Wiggiest Funked Up Band").*


Translated into English, that's "Australia's Wiggiest Funked-Up Band."

You forgot Crowded House and The Wiggles

"Toot toot chugga chugga big red car
You travel near and you travel far..."

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
There shall be no ripping on Rush on my watch. Same goes for Triumph, Chilliwack, Loverboy, the Payolas, Carol Pope/Rough Trade, Gino Vanelli, The Pursuit of Happiness, or Gowan.

I think I saw one of your reviews of a .38 Special compilation on Amazon. Are you the same guy who said "the mere fact that their music has become forgotten fills me with rage"?*

*It helps if you mentally read this with the voice of Jack Black.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by baltassoc
You forgot Crowded House and The Wiggles

Isn't crowded house from new zealand?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
You know all this time I thought the Hoodoo gurus were Canadian. I didn't realize there were hoodoos anywhere but Alberta. I am going to have to google this.

http://members.tripod.com/politika/



Edited by leagl to remove img code and leave link. Tripod does not allow image linking.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I was, however, Edith Prickley one year and my friend was Johnny Larue.

I was in an awkward stage from about grade 7 until I turned 16. very dorky.

OMG!! I know who you are too!!!

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by baltassoc
You forgot Crowded House and The Wiggles

"Toot toot chugga chugga big red car
You travel near and you travel far..."

Re: The Wiggles

It scares me that four men so obviously gay would sing a childrens' song with the lyrics "Fruit salad, yummy yummy".

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Isn't crowded house from new zealand?

Neil and Tim Finn are from NZ, but the rest of the band is Australian, and the Australians certainly consider them theirs. NTTAWWT.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Isn't crowded house from new zealand?

The Finn brothers are, but can't vouch for other members of Crowded House or Split Enz (another fine group, with songs such as "Six Months in a Leaky Boat")... Wildly popular both in NZ and Australia back in the day.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
It scares me that four men so obviously gay would sing a childrens' song with the lyrics "Fruit salad, yummy yummy".

Dissent.

Murray - married with two children
Greg - married with two children
Anthony - married with a child due in Feb 2004
Jeff - single with no children

And before we jump to the obvious point, a man married to an Australian woman obviously can't be gay. Duh.

[fufu]

From MSNBC and its "Please don't let this happen file"

MICHAEL JACKSON IS telling people he wants to adopt more children. The baby-dangling star — whose career was nearly derailed because of child molestation accusations — already has three children, but now he’s saying he’d like to adopt at least seven more.
“I want a big family,” he recently told L.A. radio host Rick Dees. “More and more children.” In fact, he said that he’d eventually like to have more kids than his father did. There were nine siblings in the Jackson family.
“It’s not like he has a specific strategy or he’s in touch with adoption agencies about this,” Jackson’s rep told the Scoop. “If indeed he did say that, he was just speaking about his love of children.”

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Re: The Wiggles

It scares me that four men so obviously gay would sing a childrens' song with the lyrics "Fruit salad, yummy yummy".

At least two of them are married with children. And Fruit Salad is a good song. The, ahem, Little Fingers love it...

Mrs. Hand, the Little Fingers and I went as the Wiggles for Halloween this year... My oldest assigned me the role of Jeff, an apparent editorial comment on my state of consciousness on Saturday mornings. Captain Feathersword is my favorite, though.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Re: The Wiggles

It scares me that four men so obviously gay would sing a childrens' song with the lyrics "Fruit salad, yummy yummy".

Heh. It's interesting you chose such an innocuous quote, when there are so many that are worse.

Captain Feathersword in particular bothers me. He goes around tickling people with his feather sword. He likes to dance in his pirate pants. Sometimes, he has to put on his "special raincoat."

Actually, except for CF, I kind of admire The Wiggles. They were a fairly successful band in Australia (The Cockroaches) and then gave it up to launch into the risky business of children's music. It's hard to imagine they planned on the type of success they ultimately gained.