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What I Learned on YOMYOMF This Week – May 30 – June 5, 2010

  • June 5, 2010 10:12 pm

You gentle folk know the drill by now.  I read YOMYOMF.  I make snarky remarks.  You are disgusted and repulsed by my sense of humor.  You wonder what kind of person could possibly think like that.  I keep up my bizarre persona.  I stay cooped up in my room, crying, keeping my defense mechanism of weird sarcasm and non-sequiturs up, lamenting my permanent inability to relate to others.

YOUR MOM.

This first week of June, YOMYOMF mourns fallen actors, big and small; tackles the various lesbians who look like Justin Bieber (figuratively); and explores the matter of animal genitals.  Again.

My parents read this.

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Unlikely Hero: “What you talkin about Willis?”

  • June 1, 2010 10:10 am

I had to consider for a moment before admitting that one of the actors that influenced me to become an actor has tragically passed.  I realized our influences are unique and they make each of us who we are, so I freely admit that I have been a fan of Gary Coleman.  I feel as if I’ve lost a cousin.  In a way  Gary Coleman and I grew up together.  I would come home  and no matter how the day had turned out, at 4:00 PM I had play time with Arnold and Willis.  I hoped  Arnold’s catch line would be cleverly used so I could repeat to my friends at the school the next day.   In hind site, it was a interesting time for television from the mid 70′s to the mid 80′s.  The subtle indication of progress is we assume ethnic representation was always around.   YouTube Preview Image  Read more...

I Love The ‘80s: Dudley Molested. “What’cha Talkin’ ‘Bout, Willis?!”

  • August 10, 2009 12:26 am

morewinedudley(Gordon Jump as the Bicycle Man in a very special episode of Diff’rent Strokes)

One of my favorite TV shows as a child was Diff’rent Strokes. The hit series ran from 1978 to 1986 with the type of premise that one can only find on a TV sitcom: two orphaned African American kids from the ‘hood (Gary Coleman’s Arnold and Todd Bridges’ Willis) are adopted by a rich Caucasian man (Conrad Bain) and hilarious hijinks ensue.  Read more...