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""Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star""

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Anonymous Grumpy middle aged man said...

I may not have missed the review, but I've never forgotten your distinction between boy and girl child stars. Based on only the dust jacket of Melissa Gilbert's new memoir, I wonder why the path to the presidency of SAG is recovery rather than law and business school. More and more it looks like minors should be completely banned from show business and fashion.

6/27/09, 12:38 AM

Anonymous concerned netizen said...

Remember Brad Renfro?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Renfro

At least he was buried back home.

6/27/09, 6:22 AM

Anonymous bg said...

completely off-topic, but Barry Ritholtz is at it again

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/most-subprime-lenders-werent-covered-by-cra/

he wants to eatablish his credentias with the MSM as solidly as possible.

6/27/09, 6:24 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

How were you able to watch "The Simpsons"? I couldn't take the constant Liberal message.

6/27/09, 6:29 AM

Anonymous OneSTDV said...

"How were you able to watch "The Simpsons"? I couldn't take the constant Liberal message."

I have a similar problem with "Weeds", especially in the 3rd season. I just ignore it though. Don't be so sensitive basically. Yes the rhetoric is annoying, but it's in the context of humor and not as overt as say Keith Olbermann.

Just do the same for The Simpsons.

6/27/09, 7:38 AM

Anonymous Harry Baldwin said...

Steve writes: "The Simpsons" organization evolved into the most perfect script writing machine ever, but not until after the show's uneven first year."

True for about 12 years, and during that time the Simpsons half-hour was sacred in my family. However, by around 2001 or so the show had become so mediocre that my kids no longer bothered to watch it, except for the annual Halloween special. It was tired and unfunny. "South Park," "King of the Hill," and "Family Guy" became the new must-see TV among my kids' friends.

Why does that always happen? Why does a show eventually run out of gas? Aren't there always freshly minted, talented writers available? I can't understand this phenomenon. Another example: why can't someone write a great hit song for Britney Spears? They would be guaranteed it would get good play, so why is she having to make do with ho-hum material? (Not that I'm a fan; I'm looking at this from a commercial standpoint.)

6/27/09, 7:45 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

David Spade's inexplicable success with the ladies despite his diminutive stature and obnoxious persona should probably be mentioned. As for male former child stars, there's always the counterexample of Kurt Russell (The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes), who grew up into a pretty traditionally macho leading man.

6/27/09, 7:59 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

How were you able to watch "The Simpsons"? I couldn't take the constant Liberal message.

Then try watching the new era Dr. Who, that makes The Simpsons look like it was penned by Majorityrights readers.

When watching I have to grit my teeth on a regular basis - and at more extreme moments suppressing the urge to kick the screen in with my steel toe-cap boots on - but, yes, I still enjoy it!

6/27/09, 9:30 AM

Anonymous Peter A said...

"How were you able to watch "The Simpsons"? I couldn't take the constant Liberal message."

What on earth makes you think Steve's a Conservative? Do you even read his stuff? There are far more political positions in the world than just Rush Limbaugh vs. Barney Frank. I'm tired of people picking teams and sticking with that team no matter what stupid shit they pull (Sarah Palin, for example).

6/27/09, 1:46 PM

Blogger Svigor said...

David Spade's inexplicable success with the ladies despite his diminutive stature and obnoxious persona should probably be mentioned.

Verbal IQ, I should think. Or maybe he pays them, like Tom Cruise.

6/27/09, 1:49 PM

Blogger Svigor said...

And I don't buy Steve's explanation of the boy/girl child star phenomenon. Child stars of both sexes are strongly selected for neoteny; the difference is, neoteny is attractive in females, not males.

6/27/09, 1:54 PM

Blogger dr kill said...

Dude, you might be right about other boy stars, but something about DS gets him more beautiful ass than a toilet seat in the Bellezza Salon.

6/27/09, 1:55 PM

Anonymous Lloyd G. said...

"Therefore, they search out undersized, undersexed older boys who can play younger than their real ages."

A lot of girl child stars have a under-developed pixie cuteness that does not carry well into adulthood. The Olsen twins stand out in this regard. Miyam Bialik went from cute to ugly in a few short years. It's hard to imagine Miley Cyrus as an attractive woman.

6/27/09, 1:58 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Miley Cyrus will probably look just like her dad in adulthood. As for female child stars that don't become stars in adult life, Shirley Temple grew into an attractive woman but audiences just didn't accept her as an adult.

6/27/09, 4:37 PM

Anonymous Concerned Netizen said...

While we are on the subject of sexualized children, a Duke official was just charged with doing the skeeviest thing on earth:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529184,00.html?mrp=

I wonder if he was one of the Duke 88. I also wonder if he is gay.

His Facebook page sez he is a fan of gay bishop Gene Robinson:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Frank-Lombard/1316445

6/27/09, 7:10 PM

Anonymous josh said...

Do you recall a very funny bit Spade did about the uber-creepy child star Macauley Culkin? (Spade must give this topic a lot of thought...) He said that even tho Culkin,at the time,was an extremely cute,lovable and precocious kid movie star,he would inevitably grow up to look like--at this point Spade pointed to his own face,and in a voice of weariness and disgust,said,"THIS." As for Davids success with the girls,I think it goes back to his father,who was a real tomcat/dirtbag. What the Roissy Boys might call an alpha. Spade is very bright,and no doubt that has allowed him not only to impress women with his wit,charm etc,but also to pattern himself after dad!! Also,he is hung like a Clydesdale. So he's got that going for him! Which is nice!

6/28/09, 1:05 PM

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