Morning Roundup: Goodbye, Abe Edition
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Wizards Owner Abe Pollin Dies at 85
Bravo has gone and done it. Producers are currently casting for the newest franchise in the Real Housewives series, and they're doing it here. From the release: "We're tapping personalities who are among Washington D.C.'s influential players, cultural connoisseurs, fashion sophisticates and philanthropic leaders - the people who rub elbows with the most prominent people in the country and easily move in the city's diverse political and social circles." What I don't get: are there actually any housewives in D.C.? Don't the women here all work?
We received a casting call a few weeks back that might have been a first fishing expedition for D.C. Housewives, the employed version. The producers were looking for a "range of women in DC, from young up-and-comers (determined staffers, aspiring politicians, fearless journalists, and fledgling socialites) to the real powerbrokers on the Hill (commanding congresswomen, sassy socialites and dymanic divas in charge)." Too bad the D.C. Madam doesn't live here, she's one "dymanic" diva. Or maybe Ana Marie Cox? She's a wife. And she doesn't always wear pants.
But here's my real question: What happens when the girls from Blonde Charity Mafia (which starts on the CW in a few weeks) run into the Housewives at Cafe Milano? Cougar cat fight?
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The DC Madam killed herself over a year ago.
Why does every one think that DC is one big Cap. Hill?
What they're going to get is GHETTO MAMA's.
*pouring myself a giant glass of Drano*
"We're tapping personalities.."
naw, too easy.
Sure it will say DC, but you are going to see a lot of McLean and Tysons Galleria
"What I don't get: are there actually any housewives in D.C.? Don't the women here all work?"
Are you saying keeping a house isn't work?
Someone needs to close an italics tag on this one....
"Fashion sophisticates?" In DC? Ground Zero for the fug white running shoes/business suit combo? BWAHAHAHA! DC wouldn't know fashion if it stood on a stack of Paris Vogues and peed in its face.
Monkey, are you saying my muumuu from Dress Barn Woman on K Street isn't the height of sartorial splendor?
It is, but only if you wear pantyhose in 100 degree weather. So DC.
That explains all them Vagisil ads.
Pantyhose with sandals. Clarks orthopedic sandals.
For the record, I will not run if nominated for this show, and if elected I will not serve. My standards are low, but not this low.
Very sorry to have forgotten about the Madam.
Bravo should invest its time and money on one of Man's
largest and most plentiful sources.......Horny...Middle-aged, balding, fat guys with jarfuls of Cialis or Viagra.
I'd call it: The Guys of DC
I'm already in line. "I'm ready for my money-shot Mr. DeMille."
This is going to be beyond the thunderdome phenomenal. I can't wait to see the group of non-representative drama queens that they come up with!
I'd rather watch "The Most Dangerous Girlfriends of DC." Shoethrowin baby mommas, the ones who shouldn't be wearin lime green stretchpants, the skank with the bra that's three sizes too small, the nutbar who just can't stay on her meds but is still a demon in the sack, the ones who won't STFU about Australia. They're trapped on Roosevelt Island and have to band together to hunt the most dangerous prey of all: Mr. Flinchy, the Bachelor Who Just Can't Commit.
i could give two shits about this show, but seriously, is this going to representative of DC? hell no!
i'd wager we'll get a "fair and balanced" number of folks from NoVa, MoCo, PG, and maybe one from DC (who'll probably actually be a congress-critter related woman from indiana or something). nothing that really represents the city.
but then again, who gives a shit? not me!
Meh. I'd rather watch "The Real Mutant Housewives of (Silent) Spring Hill."
If it weren't for my full beloved beard...I'd dust off my prettiest black dress and audition, but some one left the cake out in the rain and I think that I can't take..cause it took so long to bake it...and I'll never
have that recipe again.....ooooh...noooo!
"Fledgling Socialites" you say? Isn't that what they put in the black bean sauce at the Soho on K Street? Don't TELLS me them's just standard "flavor crystals"...
Real Housewives of McLean, Potomac, or Bethesda is my guess.
Kudos to the producers over at Bravo for giving us a chance to experience their extreme wealth and the feelings of entitlement that come with it. Humanity is forever in your debt.
Just be glad this isn't some reality series from The Estrogen Network® about post-menopausal conceptual artists, their struggles with hormone replacement therapy, and their attempts to incorporate their hysterectomies into their performance art.
You know who would work for this show? That one congressman's wife who attacked a worker at a plant store near Tenleytown - some issue about mulch or something? Forget the name, but she seemed like their target participant. Hopefully she hasn't hanged herself in the past year.
I think it's time I kill my TV.
Real Housewives of Fairfax/Montgomery/Arlington County would be a better title...seriously? Can Jim Graham sponsor legislation to ban this too???
Bravo, you will have my heart and heartburn when you produce a series called: The Real Jumbo Slice Pizza
It'll be HOT and SPICY!
Don't underestimate DC, folks. We have plenty of Real Houswives material in Palisades, Georgetown, Foxhall etc.
...and there's plenty of stay-at-home moms in Anacostia, Congress Heights and Shipley Terrace.
...and men who lust after them.
Totally cougarlicious. Meeeeeow...
Hopefully the producers want the show to appear like "DC" and they Bethesda and Tysons, and don't ruin my life. Otherwise hope for a quick and merciful cancellation.
I welcome a show that provides biographical (and possibly geographical) information about housewives whose husbands don't understand them and it manifests itself in sexual frustration.
I stand at attention to their needs.
But here's my real question: What happens when the girls from Blonde Charity Mafia (which starts on the CW in a few weeks) run into the Housewives at Cafe Milano? Cougar cat fight?
I'll settle for them burning the place to the ground. That place blows.
who would everybody like to see on this show???