XOXO

I am caught in a bit of a quandary. You see, I was late to the party on Gossip Girl. But when all my friends' HUSBANDS were watching, I became intrigued.

And so the boyfriend and I set off on a total Netflix binge.

But, even with all of our marathon Gossip Girl-ing, we didn't finish season 1 before season 2 began. And so we have been trapped in a vortex, waiting for season 2 to end, trying to impose a Gossip Girl Season 2 news blackout until we can power through all THOSE episodes to be caught up for season 3.

Wow, TV is exhausting.

Last night, though, I had to break the no-watching-season-2-pact to see the 80's flashback/possible spinoff pilot. In the interest of not totally ruining season 2 for myself, nor wanting to 'officially' break the pact, I sped thru the episode just to watch the flashback parts. A bit of a pain in the keester, but so be it.

Here's the skinny, should this spin off get picked up:

What was good Andrew McCarthy as Lilly's hoity-toity dad? Could there be anyone more iconic to play the rich 80's snob? Genius casting, though I did half expect her to call him Blaine.

What was bad Why can no one ever get 80's hair right? Lilly's (Brittany Snow) hair looked basically like all the girls on the red carpet...in 2009. It's NOT that hard, people! It's really all about the bangs. I could loan them my high school pics for research! Let's just say if you were going to name my bangs....well, junior year it was "the roll". Senior year, it was "the claw". And yes, I occasionally rocked a banana clip. If you are female, you know you did, too.

Beyond the hair issues, did we really need those gratuitous shots of the Rubik's cube? What's next - is Michael Jackson gonna moonwalk into one of the scenes?

Just plain odd I can't take credit for noticing this, because I read it elsewhere, but now that it was pointed out to me...Teenage Lilly=blue eyes. Grown up Lilly=not so blue eyes. What, no budget for contacts, CW?




And that girl that played the sister was just a total dead ringer for Jennifer Grey's sister in Dirty Dancing, so it was kind of its own unintentional 80's shout out for me.

Verdict Anything 80's sucks me in, but just for fun, let's stunt cast some more 80's peeps besides Andrew McCarthy. Paging YOU, Sixteen-Candles-Jake aka Michael Schoeffling.

Glory Daze

According to Entertainment Weekly my boyfriend Scott Baio is hosting a new series for VH1 where a bunch of washed up teen hearthrobs live in a house and figure out if they should try and become famous again or follow some other path, all with the help of a life coach.

Life coaches are sooooooo trendy.








Anyhoo, I am of course, thrilled, and am betting my bottom dollar they are RIGHT NOW begging Michael Schoeffling to be a part of it. Michael Schoeffling was, of course, the dreamy Jake in Sixteen Candles, the movie that launched a million teen-girl fantasies of being lifted from social obscurity into cool-clique love.

And, as the legend goes, Schoeffling fled Hollywood shortly after this film to become Aidan Shaw a furniture maker in PA. Everyone wants to find him. But, so far, no one has lured him back into the spotlight.


I, for one, am hopeful that they get him or at least guys like 'em. Please, please, please, VH1, no Corey's need apply.

Oh, and here's a tip as you go on your search to fill the former hearthrob slots: I'm pretty sure Patrick Dempsey's already pretty all set with resurrecting HIS career.