8.05.2008

wheel of fortune, retards, and flipper

i was watching wheel of fortune today before work (while knitting a cardigan for my grandson Kenny). it was a celebrity edition from the late 80's/early 90's featuring richard karn and two other celebrities i didn't recognize. pat sajak asked one of the female celebrities what her charity was. she looked like a deer in headlights; she had forgotten the name of her charity. she awkwardly chuckled until sajak looked at his card and read the name of her charity. as soon as he said it, she excitedly blurted out, "oh yeah! it's a housing project for retards!"

silence. the other two celebrities awkwardly stare at the ground while sajak stumbles to say, "okay...well that's...great."

i wonder why she's not famous anymore? we need to get that woman a reality TV show STAT.

i have the theme song to 'flipper' stuck in my head. i've never seen an episode of that show in my life and yet the song keeps carouselling around in my brain. it doesn't help that i only know two lines:

They call him flipper, flipper, faster than lighting!
No one you see, is smarter than he!


then something about him being the king of the ocean in a world full of wonder or some nonsense. i just want it to stop. it's like getting a christmas song stuck in your head mid-july. it's out of place, annoying, and creates an unhealthy craving for eggnog.

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