#betty gilligan

[kommandonuovidiavoli]

How are the gang’s relationship with their parents(and extended family)

OH BOI this took a lot especially because I had to think and RETHINK relationships and stuff, but here we go!

Abby's Family

Abby lives with her parents since she's still studying (and a minor too). They're still in a good relationship, as close as ever, and with new people around the house! Her older brother Jacob and his son Simon are living at her home since Jacob got a new job at Mr. Boss' company (his other kid and wife are living at their house in the next city, but they see each other in the weekends and often visit them at Abby's home!). Only problem is with Cree: since she got married in secret, she's seen less and less at the house, also because she moved with her new husband. Her and Abby don't talk anymore after a huge fight they had some years before. Jacob too doesn't talk to her too much, for some reason.

Also, they all love Hoagie, he's always welcome in the house! Sometimes they force Abby to invite him over...

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Wally's Family

Wally too still lived with his parents and Joy at their house, but things are not too good. Wally doesn't have a good relationship with his mother anymore, they mostly scream at each other and argue a lot. His father keeps out of their arguments, doesn't even try to mitigate them anymore at this point; if they start, he just takes Joey to the living room to watch TV or something. Sydney has a better relationship with him, even if Wally never wants to talk about his problems with him. Teenagers...

At least things calm down when Kuki's over; they all love the girl!

He's incredibly close to Joey. The two spend a lot of time together, Wally allows him in his room whenever he wants, plays with him sometimes and also lets him sleep in his bed!

Also, since Lou and Syd reconnected, sometimes he hangs around the house too, if they need a babysitter for Joey. Wally... tolerates him. He's good at videogames, at least.

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Kuki's Family

Kuki too lives with his family: her parents and Mushi. Her parents are still strict and serious, maybe a bit demanding now that she's in high school, but she handles it pretty good most of the times. But things are not good. Her parents barely talk to each other without arguing, and it is starting to take a tool on her. Also, they don't like Wally at all, considering him a "no good imbecile punk".

She isn't allowed to have him at home, Kani also doesn't want him to get NEAR the house, so sometimes Kuki has to get out without them knowing. But they ALWAYS get to know what she does, and it's because Mushi always tells on her.

The little girl somehow managed to get out of her lifelong grounding, and is now her dad's favorite girl. She's like one of those Delightfuls: a spoiled educated kid who always does what adults say.

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Hoagie's Family

Hoagie still lives with his mom, his grandmother (when she wants to hang around) and his brother Tommy. Everything's fine on this side, luckly! His mom still works at Mr. Boss' company, but managed to become Head of Marketing, so she has a lot to do and not too much time to spend home. Hoagie makes sure everything is always ready and clean, cooks for everyone (and he's even GOOD at it!), takes care of laundry and makes sure Tommy showers AT LEAST once at week. He's the man of the house! Especially since no one knows or cares where his father is, at this point.

Abby's always welcome to their house, but Betty always asks to invite her when she's home too, so they can talk! She loves the girl!

His grandma usually hisses at her. Tommy too.

AND FINALLY I CAN ADD Nigel's Family

After getting his house back when he turned 18, Nigel lived alone in a house that slowly started looking like a messy prison: dirty dishes, clothes everywhere, dust and cracks. The only rooms that were intact were his parent's bedroom (which he started to sleep in) and his old bedroom, that he never entered since he went back. Penny arrived at the right time, as he needed something to get himself together and remember why he was still there and fighting in the TND: for the sake of kids all around the world. The same kids his parents protected as long as they could. Penny claimed the bedroom and is thinking of adding mermaid touches EVERYWHERE. The house still needs cleaning tho.

#teen au #kids next door #knd #do I have to tag everyone? #HERE WE GO #abigail lincoln #simon lincoln #cree lincoln #jacob lincoln #mr lincoln #ms lincoln #wallabee beetles #joey beetles #sydney beetles #charlotte beetles #yes that's my name for wally's mom #lou beetles #kuki sanban #genki sanban #kani sanban #mushi sanban #hoagie gilligan #betty gilligan #tommy gilligan #lydia gilligan #I know it's not her surname but I'll find her more easily like this #nigel uno #penelope doe

[spicedwatermel0n]

Gilligan household is WILD

Trans boy Tommy, nonbinary MLM Hoagie, lesbian Betty. Fuck Lydia idc about her.

To elaborate more on lesbian Betty idk I just think she discovered she was gay after her husband died and so now she just randomly brings home other widowed middle aged ladies to make out with or something. Or make a cake for them

Original:

#codename kids next door #knd #codename knd #numbuh 2 #tommy gilligan #betty gilligan

[domithehuman]

Do you have an f/o list?

Hey , dear ! I didn't create yet , and I am adding new f/os very fast, but here's the list :

Cassandra from "Tangled" series : romantic f/o

Koala Man : romantic f/o

Marcus Cubitus ( Tofungus ) from " Asterix : Mansion of the Gods" and "Asterix: Secret od the Magic Potion" : romantic f/o

Squareonthehypothenus from "Asterix: Mansion of the Gods" : twin brother f/o ( @in-broken-mirrors , if you don't mind 😉 )

SmurfBlossom from "The Smurfs" new series and "Smurfs: The Lost Village" : romantic f/o

Beagle Boys from Donald Duck comics and movies , series : queerplatonic f/os

Robi from "Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get a Clue" : queerplatonic f/o

Charles Darwin from " Pirates: Band of Misfits": romantic f/o

Victor Zsasz from "Gotham" : brother f/o

Oswald Cobblepot from "Gotham" : romantic f/o

Danton from "Cinderella Monogatari": romantic f/o

Odette from "Leap!" : romantic f/o

Bilbo Baggins from "The Hobbit": romantic f/o

Monty Burns from "The Simpsons" : romantic f/o

Ken from "Urban Vermin": romantic f/o

Benson from "Regular Show": brother f/o

Dr. Kranz from "Arizona Goof": romantic f/o

Chrystal from " The Legend of Snow White": romantic f/o

Speedy from "The Seven Dwarfs": romantic f/o

Karla Kolumna from "Bibbi Blocksberg": romantic f/o

Gary from "Escape from Planet Earth": romantic f/o

Farmer Hoggett from "Babe": romantic f/o

Mr. Tumnus from " The Narnia" : romantic f/o

Stuart Little - queerplatonic f/o

Bessy from "Barnyard": romantic f/o

Cleopatra from "Asterix and Cleopatra": romantic f/o

Strawberry Shortcake : daughter f/o

George Jetson from "The Jetsons": romantic f/o

Colette Tatou from "Rattatouile": romantic f/o

Betty DeVille from "Rugrats" : sister f/o

Stu Pickles from "Rugrats" : romantic f/o

Debbie Jelinsky from "Addams Family II": romantic f/o

Cindy Bear from "Yogi Bear" : queerplatonic f/o

Ranger Smith from "Yogi Bear" : romantic f/o

Olive Oyl from "Popeye": romantic f/o

Frank Murphy from "F is for Family": romantic f/o

Sinbad from "Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures": son f/o

Stretch from "Casper" the movie and the series : romantic f/o

Shrek : brother f/o

Elmer Fudd from "Looney Tunes" : romantic f/o

Janusz Tracz from "Plebania": romantic f/o

Scarr from "Evil Con Carne": romantic f/o

Jon Arbuckle from "Garfield" movie: brother f/o

Happy Chapman from "Garfield": romantic f/o

Bloom from "Pippi Longstocking": romantic f/o

Engineer from "Team Fortess 2": romantic f/o

Jasper and Horace from "101 Dalmatians": brothers f/os

Antoni Dziubak from "Ojciec Mateusz": romantic f/o

Sybil from "Sam and Max": romantic f/o

Mr. Smee from "Peter Pan": romantic f/o

Edward Murdstone from "David Copperfield": romantic f/o

Gilligan from "Gilligan's Island": queerplatonic f/o

Coraline : sister f/o

Betty Boop: queerplatonic f/o

Szpieg ( Spy ) from "Król Maciuś Pierwszy" ( King Matt the First): romantic f/o

Mario from "Super Mario Bros": queerplatonic f/o

Mrs. Coulter from "Golden Compass": sister f/o

Ming Lee from "Turning Red": romantic f/o

Prince Froglip from "Princess and the Goblin": romantic f/o

Lucky from "Lucky: The Adventures of the Unluckiest Leprechaun": brother f/o

Neytiri from "Avatar" movies: romantic f/o

Fegan Floop from "Spy Kids": queerplatonic f/o

Spike from "Flushed Away": romantic f/o

Gaetan Moliere from "Atlantis": romantic f/o

Daniel from "House of Magic": romantic f/o

Bolt from "Bolt": pet f/o

Jessie from "Toy Story": romantic f/o

Rouge from "Sonic the Hedgehog":romantic f/o

Karaba from "Kirikou": romantic f/o

Gordy from "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide": romantic f/o

Sarah Hawkins from "Treasure Planet": romantic f/o

Miss Atlantis from "Dumbo": romantic f/o

Weedon from "Tom, the Greatest Friend": romantic f/o

Susan from "Memories of Nanette": romantic f/o

Nanny McPhee - romantic f/o

AstroBoy : son f/o

Oskar Kokoshka from "Hey Arnold": romantic f/o

Squidward from "Spongebob Squarepants": brother f/o

Belial from "Three Wise Men" : romantic f/o

Rothbart from "The Swan Lake": romantic f/o

Cedric from "Sofia the First": queerplatonic f/o

Tabaluga : queerplatonic f/o

James from "Tabaluga": romantic f/o

Tzekel Kan from "The Road to El Dorado": romantic f/o

Eris from "Sinbad: The Legend of Seven Seas": sister f/o

Aurora from "Sleeping Beauty" : sister f/o

Trafalgar Law from "One Piece": brother f/o

Doc Croc from "Simsala Grimm" : romantic f/o

Quetzal from "Dragon Tales": queerplatonic f/o

Sensuella from "Jungledyret Hugo: Movie Star": romantic f/o

Rancid Rabbit from "CatDog": romantic f/o

Mirabel Madrigal from "Encanto": queerplatonic f/o

Castiel from "Supernatural": brother f/o

John Watson from "Sherlock": romantic f/o

Remus Lupin from "Harry Potter": romantic f/o

Wendell Pleakley from "Lilo and Stitch": romantic f/o

Dwayne LaFontant from "Over the Hedge": romantic f/o

Penelope Pitstop from "Wacky Races": romantic f/o

Rodney Copperbottom from "Robots" : romantic f/o

Lefty Maginnis from "Everyone's Hero": romantic f/o

Gwizdo from "Dragon Hunters": brother f/o

Tiana from "Princess and the Frog": sister f/o

Leslie Noodman from "Sanjay and Craig": romantic f/o

ShortBread from "Saving Santa": romantic f/o

Fagin from "Oliver and Company": queerplatonic f/o

Benny Krupp from "Captain Underpants": romantic f/o

Peter from "Arthur Christmas": romantic f/o

Minnie Mouse from Mickey Mouse universe: romantic f/o

Pani Myszka ( Mrs. Mouse) from "Bajki Miki Mola": romantic f/o

Chameleon from "T.U.F.F. Puppy": romantic f/o

Whiskers from "Brandy and Mr. Whiskers": brother f/o

Grimmel the Grisly from "How to Train Your Dragon III": romantic f/o

Shifty from "Crime Time": romantic f/o

Puciek from "Tajemnica Szyfru Marabuta" (The Secret of the Marabut Cipher ): romantic f/o

Miss Cassandra from "Maya the Bee": romantic f/o

Roo from "Winnie the Pooh": son f/o

Chester V from "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs II": romantic f/o

Rocky from "Paw Patrol": pet f/o

Mummy from "Tad Jones" movies : romantic f/o

Madame Medusa from " The Rescuers": romantic f/o

Pocahontas : sister f/o

Buzz from "Nine Dog Christmas": romantic f/o

Thumbelina - sister f/o

Orizaba from "Elena of Avalor": romantic f/o

The Widow from "The Magic Riddle": romantic f/o

Lucky Luke : brother f/o

Pat from "Pat and Mat": romantic f/o

Pikachu from "Pokemon": pet f/o

Ronnie from "Millionaire Dogs": romantic f/o

Vector Perkins from "Despicable Me": romantic f/o

Henchman 21 and Henchman 24 from "Venture Bros": romantic f/os

Porsha from "Sing 2": queerplatonic f/o

Cooper from "Trolls" movies and series: queerplatonic f/o

Sebastian from "Camila and Sebastian": romantic f/o ( however can't find the movie now :( )

Ned McDodd from "Horton Hears a Who": romantic f/o

Benjamin from "Benjamin the Elephant": queerplatonic f/o

Mr. Crocker from "The Fairy OddParents": romantic f/o

Mr. Humberfloob from " Cat in the Hat": romantic f/o

Cat from "Cat in the Hat": queerplatonic f/o

Ann Possible from "Kim Possible": queerplatonic f/o

Andrew Morris from "Ron's Gone Wrong": romantic f/o

Moana : sister f/o

Count Olaf from "Series of Unfortunate Events" : queerplatonic f/o

Wallace from "Wallace and Gromit": queerplatonic f/o

Max "Augustino" from "Magiczne Drzewo" ( The Magic Tree): romantic f/o

Alice from "Alice in Wonderland": sister f/o

Mary Poppins : romantic f/o

Clara Oswald from "Doctor Who": queerplatonic f/o

Mary Lou Helperman from "Teacher's Pet": romantic f/o

Volk from "Nu Pogodi": romantic f/o

Edgar from "The Aristocats": romantic f/o

Egon Olsen from "Olsen Band": romantic f/o

Ray Stantz from "Ghostbusters" movies and series: romantic f/o

Nimbus from "Raindrop, Water is Adventure": queerplatonic f/o

Fräulein Rottenmeier from "Heidi": romantic f/o

Miss Clavel from "Madeline" series and movies: romantic f/o

Belle from "Beauty and the Beast": sister f/o

Captain Underpants : queerplatonic f/o

Pearl from "Steven Universe": romantic f/o

Michael Scott from "The Office": romantic f/o

Alex from "Totally Spies": sister f/o

Marv Murchins from "Home Alone": romantic f/o

Alex Delarge from "Clockwork Orange": brother f/o

Applejack from "My Little Pony": sister f/o

Lord Starchbottom from "7d": romantic f/o

Maude from "The Dragon Hill": romantic f/o

#Ask #F/o list #F/os #Self shipping

[thoraway125]

almost every song Sara Quin has recommended

A Playlist

AFI

A Flock Of Seagulls- I Ran

Again Me!- Boyfriend

AHOHNI- Drone Bomb Me

Alex Lahey- You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me

Allison Crutchfield- Dean’s Room

Allison Weiss- Runaway

All Of This- Perera Elsewhere

ALMA- Chasing Heights

Alvvays

Alycia Keys- Try Sleeping with A Broken Heart

Ani DiFranco

Annie Lennox

An Horse

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion  

Bangles

ASTR- Operate

Atari Teenage Riot

A Tribe Called Red- R.E.D

Austra- I Love You More Than You Love Yourself Babes in Toyland

Bancks- Gemini Feed

Baths

Baybee- Jay Som

Beach House- Sparks, Lemon Glow

Bebe Rexha- Meant to Be

Bec Sandridge- In the Fog, in the Flame

Ben Folds

Betty Who- You Can Cry Tomorrow

Beyonce- Lemonade

Bikini Kill

Billy Idol- Mony Mony 

Bleached- Wednesday Night Melody, Can You Deal?, Flipside

Bleachers- Don’t Take The Money

BLK- My Hood - Stormzy

Blood Orange- You're Not Good Enough, It Is What It Is 

Bob Marley

Body- Julia Jacklin 

Bone thugs and Harmony

Bon Jovi- wanted dead or alive, you give love a bad name 

Bowie

Britta Phillips- Mistress America

Broken Social Scene- Hug of Thunder, Almost Crimes Bruce Springsteen- Im on Fire, Dancing in the Dark, The River, Live 1975-85 (this particular version https://youtu.be/gg3DleXrT-o) Bryan Adams

Bjork- I've seen it all 

Buck 65- Square Two

Cake

Carrie Brownstein

Caribou- Can’t Do Without You

Cassie- Me & U

Chairlift- Romeo

Charli XCX- Track 10

Charlotte Day Wilson- Work

Chloe x Halle0 Drop

Christine and The Queens- iT, Saint Claude 

Chris Walla

CHVRCHES

Classixx- Borderline

City and Colour

Cold Specks

Collide- Krasnoyarsk

Corey Hart- Sunglasses At Night

Couer de Pirate

Cyndi Lauper- The Goonies Are Good Enough, Time After Time

Cypress Hill

Dallas Green

Death Cab for Cutie 

Debbie Wiseman- Wolf Hall

DEDE- Faultline (Single Edit)

Deradoorian- A Beautiful Woman

DIANA- Confession, Perpetual Surrender

Dinosaur Jr

DJDS- Trees On Fire

Dolly Parton

Doveman

Drake- No Tellin Dream- Love/Hate

Diana- Perpetual Surrender

Electrelane - Rock It to the Moon, no shouts no calls

Empress Of- How Do You DO It

Emylia Argan

Erasure

Eugene Francis Jnr

Everything but the Girl

Fatima Al Qadiri- Hip Hop Spa, Szechuan

Feist- Pleasure album

Fever Ray- Mustn’t Hurry

First Aid Kit

FKA Twigs- Good To Love

Four Tet

Francis and the Lights- May I Have This Dance

Frankie Cosmos- Sinister, Accommodation 

Frank Ocean Thinking About You

Friends- I'm His Girl 

FUN Fugazi

Future Islands- Ran

George Hill

Gilligan Moss- It Felt Right

Girlpool- Chinatown

Glass Animals

Gogol Bordello 

Gossip

Green Day

Grimes- Flesh Without Blood

Grizzly Bear

HAIM- Want You Back

Halsey- Now Or Never

HANA

Hank Williams

Hannah Georgas- Don’t Go, Needed Me

Hayley Kiyoko- Girls Like Girls

Hole

Holly Miranda

Hot Hot Heat

IDER- Face On

Jack Johnson

James Ilha

Jamie xx- Girl

Japanese Breakfast- Machinist

Jeremih- Pass Dat

Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me 

John Hopkins- I remember

Johnny Cash

Joni Mitchell

John Hopkins- Abandon Window, I remember

Jonathan Coulton

Justin Bieber- Purpose, Runaway Love Justin Timberlake-  FutureSex/LoveSounds Kaki King

Kate Bush

Katy Perry- Chained To The Rhythm

Kathryn Bostic- Love Theme

Kelela- Rewind- Sporting Life Remix

Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - The Exchange Session, Vol. 2

Kelly Lee Owens- Birds

K.Flay- Black Wave

Kid Cudi- The Commander

Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - The Exchange Session, Vol. 2

Kimya Dawson- So Nice So Smart

Kinnie Starr

Korn

KraftWork

KT Tunstall- Hard Girls

Kygo- It Ain’t Me (with Selena Gomez)

Kylie Minogue

Lapsley- Hurt Me

LCD Soundsystem- Tonite

Leonard Cohen- Came So Far For Beauty

Leo Kalyan- Fucked Up

Led Zeppelin

Light Asylum- Shallow Tears

Lily Allen 

Lorde- Green Light

Lou Reed- Satellite of Love

Lowell

Lower Dens- To Die in LA, Real Thing

Lucius- My Heart Got Caught On Your Sleeve 

Lupa J- Numb

Neil Young

New Found Glory

New Kids on the Block

New Order

New Skin- Torres

No Shouts No Calls

Nick Jonas- Jealous

Nicolas Jaar- No

Night Terrors

Nirvana

Noname 

Nothing to be Frightened of by Julian Barnes

Now Now

Madonna- Holiday

Majid Jordan (ft Drake)- My Love

Mapei- Don’t Wait

Mariah Carey

Matthew Dear

Melissa Etheridge

Mica Levi- Death

Michelle Branch- Hopeless Romantic

Mike Elizondo

Milli Vanilli - Blame It On the Rain

Miriam Culter- Ethel Main Title

Mitski

Montaigne- Because I Love You

Moonriser- I’m Not Something Special

Moses Sumney- Doomed

Mother Mother

MUNA- Winterbreak, I Know A Place, About You album

Mykki Blanco- Loner

My Bloody Valentine

My Midnight Heart

My So Called Life

Paramore- After Laughter, Told You So

Passion Pit

Paul Williams

Peaches

Porches- Anymore, Be Apart

Partner Band- In Search of Lost Time

Patsy Cline

Pattern Against User 

Perera Elsewhere- All of This

Perfume Genius- Slip Away

Phantogram- Answer 

Pheonix- J-Boy

Phil Collins- Groovy Kind of Love

Post Pavillon

Prince- I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man, Little Red  Corvette

PWR BTTM- I Wanna Boi

Q Tip

Rachel Cantu

Rachel Portman- Vianne Sets Up Shop

Ra Ra Riot

RAY BLK- My Hood

REM- Sweetness

Ria Mae- Ooh Love

Richard Marx- Right here waiting

Rihanna- Russian Roulette, Umbrella, Higher, Love On The Brain

Robyn- Do it Again, Love is free (moon boots remix) 

Rolling Stones

Röysksopp- Something in my Heart

Rufus Wainwright

Ruth B- If This is Love Ryan Adams

Santigold

Samphaaa- Process Album 

Sample- Blood on Me

Shamir- If It Wasn’t True 

Sharon Van Etten- Everytime The Sun Comes Up

Serena Ryder- Electric Love

Shondells

Shura- What’s It Gonna Be?

Simple Minds- All The Things She Said

Sinead O’Connor

Siya- Automatic

Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream

Snailmail- Thinning

SNAP!- Rhythm Is A Dancer - 7” Edit

SOHN- Hard Liquor

Solange- Mad

Spoon- They Way We Get By

Speak

Steel Train

Stereogum

Stevie Nicks

St. Vincent, Actor

Supertramp

Supreme

Taylor Swift- 1989

Teenage Fanclub

The Bangles

The Beaches

The Black Keys

The Courtneys

The Cranberries- Dreams on My So Called Life

The Dream- Love Hate, Love vs Money

The Enemy- Bigger Cages, Longer Chains 

The Jezabels- Hurt Me

The Killers

The Lemon Twigs

The New Pornographers

Theophilus London

The Pretenders- 500 Miles The Police- Roxanne- I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man, Little Red Corvette The Ramones

The Reason

The Regrettes- Hey Now

The Rentals- The Man With Two Brains

The Replacements

The Smiths

The White Stripes

The xx- xx (2009), Say Something Loving

Thingamajig- Miya Folick 

Tracy Chapman- Fast Car

Tom Petty

Tom Cochrane

Tony Bennet

Too Attached 

Torres

Tove Styrke- Say My Name

Tragically Hip

Tribe Called Quest

U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horse

Us- Empress of

Vagabon- Fear & Force

Vector Xing- Bubble King

Vanbot- Collide, Krasnoyarsk, Not That Kind, Moscow Veckatimest Vivek Shraya- Part Time Woman

VHS or Beta

Violent Femmes 

Warpaint- Whiteout

Waters

Waxahatchee- Silver

Weavves

Weezer

When I’m with Him- Empress of

White Lung- Hungry. Kiss Me When I Bleed

Whitney houston- I look to you, million dollar bill, I will always love you

Wrabel- Bloodstain

Yaeji 

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

#Sara Quin #Tegan and Sara #not even close to being everything she's ever said or uploaded to insta but it's a lot so

[zalrb]

Do you think Anna Gunn is a good actress? I always loved her one liners in breaking bad. Also, do you think there are any similarities between Betty Draper, skyler white and Carmela soprano?

I think that she held her own in Breaking Bad but that there were far better performances.

In terms of similarities ... not particularly. I mean there are broad similarities in that I think they're all lonely, unhappy, and they're all married to morally corrupt (or at least ambiguous) men, they've all had affairs in one way or the other, and like, with Betty and Carmela, broad similarities in the way Don and Tony react to them wanting to get jobs but they're all very different characters.

Carmela is a hypocrite, she waxes poetic about being a good Catholic while reaping the benefits of Tony's criminal activity and when she sees a therapist, her qualms about Tony's lifestyle are only about his affairs while the therapist lays out for her that he's a criminal and she's complicit and she remains complicit and damns her children to the same fate by not leaving him and she simply rejects that truth.

Betty's whole thing is that she was raised to believe her beauty was her only skill/power/asset, which had worked for her in the past but in the changing era/times/decades of Mad Men where other women and the other female characters are evolving and growing, she's basically a remnant of the past/stuck in the past. Her growth is stunted, which is why she also acts incredibly childish and petty.

Skyler, at the beginning anyway, is a voice of reason:

in the early days she was the voice of morality on the show. She was the one telling him, “You can’t cook crystal meth.” She’s got a tough job being married to this asshole

I also don't think she's as fully-formed as especially Carmela but also Betty (who also isn't as fully-formed as Carmela imo but more fully-formed than Skyler), which I think is partly on purpose:

[Vince Gilligan] would really caution me, because, personally, I’m a big crier and I’m  emotional, so he really had to remind me a lot, “She’s not that, she’s  not as in touch with her emotions and she’s not able to necessarily  access that.” She’s got more steel inside of her, quite frankly. And  having Skyler be that way was really smart because if you had been  watching, like in Season 2, and thinking, “Oh my god this poor woman. I  can’t believe he’s doing this stuff to her and to this family,” then how  would the show be able to carry on? Because if you lose your sympathy  for Walt that early what are you going to do with the show? Much too  early you would have been thinking, “This guy’s horrible, look what he’s  doing to this poor woman.”

but she's the antithesis to Carmela, even when she starts helping Walt, she's eventually like, when is this enough, though, like when will you be satisfied, when is this over, when can you walk away, Carmela was all about what she felt was owed to her and with Betty, when she discovers that Don is Dick after dealing with his multiple infidelities and therefore finding out that he's just an all-around cheat, she tells no one about that but she divorces him whereas Skyler eventually ends up being an active participant in Walt's criminal activity, even betraying Marie and Hank until she realizes that she had a version of what was going on with Walt in her head that was simply untrue. So rather than similarities, I think I would say they're all different shades/approaches to morally complicated situations with spouses.

[hope-of-virgo]

2024

happy new year!

you can find the post i'll be referencing continually here: https://www.tumblr.com/hope-of-virgo/706484244807024640/im-currently-bedridden-as-a-result-of-hormonal?source=share

so it's a little under a year since I wrote the original, and things have surely made a change.

my (now) wife and i got married less than a month ago, in the eyes of the australian government i'm a girl, and i seem to have stumbled backwards into a management(ish) role at work.

so... about those resolutions.

stop: doomscrolling i had an amount of success on this, partially due to twitter shitting its pants and reddit having the Great Blackout and subsequent degradation of content. a lot of algorithmically sorted internet shit has done this recently, and a lot of it comes down to "we are approaching a fiscal cliff". what i have picked up from this though is that i'm enjoying learning new skills, such as fermenting and learning sql. i don't carry around a handbag project as much anymore due to some joint issues i've been having making me switch to a backpack, and doing an rsi at work.

stop: masking my autism this has definitely gotten better with my hrt progressing; i'm less afraid to be my authentic self. the hard part has been the pronoun switch and managing the mood problems that happen as a result. for those not in the know, i switched from he/they to she/they after someone at the pole studio called me "she" and i was like "huh...didn't hate that". i also generally held the view that if people weren't calling me that without being told, it would feel inauthentic to ask them.

stop: making excuses not to go to the pole studio this hasn't stopped, but it's as much to do with other factors as it is me butting heads with a number of studio members. actually getting there is difficult without driving, and due to my town growing really fast as a result of melbourne being really fucking expensive to live in, there's been a large cop presence flood in too. i'm a medicinal cannabis user for chronic pain, any amount of thc in my system meets the evidentiary burden for drug driving, and good luck getting a social work job with that on my record. i'm moving to an electric scooter this year, which should solve a lot of these issues.

keep: cooking my own meals now that my wife and i are living together, i'd already be cooking for her, so it's an easy routine to keep food in the house for the both of us. it's also getting easier to find reasons to cook my own meals since i now no longer live within walking distance of 3 different pizza shops, the cost of food has basically doubled in the last year, and my wife is getting into the "growing your own food" side of urban homesteading, which gives me lots of options to cook with seasonal produce.

keep: doing gender affirmation my op shopping buddy bounced in and out of rehab a lot this year and we actually haven't seen each other at all as a result. she reached out to me proactively at christmas as well, which is a first, so i have high hopes for that. my hair's getting longer and changing texture, and i'm fitting the form of "women's clothing" a lot better now. i'm still shit at makeup but i always feel better about myself when i do it so while fucking it up feels bad (god knows when i turned up to work having fucked up my eye shadow in like september i looked like i'd been kicked in the face), getting it right feels amazing.

keep: watching new shows and listening to new music i actually went pretty well at this i think. i had the aim of getting to 2000 songs in my spotify library, which is a 25% increase, and i think i ended the calendar year with 1990. i went to a lot more live music this year, i saw betty who, cry club, eilish gilligan, florence and the machine, aleksiah, bella amor, teenage joans, merci mercy, and waterparks. i also went to see lights' headline show in melbourne, which is a top 5 experiences of my life moment. she's been my most listened to artist for the last 10 years. when she was performing "when the summer dies" she got down into the crowd, and there was this moment where she looked at me, then ran her hand through my hair. this sounds like fanfic but i swear on my life that it happened.

start: eating more vegetables i'm doing better at this; i'm a sensory seeker when it comes to food, and vegetables are pretty boring. i also don't really like sweet food (and neither do my teeth, but that's a different story), so getting my fruit intake can be hard. i've solved the problem to an extent with pickles and ferments, and mixing fruit into yogurt as well.

start: actively reducing household waste my state has introduced bottle and can deposit refunds. we don't buy a lot of bottled and canned drinks, but it's nice to have the added incentive. we bought a compost bin with our wedding money, and i'm loving being able to find something to do with the veggie scraps. i'm looking into vertical farming gourmet mushrooms this year. we've moved to household cleaners where you basically get a "forever bottle" and fill them with refills, which you then send the bag back and they reuse it. the plastics they use as part of this scheme are also recycled from reclaimed ocean plastics, which is kind of cool. my bestie made me some beeswax wraps, and i think i've used single-use plastic wrap like 3 times this year maybe. that's not even counting the plastic savings from not buying bread from the shops anymore.

start: more longform journaling got banned from instagram for it, but that's probably not a net negative. doing longform writing when you're already doing a lot for uni can be a challenge, but i've done a bit. i've also joined the fediverse as part of the reddit exodus, and that's been a bit of fun.

start: diversifying my income sources i'm now an accredited life model, though i've actually been too busy to utilise it. i've basically retired from *~spicy accounting~* as well, because i'm having a bunch of problems even having sex in my private life, let alone doing it at work. the economic issues have also cut out a lot of my clientele, so i'm taking it as a sign from the universe that it's time to go do something else. i also decided to quit my job, which people like @tamaaya68000 and @gotouhitori have been trying to convince me to do since that one awesome time in 2021 where i tried to jump in front of a train because it seemed like a better option than going to work the following monday. fortunately there are positions open in other parts of the hospital that i'm applying for later today, and when i get my diploma i'll likely apply at child protection, who are so desperate for workers that they're promising guaranteed promotion to cpp4 within 2 years and hiring people on working holiday visas from other countries to fill the skilled workers gap.

start: interior decorating currently writing this from in the middle of a bunch of still-packed moving boxes from when i moved in like 3 months ago. it's a work in progress. i'm going to ask a friend of mine to paint me some things as some commissioned art, but beyond that i'm actually not sure what i want to do with the space.

2024's resolutions will probably come next week, but overall i'm pretty happy with the year 2023.

#hope-of-virgo

[graywyvern]

( via via @jeffreyford8 / via )

Neter-khertet, City of the Dead.

"Some forty light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius, Pallulle revolves around an ultracool blue dwarf star that humans have designated TRAPPIST-1. The Smaragdi, however, call their pale, minimalist sun Lagom, a word that means, in their exceedingly specific language: 'a spouse who habitually withholds affection but comes through with a squeeze when you really need them and always pays the bills on time'. Pallulle itself means: 'the parent who gives and gives, but it is never enough for their ungrateful childen, who will probably never amount to anything, anyway'." --Catherynne Valente, Space Opera (208)

はな. ('flower')

ev'ry breath suspicious & ev'ry breath precious a crazed moment leaves its own ambiguity this cell that is a world Gilligan’s Gulag reflecting ev'rything

A Plant.

"The close resemblance of the terms for 'cold-hearted', 'North', and 'Republican' is a characteristically Cherokee joke, since the Cherokees fought for the Confederacy and were all Democrats for many years afterward." --Ruth Bradley Holmes and Betty Sharp Smith, Beginning Cherokee (1976)

Memorial for Those Lost.

#cherokee

[bobauthorman]

Hey, look. It’s Numbuh 2′s dad.

#Codename: Kids Next Door #Codename kids next door #Numbuh 2 #numbuh two #Hoagie Gilligan Jr #Hoagarth Gilligan sr #Tommy Gilligan #Betty Gilligan #comic book #cartoon network

[tabloidtoc]

Closer, January 13

Cover: The Clint Eastwood only we know -- his kids tell all 

Page 1: Contents 

Page 2: The Big Picture -- Jack Nicholson at his hand-print ceremony in 1974 

Page 4: Turner Classic Movies celebrated 1939 -- Hollywood’s greatest year -- with an auction 

Page 5: Danny Aiello’s family members bid farewell, Judy Garland’s ex-lover John Meyer shares secrets 

Page 6: Hellos & Goodbyes 

Page 8: Picture Perfect -- Melissa McCarthy and Allison Janney on The Late Late Show 

Page 10: Ken Jeong and Jenny Slate and Kristen Schaal and the San Diego Zoo’s Rick Schwartz and a python, Marlo Thomas at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Laura Dern at the Museum of the Moving Image 

Page 12: Mariah Carey and twins Moroccan and Monroe 

Page 13: Debbie Matenopoulos on Home & Family, Keri Russell and Billy Dee Williams on Jimmy Kimmel LIve After Darth: A Star Wars Special 

Page 14: Norman Lear and Marisa Tomei at Live in Front of a Studio Audience, Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Tamron Hall on her talk show, Jane Seymour at the American Ballet Theatre with twin sons John and Kristopher Keach 

Page 16: Betty White still great at 98

Page 18: Cover Story -- Clint Eastwood’s children open up about his hands-off parenting style and the lessons he’s taught them

Page 22: Star’s secrets for a healthy new year -- Susan Lucci 

Page 27: Spot the Difference -- Sheaun McKinney and Tichina Arnold and Marcel Spears on The Neighborhood 

Page 29: Horoscopes -- Capricorn Kirstie Alley 

Page 30: Entertainment -- Peter Gallagher on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Ricky Gervais on the Golden Globes, In the Spotlight -- Claes Bang 

Page 32: Movies -- Tim Roth on The Song of Names

Page 33: Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town on Nightfall 

Page 34: Television 

Page 36: Great Escape -- Julia Duffy on Vienna 

Page 40: 5 Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet, Diane Keaton

Page 42: Whatever Happened to the Cast from Knots Landing -- Joan Van Ark, Ted Shackelford, Donna Mills, William Devane, Michele Lee, Kevin Dobson 

Page 43: It Happened This Week 

Page 44: Alan Cumming opens up about the road to success, his marriage and the value of fun 

Page 48: Tina Louise on friendly fans, keeping busy and her faith-based film 

Page 50: John Schneider helped his new wife beat cancer by getting involved in the treatment process 

Page 52: Glenn Close puts some of her most prized possessions on sale to the public and fans snap them up 

Page 54: The Style of Jennifer Garner 

Page 56: Beauty -- Haute Headbands -- Gabrielle Union 

Page 58: Elvis Presley -- His Life in 10 Pictures 

Page 60: Flashback 

#tabloid #tabloid toc #Clint Eastwood #betty white #tina louise #gilligan's island #elvis #elvis presley #susan lucci #pilates

[popcultpodcasters-blog]

(Reaction) El Camino (2019) Breaking Bad D23 Announcement Trailer

#el camino #breaking bad #sequel #vince gilligan #aaron paul #charles baker #bob odenkirk #saul goodman #walter white #amc #jesse pinkman #popcult podcast #dragan #betty #reaction #review #reacts #reactors #youtube #trailer #teaser #announcment

[brandnulife]

Celebrities Who Had Covid-19

Aaron Tevit

Adam Sclesinger

Allen West

Alyssa Milano

Andre Dickens

Andrea Bocelli

Andy Cohen

Anna Camp

Antonio Banderas

Arie Luyendyk Jr.

Arielle Charnas

Ashanti

Balthazar Getty

Barron Trump

Begona Gomez

Ben Carson

Bill and Giuliana Rancic

Boris Johnson

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Bryan Cranston

Cam Newton

Carlin Bates (Bringing Up Bates)

Carol Sutton - deceased

Carrie Ann Inaba

Cedric Ceballos

Charley Pride - deceased

Charlotte Lawrence

Chloe Bennet (Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD)

Chris Christie

Chris Masters (The Masterpiece)

Christian Wood

Christopher Cross

Colton Underwood

Cory Booker

Craig Adams (Beyonce’s former personal trainer) - deceased

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cyril Ramaphosa

D.L. Hughley

Daniele Rugani

Danny Boaz (The Young & the Restless)

Dawn Wells (Gilligan’s Island) - deceased

Dave Chappelle

David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris

Debi Mazar

Donald and Melania Trump

Donovan Mitchell

Dustin Johnson

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Ellen DeGeneres

Elizabeth Warren

Emmanuel Macron

Erica Watson - deceased

Erykah Badu

Fabio Wajngarten

Floyd Cardoz

Francis Suarez

Franck Riester

Frank Fox (Real World: San Diego)

Garrett Temple

George Stephanopoulos

Greg Rikaart

Harvey Weinstein

Herman Cain - deceased

Hope Hicks

Hugh Grant

Idris Elba

J Balvin

Jack Nicklaus

Janet Broderick

Jason Collins

Jason Crow

Jenee Fleenor

Jennifer Aydin (Real Housewives of New Jersey)

Jeremih

Jesse and Jacqueline Jackson

Jillian Michaels (The Biggest Loser)

Jim Parson and Todd Spiewak

Jimmie Johnson

Jim, RM and Suga of BTS

Joe Ellis

John Benjamin Hickey

John Mayer

John Taylor of Duran Duran

JoJo Siwa

Juan Williams

Kalie Shorr

Kanye West

Karl von Habsburg

Kaylee Hartung

Keisha Lance Bottoms

Keith McNally

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds

Kevin Connolly

Keyontae Johnson

Khloe Kardashian

Kimberly Guilfoyle

Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones)

Larry Hogan

Larsa Pippen (Real Housewives of Miami)

Laura Bell Bundy

Lee Brice

Lena Dunham

Lesley Stahl

Lou Gossett, Jr.

Marcus Smart

Marianne Faithfull

Masoumeh Edtekar

Meat Loaf - deceased

Meghan King

Mel Gibson

Melissa Joan Hart

Mike Lee

Mikel Arteta

Nadine Dorries

Natalie Horler, lead singer of Cascada

Nga Nguyen

Nick Cordero - deceased

Nicki Minaj

Novak Djokovic

Olga Kurylenko

Oscar De La Hoya

Patrick McEnroe

Pere Aragones

Peter Thomas (Real Housewives of Atlanta)

Pink

Placido Domingo

Prince Albert II

Prince William

Quim Torra

Rachel Matthews

Rand Paul

Ray Benson

Richard Schiff and Shelia Kelley

Robert Pattinson 

Roy Horn - deceased

Rudy Giuliani  

Russell Westbrook

Sadie Robertson (Duck Dynasty)

Sam Asghari

Sean Payton

Sekou Smith - deceased

Sergio Garcia

Seth Curry

Sevyn Streeter

Shanna Moakler (Hollywood Exes)

Shannon Beador (Real Housewives of Orange County)

Shemar Moore

Sheree Whitfield (Real Housewives of Atlanta)

Slim Thug

Sincere Show

Sophie Trudeau

Stephen Amell

Steve Doocy

Sturgill Simpson

Tiffany Haddish

Thomas Doherty

Todd Chrisley

Tom Dempsey

Tommy “Tiny” Lester Jr. - deceased

Tony Shalhoub

Trey Songz

Tyler Hubbard

Usain Bolt

Vachik Mangassarian - deceased

Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty)

Vivica A. Fox 

Von Miller

Wendy Williams

Whitney and Zach Bates (Bringing Up Bates)

Wiz Khalifa

Zoey Duetch (The Politician)

#covid19 #coronavirus

[drilovskyclan]

Also so

Alan Fulbright obviously is CEO of the Fulbright Corporation.

Genki Sanban is Head of Accounting and later Vice President of the company.

Sydney Beatles is Co Head of Tech Support and later Head Of New Technologies.

Betty Gilligan is Sub Accounts Manager and later Head of Accounting.

Ophelia Asello is the caterer for all company and private Fulbright functions.

Gary Moriarty is CEO of Moriarty Technologies.

Kouyu Jinyoug is Head of Technical Support.

Monty Uno was Head Of Mechanical Systems until he quit to open his own auto shop.

Josephine Lincoln is Secretary Of Public Relations and later Head of Public Relations.

And Benedict Wigglestein is CEO of Evil Adult Industries.

Alisa Jenkins is Head Of Finances later on when the Fulbright's and Moriarty's take over she becomes Betty's Co Head.

Floyd Jenkins is Head Of Security but he later quits to be a detective.

And Michael Parkers is CEO of Parkers Hotels.

Antonio and Lupe Hernandez are both housekeepers for the first hotel the Parkers family opens in Cleveland.

I'm sure this list will grow lol as I decide what people's jobs are.

#codename kids next door #knd

[papermoonloveslucy]

MARILYN MONROE

June 1, 1926 - August 4, 1962

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) was an actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's changing attitudes towards sexuality. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade, but her films grossed $200 million by the time of her death in 1962. More than half a century later, she continues to be a major popular culture icon.

"When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. I didn't like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. When I heard that this was acting, I said that's what I want to be. Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it.” ~ Marilyn Monroe,1962

Lucille Ball never worked with Marilyn Monroe, but meet her in 1953 at Ciro’s Nightclub on Sunset Strip, along with Betty Grable, and Red Skelton. Monroe’s immense popularity permeated Ball’s work none-the-less. 

At the start of “Changing the Boys’ Wardrobe” (ILL S3;E10) the gang is heading to the movies to see “That picture we’ve been trying to get to for weeks with Marilyn Monroe.” The movie is likely Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which premiered in New York City in July 1953. On November 5, 1953, the same day the episode was filmed, Monroe’s new film How to Marry a Millionaire was released in the US. 

The November 1953 cover of TV and Movie Screen Magazine saw Lucy (in “The Camping Trip”) and Marilyn wearing the dress she wore on the May 1953 cover of Life Magazine promoting Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 

Also on November 5, 1953, the town of Monroe, New York (60 miles from New York City) was temporarily renamed Marilyn Monroe.

The film later inspired much of the plot of “Second Honeymoon” (S5;E14), Lucy’s failed attempt to make their transatlantic crossing to Europe more than just a working vacation.    

Monroe’s dinner companion turns out to be a seven year-old boy, just like Lucy’s ping pong partner turns out to be young Kenneth Hamilton (Harvey Grant). 

Lucy gets stuck in a porthole just as Monroe did, also draping a blanket around her shoulders so passersby wouldn’t know what was really going on.

The idea for the burlap potato sack dresses in “Lucy Wants A Paris Gown” (ILL S5;E20) comes from Monroe’s real life. 

In 1951 Marilyn Monroe took a series of high fashion photographs wearing a potato sack as a response to a journalist who said that she might look sexier in a burlap sack than her usual fashion choices. 

Lucy first wore burlap at the end of “Mr. and Mrs. TV Show” (ILL S4;E24) as her scary version of a Phipps make-over.

In “Ricky’s Movie Offer” (ILL S4;E5) Lucy and Ethel argue about who looks more like Marilyn Monroe. 

While Lucy has the facial features, Ethel has the blonde hair. 

Fred (hilariously) settles the argument!  

In “Ricky’s Screen Test” (ILL S4;E7) a long list of Hollywood names are dropped in anticipation of hobnobbing with celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe. 

In “Lucy and Harpo Marx” (ILL S4;E28) Lucy wonders if Ethel might pass for Monroe to a near-sighted Carolyn Appleby. After Ethel tries to walk like Marilyn Monroe, Lucy decides that “nobody is that near-sighted!” Fred says that he looks more like Marilyn than either of them! 

In “Lucy and Superman” (ILL S6;E13), the Appleby’s come over for a social evening that Ethel calls “the bore war” because the couples only talk about their children. As the scene opens, Caroline is in mid-sentence talking about a Marilyn Monroe film.

CAROLINE: “...and he picked up Marilyn Monroe, slung her over his shoulder and carried her off!”

Although the title is never mentioned, the film they are discussing is Bus Stop, starring Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray. It was released in August 1956, two and a half months before this episode was filmed.

When “Lucy Does the Tango” (ILL S6;E20), she stuffs eggs down her blouse and Ethel stashes a some in her back pockets. Lucy tells her, “Whatever you do don’t try to walk like Marilyn Monroe,” but the ‘yolk’ is on Ethel when Fred suddenly enters through the kitchen door! 

In “Lucy the Gun Moll” (TLS S4;E25), Lucy plays Lucy Carmichael and Rusty Martin. The name Rusty Martin was probably derived from Lucy’s hair color and the surname of Mary Martin, who introduced the song “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” (music and lyrics by Cole Porter) in the 1938 Broadway musical Leave It to Me. Marilyn Monroe sang it in the 1960 film Let’s Make Love.  In that same film, Harry Cheshire, who played Sam Johnson in “Oil Wells” (ILL S3;E18), played Monroe’s father. Jerry Hausner (Jerry, Ricky’s Agent) and Joan Banks (Reporter Eleanor Harris in “Fan Magazine Interview”) played uncredited supporting roles. 

Lucy and Marilyn shared a leading man in handsome Keith Andes. Andes was Lucy’s male lead in Wildcat on Broadway, and later played was featured on three episodes of “The Lucy Show.”  

In 1952, he played opposite Marilyn in Clash By Night, an RKO picture. 

In “Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio” (1952), the June 3, 1952 of Look Magazine actually had Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe on the cover!  Monroe was promoting Clash by Night, and Desi had written a feature on his wife for the magazine. So Marilyn actually did appear on “I Love Lucy” - if only in a still photo. 

Some Like It Hot (1959) is arguably one of Marilyn Monroe’s most popular films. What does it have in common with Lucille Ball? In 1958, both Lucy and Monroe were depicted at San Diego’s famous Del Coronado Hotel. It is the hotel that the Ricardo’s and Mertzes stay at in “Lucy Goes to Mexico” (LDCH S2;E1) as well as the backdrop for much of the film. Although Desilu filmed establishing footage of the hotel, the cast stayed in Hollywood, while Monroe went on location (as seen above). In “Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere” (TLS S4;E20), Mr. Mooney says he wouldn’t buy a second hand nightie if it had been worn by Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot.

The Irving Berlin song “There’s No Business Like Show Business” was sung on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show.”  Although it was originally from the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun (1946), it also served as the title and was performed (by Merman) in the Marilyn Monroe film There’s No Business Like Show Business in 1955. 

In 1952, Marilyn co-starred by Richard Widmark (”The Tour” ILL S4;E30) in the film noir drama Don’t Bother To Knock. The film also featured “Lucy” players Lurene Tuttle (Fine Arts League President), Verna Felton (Mrs. Porter), Gloria Blondell (Grace Foster), as well as Harry Bartell, Olan Soule, Robert Foulke, and Bess Flowers.

That same year, Monroe starred in We’re Not Married! opposite Lucy’s friend and former co-star Ginger Rogers, as well as Eve Arden (”Hollywood at Last!”), Paul Douglas (”Lucy Wants a Career”) and Eddie Bracken (Too Many Girls). 

One of Monroe’s most iconic moments came in March 1962 when she sang “Happy Birthday” as a birthday present to President John F. Kennedy in a public birthday celebration also attended by Lucy’s friends and co-stars Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Henry Fonda, Danny Kaye, Shirley MacLaine and Elliott Reid. A year later, Lucy Carmichael also gave Kennedy a present, a sugar cube replica of the White House on “The Lucy Show” with Elliott Reid doing Kennedy’s offstage voice as well as playing a small on-camera role! 

"I never quite understood it, this sex symbol. I always thought symbols were those things you clash together! That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something I'd rather have it sex than some other things they've got symbols of." ~ Marilyn Monroe, 1962

Monroe was married (and divorced) three times: 

James Dougherty, Merchant Marine & Policeman (1942-46) 

Joe DiMaggio, Baseball Player (1954-55)

Arthur Miller, Playwright (1956-61)

In “Lucy is Enceinte” (ILL S2;E10), Fred gives Lucy a signed baseball for his future 'godson’. When he asks Lucy to read out the signature, she at first says “Spalding,” the ball’s brand name, but then finds it is signed by Joe DiMaggio.

In “Ragtime Band” (ILL S6;E21), Little Ricky asks his Uncle Fred: 

LITTLE RICKY: “Who’s Joe 'Maggio?” FRED: “'Who’s Joe 'Maggio?’ You talk more like your father everyday.”

In “Sales Resistance” (ILL S2;E17), Lucy compares herself to Willy Loman, the title character in Death of a Salesman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Arthur Miller first produced on Broadway in 1949 and made into an Oscar-nominated film in 1951.  

Speaking of husbands, Desi Arnaz has something in common with Marilyn Monroe, too. Both of their souses were accused of being Communists by the House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s. Both Lucille and Arthur Miller were cleared of charges and their careers continued, although that was not true for many celebrities of the time. 

Monroe died on August 4, 1962. The toxicology report showed that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning. Empty medicine bottles were found next to her bed. The possibility that Monroe had accidentally overdosed was ruled out because the dosages found in her body were several times over the lethal limit.

The character of Ginger, the movie star castaway on “Gilligan’s Island” (1964-67) was described during casting as a combination of Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe. Tina Louise had Lucy’s red (ginger) hair and Monroe’s shapely physique. The series also featured Natalie Schafer (Phoebe Emerson) as Mrs. Howell, and Alan Hale Jr. as the Skipper. Hale performed on “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy”. Series creator Sherwood Schwartz was a Lucy fan. His brother Elroy Schwartz actually wrote scripts for Lucille Ball. 

In the 2013 web-series “Ryan & Ruby” both Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe are given special thanks for their inspiration. The last name of star and creator Ryan Burton's character is "Carmichael", the same as Ball's character on the "The Lucy Show". In Ryan’s kitchen there are fridge magnets with photos of both Lucy and Marilyn.  

Lucy and Marilyn are street characters at Universal Studios theme parks, their iconic hair and costumes making them instantly recognizable.

The same day Marilyn Monroe was born in 1926, another Hollywood icon with connections to Lucille Ball was also born, Andy Griffith.  To read his birthday blog, click here! 

#Marilyn Monroe #Lucille Ball #I Love Lucy #William Frawley #Desi Arnaz #vivian vanc #the lucy show #Ryan and Ruby #Gilligan's Island #Tina Louise #Arthur Miller #Joe DiMaggio #Keith Thibodeaux #Alan Hale Jr. #natalie schafer #John F. Kennedy #Paul Douglas #Eve Arden #Ginger Rogers #Verna Felton #Ethel Merman #Richard Widmark #There's No Business Like Show Business #Hotel Del Coronado #Don't Bother To Knock #Some Like It Hot #Look Magazine #Keith Andes #Clash By Night #The Seven Year Itch

[sohannabarberaesque]

Postcards from Snagglepuss: Taking leave of Catalina and her underwater charms

“Maybe I ought to bring Clementine along to Catalina sometime, Snag,” explained Huckleberry Hound over breakfast with the Catalina Diving Clowder the morning following our dive experience in the Casino Point Dive Park. “I could just imagine her feeling captivated at what it’s like underwater off this here pretty isle!”

“I couldn’t agree with you more,” said I over bites of omlette and hash browns.

“And we certainly wouldn’t!” chimed in “Bubbles,” leader of the Diving Clowder, as she was fixing breakfast and getting some dive-related discussion out of the way. “Besides, next time you get the opportunity, Huck, why not bring your darling Clementine along? We could teach her some diving technique as well.”

“That’s a mighty interesting offer of you all,” Huck added. “Much accepted ... and will keep that in mind when the opportunity presents itself!”

“Still,” saith I, “I should mention something rather interesting coming over the summer among us fellow Funtastics ... it turns out that Rex Beach, Minnesota, on the shores of Lake Betty, is going to be the Funtastics’ gravitas, rendezvous even, for the summer months!”

Which saw Jessamaine asking “What exactly explains this?”

Continues I: “The Rex Beach Casino, we will have you know, is welcoming both The Banana Splits and the Cattanooga Cats for a series of concerts over the summer months ... and as if that weren’t good enough a distraction for what seems like a declining lake resort among Minnesota’s Ten Thousand, Peter Potamus and his divers are going to offer ‘taster’ dives, you might say, in Lake Betty.”

To which Jayne remarked, “Let me guess: To sell overpriced SCUBA lessons.”

“Heavens to Jacques Cousteau!” exclaimed I. “Their actual mission is one of introducing people to the experience that is SCUBA diving ... and they do plan to offer lessons, but mostly to such as are from disadvantaged groups.” [A short pause for breath.] “Did I mention that Peter Potamus’ crew are as much certified SCUBA instructors, AmbassaDivers even, than documentary stars?”

“Thanks for the reminder,” Jayne noted.

“As a matter of fact,” added “Bubbles,” “we also happen to be AmbassaDivers ourselves!”

“Heavens to Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum! Doublemint, Juicy Fruit even! Now THAT has to be speaking volumes for spreading the word about the Underwater Glories of the Magic Isle, Catalina even!” (That allusion there was to the fact of William K. Wrigley, as in Wrigley’s Gum, having been a longtime owner of Santa Catalina Island, as in the Catalina Island Company, who in 1973 turned over its ownership interests to the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy--in particular much of the inland acreage of The Magic Isle, for the sake of natural preservation ... and did you know that Wrigley’s Gum was originally offered as an inducement to buy baking powder from door-to-door salesmen, only the gum proved more popular than the baking powder?) “No doubt sure to make you proud of yourselves among us fellow Funtastics!”

To which Jayne responded, “We already are. And by the way, is it true that Peter Potamus learned diving by way of utterly naked Polynesian natives?”

“Correct,” said I. “It was his late father, Perry Potamus, as encouraged him on during a journey to such islands of the Polynesian region as remain unmapped, uncharted even ... heavens to Gilligan!”

Huck couldn’t help but chuckle at the allusion, but before we took our leave, the Clowder presented us with one of their legendary “thank you” packages of a selection of their diving videos, plus some anecdote-laden books discussing their diving experiences and their dive-infused philosophy of life in such a diver’s paradiso as Catalina Island. I mentioned that we plan on sending them a letter or two from Rex Beach during our Convocation.

“Oh, and lest we forget,” added I. “You familiar with the ‘pop-up’ shortwave station of Honey and Sis? At any rate, do tune in for their worldcasts from Rex Beach, which may come when you least expect them! They are ALWAYS rather bemusing, entertaining even!”

And to a queen, all agreed. And we headed on our way back to the mainland via the Catalina Express.

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TASK 005:::….. Digging Deeper

QUOTE: “Pfft, ready for lunch..... I'm joking, I'm joking, sheesh.” 

BASIC

NAME: Hogarth Pennywhistle Gilligan Jr. NICKNAMES: Hoagie, Numbuh 2, King of The Skies, 2x4 Technology Officer  AGE: Twenty-Two GENDER: Male PRONOUNS: He/Him

FAMILY

PARENTS: Dad - Hogarth Gilligan Sr. & Mom - Betty Gilligan (With Lydia Gilligan as his grandmother) SIBLINGS: Thomas ‘Tommy’ Gilligan aka The Tommy is his younger brother

PHYSIAL ATTRIBUTES

FACE CLAIM: Charlie Rowe HEIGHT: 5′10″ HAIR COLOR: Brown EYE COLOR: Brown DOMINANT HAND: Ambidextrous but mainly uses his right PHYSICAL DISABILITIES: Use to be overweight, but otherwise, has none LEARNING DISABILITIES: None, is highly intelligent even though he doesn’t show it all the time ALLERGIES: Adults none DISORDERS: None FASHION: Button ups over t-shirts, dumb punny shirts, aviator goggles, often has on variations of blues, browns, jeans and overall is a casual guy NERVOUS TICS: Punning, excessive laughing/giggling, deflecting, and fiddling with whatever he has in hand or could grasp in hand

LIFESTYLE

HOME/APARTMENT/DORM/OTHER: Lives in a townhouse with his best friends: Nigel Uno (Numbuh 1), Kuki Sanban (Numbuh 3), Wallabee "Wally" Beetles (Numbuh 4), and Abigail "Abby" Lincoln (Numbuh 5) PLACE OF BIRTH: Pennsylvania METHOD OF TRAVEL: Piloting PHONE: iPhone LAPTOP/COMPUTER: MacBook Pro PETS: A hamster named Joaquin FURTHEST EDUCATION: Currently majoring in aviation and aerospace at Corona College

CAREER: Is an employee at Sugar Rush Arcade

RELIGION/BELIEFS: Jewish  DRUGS/ALCOHOL USE: Drinks here and there, and does takes drugs every once in a well especially whenever he is in the mood to be getting high

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Pan-romantic SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Pansexual AVAILABILITY: Single but is open and ready to mingle! and though is still very much emotionally tethered to Abigail Lincoln even if he denies it LANGUAGES: English, and Japanese (probably knows more but won’t let it be known until he feels like doing so or unless it’s needed)

PHOBIAS: Dogs (but not all of them), his grandmother’s cane, and Mushi (Kuki’s evil little sister) HOBBIES: Building/Inventing, designing blue prints, internet surfing, eating, flying and piloting, acting like a detective, and cracking out puns SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Tic Tok

FAVORITE

LOCATION: His Treehouse and Bueno Nacho  GAMES: Collecting cards, video games, and does trying to get people to laugh with his dumb puns count as a game? MUSIC: Country SHOWS: Cartoons, and prank shows MOVIES: Film Noirs, Westerns, and Comedies  FOOD: Chili Hot Dogs BEVERAGE: Mountain Dew COLOR: Air force blue

CHARACTER

MORAL ALIGNMENT: It’s a tie Neutral Good and Chaotic Good WESTERN ZODIAC: Aquarius  CHINESE ZODIAC: Tiger HOGWARTS HOUSE: Ravenclaw SONG: Airplanes by B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams

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[introvertguide]

All About Eve (1950) Adapted to Television

Without spoiling too much, All About Eve is a movie about an understudy that seems like a fan of the main character but is actually trying to take her place. This plot device has been used often in film since then (Black Swan comes to mind), but there have also been episodes of TV that are direct copies of the movie. Here are three well known examples that I have seen that clone the movie:

Gilligan’s Island, “All About Eva”: Another castaway named Eva shows up on the island that looks exactly like Ginger (the movie star) and this girl tries to take the place of Ginger. There is a little bit of a change up in that this girl is a twin of Ginger (played by the same actress, Tina Louise). This might fall more under the idea of “Man in the Iron Mask” in which a doppelganger takes over, but the title of the episode and the time in which the episode comes out screams a copy of the film.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show, “A New Sue Ann”: Sue Ann Nivens is a popular cooking show host (played by Betty White) and she hires an understudy that is a fan of the show. This understudy turns out to be very conniving and wants to take over Sue Ann’s show. This is a direct copy with a younger starlet trying to take over the position of an established star. If the concept of the film sounds good but you want a little more comedy and a shorter run time, this is a perfect  option. 

The Simpsons, “All About Lisa”: Lisa Simpson becomes an understudy for Krusty the Klown and tries to take over the show. This is another exact copy of the film and is even shorter and animated. You can get the plot in a variety of different media and it is still good. 

I have pointed out references to movies like The Godfather in past posts but this is the first movie that goes past references in pop culture and instead inspires direct copies. The film was an example of a watershed moment in film in which a veteran is pitted against a newcomer over the spotlight and the newcomer tries to take over through fake adoration and manipulation. lt is a whole lot of drama and absolutely fascinating, so give the original a watch and you can appreciate all the different homages all the more.  

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