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JOEY DOESN’T SHARE FOOD! Hahahaha! I love the TV show Friends. I watch it at least twice a day. It is so awesome. There isn’t a bad character on that show. Phoebe always makes me laugh with her songs, I love Chandler‘s sarcasm, Monica reminds me of myself, Rachel reminds me of who I wanted to be, and Ross is outright hilarious. What can I even say about Joey Tribbiani? “Grandma’s chicken salad.”

Matthew Steven LeBlanc was born on July 25, 1967 in Newton, Massachusetts. He graduated from high school in 1985 and started auditioning for acting gigs shortly after. He appeared in many commercials before landing his first TV series in 1988. TV 101 lasted only one season, but hey….it was a gig. He appeared in some music videos after that. He was in a Jon Bon Jovi (HOT!) video, an Alanis Morissette video, a Bob Seger video, and one for Tom Petty. He got another series with Top of the Heap which was a spin-off of Married with Children, but that only lasted seven episodes. He kept doing other crappy acting gigs until he hit it big with Friends in 1994. Yay Friends!

MATT/JOEY TRIVIA

• The writers of Friends didn’t originally intend for Joey to be dim, but LeBlanc put a different spin on things when he auditioned. I can’t imagine Joey not being dim. How boring would that be?
• “How you doin’?” was ranked number four in TV Guide’s list of TV’s 20 Top Catchphrases.
• LeBlanc was married to Missy McKnight from 2003-2006.
• Has a daughter with his ex-wife Missy.
• When he auditioned for the role of Friends, he only had $11 to his name.
• Had a crush on Rachel on the show and on Jennifer Aniston in real life.
• Was named one of the 50 most beautiful people in 2000 by People magazine.
• His role as Major Don West in Lost in Space was originally offered to Matthew Perry.
• Was a model before he started acting.
• Is the only cast member of Friends to not have hosted
  Saturday Night Live.

• Is a trained carpenter.
• Attended the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston for a second.
• Joseph Francis Tribbiani Jr. was his full name on Friends.
• On the set of Friends, he was known by LeBlanc by the cast and crew so as not to be confused with Matthew Perry.

Life has not been kind to LeBlanc since Friends ended in 2004. He starred in a spin-off of Friends called Joey. Duh. That lasted two years. I watched it and thought it was okay. It had the pot head guy from Road Trip in there. (That’s one of my favorite movies, BTW.) I don’t think LeBlanc has done any acting since that show. He also divorced his wife about the same time Joey was ending. Sad…..

I think Matt does have something coming up next year where he plays himself. I hope to see him back on the tube soon. He’s funny. In my spare time, I , uh, read to the blind. And I’m also a mento for kids.

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This is my review of Brady Bunch episode number 14. It was one of my favorite episodes as a kid. It’s about Marcia crying a lot. It’s also about her nominating her new step-dad for Father of the Year. She has to sneak around and climb out windows in the middle of the night to make this all work. She gets caught and gets grounded. She gets pissed off and cries a lot. She doesn’t get to go skiing with the family. Boo hoo. But as in true Brady style, everything works out in the end. This episode is called “Father of the Year” and originally aired on January 2, 1970. Enjoy.

The show opens with Mike on his way out the door to give a speech. Marcia runs up whining. “Daddy! I need help!” You can say that again, sister. Marcia needs help with math and I guess Carol is too stupid to help. Mike tells Marcia that he needs to be at a meeting. She gives him an ugly ass pouty face and Mike decides to stay. Yeah, right.

Marcia is cleaning up the newspapers in the family room when she notices an article about Father of the Year. Cut to Thindy waking up in bed late at night. She gets out of bed and wakes Jan to tell her that Marcia isn’t in bed. They decide to go looking for her. They sneak into the kitchen where they find Carol and Alice ironing. They suspiciously go over and get a drink of water. When Carol asks if the faucet upstairs isn’t working, Jan tells her the water downstairs tastes groovier. Thupid Thindy says “It’s wetter”. Smort.

Jan and Cindy continue their search for Marcia and finally locate her in Mike’s den. Cindy bursts in and says “We’re not thuppothed to play in here!” Marcia wasn’t playing. She was writing a sappy Father of the Year letter. Jan and Cindy try to get the letter Marcia is writing away from her (they think it’s a love letter to Felix Brown) and hilarity ensues. Mike walks into his office and slams the door. Uh oh. Bitch slappin’ time. Mike sends Jan and Cindy back to bed and starts asking Marcia questions. She told her dad she was in his office without permission because it was the only place she could find privacy. Uh….what about the bathroom? Marcia starts to walk out of the office all pouty when Mike reminds her of their slogan. “A wise man forgets his anger before he lies down to sleep.” Stupid. Mike then knocks over the bottle of white out Marcia was using and it goes all over the place. He’s an unhappy pappy.

Mike assigns a bunch of extra chores as punishment for Marcia. She doesn’t do any of them because she’s busy working on her letter for the contest. Mike gets tougher with her and grounds her for a week. Marcia doesn’t like that and crumples up her letter and throws it away. While lying awake at night, she has a change of heart. She gets out of bed and takes the crumpled letter out of the trash and continues writing. She finishes the letter and then reads the newspaper article again. It turns out the letter has to be mailed now! Oh my gosh! Marcia climbs out the window and I guess goes to a mailbox. I don’t get that. It’s not going to get postmarked that day. The mail would have already been picked up. Maybe she went down to the Chronicle building. Whatever.

Mike and Carol are headed to bed and decide to check in on the kids. They discover Marcia is missing. She could have been going poop. Oh wait, there was no toilet. They wake Jan and ask if she knows where Marcia is. Marcia then pops her head in the window and says, “Here I am, Mommy.” Mike really punishes her this time. The whole family is going skiing over the weekend and Marcia doesn’t get to go. So there!

Cut to a bunch of suits at the Daily Chronicle trying to decide which letter to pick for Father of the Year. They’ve narrowed it down to three people. How come Marcia’s letter isn’t all crumpled up when they show it? It’s nicely folded in thirds. She crumpled it all up before sending it. Mmm…….

Marcia sadly watches from her bedroom window as the kids teach Alice how to ski for the upcoming ski trip. Marcia looks like a sad puppy dog. The kids are having fun because Alice is such a goof. Marcia starts crying. I think she may be the ugliest person crying ever. I don’t think she’s an ugly person, but her cry face is bad.

Jan and Cindy try to cheer Marcia up. Jan tells Cindy ahead of time not to mention the ski trip. The first thing Thindy says (in her super short dress) is “Too bad you’re not going skiing”. Marcia runs into the bathroom to cry (or poop). Jan says to Cindy “Do you know who’s got the biggest mouth in the whole wide world next to you? Nobody!” Way to tell her off!

The crew from the local television station (KTRY) arrives at the Brady home. The only info they’ve given Carol is that Mr. Brady has won an award. Hamilton Samuels from the Daily Chronicle presents Mike with his Father of the Year plaque. When it’s revealed that Marcia is the one who entered the contest, Mike starts to realize that all the acting out she did was for this. I still get goosebumps when that happens. Robert Reed looks gorgeous in this episode. Father and daughter hug. Mike declares that Marcia is now his favorite child. The end.

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When this boy meets world, boy meets world
Wandering down this road, that we call life
Is what we’re doin’
It’s good to know I have friends that will always
Stand by me
When this boy meets world.

I loved TGIF back in the 90′s. It was a great time. Although I probably should have been out partying and dating like most people my age, I preferred to plop my butt in front of the TV. Some of the shows on the Friday night line up were Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters (I love Jaleel White!), Step by Step, Mr. Belvedere, and Just the Ten of Us. This blog is about Boy Meets World, another TGIF show.

Boy Meets World centered around Cory Matthews (played by Ben Savage) and his buddy Shawn Hunter (played by Rider Strong). Both boys became teen idols in the mid 90′s. Many color pinups and posters could be found of them in Teen Beat, Tiger Beat, Bop, and other teen magazines. Even though Ben Savage played the main character on the show, I think Rider Strong was more popular as a teen idol.

Boy Meets World ran from 1993 to 2000 on ABC and had many great characters during those years. Cory’s brother Eric was played by Will Friedle who was friggin’ hilarious. I think he was my favorite character on the show. Now in his mid 30′s, I fear he’s balding and overweight. I haven’t seen him. It’s just a suspicion.

Cory’s girlfriend Topanga Lawrence was played by Danielle Fishel. She looked like a weeble wobble. Her boobs always seemed huge and pushed up in her face. She dated ‘N Sync member, Lance Bass. Confused.

Shawn’s half brother, Jack Hunter, showed up in the fifth season. Jack was played by hunky Matthew Lawrence, another teen idol. Matt is the younger brother of Joey Lawrence. Lots of hotness in that family. I thought Matt did a great job, especially when paired with Will Friedle.

Some of the guest stars over the years were:

• Larisa Oleynik
• Jason Marsden
• Will Estes
• Sam Horrigan
• Micky Dolenz
• Josh Keaton
• Brittany Murphy
• Peter Tork
• John O’Hurley
• Jonathan Jackson

I don’t see Boy Meets World anymore when I’m channel surfing. I know that Disney owns the rights and that they edited the show to make it kid Disney friendly. I can’t believe they had to edit Boy Meets World. Whatever.

The first three seasons were released on DVD but due to dismal sales, the remaining seasons were not released. The first three seasons are also out of print now. Go sell them on eBay if you own them and make some money! There are rumors that those seasons are going to be re-released in a few months. Maybe I’ll buy them.

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Oh, hello there. Welcome to my Brady world. Please come in and make yourself comfortable and enjoy my review of Brady Bunch episode number 13. This was originally aired on December 26, 1969 and is called “Is There a Doctor in the House”. This is about where all the little Brady rats get measles and Mike and Carol can’t decide whether to use Mike’s “boy” doctor or Carol’s “girl” doctor.

The show opens with Carol cleaning in a very short skirt. Why is she cleaning? What do they pay Alice for? Peter walks through the door all happy to be home from school. He has the measles and a temperature. Carol calls her doctor (Dr. Porter) and asks her to stop by the house. Really? They did that back then? That’s cool. I want my doctor to come over and do my pap smear here at the house. Way cool.

Jan is the next one to show up with pretty dots all over her body. She and Peter become naggy little rats who constantly pester Alice.

Dr. Porter shows up and heads upstairs to Peter’s room. Marion Ross portrays Dr. Porter. Everyone in the world (unless you’ve been living under a rock) knows that she was Mrs. Cunningham on Happy Days. Anyway, Peter gets all freaked out because Dr. Porter is a woman.

While Carol is in Peter’s room telling him he’s dumb for not wanting a girl doctor, Jan starts screaming for her mom. Blind Carol walks into Jan’s room and right past Dr. Cameron, who she apparently doesn’t see as she almost runs into him. Carol doesn’t know Dr. Cameron since he’s Mike and the boys’ doctor, so she starts freaking out. Herbert Anderson portrays Dr. Cameron. Herbert is one of those actors you see everywhere. He was on The Waltons, Nanny & the Professor, Family Affair, and many others. I know him as the father on Dennis the Menace. Anyway, Carol gets embarrassed when she realizes who Dr. Cameron is.

While Mike and Carol are downstairs discussing which doctor is best, Greg, Marcia, Bobby, and Cindy all come home with the measles as well. Six little rats with dots. Awesome.

While Mike and Carol are talking (fighting) about which doctor to use, they show Mike fixing a drink. I think this is the only time alcohol was shown in the Brady house. Alice later in this episode talks about how Mike had to have one hot buttered rum after another when he was sick the previous year. Alchie bum.

Cut to the girls bedroom where Greg, Marcia, Peter, and Jan are playing monopoly. They’re getting along fine until they start talking about which doctor to use. Greg says “Women are supposed to be nurses. Men are supposed to be doctors.” Well aren’t you the sexist little pig.

The kids all have a different noise maker to get their parents attention while they’re sick in bed. They take advantage of their noise makers quite often. I would have shot them.

Mike and Carol bring lunches upstairs to the kids. Greg doesn’t like his meal and wants bologna. Mike says his meal is a feast fit for a king. Greg says “Then give it to the king and get me some bologna”. What a brat.

Cindy says my favorite stupid Thindy line ever. “How come I always get peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?” Carol says it’s because she loves them. Thindy says “Oh yeah, I keep forgetting.” Smort.

All of the kids get a different meal and none seem to be happy. Jan wants gravy. Peter and Bobby want mustard. Peter doesn’t like his broccoli. Just shut up and eat and think about all the starving children in the world.

There’s a scene in the kitchen where Carol and Alice are trying to figure out which kid has had which disease. Mike walks in and says a line about nobody having had their shot for distemper (that was Tiger’s medical history), but the line is overdubbed. Does anyone know what he really said? It looks like he may have said rabies. Why would that be overdubbed?

In the end, Mike and Carol decide to go with both doctors. Everyone is happy except for Alice who comes down with the measles at the end of the show. Oops.

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Welcome to my review of The Partridge Family episode #9. This episode is about Danny thinking he’s funny when he’s not. Hey, kind of like real life for Bonaduce. Kidding! This episode is entitled “Did You Hear the One about Danny Partridge” and originally aired on November 20, 1970.

The show opens up with the band in concert. I love their blue outfits! What is Laurie doing with her right hand? She fake plays almost as bad as Chris and Tracy. Is she aware the chord needs to change in her left hand? The band is singing Somebody Wants To Love You which was the B side to the I Think I Love You 45 rpm. I Think I Love You, coincidentally, hit number 1 on the Billboard charts the week this episode aired.

Danny gets tangled up in his cords during the closing song and freaks out. Never panic on stage, Danny! When trying to get his foot out of the tangle, I guess he unplugged his amp. When Shirley announces her family to the audience, Danny is missing. He’s in back of the amp trying to plug stuff in which really makes no sense since the concert is over. Danny comes out from behind the amp after Shirley announces the band and says “I can’t find my thing”. FYI, I think Bonaduce may still be looking for his thing. Anyway, everyone laughs at lame Danny Partridge. He gets embarrassed and hides out in the bathroom. He throws a lovely pity party while in there. Reuben is able to talk Danny out of the bathroom by telling him how hilarious he is and how he wants to add the comedy bit to the show.

Danny then goes to see Ziggy Shnurr (Morey Amsterdam) to buy jokes. He brings his lunchbox full of pennies (his life savings of $21.47) to buy jokes. Ziggy is a loser and sells Danny lame and stupid jokes.

At the show the next night, Danny tells his dumb jokes. The audience laughs, but they’re laughing at his lameness. Shirley has to bitch slap him to get him off stage. Even then, he keeps coming back. That in itself is funny and the audience laughs. Danny thinks he’s a success.

After the show, they cut to a scene of the family driving in the bus. Reuben and Shirley are talking while Reuben is driving the bus. I think that’s rare. He seemed to arrive at the venues on his own most of the time. I wonder why Reuben and Shirley never hooked up. They’re kind of cute together.

When Danny skips band practice the next day to rehearse his jokes, Shirley and Reuben concoct a plan to have a pro listen to Danny’s routine. Danny goes to see Max Pepper (Jackie Coogan) who tells him he sucks ass. Danny realizes he sucks and thanks his mom for not being a bitch to him. He was happy to figure stuff out on his own and learn his own lesson instead of being protected by the Shaun Cassidy look-a-like.

The tag is Danny and Shirley going to see Ziggy to take advantage of his money back guarantee. Ziggy tries to sell him other stuff and they end up walking out before they get their money back. The end.

This wasn’t one of my favorite episodes but I am impressed with the work that 10 year old Danny Bonaduce did. He had tons of dialogue and was spot on. The writers and producers must have realized early on that Bonaduce had great comedic chops. He owned many of the episodes. David Cassidy wasn’t a big part of this episode at all. I wonder how that made him feel. Oh well.

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