Monday, 06/17/02

Namesake dept: four years ago Pamela Anderson started a post-Baywatch syndicated TV program called "VIP", in which she played an implausibly lucky private eye with implausibly large breasts, and my last name. It's not a common name, and I was afraid the program would eventually challenge Jeremy Irons in public consciousness. (At least three or four times a year I'm asked if I'm related to him, and people who forget my name usually guess Jeremy. It's a good gig.)

Fortunately, though "VIP" didn't have to good graces to tank, it was never successful enough that anyone felt compelled to reference it in my presence, and now, thanks to some sort of implosion in German media companies, it's finally going off the air.

Hurray! Now the only competition to Jeremy and myself (aside from my family, at any rate) is a ridiculous program called Witchblade that's still a big step up from Pamela. The villain is named Kenneth Irons, and he's an aloof, manipulative, power-crazed billionaire. He dresses well, gets most of the good dialogue, and kills people for reasons the show doesn't bother to explain. Everything's coming up Milhouse. 04:34PM «

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