There Must Be at Least One Person on Earth You Don’t Want to Thank
It was the Golden Globes, says Adam Blackman, “that put me over the edge. All those speeches--everyone’s a genius, everyone’s so beautiful, everyone loves everyone. It was so tiring.” So Blackman, co-owner of a La Cienega furniture and accessories store, put up an “I Want to Thank ... “ window display mocking Hollywood awards shows.
One panel, “I Want to Thank My Agent,” consists of a painting of a human skull and two bags of money.
Another, “I Want to Thank the Casting Director,” includes a chaise lounge and two champagne glasses. Then there’s “I Want to Thank My Plastic Surgeon,” which incorporates a series of mirrors.
Blackman says the display has prompted no angry speeches from Hollywood types. Quite the contrary. One man who noticed the “Casting Director” display walked into the shop “and wanted to give us his 8-by-10 photo. He thought we were a casting agency.”
By the way, the “I Want to Thank ... “ display at Blackman Cruz will continue through Sunday’s Oscars show.
Speaking of parodies: Actor Phil Proctor’s cyber column published its “Granny Awards,” honoring artists with songs for the over-55 crowd (such as your columnist):
* Nancy Sinatra, “These Boots Give Me Arthritis”
* Carly Simon, “You’re So Varicose Vein”
* The Bee Gees, “How Can You Mend a Broken Hip”
* Roberta Flack, “The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face”
* Rick Dees, “Disco Deaf”
* Paul Simon, “50 Ways to Lose Your Liver”
* The Temptations, “Papa Got a Kidney Stone”
* Leo Sayer, “You Make Me Feel Like Napping”
Guess there are no sleeping quarters: Donna Marx of Covina came across a whale-watching excursion that takes place in a whale of a small craft (see accompanying).
Sneaky, sneaky Hollywood: During the debate over whether Tinseltown should secede from L.A., did the community just up and leave by itself? That’s the indication from a shuttle ad noticed by David Boone of L.A. (see accompanying).
Sacre bleu! The Wall Street Journal reported that a satirical puppet show on French TV recently poked fun at the Americanization of Jean-Marie Messier, the chairman of Vivendi Universal SA. Messier was depicted talking about how homesick he’s become since moving from Paris to New York. “Yeah,” the Messier puppet says, “New York can get you down sometimes. I want to go back home--to Los Angeles.”
Poor ol’ L.A.--always good for a laugh.
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miscelLAny: If only L.A. traffic were as light as in Frank Romero’s 2001 work, “Citiscape,” part of the “Los Angeles Portraits” exhibition through April 7 at Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro.
