Is Everybody My Age or What?

I am kinda bummed today. A very funny person died and so did Mickey Rooney. John Pinette passed away. I have/had tickets to see him September 20th at Zanies in Rosemont. I sent him a message to see if we could get him on Dirty Laundry Podcast (kinda the same way we got to meet Emo Phillips and get him to do some drop-ins). I had not heard back from him - a simple "NO" would have been sufficient. This has got to be the most original way to get out of being on our show we have had so far. I know that is in poor taste but I bet he would have laughed. He was on the very last episode of Seinfeld; he was the guy who got mugged and the reason they all went to jail (Good Samaritan Law) - very old spoiler alert. Here's a link if you need your mind jiggled. He was just a year older than I am now. I am sad to see him go.

I mentioned Mickey Rooney - he also died. I think he was an a-hole. It is still sad to see him go (actually he is one of those ones that I thought was already dead). We used to watch those Andy Hardy films all the time and he was in Boys Town, of course. He was also the voice of Santa Claus in Santa Claus is Coming to Town that they show on television every Christmas. He played the Asian man (Mr. Yunioashi) in Breakfast at Tiffany's too (that wasn't too racist).Weird that he and Shirley Temple Black died so close apart since they were both very big child stars.

Pretty sure we were separated at birth

Rob Lowe is saying that there is an "unbelievable bias" against good-looking people like him. Are you kidding me? I hope Cha Cha doesn't hear about this one because I want to spring this one on her on the show. Rob Lowe is also my age - what the Hell is going on with everybody being the same age as me all of a sudden?(don't you hate when people say "all of the sudden?" - I hear that all the time) Guess what Rob - there has been an unbelievable bias against ugly people like me for forever. He says that people don't think that good-looking people can be in pain or be funny or have rough lives or be deep or interesting. Sounds like someone didn't get a role or two he wanted and has to blame it on something other than someone was better qualified for the part. I have always liked Rob Lowe. I would not say he is a very good actor but he is good-looking so he got a lot of roles that he and I were both up for over the years.

Who else my age is in the news right now? Incidentally, Mickey Rooney was a couple of years older than the rest if us in today's blog.

I am gonna hit the hay. I am really sleepy and I have to work in a few hours. Have a great night. Thanks a lot for listening to the podcast and for reading the blog. Two more days until Cha Cha and I head to Chi-Town for her surprise in the windy city. I think we may stop at Cooper's Hawk for dinner too. I still have those two tickets if you are looking for something different to do Thursday night. My email is matthelser1@gmail.com if you are interested (or at least want to know the detail). TTTT...MITM (out)