One of our current guilty pleasures is So NoTORIous, VH1’s new half-hour show lampooning the day-to-day life of Tori Spelling, starring… Tori Spelling. It sounds like it shouldn’t work, but it does. It’s clever, and Tori’s a good sport. The show makes fun of her reputation as a spoiled scion of a rich family and her attempt to cash in on her past fame despite a lack of any real talent. There are occasional references to 90210, her Donna Martin character, and Shannon Doherty (who’s usually implied to be Tori’s arch-nemesis).
On the show, Tori lives in an apartment in Los Angeles that’s owned by her wacky rich bitch of a neglectful mother, played by icky-lipped Loni Anderson. We never see Aaron Spelling, but whenever Tori visits the family mansion, we hear the Dynasty or Charlie’s Angels theme. We see plenty of flashbacks to Tori’s childhood, when she was perenially (but comically) screwed over by her unloving mom.
The whole point of this post, though, is to mention my favorite character on the show: Tori’s gay Iranian best friend, Sasan, played by the yummy Zachary Quinto. Not only is he good-looking, but I love his character and his line readings.
But he’s not the reason I watch the show, honest…
And don’t forget that when Tori talks to her daddy at the house, he’s always there only through the speakerphone, a la Charlie’s Angels.
How much work has Loni Anderson had done, anyway? She looks positively melted.
I just saw this last night at a friend’s house — it was pretty hilarious. Sasan is hot, but I’m surprised the budget for this show is so stretched that they can’t afford to get him two eyebrows.
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No need to leave anonymous comments, Keith.
There’s a difference, Keith. You know who I am, whereas (1) I had to do some detective work to find out that you’re the one who’s been leaving particular anonymous comments on my blog (IP addresses come in handy, especially when checked against past comments from you that were not anonymous), and (2) your anonymous comments were snarky/insulting.
I know that in the past you’ve left rather biting comments on Mike’s blog, even after he’s told you not to. But you always seemed like a nice guy to me, so I didn’t expect the same behavior from you. I always thought we’d got along well enough. To be honest, I’m surprised.