Does Anybody Remember Laughter?

December seemed like a Nick at Night explosion, as classic sitcom stars decked the halls of NYC to promote their latest projects. 

Kirstie Alley was in town to promote her latest comeback attempt, Kirstie, and she looks good, and by good I mean rested and her hair is not a mess.  She's stuffed into that dress like a well packed sausage and is probably wearing a factory's worth of Spanx, but she's 60 years old and could easily pass for late 40's, so good for her!  If only she'd lose the trademark sneer and Renee Zellweger eyes and smile for a change.

Co-star Michael Richards has lots to smile about, getting his first steady work since a 2006 racist tirade obliterated his career, forcing him to live in comfortable shame off his Seinfeld royalties.

Add in Rhea Perlman

 

and you'd think this show is a comedy homerun, right?  Yeah, not so much.  In fact, it sucks worse than Lindsay Lohan on the casting couch after an all-nighter.

I must say, I squealed a little when I saw Rhea at the Today show with her husband Danny DeVito (I KNOW!), promoting the blue ray release of their 17 year old film Matilda because the world has been clamoring for THAT!  Who didn't put a black lace veil over their face, light a candle and say a prayer to St. Joseph when these two announced their separation a few years back?  Well true love is back from near death, and I can sleep a little easier tonight knowing two people so clearly made for each other are together again.  Plus, ever since my friend Bruce and I saw a midget pushing a broom in Dupont Circle, little people make me squeal.  It's a sickness, I know.

Taking a dramatic turn, John Goodman was in town to promote his new film Inside Llewyn Davis, with stops at The Today Show and The Howard Stern Show, where he spoke honestly about battling alcoholism, losing 100 pounds, his years on Roseanne and hosting Saturday Night Live.  I never really paid attention to him after Roseanne, but this interview made me a fan.

I used to see Sarah Silverman all the time in LA, back when she was mostly known for being Jimmy Kimmel's girlfriend and would sneak out the backstage door after his show, walking down the alley mostly unnoticed while fans waited for Paris Hilton or Jewel or the latest Dancing With The Stars castoff, and I should have taken a photo of her then so I wouldn't have to catch her leaving Sirius all these years later now that she's a big star herself, and I could have already posted that photo on facebook and only have to reference it now and say "Yeah, yeah, I got a picture of her way back when" instead of posting this new one.

And finally, Lea DeLaria just happened to be walking into Sirius while Rick and I were waiting for Jessica Lange.  She plays a bull-dyke inmate on Orange is the New Black, and something tells me it's not much of a stretch for her acting skills.  It's just a hunch, and maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know......