This week saw the passing of many a famous person. Starting the death toll was Robert Shimmel, 60, who died a few weeks back in a car accident. A truly funny comic, he survived divorce, testicular cancer and the cancellation of his TV show before it ever aired. OUCH. I will always remember him for dissing J-Lo who he had worked with for years on the set of In Living Color where he was a writer and she a fly girl (I liked the hot Asian dancer best go figure). He approached her years later to say hi and she shooed him off like he was nobody. He fired back that she should get an MRI because she must be developing a tumor or Alzahemier's as they ate together every day for years. He went on to skewer her as an untalented hack diva. It was priceless. He will be missed. Joining him is Greg Geraldo, 44, who died a few days ago in New Brunswick New Jersey of an accident prescription overdose. He was one of the best comics working today, best known for his acid tongue lashes at the Comedy Central Roasts over the last few years. Remember the good ole days when famous people would die of drug overdoses involving cocaine or heroin. Now its all legal drugs. That should tell you something. Also dead as of today are film legends Tony Curtis and Gloria Stuart (Titanic Oscar Nominee), Tarintino's editor Sally Menke and director Arthur Penn. God speed to all.
On the ratings front, Wednesday brought another blood bath to new shows like The Whole Truth which will probably join Lone Star and soon to be cancelled Outlaw. The new awful Law and Order debuted last night to okay numbers staring show killer Skeet Ulrich, now on his fourth series in the past five years and primma donna Terrance Howard who assholed himself out of the Iron Man franchise. Great casting guys. I doubt this will last much longer than the equally awful Law and Order: Trial by Jury which lasted all of eight weeks. Fox's Hell's Kitchen continues to slide but still place second for the night, CW did well with ANTM and Hellcats, while CBS and ABC shows continue to shine, especially the funny Modern Family. NBC's Undercovers seems destined for the scrap heap.
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