You're sorry...So am I...(the non-Reubenesque and non-zaftig Marcia)

BTW, just exactly what is a face bra for? (I lead a v e r y sheltered life...)

It's an "invention" of her character, Elaine, the irritating, nosy secretary. You did nail the purpose. You're supposed to wear it while sleeping or hanging out around the house to prevent facial sag. Everybody laughs about it behind Elaine's back, but patronizes her (which of course, she's clueless about). But old neurotic, angst-ridden Ally is worried that her face will sag and she will actually need one.

Thank for you that. I watched the first 2 years of Ally but got hooked on something far more interesting...and here I sit writing in little boxes =) I do know her character and the rest of them, for that matter...!

:-)

Charlotte can write... and, don't forget, this topic is tied into the tv conference, as well...

I had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder.

Actually, I wish she would - more! And, as I said before, words hurt...!

I was referencing you saying you needed to find a KC drooler who could write... (and don't they just...)

(yessir, they do, indeed)

Some related to topic, dept. KELLEY � WHO WON double Emmys for Fox�s �Ally McBeal� and ABC�s �The Practice,� and just had his latest effort, �Snoops,� picked up for the season by ABC � is reportedly ready to ink a deal with Fox that will pay him $50 million up front, plus back-end guarantees (based on such criteria as ratings performance, ad revenue and syndication sales) that could amount to hundreds of millions more. Although �NYPD Blue� creator Steven Bochco recently signed a $50 million development deal, Kelley�s incentive-laden pact is virtually unheard of in tube-land. Usually, only A-list film directors like Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis or guaranteed box-office locks like Tom Hanks or Adam Sandler can finagle a percentage of the gross as part of their pay. FOX GETS DIBS The Kelley deal, which has been in the works for months, will extend an existing relationship the wonder boy has had with Fox Broadcasting Company, where he created series both for the Fox network and for ABC. The new financial terms will apparently be retroactive to cover �Ally McBeal� and �The Practice,� meaning Kelley could get a substantial chunk of those show�s first-run and syndication revenues. Under the new pact, Fox gets dibs on all Kelley�s TV projects � hoping Kelley�s one-man factory can crank out up to four new shows in the next five years to replace such aging Fox dramas as �The X-Files,� �Party of Five� and �Beverly Hills, 90210.� The deal also purportedly contains a feature component, though Kelley�s recent big-screen forays �Lake Placid� and �Mystery, Alaska� didn�t exactly wow audiences.

I am not crazy about what they have done to "The Practice " this season. I am also aware that they couldn't care less that I am no longer a viewer of that program.

Good we're only shown last season's shows, then (or season before that?).

Alexander, enjoy your year-or-two-year-old shows while you can. They are sadistic and more gorey than I need before I go to sleep...!

Oh, THAT good? Didn't notice yet...

From a review in http://www.girlson.com Let me start with the things I hate about "Ally McBeal": the music. Yark. That crappy, girly, gimme-love-slow-dancy Melissa Ethridge knock-off stuff nearly killed me. Along with the music, I hate the bar they play it in, and everyone and everything in it. Next, I hate the unisex bathrooms. The last thing we need is a device to create sexual tension at the office, since our little stammering vixen, Ally (Calista Flockhart), and her cohorts happily supply plenty. Third, the "imaginary" device ran out of steam early on; they should just drop it. I've seen enough of those rubber rolled-out tongues dropping to the floor to last several lifetimes. And lastly, I hate the stammering vixen herself, Ally McBeal, who is unapologetically not feminist.

Wow! Harsh critic. Truthfully, I stopped watching her last year because I was tired of her same neuroses over and over and over. Her reactions to me are so alien to me that I figured I was not the target audience!

She had nice things to say also, I just posted an excerpt.

It got my attention! It is a really cute show but the male remote control person does not like it...*sigh* Of course, I ususally do not watch TV with him anymore. Guess I could tear myself away from the Spring for 1/2 hour each week.

*smile* Thank EWE ....always!

I hear Renee Zellwegger is giving Calista Flockhart some competition in the thin dept. since she lost 20 lbs after Bridget Jones Diary.

She signed an agreement with the production company saying that she didn't have to gain loads of weight to do the Bridget Jones sequel - that was the only way she was prepared to take the part again!!!

And Renee now has her own topic. After all, Bridget Jones traffic generated about a million hits in the last ten days, so she deserves it!

And the traffic has been roaring to new heights these last two days, a 2 million hit a week clip!

Guess what, Guys, it wasn't Renee doing all that generating. Did you get a good look at Mark Darcy? Oops wrong topic... Renee is deightful and I am happy to have her amongst the admired!

Calista's coming back in a new show. First since Allie.