Thursday, January 15, 2009

How old am I, anyway?

When did Molly Ringwald become a TV mom?  It's absolutely impossible.  My daughter was watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager and I saw a very familiar-looking woman playing the mom of one of the main characters.  Her voice was a little lower than I remembered it (more mom-like, I guess).  

I had a brain scramble going on, because Molly needed to be the one playing the main character! (How old was I, anyway??)  Molly is the perpetual angst-ridden, but cute and quirky high school student.  Everyone knows that!  Someone get Andrew McCarthy off of Lipstick Jungle so he can star in the show with her.  

And why is it that so many of the TV moms look like they are my age?  Do I have to stop wearing my Converse hightops?

Maybe I should just get out my old Tiger Beats.  (And yes, Penny, I still have them!)  They arrived in a cardboard box when my dad and stepmother sold our old house.  I'll feel better if I go back in time.  By the way, Tim...I know you have my old Partridge Family albums (along with my Boston.)  Because who else would dare to take them? (and play them...)

  

6 comments:

Tim Haywood said...

I thought that was my Boston album. Anyway, one time I was watching Breakfast Club at three in the morning on Channel 72, and that's the moment I decided to be a guidance counselor. I've never regretted that choice for a minute.

Annie said...

Are you sure you didn't just want to be Judd Nelson?

sbeans said...

As long as you have your Frampton Comes Alive album, I think you will be all set :)

Penny said...

So next time I come over, can I please look at your Tiger Beats? I'm so jealous.

Word verification: subthud--oh, you thought you'd hit rock bottom...

Jame said...

You know, I always found Molly's extra lip pooch to be distracting. I'd be wondering if that was what made her voice the way it is, or was it a nasal cavity thing? Then, whoops, I just fell out of the story again, what was this one about?

You know, they say that as women age, their lips become thinner! I bet Molly is a better actress now because of it!

Cuppa Jolie said...

Weee! Tiger Beat..who's on the cover? Kirk Cameron? Ricky Schroder? They still look the same, right?