Saturday, December 23, 2006

NBC: Tara Connor is Not a Virgin,
Bruce Jenner is Not a Ventriloquist

Last night, on the NBC show Identity, Miss USA Tara Connor publicly confirmed, as one member of the 12-member panel of "occupations," that she wasn't the VIRGIN. (This proud title wound up belonging to the Asian guy wearing the Linus sweater.) She also confirmed she wasn't a GUITARIST, a FIRE EATER or a CRUISE SHIP PERFORMER, although after looking into my crystal ball I certainly wouldn't bet against the latter.

Other highlights from last night's show:

* The contestant was unable to recognize Jerry "Leave it To Beaver" Mathers as the FORMER CHILD STAR. This may have been because The Beav looks a little bit more like Lumpy Mondello nowadays.

* Are you Tara Connor? On the contestant's first guess she chose the HAS FIVE KIDS woman as the most likely person among the 12 on the panel to have the grace, poise and beauty one would expect of MISS USA 2006. (This must have been a little ego-bruising for our favorite gal-pal in the swimsuit. It also probably means this show was taped before Tara kissed a girl and Trump called a press conference and made her a household name.)

* Earlier in the show, a different contestant was unable to recognize "Skating With Celebrities" sweetheart (and former Gold Medalist) Bruce Jenner, incorrectly guessing (and I'm not kidding) that he was a VENTRILOQUIST. I'm pretty sure the contestant would have gotten it right away had Bruce been described as PLASTIC SURGERY VICTIM.

And who is the shirtless guy at right? He's a U.S. MARINE. I'm only including it because this site draws more visitors whenever I use the phrase "shirtless marine."

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