Greg's confession: "I'm NoTORIous"

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atori3.jpgI was never gonna tell ANYONE. But, here I am, blogging on at the mouth again. I was hoping you all wouldn't notice but I took a few days off from the office this week to recover from this sinus infection (much better now, thanks...) and on one of the days, I decided to check out this DVD that had been sent to me called: "So NoTORIous: The Complete Series." Yep, Tori Spelling's short-lived show that ran on VHI last year. I expected to be underwhelmed but here's the thing: I LOVED it! I planted myself on the sofa, wrapped up in a comforter, and watched all 10 half-hour episodes of this thing. Tori had the good sense to surround herself with a brilliant supporting cast which includes this hysterical publicist, a bitchy but funny best girlfriend, a gay best freind who is funny AND cute and a straight roomate who is also funny and cute. But the real hoot, the absolute hoot, is Loni Anderson as "KiKi," Tori's self-absorbed mom. This is the best stuff Anderson has had the chance to do since I don't know when. She is absolutely cluelessly self-absorbed with now idea the emotional damage she has heaped upon her poor daughter (the flashbacks are a scream!)
atoriz.jpgAnyway, this is a fictionalized version of Tori's life and so I guess we can assume her mom Candy is not anything like Kiki? Yeah, right! If you rent or buy this two-disc DVD set, the episodes that I found to be the absolute best were episode two "Whoie" (this includes the gay friend making out with another guy in a sauna), Episode four "Street" which was THE funniest of the bunch, episode 5 "Jealous" and episode 7 "Soulful" both which really give Anderson a chance to shine.
Who knew? I had a great time watching this and I'm as surprised as anyone about it. I don't know how this didn't warrant a second season.

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