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Help Me! Mashed Potatoes!

December 23, 2007 by WendyB

As you may have noticed, I really love Geico car insurance commercials. Geico Mention #1 Geico Mention #2 But nothing beats the Little Richard ad. Well, maybe this beats it. UPDATED TO ADD: The story behind the ads, plus a tribute to real-life customer Denise Bazik where Denise commented back. I think Denise may be…

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Filed Under: insanity, TV

Show Some Respect, Bitches!

December 22, 2007 by WendyB

I’m another year older today and I think I’ve hit the age where I can scream at disrespectful youngsters and say things like “kids these days!” So mind your manners or you will rue the day I was born. Anyway, here’s a photo of Mom, aka BarbaraB, taken just over 40 years ago. I was…

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Filed Under: birthdays, gorgeous family, TV

"It’s Going to Taste Very Bad!"

December 12, 2007 by WendyB

Back in the day, Terri Berry and I loved a skit Christopher Walken did on SNL called “The Trivial Psychic.” Trivial Psychic Add to My Profile | More Videos Here we are in 1993 having a “trivial psychic” moment. UPDATED TO ADD: I may hold off on Part II of my Empress Wu Book Club…

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Filed Under: gorgeous family, pictures of me, TV

A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose

December 10, 2007 by WendyB

Photo source: Uber Desi I enjoyed this story about Rose, India’s first transgendered late-night TV talk show host. Go on with your bad self, Rose! As I recently mentioned, one of my 15 personalities is three-year-old boy who is really a girl trapped in a boy’s body. Sweet’ums, as he likes to be called, was…

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Filed Under: In the News, insanity, TV

Ma Nah Ma Nah

November 13, 2007 by WendyB

Since Sunday, I’ve had Muppets on the brain. “Ma nah ma nah,” I say in a friendly way to my husband when he comes home from work. “Doo doo doo doo doo,” I yell when he stands in front of the TV. All the big stars used to do The Muppet Show. Having reviewed many…

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Filed Under: insanity, music, NaBloPoMo, style icons, TV

People Will See Me and Cry*

November 11, 2007 by WendyB

If I get any more famous I am going to ask myself for my autograph. I won’t do it during dinner or in the doctor’s office though, because we famous people hate that shizz. No pictures! No pictures! First, the gorgeous and famous Jennine of The Coveted interviewed me for Independent Fashion Bloggers. I really…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, memes, NaBloPoMo, pictures of me, tags, TV

What Inspires Me

October 8, 2007 by WendyB

Take one cartoon character. Wilma Flintstone, courtesy of Hanna-Barbera Add white agate, gold and a dash of diamonds. Get one necklace. Wilma necklace in white agate, 18K rose gold and diamondsWilma necklace © Wendy Brandes 2007-2008 (Photo by John Muggenborg) Except it didn’t happen that way. In reality, I created a 19 millimeter gold ball…

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Filed Under: my designs, necklaces, TV

Naughty, Stylish Audrey Horne

September 20, 2007 by WendyB

Naughty, Stylish Audrey Horne

Who killed Laura Palmer? In 1990, I was totally obsessed with David Lynch’s show Twin Peaks. Set in the eerie fictional town of Twin Peaks, Wash., it starred Kyle MacLachlan, who might be more familiar to you youngsters as Trey on Sex and the City and Orson on Desperate Housewives. He played Dale Cooper, an…

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Filed Under: obsessions, style icons, TV

"Nothing"

September 16, 2007 by WendyB

For those of you who are too young to have seen Brooke Shields in the 1980 Calvin Klein TV ad that caused a scandal, here it is. UPDATED TO ADD: How thrilled am I that the Manolo enjoyed this too! The Manolo’s shoe blog was the first fashion blog I ever read. I am delighted…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, designers, TV

Boleyn Necklace = Ugly Betty Necklace

August 6, 2007 by WendyB

If something seems familiar about Anne Boleyn here, it might be because you recognize the necklace from the television show Ugly Betty. When I first saw the Ugly Betty promos, I was VERY relieved that I’d decided to do my own interpretation of the necklace, rather than a reproduction. My version is below. (Photo by…

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Filed Under: necklaces, queens, TV

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