When ABC announced that they were doing Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life this year, I was looking forward to it. Then when they said that Kevin Hart and Damon Wayans are starring as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively.
I thought that was bad. However, it got worse, a lot worse. They got some of the most annoying actresses with no range to play the girls from Eastland High. Jennifer Aniston is Blair, Gabrielle Union as Tootie, Allison Tolman is Natalie, and Kathryn Hahn is Jo.
I thought when Justin Theroux divorced Aniston, he was supposed to be done with her. And yet, he cast her in this. She is more of a bitch than Blair Warner was the whole series. Union is all about causing trouble than saying trouubble. And the other two are bland independent actresses that people like for some odd reason because they are forgettable. They just play sad characters trying to do comedy. Something this is going to be.
Norman Lear, I liked you and your shows. However, these are not your shows, and you are destroying them by allowing this casting. Are you mad because they didn’t want to do an episode of Sanford and Son, Maude, or One Day at a Time? Is that why you let Jimmy Kimmel cast his friends and turn this whole thing into a joke. And not a funny one.
Only because Kimmel is OK, I am going to say that burning his hair on Thanksgiving is Karma for this sh!t. I can’t believe I used to like Kimmel, and I thought he appreciated the classic sitcoms. Obviously, his ego and his boys’ club are ruining what could have been a good thing. He should stick to late night. There is a reason why Jimmy Fallon and James Corden are producing primetime shows, and he is not. Isn’t it time for him to move on from Jimmy Kimmel Live? Ever since he became friends with Aniston, the show has gone downhill. Now instead of f*cking Ben Affleck, he is f*cking us. And not in an orgasmic way.
Seriously, people in their late 40s (Hart, Harn, and Union), 50s (Aniston), and 60s (Wayans) playing kids is something even Beverly Hills, 90210 could never think of doing. What are they going to do next year? Betty White, Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, Judd Hirsch, Charo, Dick Van Dyke, and Joan Collins go to West Beverly High? Oh, wait, that I would watch!
Can you tell I am pissed? And when I am pissed, I am a total bitch. These shows deserve better than this.
Namaste!
