good morning, miss lori and hooper!
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so, the paloma was mildy disappointed to find that instead of "It's a Big Big World" on tv (at it's regularly scheduled time) this morning, there was this caffeinated, happy, playful, smiley lady. she was disappointed until the funny lady started dancing.... i was a little curious myself.
it turns out that the new lady on the pbs block is Lori Holton Nash, a fellow chicago mommy and founder of CAMPUS inc, a kids program "dedicated to developing the creative spirit within each child" that started in our *sigh* old 'hood, the South Loop, *sigh*. viva la south loop!
the chicago journal has this article titled, mornings with lori. i love this paragraph,"The adopted daughter in a mixed-race marriage that reflected her own white and African-American ethnicity, Holton Nash is a self-described "poster child" for PBS. She lives in a Chinatown town house that she shares with her husband, Larry Nash, a well-known Chicago personal trainer, and her children: son, Skyler, 8, and daughters Kaiann, 5, and Jaedyn, 3." i read this and thought, is it just me or is this upbringing so familiar to those of us who grew up in chicago (or any big city, i guess). i *heart* chicago.
apparently, lori beat out 1,000 applicants nationwide. she had this to say about her audition, "Everybody there was Caucasian, early 30s, late 20s, and had a guitar, so I'm wondering how I got in the room,". hee hee, i'm just picturing a room filled with laurie berkner, ralph's world, dan zanes wannabes (who are all stars of the cd shuffle feature at this house btw).
the article also mentions that hooper is a dog. but, i think that's incorrect. i'm pretty sure he's a guinea pig. check out the pbs page for miss lori and hooper - if it looks like a guinea pig, jokes like a guinea pig, has trouble sharing like a guinea pig, yada, yada, yada....
hopefully, PBS will have found a permanent replacement for melanie martinez, the former host of the good night show on pbs sprout, as well. not that i wanted her to be replaced in the first place. i read somewhere, that in the interim, noel mcneal (of bear in the big blue house fame) will be taking over as special guest host with a star and a firefly.
and lastly, in related former kids tv host news.... pee wee's playhouse: the movie is currently in production!!! paul reubens recent HILARIOUS appearance on the jimmy kimmel show is below:
4 comments:
We watched Miss Lori, too and thought she was great. In a time of too-much TV, I hope it works for PBS.
As far as PBS Sprout, it seems strange that Noel MacNeal would host. Will he be a puppet on the show? The imdb site says he has worked with the Dave Chapelle Show on a spoof about drugs and STD's?
As a parent who has signed numerous petitions to get Melanie back after they ridiculously fired her- I want to know why this was allowed??
A woman can't do spoofs, but a man holding a puppet can?
I think I have to write another letter.
i really hope that they bring melanie back or that she gets another opportunity to host another kids show. i thought she really did a good job and of course, i can't help but root for another (underdog) mom. i can't imagine repressing every part of my adult self in front of my child. i would go crazy. but, for some reason, pbs feels the need to expect that of its television personalities. makes me wonder if kevin has any skeletons in his closet....
SLACKER! i gave you pee wee!
PEE WEE!!! PEE WEE!!! PEE WEE!!!
I saw a promo for this lady this morning and her little friend called himself a guinea pig.
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