tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post5029814407810919931..comments2024-03-28T20:00:20.542-07:00Comments on SHADOW OF A DOUBT: Who's WhoKirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-2191318180390812762013-06-02T11:26:20.401-07:002013-06-02T11:26:20.401-07:00Well, parsnip, if a sitcom is depending on a 5th g...Well, parsnip, if a sitcom is depending on a 5th grader for its material, no wonder it went off the air. The producers should have held out for a 6th grader. They've got slightly bigger vocabularies.<br /><br />In the past, it seemed that child stars like Butch Patrick (Eddie on the MUNSTERS) Danny Bonaduce (Danny on The PARTRIDGE FAMILY) and Todd Bridges (Willis on DIFFERENT STROKES) went off the deep end at least partially because they weren't prepared for the long dry spell that ensued once their series ended. In Amanda Byne's case, it's my understanding she's still somewhat in demand. She seems more like Lindsay Lohan, who also went dysfunctional while still on the A-list. Orson Welles was never a child star but did become famous before he was 25. When he was approaching 70, by which time he was considered a decades-long has-been, he is said to have opined that it's probably better to be successful later in life than earlier because you appreciate it more.<br /><br />Of course, there are a lot of alcoholics and drug addicts out there who never become successful. Indeed, it may be the reason they became alcoholics and drug addicts in the first place. Maybe it's best to end up in-between success and failure. Though lately, even that's gotten harder. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-3941341510493179842013-06-01T22:14:12.347-07:002013-06-01T22:14:12.347-07:00hahahahahahaha living in Laguna Beach, California,...hahahahahahaha living in Laguna Beach, California, OMG ! of the MTV show.... I knew a lot of "do you know who I am" people. But better yet I knew a lot of the "do you know who I know" people. They are even better. So much better.<br /><br />One year son was in a advance placement class, or some such crap... and the first meeting of the teacher and parents, one mom keep on and on about her son the writer (5 grader) who was working on a scrip and her uncle was a writer for this great TV show and he was going to turn in the scrip to the uncle/show blah blah blah. And now I can't remember, God I wish I could, which show it was but it was one of the awful sitcoms that lasted a season and I never watched. <br />So she was living out her important life through her son and uncle. Plus I knew this kid, the apple didn't fall far from the tree. <br />Needless to say I couldn't pull son out the AP rotation fast enough.<br />Reese will do fine I think but I feel so sad for Amanda. Mara Wilson wrote a very good post about Child Stars who go crazy.<br /><br />Interesting post as always.<br /><br />cheers, parsnip<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.com