Atomicgeezer

Tamara Day hasn't an ounce of taste. There's no real renovation being put into the "mansions", just redecoration. "Hey! Let's tear out the archival features and put in some FUN! Stuff I found at Big Lots!!" This seems to be the answer to every job she promotes on her low-rent Magnolia wanna-be. Strip out the charm and history of the original structure, put in FUN! Things that have no connection to the original structure. Every one of her shows is a lesson in what not to do...however, if you want your home/house to look like there was a sale at Lamps Plus or Ugly Wallpaper 'R' Us, get this mommy on the job. Her design is lackluster at best. Also, mermaid hair a la ChrisTINA "one day shower renovation spokesPERSON (worst upspeak affectation on the TV, hands down). Anyway, the only real worth of this dimestore restore show is counting how many times Tamara uses the FUN! Description of everything from wallpaper, world's ugliest lighting fixtures, poor color choices and the degradation of the "mansions" she purports to save. A good hate watch now and then, so two FUN! Stars.

Caught this terrible movie on TCM today. I saw it on it's first release in 1965, and hated it then. I was 14. Later in my life I became friends with Tony Curtis, who had nearly nothing good to say about this abomination of a 2 hour and 40 minute live action cartoon. The only thing Tony told me about this bad timewaster was the difficulty in not getting hit in the "famous" pie fight. I believed him. Jack Lemmon swallows the movie screaming about everything as the notorious Professor Fate, one of cinema's worst annoying villains until the Prince of Whatever appears in a double role for the aformentioned screaming Lemmon. Nothing in this movie is good, although it had a big budget and star power. Tony was very nice when I asked about this movie experience, mostly by saying it was a paycheck and he liked working with Natalie Wood. He also enjoyed the animated sparkle his teeth got a few times when he had a smiling closeup. Don't waste your time with this stupid exercise that wanted to cash in on "Around the World in 80 Days". Big, noisy, and mostly stupid for the160 minutes running time. Ugh.