The More You Know: Vanity Plate edition
Posted by Dan
October 30th, 2007 at 09:26am
In American Idol Heroes News The Office Top Chef
I saw one last night that said ARGH M8Y.
- The New York Times ran an article about the popularization of the word va-jay-jay.
- Coolio will continue his fall from grace with a reality show.
- The LA Times discusses Heroes’ sophomore slump.
- Jeff Zucker wants NBC to keep Jay Leno. In related news, people with scabies have announced that they want to keep having scabies.
- Animal Planet wants to help adopt pets.
- Idol Gives Back money gets to work in Africa.
- What would happen if there were a writers’ strike?
- The Office convention hits Scranton.
- An article about the lack of female Top Chef contestants.
- CSI and Without a Trace are crossing over.
- Survivor’s Sherea discusses her ouster.
- Wilson Cruz discusses the endurance of My So-Called Life.
That va-jay-jay article is actually the worst thing I’ve read in a month, especially because of these quotes:
1) “The reduplication in ‘jay-jay’ is childlike, he said, like ‘pee pee or doo doo,’ and that ‘cleans up’ the word.”
2) “’The reason that vajayjay has caught on, I think, is because there is a black — Southern especially — naming tradition, which is to have names like Ray Ray and Boo Boo and things like that,’ Dr. McWhorter said. ‘It sounds warm and familiar and it almost makes the vagina feel like a little cartoon character with eyes that walks around.’”
OMG, if my ladyparts ever sprout eyes and start walking around, you bet a host of “unclean” words will start coming out of my mouth.
Still, I thought it was hilarious when Jack McBrayer said “work that va-jay-jay!”
Great Wilson Cruz comment on ‘My So Called Life’:
“I think it took its audience really seriously but didn’t take itself too seriously.” How true and what a great attitude!
I agree with the last comment. Still to this day the episode where Kenneth plays manatee to Tracy’s mento is my favorite episode of 30 Rock.
I’ve actually read a couple of great books by John McWorther, but it’s true - that imagery is terrible.
And I wish the NYT article had mentioned that the term “va-jay-jay” has been around long, long before Grey’s Anatomy and 2006. I believe I first heard it in the fall of 2002 as part of MC Paul Barman’s hip-hop track, “MTV Get Off The Air, Pt. 2″ in which he threatens fellow rapper Princess Superstar with the line, “Lady, one more complaint and I’ll shove a rape whistle up the Mrs. Va-jay-jay!” Although to be fair, Mrs. Va-jay-jay definitely sounds like a cartoon character.
Why do people think pirates say “ARGH”? Pirates say “ARRR”. They only say “argh” when they’re frustrated.
Brian Krakow now http://www.imdb.com/gallery/hh/0347957/HH/0347957/devon1p.jpg.html?hint=group