Patti

Patti LuPone is on Ugly Betty tonight, 7:00 channel 7, don't miss it. Hopefully she'll get a better story line than she did on Will & Grace. For a show that had so many A-List guests, those writers never figured out how to effectively use them. They started out ok, Debbie Reynolds, Sydney Pollack, Blythe Danner, and to a lesser extent, Susanne Pleshette, were all fantastic as the parents. However, once they got into a position where they only got one shot at using a guest star, they were terrible at coming up with a good story line. I mean, Joan Collins eating tacos? A dance off with Janet Jackson (and having a star play themselves is the biggest cheat of all)? Madonna as a white trash roommate? Who thought of these? Then, the worst by far was Bernadette Peters in the second to last episode as Karen's sister. On paper it seemed like such a good idea, but man did they fuck that one up. I was so embarrased for Bernadette, she is so above having to do that kind of shit, that was on the level of making Carol Channing rap at the Tony Awards. Speaking of W&G and guest stars, did anyone catch Megan Mullally on Boston Legal Tuesday night? Now that was how to use a guest star. Let's hope Patti gets the same treatment tonight, maybe Emmy voters will show her more love than the Tony's.