Lori Loughlin Meet Minnie Minoso
Posted: April 21st, 2008 | Filed under: Pop Culture | 19 Comments »
So, the Pozcars votes are in, they’ve been counted, and today we can officially announce that the Pozcar for hottest television wife ever goes to … nobody.
Yes, those beautiful TV Wives are now finding what great baseball players have long known — it’s HARD to get 75% of the vote. I know people (including me) are always griping that unparalleled players like Willie Mays and Hank Aaron and Ted Williams did not get voted into the Hall of Fame unanimously. But thinking about it realistically (and by realistically, I mean, taking into account the different ways we all see the world), it’s flat amazing that those players got as high a percentage as they did. I mean, blank your mind for a second and look at these numbers:
Ted Williams: 93.4%.
Willie Mays: 94.7%
Hank Aaron: 97.8%
I mean, yes, you can still call it insulting that some people did not vote for these men. BUT … I would bet you could not come up with a single statement that 93 to 98% of people would agree with. Education is good? No way you get 98% approval on that one. Crime is bad? Probably not. Michael Bolton is an abomination? Nope. Not 93%. The earth revolves around the sun? The sky is blue? Roger Clemens used steroids? O.J. was guilty? You’re just not getting that sort of consensus.
So, while the lovely Lori Loughlin — Rebecca Donaldson on the show Full House — was our leading vote getter in the Hottest TV Wives Pozcar, she managed only 49% of the vote. She did not even get 50%. And she was a clear winner over Mary Tyler Moore (44%), Teri Hatcher (42%) and Elizabeth Montgomery (41%).
For a full view of the Pozcars vote totals you can go the Pozcars Web Site and check it out. As you know, this was really a trial run for future Pozcars votes, and the large staff of Pozcars Web designers and content distributors are working out numerous kinks. By my quick count, there are about 50 of you who applied for Pozcars Voting Privileges (PVP) but apparently did something wrong … or at least the computer thought you did. Everyone I can approve, I have approved. You can always reapply … a new Pozcars vote should be up shortly.
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Maybe drop out the moms that didn’t get 33% of the vote, and vote again limiting the number a person can vote for?
HOT TV MOM RUNOFF RACE!
I like Aaron M.’s suggestion. This particular Pozcar award is too important to just let it die!
I think there are multiple problems trying to get anyone in on this kind of vote. There is most likely a wide age range represented by the voters, some who couldn’t tell you that Donna Reed even had a show, and others who would guess that the Gilmore Girls are a pop music group made up of teen actresses who got their start on the Mickey Mouse Club. I don’t know how you rectify this without considerably changing the way voting is done. Baseball’s process only adds around three of four legitimate candidates per year and this started with 25 people who had valid arguments.
I think us males need some photographic evidence to help us vote…
There should probably be a veterans committee whose job it is to look specifically at those moms who played part of their careers in the black-and-white era.
It’s so hard to compare eras. If Laura Petrie showed up today on How I Met Your Mother, would she blow us away with her adorable neuroses and tight, petite body? Or would we just see her as a mousy whiner when compared with today’s juiced-up bombshells?
Statistical research into these vital questions is in its infancy, making the establishment of a panel of experts all the more sorely needed.
For anyone who failed to vote for Elizabeth Montgomery, may I direct you to this link?
http://tvnewsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/samantha.jpg
Shame on you, boys, shame on you.
Sorry, Mikey (cue the Life ad), but I’d never give a vote to a blonde in a case like this.
To me, there are two criteria for hottest TV mom. 1) Gorgeous, but 2) not utterly unattainable. So, how anyone could not vote for Lorelai Gilmore is beyond me. Man, I could gladly watch that show with the mute button on. (Wow, I sound obsessed.)
Here are some pictures:
http://www.gilmoregirls-web.com/images/photos/lauren/lauren-053.jpg
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/8895/31pt0.jpg
They wore different uniforms in the Laurie Petrie era. Not as many stats available either; it was a less informative box score format. But despite that, the box made you dream so much you kept losing track of the storyline. She made you think of things like clutch, taking the extra base, and of course, shagging in the outfield. Sam certainly had a nice nose twitch, but Laura just had more form and put a baseball-like 110% into the follow-thru. One of the few HOFers you can watch with just as much interest with the sound off. Now that I think of it, I just never had anything at all against her – but I’d be willing to.
Points for Lori, to be sure, but the “Serenity Now” Lori Laughlin definitely takes the cake over any era’s Aunt Becky. Now that’s a Pozcar’s poll for you. Hottest Seinfeld girlfriends.
Minus Elaine (who would have to be included), it’s a two horse race between Lori “Serenity Now” Laughlin and Kristen “Toothbrush in the Toilet Bowl” Davis with an honerable mention to Deborah “Yadda, Yadda, Yadda” Messing.
RE: Seinfeld girlfriends. Five words:
“They’re real — and they’re spectacular!”
Also in the mix: Ali “Shmoopy” Wentworth
Now married to George Stephanopolous. Yeesh. Boy did he luck out.
Seinfeld’s girlfriend who had a cat with a fungus of some sort and of course the model who caught Jerry picking his nose were also hot. In the end, I’d have to vote for Teri Hatcher though.
Haven’t been cleared to view or vote yet, so,,, don’t know if they are on the list.
Morticia on the Adam’s Family. (Made Gomez crazy with desire and even hotter than Grandmama)
Lily on the Munsters.
Now this is borderline, but she acted like a mother to Tony and she would be a hands down winner. Genie,,, Barbara Eden and her belly button. Lucky Michael Ansara!!
Debra Messing was not the “Yadda Yadda Yadda” girl on Seinfeld, though she was in that same episode. George’s girlfriend was played by Suzanne Cryer.
Joe, I bought and read TSOB on the plane ride from San Diego to Boston last night/this morning. Brilliant read – I feel like Buck was a personal friend of mine. He could probably be the greatest wingman of all-time as well. I loved when he “threw” out the first pitch in the Metrodome after the girl before him embarassed herself.
I voted, but there might have been a glitch in the system. I was never certain if my votes got cast or not. Also, was the mom from The Wonder Years on the ballot? Deidre Hall from Our House would have gotten some votes, too. Perhaps having their photos next to their names (like they do on many ballots in other nations where people can’t read well) might have helped us out?
“So, how anyone could not vote for Lorelai Gilmore is beyond me. Man, I could gladly watch that show with the mute button on.”
Well, see, there’s the problem. For anybody who’s ever seen the show with the sound ON, it’s utterly impossible to vote for anybody that obnoxious.
I’m in the same boat as Oddibe — I registered (twice), and tried to vote (three times), but could never be sure if my votes were actually counted.
Yes, Debra Messing was not THE Yadda Yadda girl, she was just in the episode. It was her second appearance on the show as the same character, Beth Lupner. She previously appeared in “The Wait Out” as wife to David Lupner, played by Carey Elwes, the Dread Pirate Roberts himself.
(I keep waiting for Carey Elwes to show up in a commercial for prescription bladder control like Mandy Patinkin did. Can we get this done? Is that too much to ask?)
Question:
Who is the only actress to appear in two separate Sinfeld episodes as two separate distinct characters?
Traci Kolis
1. Marlene in The Ex-Girlfriend
“I can’t be with someone if I don’t respect what they do.”
“But you’re a cashier!!”
2. Kelly in The Soup
aka-the “Ma-Newer” girl
Sorry to hijack your blog, Joe…God, I’m a huge dork.
No votes for Frau Linkmeier?