A bit of Vice Presidential trivia

[dougo]

I sort of wondered how "Futurama" got Al Gore to play himself (well, his disembodied head in the far future) several times. Turns out his daughter Kristin Gore was a writer on the show. She's also just written a novel about a senator's aide, filling a "gap in the chick-lit market" (says Jonathan Burnham, editor in chief of Miramax Books).

Comments

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

And don't forget his other daughter Alexandra, who made an impressive appearance at Cannes.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

That's John Kerry's daughter... Try to keep your uncharismatic liberal Democrats straight. :)

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

Damn, I wonder if there is going to be any fallout for that.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

See, this is what you miss by not watching TV!

Well, actually, there hasn't been much, but The Daily Show was off last week (and will be off this week too, I think). I think Kilborn made a joke about her, but otherwise people stay away from politician daughter jokes.

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there are certain things I miss out on. Several years ago I was talking to an old friend on the phone and I asked her what she's been up to and she said she watched a bunch of "American Idol." I had to ask, "what's that?" She laughed and told me what it was. I read the Onion to stay on top of some pop culture; but either way the upsides of not watching TV outweight the downsides.

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

Whoops! Sorry, you're absolutely right. I guess one is vanilla and the other one French vanilla. :-)

[temvald.livejournal.com]

i think i'll wait for washingtonienne's novel about being a senator's aide, myself.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I found out about the Gore/Futurama connection via the Wonkette link to the Old Hag post comparing Kristin Gore to Washingtonienne.