One of the more bizarre pieces of ephemera that I have seen on the interwebz is that Carol Channing might be the subject of a biopic. This news leaves me pleased as punch, young man.
I have an inexplicable and slightly creepy ardor for all things Channing. You see, she played a prominent role in my childhood. In the early 80s, the suits at Big TV thought it would be a dandy idea to make a campy, creepy adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. It was split into two made-for-TV movies, one a straight adaptation in the vein of the 50s Disney cartoon and the second, where Alice goes through the looking glass. Anybody who has seen it can attest to the low quality of the first part and the high quality of the second. It stars Channing and Ann Jillian as the White and Red queens, respectively, along with Patrick Duffy, Red Buttons, Karl Malden, Pat Morita, John Stamos, Sally Struthers...hang on, I've lost my breath...Johnathan Winters as Humpty Dumpty and more. AND MORE AND MORE! Is that something you might be interested in?
I have an inexplicable and slightly creepy ardor for all things Channing. You see, she played a prominent role in my childhood. In the early 80s, the suits at Big TV thought it would be a dandy idea to make a campy, creepy adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. It was split into two made-for-TV movies, one a straight adaptation in the vein of the 50s Disney cartoon and the second, where Alice goes through the looking glass. Anybody who has seen it can attest to the low quality of the first part and the high quality of the second. It stars Channing and Ann Jillian as the White and Red queens, respectively, along with Patrick Duffy, Red Buttons, Karl Malden, Pat Morita, John Stamos, Sally Struthers...hang on, I've lost my breath...Johnathan Winters as Humpty Dumpty and more. AND MORE AND MORE! Is that something you might be interested in?
Here's one of the reasons why I love Carol Channing and this adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Just watch, especially the end:
See? Amazing, right? Who knew Alice would find out that Carol Channing is either a creepy shapeshifter like Sam Merlotte or, quite possibly, in league with the devil. Either way, her presence leaves me in shock and awe. We should have sent Carol Channing to find bin Laden. She would have put on her Sunday clothes, blown rasberries at those terrorists and given them a thoroughly modern ass-kicking.
Because Carol Channing doesn't get beat.
She gets mad!
When speculation that she'd have a biopic made about her, I thought "Of course!" Then I read this article in which Channing approves and endorses Johnny Depp's desire to play her. I nearly lost my mind. Johnny Depp as Carol Channing?
YES! A MILLION TIMES YES!
Don't stop believing, people. Let's make this happen by making our voices heard around the globe. We want this movie. We neeeeeeeed this movie.
Or else Carol will get us all...
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You're going down young man!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq6XaF1qVcM
I can't tell you just how much this woman has been the subject of many nightmares (as well as jokes) in my life. Truly scary.
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