HOT POTATO, COLD CASH: Sorry Nicole and Russell, when it comes to rich Aussies, there's a new shrimp on the barbie--Jeff, Greg, Murray and Anthony. The Wiggles topped the list of Australia's richest entertainers taking in an obscene 45 million Aussie dollars in 2004, up from 14 million the year before. Even taking into account new T-shirts every day and paying the salaries of Wags, Dorothy and Captain Featherswords, that's a lot of green, mate. Rounding out the top five were the aforementioned Kidman and Crowe, AC/DC, and Naomi Watts.
And as an aside, is there any greater day in a parents' life than when a child outgrows a show that you are not very fond of? Of course, I now know more about Pokemon and Dora than I ever imagined, but I no longer have to deal with "Wake Up, Jeff!"
And one another aside, it pains me that my kids have never embraced Sesame Street, but the Elmo-dominated program isn't the trippy, hippie show of my youth anyways. I happened to stumble across Grover's guest appearance on The Jimmy Kimmel Show the other night and thought the under-utilized blue monster tossed off a great jibe at fellow guest Tim Daly, who previous to the break was complaining about the Street being the cause of ADD and cutting down Grover by asking "What kind of animal is he?" (Answer, you dope, no kind of animal--he's a monster). Anyway, Grover comes out, turns to Daly, the erstwhile Wings star, and deadpans, "I loved you in Sideways."
edited to add: The Comments thread here has expanded into a discussion of our worst abuses of pop culture knowledge in academic writings. Join us. (-A.B.)
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