She'd be an improvement
Roseanne Barr is going to play the mayor on Portlandia (at least temporarily).
| Posted at 2:36 PM | Permalink |
|
About
This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on January 2, 2013 2:36 PM.
The previous post in this blog was A suggestion.
The next post in this blog is Why Portland sewer bills are out of control.
Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.
Comments (15)
She does resemble Vera Katz a little.
Posted by John Benton | January 2, 2013 2:48 PM
Sorry, she doesn't look like a bike-riding hipster. Bad casting.
Posted by Michelle | January 2, 2013 2:56 PM
Maybe she can sing the Star Spangled Banner before City Council meetings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls1YVhcLD2c
Posted by Jon | January 2, 2013 2:57 PM
“The mayor of Portland (Kyle MacLachlan) disappears, and through a temp agency, she fills in as mayor,” teases series co-creator/star Fred Armisen of her two-episode stint, which airs on Jan. 25 and Feb. 1. “She does things in the most efficient way. Because the character didn’t grow up in Portland, she doesn’t have the same understanding of how things go. She’s more like, ‘Look, this is a city, so we have to do those things that cities do.’ We wanted an outsider to come in and say, ‘What is this place?’”
Now THAT could be really funny.
Posted by Molly | January 2, 2013 3:12 PM
She's no Mildred Schwab or Connie McCready!
Posted by CBB | January 2, 2013 3:22 PM
I gotta quit reading without my specs.
I thought Jack's headline tease said, "Roseanne Barr PLAYED by the Mayor".
Which oddly has TWO meanings.
MY reply was going to be, "We have ALL been played by the Mayor". But that doesn't mean Sam wouldn't make a terrific Roseanne.
Posted by ltjd | January 2, 2013 3:27 PM
She's no Mildred Schwab or Connie McCready!
Was Schwab ever mayor?
I must have missed it...
Posted by cc | January 2, 2013 3:38 PM
Agreed, Molly. I could very easily see a skit where she gets the city running properly, pays down the debt, and amps up the local economy. She's then promptly ridden out of town on a rail, after being tarred and feathered, because she didn't make sure the workers paving the streets weren't offered vegan lunches.
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | January 2, 2013 3:41 PM
Mildred had a sense of fashion style in mind of Amanda Fritz and that is where the similarities end.
Posted by teresa | January 2, 2013 4:00 PM
Eat your heart out, Portlandia. I got there first.
Roseanne's on the list of comedians who've delivered one of my jokes on TV. Afterwards she said, "That's a good one."
Posted by Bill McDonald | January 2, 2013 4:01 PM
At least after singing the anthem she'll only grab herself and not an underage intern.
Posted by Old Zeb | January 2, 2013 4:32 PM
Roseanne for mayor...for real!
Posted by Portland Native | January 2, 2013 6:35 PM
It's fitting they cast a crazed loon to play Portland's mayor..
Posted by tankfixer | January 2, 2013 7:33 PM
At least Mildred knew bureau budgets better than most of the bureau's staff. Today's budgets probably have her spinning so fast she could generate more power than Vestas.
Posted by umpire | January 3, 2013 11:36 AM
http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/schwab_mildred_1917_1999_/
You had me reminiscing about Mildred...she was IMO a woman to be emulated; even if she did dress like my Grandmother..
"As a city commissioner, including the time when she was in charge of the Police and Fire bureaus, Schwab enjoyed considerable public popularity for her informal, flamboyant manner and quick wit. But at City Hall, she had a reputation for being temperamental, unpredictable, and disruptive and for not hesitating to publicly criticize fellow politicians and city staff members or to derail a colleague's proposal."
Posted by teresa | January 3, 2013 4:47 PM