The Nutty Payne of Pregnant Senators

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By Jeff Kreisler on 07/01/2009

News!

They're making a Broadway show based upon "The Nutty Professor"
No longer will the love of Jerry Lewis be held captive by the French. To the flavan-flavan!
(Also, this should wash out the memory of Eddie Murphy's version, right?)

There might be spin-off of "House Of Payne."
Not sure this falls under "comedy" news. Then again, beauty - and funny - is in the eye of the beholder. I'm just not beholding Tyler Perry that well...

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Cynopsis is a great source for daily industry news delivered to your email box.
Today, I noticed two unrelated but cosmically linked postings:
"TLC opens the network premiere of I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant on July 8 at 9p. The series, produced by Mike Mathis Productions, features stories about women who are completely unaware they were pregnant until they entered labor and delivery...."
and
"After airing only three episodes, MTV okayed a second season of the series 16 and Pregnant, airing currently on Thursdays at 10p. The series follows six teenage girls for 5-7 months chronicling the change pregnancy makes in their lives..."
Gotta love TV.

Al Franken is a United States Senator.
There's hope for me yet.