David Cassidy on the Web
TV Eye: Depressing viewing
Thursday September 27, 2007
www.nzherald.co.nz
Editor's note: The following is part of a much larger article.
I tried to cheer myself up by watching a recording of last Tuesday's Whatever Happened To . . ? There has been some fuss over this Paul Holmes-returns-to-TVNZ show because of its $1.2 million Government funding and, well, its content.
The first item, a reunion between Wahine hero Brian and the baby he'd saved, Joanne, was quite moving, despite an overwrought script describing the sinking as a Titanic-like tragedy.
Joanne even blew on her mother's lifejacket whistle when commanded to by Holmes. Her mother died in a car crash.
WHT started to go a bit mad with the arrival of three diehard David Cassidy fans. Bless them: 33 years after they first fell in love with the "beeyootiful" Cassidy, there he was, on stage with them, feeling blessed by their loyalty. Cassidy and his host entered into a completely pointless conversation about former Partridge child star Susan Dey. And then, right in front of his three devoted fans, the heavily sweating Cassidy went and gave his hotel key card to Louise Wallace! The ingrate.
