Happy 100th Birthday, Lucy!

Saturday marks the 100th birthday of comedy legend Lucille Ball. This groundbreaking show biz pioneer was not only the undisputed Queen of Comedy, but ran the highly successful TV production studio, Desilu, which produced such iconic programming as The Andy Griffith Show, "Gomer Pyle, USMC", "Make Room for Daddy" and a little space opera called "Star Trek".

Lucy wasn't exactly loved in the Hollywood business world. The late Tonight Show host, Johnny Carson referred to her as Lucille Testicle.

Even Lucy's sidekick Vivian Vance admitted that the star wasn't easy to get along with. She wrote in her biography that she decided, "If this show's a success then I'm going to learn to love that bitch."

Whatevah, girl! The work stands for itself.

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Bill O'Reilly on DADT: "We should stop this nonsense" (video)

Climate change kicked into over-drive this week as Hell froze over on word that Fox "News" blowhard Bill O'Reilly told Jay Leno that he supports the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

The conservatard commentator, who is now officially farther to the left than President Obama on the LGBT rights, appeared on the "Tonight Show" on Monday night. Jay asked him his take on the news of Dan Choi's discharge from the NY Army National Guard.

The Huffington Post reports:

Bill O'Reilly made an appearance on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" Monday night, telling President Obama to stop enforcing the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy regarding gays serving in the military.

"President Obama has the power to stop this 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' business. Just sign an executive order. I don't know why it's taking so long--it's not fair. We should stop this nonsense," said O'Reilly.

Obama had promised during his campaign for presidency that he would work with lawmakers and the military to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military. And while the President has urged Congress to repeal DADT, he has yet to publicly address the option of an executive order.

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Gay Comedian Kevin Meaney Comes Out on The Tonight Show

Comedian Kevin Meaney has been one of my favorite funny men for thirty years. On Friday night's Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Meaney used his his 5 minute spot to come out publicly.

This is not actually the first time the comedy veteran has talked about coming out late in life on TV. I saw him on a panel with other gay comics, including Judy Gold, on the "Joy Behar Show" on HLN back in November in a segment called "Coming Out for the Holidays". But this is the first time Meaney, or any comic, has worked coming out into his stand up routine on a network late night talk show.

Meaney made his first Tonight Show appearance in 1987 when Johnny Carson was hosting. He appeared in the Broadway production of "Hairspray" from 2004 through 2009.

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