The 9/20/07 Show

Although I think Robin is nuts, she was completely right on voting for seeing Haydn Porter disrobe. I mean, has Howard aged so much to a point that his testosterone levels have depleted to be essentially non-existent? Wow. This is a Playboy model. She’s been naked and she’s certainly no innocent little girl. She obviously has been around the block (maybe not as much as some other female guests) but nonetheless, we’re not talking about a pure virgin who never heard of sex in her life. If you’re in Playboy, then all the bets are off. I guess the resemblance is too close to Howard’s own daughters which causes him to avoid seeing Haydn naked. I do know that Howard said it’s partially because he has daughters himself. I assume it’s some over-analysis of the deep meaning behind it. But that’s a bit hypocritical. He certainly doesn’t wait long to get anyone else naked quickly (which is appreciated, btw).

Howard loves to play amateur psychologist. I love hearing his analysis of people psyche. I guess after going to a shrink for a decade he can’t avoid that. But the fact is that he’s lacking the actual formal training. Perhaps it’s a simpler explanation. Maybe when a guy watches too much dancing with the stars and rather play chess than play with his fiancé then that the results we can expect. It sounds like Howard’s shrink is the Freudian type shrink. I don’t know how much stock I would put in it. This type of therapy has many critics and it’s generally ineffective. With the years, time and money spent with his shrink I doubt if any positive change was caused by the therapist. Obviously Howard’s parents didn’t pay much attention to him as a child, so now, for a large sum, he can buy this attention. Any positive changes were most likely created by Howard himself. He most likely the one who wanted the change to happen and, at minimum (if that much at all) with the help of his shrink.

A side note, it was a bit hypocritical for Howard to berate fa-fa for installing a software to track internet use of his children. Regardless of whether fa-fa was right or wrong, Howard berated him and his parenting skills like there’s no tomorrow. I think fights on the show are awesome and funny. But Gary’s kids will one day hear the show and witness their father being made to a fool. So if Howard is having a change of hearts with Haydn because of his own daughters then perhaps scale back just a tad the attacks on Gary’s parenting skill. If Howard is such a great parent then he would have done a better job with his oldest daughter, Emily. Dropping her top at some off Broadway show which received horrible reviews? So Howard needs to keep that in mind the next time he criticizes Gary and his wife’s parenting skills.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_2122848.shtml

Lastly and less importantly, Howard said Maureen McCormick has revealed that she had an affair with Eve Plum when they were child stars on the “The Brady Bunch. Her book name is “Here’s a Story” and no one aside from Artie made the connection (to the show’s opening song). Isn’t this show from Howard’s generation…humm…I suppose those neurons are not functioning as well as they used to.