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Post-Traumatic 'Tony Danza Show' Disorder Kept James Franco Off Talk Show Circuit For Years
Posted by Seth at 4:54 AM on August 1, 2008
Stopping by Late Show to drum up interest in Pineapple Express, James Franco admitted to David Letterman that this was only his second-ever experience on a talk show. The first was two years ago, when he appeared on The Tony Danza Show: A lightly surreal daytime chatfest hosted by everyone's favourite Who's The Boss-star and guido savante, it relied perhaps a little too heavily on ill-conceived gimmicks and stunts. (The Plinkoesque call-in trivia game Extravadanza immediately pops to mind.) Sure enough, learning that Franco played a boxer in a "horrible movie" he refrains from naming (Annapolis! It was Annapolis!), Danza challenged him first to a push-up contest, and, after Franco politely rejected that offer, a Hook-the-Ring decathalon event that still induces involuntarily facial-twitching and regular nightmares of Danza's "I'm the Lord of the Ring-Hookers!" victory dance.
Stopping by Late Show to drum up interest in Pineapple Express, James Franco admitted to David Letterman that this was only his second-ever experience on a talk show. The first was two years ago, when he appeared on The Tony Danza Show: A lightly surreal daytime chatfest hosted by everyone's favourite Who's The Boss-star and guido savante, it relied perhaps a little too heavily on ill-conceived gimmicks and stunts. (The Plinkoesque call-in trivia game Extravadanza immediately pops to mind.) Sure enough, learning that Franco played a boxer in a "horrible movie" he refrains from naming (Annapolis! It was Annapolis!), Danza challenged him first to a push-up contest, and, after Franco politely rejected that offer, a Hook-the-Ring decathalon event that still induces involuntarily facial-twitching and regular nightmares of Danza's "I'm the Lord of the Ring-Hookers!" victory dance.
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DTrent
Posted August 4, 2008 4:30 AM
LOVE Danza although he CAN be a bit 'over-the-top' to the point of being hyper so if you're not into spontineity (sp?) then it's best not to go on his show. I guess Mr. Franco didn't know this & he got 'tramatized' by the experience. That's too bad because millions of women would like to see MORE of Franco & hear whatEVER he has to say! The guy is no dummy & oh, so handsome!
Victor Ward
Posted 5:01 AM 1/8/08
He is the only pothead-esque guy I will ever find attractive.
Ok, that's not true, but I wish it were.
Victor Ward
Lulamaybelle
Posted 9:52 AM 1/8/08
C'mon! Franco is NOT a fan of Tony's "Danzitions"? Who isnt?!?
Lulamaybelle