This nomination comes to you, with grateful assistance from Irving Berlin, as well as all the TV ads for funeral plans and Over 50s insurance, where a glamorous widow is seen smiling through her tears and looking beautiful, fragrant and helpless as she gases wistfully at her little children, who she wishes would fuck off out of it:
“Smile, even though your heart is breaking,
Smile even though it’s aching,
You’ll fina smile is really worthwhile……”
Kate Garroway, former news “presenter” has invented a new career for herself, promoting herself as the grieving widow telling us in short order through TV and print journalism “My first week without Derek”. “My son/daughters first birthday without Derek”, “My first summer without Derek”. “Darling Derek cost me thousands for his care till he kicked the bucket”, and now – the ultimate sob story “My first Xmas without Derek”.
After “I Love Lucy” (and didn’t we all?) came to an end, for many years Miss Ball had a series based on a book or play called “Life Without George” (not a lot of people know that) – it was just life without Dezi Arnez, as they divorced during the Lucy Show run.
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now – but please, Ms Garroway, shut the fuck up – you are getting boring:
Nominated by W. C. Boggs.




