The Carrie Diaries: Shaun Cassidy Surfaces

The Carrie Diaries

By MisRed | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | 11:00 am | 8 Comments
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She has 2 bags of groceries. Um, two bags for Thanksgiving. Again, I call BS. I- EASILY have 8 bags minimum. Carrie’s Dad breaks the news there is a storm in Florida and the grandparents won’t be able to visit for Thanksgiving. But he also has GREAT news- Dad has invited Harlan and George to come for Thanksgiving dinner. Uh-oh, Carrie is not ready for George to see “Suburban Carrie.” (Trust me, honey- he already knows you are hick because you never heard the words “couture” or “sous chef.” ) Carrie is panicked to cook for so many people, especially George, Dad and The Dorrit aren’t too happy about the idea either and suggest they get take-out instead. Cool maybe they can order a Red Rider BB gun too. Carrie insists she can cook for everyone- she’ll just follow Mom’s recipes. No big deal. The Dorrit (she’s back!!), wisely, says “I don’t want to eat Carrie’s cooking. I want to live!!!” But… Carrie is determined to pull this off.

Crap! I have to make this shit myself?!?!

On Thanksgiving, Carrie rushes around her room putting away all of the things George would think is stupid- her Hello Kitty collection and her stuffed animal!! Carrie is bummed that she can’t hide The Dorrit. Carrie puts away an autographed photo of Shaun Cassidy.

Oh! Look who is finally back from Battle of the Network Stars???

Again, I call BS. The height of Shaun Cassidy’s popularity was 1978- I was 8. This is supposed to be 1983- Shaun Cassidy was as has-been by then. If the picture was of Ralph Maccio or C. Thomas Howell, I could get on board, but sorry, nope.

Mags, dressed like Princess Margaret, leaves her house to go over to Walt’s for Thanksgiving.

Hey Baby, can I stuff your turkey?

She runs into her pal The Cop, who was invited over to Mags’s house for Thanksgiving. The cop laughs at her because she looks ridiculous, but Mags tells him she is “going to my boyfriends and they dress for dinner.”

Putting away the historically inaccurate photograph has put Carrie behind schedule and she really needs to start this dinner. The Dorrit informs her she is already behind. Carrie goes to Mom’s recipe box to retrieve Mom’s “Perfect Turkey” recipe and finds it to be all smudged, nor can she find any of Mom’s cookbooks.

Whoops!  Looks like The Dorrit splashed a little bong water on Mom’s recipes

Carrie is fooked and we are lead to believe The Dorrit is behind all of this. I love The Dorrit.

It’s Mighty Mouse to the rescue. Mouse has, apparently, gone to the 8:30am seating at the Country Club because she is completely available to Carrie as of noon.

Mouse is here with every single cookbook from the library

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8 Comments

  1. 1
    Clair Clair
    Posted February 20, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    my gripe about this whole shebang is in regard to the recipe cards – who writes with a felt-tipped pen???

  2. 2
    labowner
    Posted February 20, 2013 at 3:21 pm

    I’m confused by the two Mr. Bigs.

  3. 3
    TurtleGirl93 TurtleGirl93
    Posted February 20, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    What is it with Thanksgiving? We had 4 sudden deaths in my family in a 15 year span, all during the month of November. I finally declared my entire life to be a Thanksgiving-free zone because it was simultaneously too depressing and too stressful. .I stay home, wear pajamas and eat ice cream out of the carton.
    I am Thankful for Ben & Jerry’s.
    @Clair, actually my home ec teacher in high school used a Sharpie-type pen to write recipe cards.

    @MisRed, I was also 8 in 1983 and couldn’t have told you who Shaun Cassidy was. However my friend who is 8 years older than me(us) had a Shaun Cassidy pillowcase that she slept on until college. I guess he had some hardcore fans?

  4. 4
    MisRed MisRed
    Posted February 20, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    @Clair- Good point.
    @Labowner- I have a feeling we will have multiple Mr. Bigs an Aidan or two and god only knows what else…
    @TurtleGirl93- I was 8 in 1978 #misredisancient. Shaun Cassidy had a fast rise and as fast fade, so I’m not surprised the only reference you had was The Shaun Cassidy pillowcase. Sadly, I believe my sister had one too- but I think it was homemade!!!

  5. 5
    ellemenop
    Posted February 21, 2013 at 5:20 am

    does ANYONE like thanksgiving? it seriously sucks. i’ve only lived in the u.s. since i was 12, and was happy we didn’t do thanksgiving … until i was about 17, when my parents decided to throw in the towel and do it since everyone else was and there was nothing else to do. i beg to differ, though. watching horror movies and eating take-out is better than the usual disaster and stress-fest thanksgiving is. why, parents, couldn’t you spare me until i started dating an american-born dude whom i am now married to, and thus am forever stuck with this holiday?

    carrie is so annoying, always trying to tell on dorrit for things. and i’m the OLDER sister, whom i think is usually the one supposed to be trying to get her sister in trouble, but it was the opposite in my family. my sister was the rat and i still hate tattlers. on the other hand, is dad smell-blind? because not only would you be able to smell it on her clothes and hair after she smoked outside, but then she brought it INSIDE. my parents would complain about me burning INCENSE. with the windows open.

    i have no idea who shaun cassidy is, but based on your description of his popularity having peaked in the 1970s, i think maybe that was the point — she was an even bigger loser for still having an autographed picture of her childhood idol. it’s like if some little kid is in love with justin bieber right now and when they’re 15 in 8 years they still have their framed, autographed picture in their room. at least that’s what i’m assuming was going on.

  6. 6
    Bella
    Posted February 21, 2013 at 7:46 am

    Shaun Cassidy is now behind the scenes. He basically discovered Heath Ledger in the show he created, ROAR. He is a writer and producer, now. :)

  7. 7
    cocoted
    Posted February 21, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    I loved the Jake Ryan reference.

  8. 8
    She Stinks!
    Posted February 22, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    Again, I really want to like this show, but I just don’t. I know its TV, and a certain amount of disbelief must be suspended, but its just too much. I think a cancellation is coming!

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