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Jenny McCarthy Risks Being 'Bad Girl'
newsday ^ | 5/23/05 | bridgette Byrne

Posted on 05/23/2005 1:50:20 PM PDT by pissant

LOS ANGELES -- Jenny McCarthy was risque even at age 6. Grinning broadly during a recent interview, she recounts how she cracked up the mothers waiting to pick up their kids at her kindergarten with a slightly off-color joke aimed at her teacher.

"I watched all these people laughing and I thought, 'Cool. Right on.'"

She's hoping the same type of raw irreverence will pay dividends in her new sitcom, "The Bad Girl's Guide," based on the best-selling series of books by Cameron Tuttle. It premieres Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. EDT on UPN.

McCarthy plays JJ, a low-level advertising executive who shares the joys and woes of modern life in the company of two girlfriends -- co-worker Holly (Marcelle Larice) and roommate Sarah (Christina Moore).

"Being a 'bad girl' isn't necessarily breaking the law, it's basically questioning the rules, testing out boundaries," says McCarthy.

The show is "a little bit edgy for network television," she says. In the premiere episode, JJ indulges in romantic fantasies about a man she's met in the elevator at work. There's some sexy language, but it's not as explicit as, say, HBO's retired "Sex and The City."

"This is 'Sex and The City in the Mall,'" McCarthy says. "This is where people can go out and get (the style) for $19.99. We definitely wanted a real girl perspective on it, not a fantasy world."

The Chicago-born McCarthy, 32, was Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1994, then went on to host "Singled Out" and "The Jenny McCarthy Show" on MTV. She also starred in "Jenny," an NBC sitcom that only aired for 10 episodes in 1997.

Married and the mother of a 3-year-old boy, she's authored the explicit books "Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth"

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


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1 posted on 05/23/2005 1:50:21 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Dream on, pissy . . .


2 posted on 05/23/2005 1:52:31 PM PDT by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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To: BerthaDee

she gives me the heebie jeebies


3 posted on 05/23/2005 1:53:30 PM PDT by pissant (I've got a headache)
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To: BerthaDee

though a spankin might be in order....


4 posted on 05/23/2005 1:54:48 PM PDT by pissant (I've got a headache)
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To: pissant

Yeah, I think she's creepy too. I have never known anyone with that name I liked.


5 posted on 05/23/2005 1:54:59 PM PDT by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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To: pissant

So I take it that the right one is Heebie and the left one is Jeebie?


6 posted on 05/23/2005 1:55:15 PM PDT by najida (Free Republic's Own Crazy Cat Lady)
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To: BerthaDee

I hear ya! I'm sure there are some prettier & clasier Jenny's out there though!


7 posted on 05/23/2005 1:55:53 PM PDT by pissant (I've got a headache)
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To: najida

hehehehe


8 posted on 05/23/2005 1:56:08 PM PDT by pissant (I've got a headache)
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To: BerthaDee; pissant

Didn't she do a print ad a few years back, showing her wearing a Catholic girlls school uniform, stuffed in a basket?


9 posted on 05/23/2005 1:57:52 PM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: pissant
Especially if they spell their nicknames correctly.
10 posted on 05/23/2005 1:57:56 PM PDT by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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To: pissant; BerthaDee

Well, in my Universe it's the Vickies and the Dianes that I've had to watch out for.


11 posted on 05/23/2005 1:58:13 PM PDT by najida (Free Republic's Own Crazy Cat Lady)
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To: najida

huh?


12 posted on 05/23/2005 1:59:30 PM PDT by pissant (I've got a headache)
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To: ken5050

"Didn't she do a print ad a few years back, showing her wearing a Catholic girlls school uniform, stuffed in a basket?"

I don't know. Got a picture?


13 posted on 05/23/2005 2:01:08 PM PDT by LongsforReagan (I hate Howard Dean and everything he stands for.)
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To: ken5050

Don't know much about her. Maybe you can help us out.


14 posted on 05/23/2005 2:03:11 PM PDT by pissant (I've got a headache)
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To: pissant

BerthaDee was saying that she never knew a Jenny that she liked. Well, in my life, Vickie (name of two chicks who stole my boyfriends PLUS an insane boss) and Diane (again, guy stealing slut, backstabbing dancer plus klepto employee).

I'm very wary around those names ;)


15 posted on 05/23/2005 2:03:21 PM PDT by najida (Free Republic's Own Crazy Cat Lady)
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To: najida

LOL. Sorry to hear that. I like every Najida I've ever chatted with! ;o)


16 posted on 05/23/2005 2:05:29 PM PDT by pissant (I've got a headache)
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To: najida; pissant; thag
Vickies can be very treacherous. I have not had a bad experience with a Diane other than they can be kind of distant, unreadable, people to whom one cannot get close.

I prefer Johns. Take that as you wish.

17 posted on 05/23/2005 2:09:10 PM PDT by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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""Being a 'bad girl' isn't necessarily breaking the law, it's basically questioning the rules, testing out boundaries,"

Oh brother.

18 posted on 05/23/2005 2:09:18 PM PDT by Enterprise (Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")
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To: najida

FYI..in this past Sunday's NY Times magzine..there's an aticle, "NightMoves'..about a photojournalist who for the past 10 years has moonlighted as a belly-dancer. She writes about her experiences..some cool pics..it's on the website...under Magazine section....


19 posted on 05/23/2005 2:12:11 PM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: Enterprise
She's best seen and not heard! That's for damn sure. But not all Jenny's are bad. This one is an ace softball player and a conservative!
20 posted on 05/23/2005 2:13:37 PM PDT by pissant (I've got a headache)
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