Posted on 09/03/2003 5:32:14 PM PDT by dts32041
OLSEN TWINS TO PLAY UDAY, QUSAY IN NEW MINISERIES
Lighthearted Look at Saddam's Sons, Disney Says
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the famed twins who first burst onto the entertainment scene in the TV sitcom "Full House," will portray Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay in an upcoming miniseries for the Disney Channel, network officials confirmed today.
While details of the production remained sketchy, a Disney spokesman said that Mary-Kate would play Uday and Ashley would play Qusay, but left open the possibility that Mary-Kate might play Qusay and Ashley might play Uday.
Some in Hollywood questioned the casting of the Olsen twins as Saddam's murderous sons, citing it as the latest evidence of the scarcity of good roles for women in Hollywood.
But Disney defended the choice of Mary-Kate and Ashley, arguing that the miniseries would be a lighthearted look at Saddam's two sons and that the vehicle would be tailored to the Olsen twins' unique talents.
In the miniseries, entitled "Uday and Qusay: Take Two," the Olsen twins play matchmaker to their dad, Saddam Hussein (John Ritter), a lonely bachelor who spends his days wandering his ninety-three Presidential palaces.
As Uday and Qusay, "the Olsen twins conspire to fix up Saddam with an attractive member of his cabinet, Mrs. Anthrax," according to production notes provided by Disney.
In a related story, CIA experts today were busy studying a new exercise tape believed to have been made by Saddam Hussein and broadcast on al-Jazeera yesterday.
On the tape, Saddam is introduced as "fitness celebrity Saddam Hussein" and warns the viewer against using pills or miracle diets, arguing, "Those things have never worked for me or anyone else."
Saddam Hussein (John Ritter),
Jack Tripper from Three's Company
Homeland Security Warning Upgraded to BlackWASHINGTON (MP): In a move that shocked none (except Joe Momma), John Ashcroft upgraded the terror warning from orange to black. Apparently, average Americans' were not responding to the orange coding, with most reveling in the soothing and calming effect of the orange hue. Ashcroft felt that black was more conducive to inciting fear, considering that most American's live in constant fear of black men and their Johnsons'. In order to provide proof to an increasingly skeptic public, Ashcroft immediately arrested Raghib 'The Rocket' Ishmael and Quadry 'The Missle' Ishmael on suspicion of harbouring weapons of mass destruction.
Immediately, civil liberty watchdogs noted - with a paisley level of irony - that it was in fact the U.S. who had provided the training for 'The Rocket' in the early nineties only to have him defect to Canada.
Well........I guess they are a better choice than SpongeBob and Squidward.
They should call the movie "Eight Simple Rules for Killing My Spoiled Sons".
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