JULY 20th - Kissing Doubles



On this day in 1991, Kirk Cameron married his Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble. I always thought that Mike Seaver was one of the coolest characters on TV. He was like the precursor to Zack Morris. He was a ladies’ man, would come up with a bunch of hairbrained schemes, despite (or possibly because of) having a psychiatrist father played by an actor now best known as the dad of the guy who made the music video with all the naked girls running around. He had a best friend named Boner (may he rest in peace) and got into trouble, but he would ultimately do the right thing. Plus that show gave Leo his start. Kirk’s sister, Candace Cameron also played DJ in Full House, so that’s a whole lot of awesome going around in the same family. Not sure if it beats the Alan and Robin Thicke combo, but The Cameron Siblings were much closer together in their time in the spotlight. Of course Kirk turned out a lot different from his on-screen persona after he found God and became a Christian. Like he found God hard. Like denying evolution hard. So hard that he refuses to kiss anyone besides his wife in the acting projects he does. They dress up Chelsea and bring her in as “a kissing double.” Which seems odd when viewed in the realm of the acting world, but then again it’s pretty odd that actors just get to make out with a bunch of other people all the time and it’s seen as totally kosher. It’s not cheating because they’re pretending. What kind of reasoning is that? It doesn’t work in any other context. “Oh, don’t worry sweetie. I may have played a little tonsil hockey with the babysitter, but I was pretending I was somebody else. Somebody not married. So it’s totally okay.” It’s a little weird, right? Now, I’m not saying everybody should have kissing doubles who double as people who are actually involved said actor’s personal--mainly because it would totally take me out of the movie and my own entertainment is what is most important--but Kirk and Chelsea have been married since 1991. That’s like 50 years in Hollywood time. Then again, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been married for 27 years and they make out with other people all the time. So basically if it’s crapshoot anyway, and your job gives you a strangely accepted excuse for you mug down with some of the most beautiful people on the planet, why not do it? Maybe cause you found God hard. Which is fine. But you should still believe in evolution. Even the Pope has said it is all good.

This Day has been Marked.

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