Tom Hanks: Toddlers and Tiaras
Confession time; I have always loved Tom Hanks. I loved him in Big, I loved him in Philadelphia, heck, I even thought he was great in Bosom Buddies, remember that?
I loved him even more when I found out we went to the same college (at different times) in Sacramento, CA as myself. In an age and era of self-indulgent, self-important Hollywood stars Tom always struck me as the guy cool guy in the room, you know, the one who doesn’t take himself too seriously.
Well Tom’s cool meter just jumped off the chart. Tom Hanks was on the Jimmy Kimmel show last night after the Oscars and he used his finely tuned sense of humor to poke fun at TLC’s Toddlers and Tiara’s show and you KNOW how we feel about that show here.
Take a peek. It’s a little on the long side but it’s funny, especially because we have seen some of this same outrageous behavior from some of the real moms living vicariously through their kids during these pageants. Yeah I said it.
I’m sure TLC wasn’t too thrilled to be the butt of the joke by a big, Hollywood star, but the fact is Hanks is hardly the only one to see the complete absurdity of this show and kiddie pageants in general.
But what do you think of Tom Hanks poking fun at child beauty pageants and TLC’s show? Did the clip make you laugh? Start commenting everyone…
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That was GREAT! It really does showcase how over the top sick these things are, I’m sorry. I find it utterly bizarre. Especially the faded beauty queen who won her small town, butthole, ga. pop. 312, 1988 pageant winner who is working 3 jobs to pay for the costumes instead of the tutor the kid needs to actually excel in school and go to freakin college!
And really, what does this teach kids in a society that already so focused on the facade and fake, fake, fake facets of life? Let’s get even faker! Good for all these guys for taking part and it showed in the maturity their kids had in their eyes that they GOT the joke too! Good parents, all of them! -
is this Tom’s real daughter? Absolutely hilarious! I don’t like the Little Miss pageants, they exploit the little girls (and boys) and showcase the craziness of the parents involved. I guess some parents get their children involved in sports at an early age and other parents put their children in pageants. Not happening here….it’s just wrong on so many levels…..
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“…some of the real moms living vicariously through their kids during these pageants”
Therein lies the essence of the problem. I always wonder about the psychological make-up of someone who’s willing to put their kid through something like this…What 5 year-old wakes up one morning and decides she wants to compete in beauty pageants??