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CBS removes its brain
Turns out “3 Lbs.” is a no-brainer — as in canceled after only three episodes.
While CBS hastens to point out that the drama, starring Stanley Tucci as an offbeat brain surgeon, is not officially canceled, it’s certainly been yanked off the schedule (9 p.m. Tuesdays) with no return date announced.
We can probably assume we’ve seen the last of “3 Lbs.” No big loss, in my opinion. The show was mediocre, and the title made me cringe … the weight of a body part is unappealing.
Drunk DeVito
Isn’t it interesting: One person’s obnoxious drunk is another person’s tipsy cute guy.
Danny DeVito dropped by “The View” on Wednesday drunk as a skunk.
He admitted as much right off the bat, said he had been out on the town with pal George Clooney. Night turned into morning and apparently the beverages hadn’t worn off when DeVito staggered onto Barbara Walters’ daytime talker.
“I think it was those last seven Limoncellos that did me in,” he said with a goofy grin.
During his loopy appearance, DeVito discussed a raucous night he and wife Rhea Perlman spent in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House during the Clinton administration. He also gleefully made fun of President Bush (variously portrayed as one of the Three Stooges and a monkey) with language that was bleeped out.
The women of “The View” defended DeVito. Rosie O’Donnell kissed him on the cheek, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck pronounced the diminutive actor a “fun drunk.”
Walters hasn’t commented on the appearance, but she certainly didn’t seem to be ticked off about it on the air.
It probably helped that DeVito wasn’t completely obnoxious or hurling racial epithets or behind the wheel of a car. He was sitting in a chair slurring his speech and smiling, looking a little bit like an elf that had indulged in too much Christmas cheer.
No matter how inoffensive the overall performance turned out, DeVito probably wishes he had sobered up before going on national TV.
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