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A Princely profanity

Larry Crouse, a friend of the cast, told me he's got a pilot called "Kenny" that he's trying to get on TV. For music, the "Kenny" show required something very special, made here in Minnesota! Crouse was looking specifically for a Prince song with the word "bitch" in it. "Billie Jack Bitch" was the answer, Hal Sparks told Crouse. Crouse cued up the song on his i-Pod, and Sparks began to sing the lyrics. They wanted to know what silly names I had called Prince that inspired him to write a nasty song about me. Symbolina was apparently the name considered the most egregious by Purple Guy. ''You should have the song played every time you come to a restaurant,'' Scott Lowell suggested. No thanks. We talked about the buzz that Prince got married again and wondered whether it was real. After all, he ditched first wife Mayte with some blather about not liking contracts. ''I hope he finds some love and he's happy and has babies who outweigh him,'' Hal Sparks said. Isn't that sweet? Prince, please accept those moving words as a congratulatory card on your ''marriage'' from me, Hal, Scott and Thea!

[That baby comment seems WAY below the belt to me. Sigh. -Ben]