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Not the Dating Advice We Were Looking For But...
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Jen Chung
Published Aug 4, 2003
Modified Mar 6, 2008
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The title on Slate's main page for Virginia Heffernan's article was "How to date a has-been." Hoping for some tactical advice about relationships, Gothamist eagerly clicked through - only to see the piece was about E!'s plebe-gets-to-date-celebrity-of-yesterday show, Star Dates. Damn. But the article is pretty funny: Heffernan seems very protective of Fred Berry ("Hey hey hey!" Rerun from What's Happening! AND What's Happening Now!) and Jimmie Walker.
Damn again! Gothamist looked to see who we'd be compatible with...and it's Cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch!
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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