Goodbye.

Aaron Spelling defined my childhood television experience. I loved just about every single show he ever produced. Shlock? Mind Candy? Absolutly. But I learned how to flick my hair AND hold a gun from Charlies Angles. . . I learned the cure for sea sickness was a few pills from Doc and a bloody mary from Isaac. . . I learned to fear the shortside of people from the guy on Fanstay Island “zee plane”. . . I learned that cars could talk to you and solve crime, that shoulder pads could NEVER be too big, makeup could never be too much, and a zip code held all the same trials and tribulations that mine did. . . only always looking gorgeous.
I love that he bought his wife a forty carat diamond and gave his daughter countless jobs. I love that his house could hold a small third world country.

Most of all, I love that he gave me my longtime boyfriend and guardian angel. I will probably always love Luke Perry… and am ok with being ridiculed mercilessly for it. I can take the heat and the jokes.

Raise your glass to your tv set today. Chances are, you’re watching one of his shows.