Re-reading 'That Girl and Phil' — Marlo's prissy majordomo tells all!

Part Two.

Some classics bits from that have been posted on DL over the years. It should be one of the books of our Old Testament.

"I must point out again that my official job title with the Thomas/Donahue house was 'majordomo,' which translates as 'chief of the house' ... Miss Thomas, however, not quite proficient in foreign languages, thought the title translated into 'whipping boy.'"

MARY!

[quote]"How [italic]dare[/italic] you!" I exclaimed in a loud, forceful voice. "You, a two-bit television actress, dare to speak to me in a low, vulgar tone? And such filthy profanities! You think you're so grand.

It sounds like Marlo wasn't the only one there under that particular delusion.

Marlo ruins Christmas "like a K-mart shopper gone berserk during a blue-light special," tells the staff "This is your fault, fuckers!", attempts to rip down the Christmas tree, and makes the newly hired butler cry.

"Desmond! Get me the FOOTSTOOL!"

Naturally, this makes me love her all the more!

"She then, to my horror, began to rearrange the place settings, taking the dessert fork and spoon from the immediate left and right of the plates and placing them above the plates. 'That's how I like my tables set,' Marlo stated, gesturing at a place setting I felt was now more befitting a Howard Johnson's restaurant than a Fifth Avenue penthouse."

Free to be Me: FUCK YOU

After feeling slighted by Barbara Walters, Desmond writes:

[quote]Because of Miss Walters' poor behavior, I instructed the waiters not to serve her a drink until she specifically requested one, and then to ignore her original request until she asked a second time.

"Marlo chose to wear an ensemble that consisted of a turquoise sweater over a black leather miniskirt. Some people I later spoke with thought her outfit inappropriate for a children's special, but I think Marlo was making an effort to be contemporary in her style of dress."

"She escorted me into the kitchen and told me she had prepared tea 'all by herself.' I felt quite honored she had gone to the trouble of boiling me water and realized by her standards she was making a considerable effort on my behalf."

[quote]a place setting I felt was now more befitting a Howard Johnson's restaurant than a Fifth Avenue penthouse

Guuuurrrrlllll!!!!!!

I hope Desmond discovered DL long ago--he belongs here.

He compares Marlo to Joan Crawford in MOMMIE DEAREST, and yet he nearly himself outdoes Joan in the category of flouncing-off speeches.

If only Carol Ann had learned to flounce off like Desmond...

He looks ... um ...

He looks precisely like someone Phil Donahue would hire as his Major Domo

Well, I guess Marlo will be cutting Desmond out of the will “for reasons best known to them.”

This should have been a movie of the week. Did he reveal any secrets about that laboratory of crazy scientists and doctors conducting illegal experiments called Saint Judes?

I picture Phil curled tightly in a dog bed, watching the chaos with dreary basset hound eyes.

That...hobgoblin...thing...at R18 thinks it's some sort of representative of upper class behavior?

I wouldn't pay it to stand in a flower bed wearing a gnome hat.

^Marlo

r23 heeheeee your way with words made me laugh. He reminds me of Salvador Dali.