The requirements to get one of these stars has loosened up considerably.
I've written before about Billy's abiding love of Tina Fey. His fascination for pictures of the funny lady continues, unabated.
Today, though, we will meet a few other favorite members of Billy's Hollywood posse ...
INT. MINI-VAN - AFTERNOON
MOVING
Each day, on the drive home from school, we have a kind of conversation about Billy's day. Autistic kids, as a general rule, have difficulty with concepts like time and storytelling (that isn't scripted) so we've been working on this ... with varying levels of success.
ME: Hey champ, did you have a good day at school?
BILLY: Yes, good day at school.
(This response is pretty much scripted by this point, so I try to take the conversation a step further.)
ME: What did you do at school today?
BILLY: Played with friends.
(Darn. He managed to pull out another scripted answer. OK, let's try this again ...)
ME: Billy, WHO did you play with at school today?
(Pause. He's thinking. This is good. Ideally, this means he's thinking about the question, recalling the day and formulating an answer.)
BILLY: David Hyde Pierce.
ME: David -- WHAT?
BILLY: No, not David Hyde Pierce. It's Jason Alexander!
ME: Billy, I don't think you played with Jason Alexander today.
BILLY: No, not Jason Alexander. Joan Allen!
ME: Let's think about this, Billy. Joan Allen is an actress. She lives in California. She starred in the movie THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM. I don't think she was in Ms. Jade's class today.
BILLY: Hi, my name is Joan Allen!
ME: (sigh.) So, Joan, got any explanation for doing the movie DEATH RACE?
*
I was thoroughly flummoxed till I found out that during nap time -- an activity in which Billy refuses to participate -- Billy listens to stories on CD with headphones. One of those CDs features the If You Give a Mouse... stories, and guess who the narrators are?
Yep: David Hyde Pierce, Jason Alexander and Joan Allen.
So that conversation, though it unfolded in a non-traditional format, was actually a success. In his own way, he DID "play" with them!
Wednesday March 09 2011 08:09:25 am
writerwoman61
I love David and Jason...don't know much about Joan. I think it's great that they're reading kids' stories!
Hugs,
Wendy
Monday March 07 2011 07:26:41 pm
Lynn
See, I get the celebrity thing so much more than elevators, dinosaurs, U.S. Presidents, or whatever else our kids are commonly into. I could totally bond with Billy over that. What did he think of Scarlett Johansen's dress at the Oscars?
Monday March 07 2011 08:38:44 am
Jen
Phew! For a second there I thought they maybe stocked his classroom with Star Magazine.
Playa
Saturday March 05 2011 12:12:37 pm
Big Daddy
What makes you so sure he didn't play with David, Jason and Joan? I had a play date with Charlie Sheen yesterday and he is a lot busier than Billy's alleged playmates these days.
Saturday March 05 2011 01:36:38 am
Cheryl D.
Billy hangs with a better crowd than I do!
Friday March 04 2011 11:46:03 pm
Ashley
That's awesome! Sounds like the beginning of a great joke..."So David Hyde Pierce walks into a bar with Jason Alexander and Joan Allen..." =)
So Funny
Friday March 04 2011 06:47:20 pm
Kimmie's Mommy
I love it !!!!!! I love that right when you think that kids are getting totally off track they surprise you with the news that they do in fact know what they are talking about.
Friday March 04 2011 06:46:24 pm
Karen V.
I was thinking, gee, Amanda's watching a lot of old TV shows with her son? Billy is so funny! I can see my son doing the same thing soon. Cute story.
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