I confess: I have a thing for stories about eccentrics, mansions, cats, dilapidated glamor and makeovers – so I am pleased to see numerous Emmy wins for the gorgeous and haunting “Grey Gardens” tonight! I’ve been fascinated by the Edie Beales and Grey Gardens for quite sometime. And of course, HBO and I are not alone. There’s the devastating and charming Broadway musical, well decorated with Tony awards. There’s Rufus Wainwright’s song Grey Gardens. Then there’s Rugrats, the Nickelodeon cartoon where everyone’s crotch is suspiciously, upsettingly wide. You probably watched it if you were born sometime after 1982, or the battery died in your remote at very inopportune moment.

While not exclusively parodying Grey Gardens (dominate themes are ripped more from Whatever Happened to Baby Jane and Sunset Boulevard), Rugrats namechecks Grey Gardens and certainly captures the creepy. Did I mention wide crotches? What is going on down there? [Edit: YouTube videos were taken down due to a Terms of Service violation - if you search, you may find it]

But the best is by far, soap opera One Life to Live’s twisted fantasy daydream, which is a surprisingly well done and direct homage. Everyone could have phoned it in per usual, but if you know anything about Grey Gardens, you can see that many, many people did their homework.

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