Meredith Salenger

'The Kiss'

HA ...........yea, she wasn't exactly an Academy Award winning actress.

I remember the Journey of Natty Gann...vaguely. She was cute in that.

Maybe she didn't want an acting career. She graduated Howard University with a degree in psychology. She also went to Pepperdine and has certificates in Court-Based Mediation of Family Law Matters and Mediating the Litigated Case. Sounds like a smart woman. Apparently she still acts and is a mediator.

I remember her very well!

They looked different but for some reason I always put Meredith and Megan Follows in the same category. They sort of reminded me of each other.

Thanks for the info, R3. Sounds like Meredith has done very well for herself outside of the entertainment industry. Very happy to hear it.

The guy who played Amy's cute boyfriend, Terry ended up becoming a busy director/producer ........... he did the 'Night At The Museum' movies.

R5, I just checked her movie career and it looks like she is very busy. I didn't see it, but can't believe she was in the Jodi Arias movie.

R3, she graduated Harvard, not Howard. That's a pretty big mistake.

I meant Harvard. Glad you never make a mistake as you type. Give yourself a big kick in the ass.

Ooh, touchy aren't you R3, R9. Maybe you just read the Scalia topic about slower black colleges and universities. It's more likely than mistyping Howard for Harvard.

By now, she's most famous for her guest starring role as that murdered teacher on "Buffy."

Wasn't she the poor man's Justine Bateman?

And how (or why) would anyone go from Harvard to... Pepperdine?

R11, ha. I had no idea that was her in that Buffy episode.

The father was pretty DILFy in 'The Kiss' too ............ didn't end up having much of an acting career.

I remember in 'The Kiss' when Meredith told Daddy a friend had seen Auntie's hideous back (from decaying) and he said 'It's just a little birthmark. And she yelled 'You fucked her !' and he smacked her in the face (well, the mother had just died recently, so ....)

And then in the middle of her attempt to transfer her slug demon to Meredith, Auntie stops in the middle to fuck Daddy again (to distract him from trying to stop her, I guess)

She's gorgeous. From her credentials she must be smart and sweet too--maybe a little too much for Tinseltown? I got the impression she didn't party or do anything salacious enough for anyone in the industry to market or write home about. I didn't know she mediates, that's awesome.

She made a convincing tomboy, she could have gone for more androgynous roles like Natty Gann, but I guess she didn't want to be viewed in that light.

Lord, I'm still having flashbacks from the incessant publicity Eisner gave Natty Gann when it came out.

NEW RULE: The 80s are a banned topic on DL. Get with the program, OP.

She had a period in class in the Kiss. That's my memory of her.

She was great in Dream A Little Dream. Very cool that she's one of the rare child actors who got out alive and has a career outside Hollywood.

I love "The Kiss"--it's one of my favorite late '80s horror flicks, and Meredith Salenger was one of the best things in it. I just recently watched it again for the first time in awhile. She gave the best performance in it by far.

OP = Patton still trying to fluff her career

R21 I just watched her in an episode of the new Will & Grace - Patton was in it, so I assumed he got her the gig.

I also remember her on an episode of Cold Case (love that show), she played a drunk who froze to death after she passed out in a snow bank. Sad episode.

She wanted more for herself than to end up married to Patton Oswalt but she aged out, got a little flabby, and he was the best way to keep her foot in the door to Hollywood.

The murdered teacher most remember from BUFFY is Diamond (or Pearl).

Is she the one who wrote the book about the GSK?

Her and the husband are assholes.

She, not her.

r24 Patton's deceased wife did but he went on the book tour and got the glory. Meanwhile his wife died under suspicious circumstances and he remarried pretty quickly.

R28, the death might have been suspicious, but the quick remarriage isn’t. Men always fucking do that. Always. Before the wife is cold, they have another one lined up. I know of exactly one man who didn’t remarry quickly after his wife died. Especially if there are children; they don’t want to raise a child alone.

^^ the surprise is that women sign up for that. It seems rather obvious that the guy is looking for a nanny with benefits, but hey. Some women are desperate.

Patton is nothing to look at but he has a decent career. I don't see his current wife as desperate. He doesn't have a whole raft of kids, does he?

That's why she's with him, she gets to go to his work events and try to revive her career. She is thirsty on Twitter trying to suck up to bigger celebs and toot her own horn for her decades old movies.

Prostitot dialling.

We were all cute in our late teens and early 20's, now she looks like a 50 year old woman. That's why she has to live through her earlier glory days because that was her peak.

"Men always fucking do that. Always. Before the wife is cold, they have another one lined up. I know of exactly one man who didn’t remarry quickly after his wife died. Especially if there are children; they don’t want to raise a child alone."

Yes, that is true. Men are so fucking creepy.

It takes two to tie the knot. And most children, especially girls, are truly raised by their mothers. It makes perfect sense for a man to find a replacement. It may upset you sentimental souls, but that's how it goes.

R31 Patton had one child when he married Meredith, a little girl. I thought he was hilarious until he married and had a child. Then his shtick became like every other married comedian. The same transformation is going on with Bill Burr now. His life observations were so sharp, then he got married, had a child and now every other observation is about family or kids. He lost his edge.

R37 here, Gaffigan is the only exception to my rule! His bits on his kids and family are great because his observations are unique and not mushy.