Another Golden Girl has gone to the Golden Palace in the sky. Rue McClanahan passed away this morning after suffering a major stroke. She was 76.

While she is most well-known for her iconic role as Blanche Devereaux on Golden Girls, she actually got her start on the stage in the 50's. She made her Broadway debut in 1969.

She acted in a couple of daytime soap operas, and then in 1972, she won the role of Maude's best friend Vivian on Maude, with fellow Golden Girl Bea Arthur. In the early 80's she worked on Mama's Family with another Golden Girl, Betty White. In 1985, she became Blanche Devereaux, and an icon was born.

Little known fact: Betty White was originally offered the part of Blanche, and Rue McClanahan was cast as Rose. Both ladies had played parts similar to those characters before and each wanted to do something different, so they switched. As you know, it was a wonderful decision!

After Golden Girls, and the subsequent spin-off, Golden Palace, Ms. McClanahan was diagnosed with breast cancer. She fought the good fight and won. She spent the next 20 or so years working in film and doing charity work.

Cheesy Goodness sends out sympathy to the family of Ms. McClanahan. I'll be watching Golden Girls clips on YouTube if you need me.

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Patrick Stewart was now Sir Patrick Stewart.

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The 69 year-old actor was knighted today by Queen Elizabeth II and joins other great Shakespearean actors who crossed over into the realm of science fiction, like Sir Alec Guinness and Sir Ian McKellen in knighthood.

His most famous role is of course, Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and he gained another legion of fans with his role as Professor X in the X-Men film franchise, but he never let himself be pigeonholed into one genre. He has worked in stage, television and film, been nominated for awards in all three mediums and he always makes time for his fans by making appearances at sci-fi and comic conventions. His imdb.com page spans 6 decades!

Congratulations to this girl's favorite starship captain, Sir Patrick Stewart!

In 1972, Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote "Rocket Man" and it became a hit.

In 1978, William Shatner performed "Rocket Man" for the Science Fiction Awards.

In 2001, Stewie Griffin performs a near copy of William Shatner's performance for an episode of Family Guy (Episode titled "And the Weiner is..." if you want to see it). I always wondered about the inspiration for that one...

Sometime in 2007, Shatner's performance is uploaded to YouTube.

Finally, this few minutes of pure, unadulterated Cheese falls in my lap. This is the epitome of Cheesy Goodness, folks. William Shatner wins The Internetz... and he wasn't even trying.

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Jason Alexander, in my opinion, was the best part of Seinfeld. If this were a real movie, I would TOTALLY watch it. Repeatedly.

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In honor of the Bard's Birth, I present to you Data, performing Henry V, Act 4, Scene 1. Enjoy this combination of two of my favorite things!

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This is definitely entertaining!

Most of you know I don't get political here (I save the politics for facebook!), but this was too funny too pass up, and the message at the end is something that every American Citizen should strive to do anyway, so why not. Now on to the funny!

President Obama has a dream...

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Here's is the news clip I told you all about yesterday! Again, if you are in the area, come see the show!

Hello everyone! Since I am a shameless self-promoter, I thought I'd let all of my local Texas (Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange area) readers know that I'll be on Live at 5 on Channel 6 today, singing, dancing and promoting the Port Arthur Little Theater production of Once Upon a Mattress which is opening tomorrow night on the mainstage! I hope to have a video of it tomorrow for anyone else who is interested in seeing it!

If you are local and you would like to see the show, the dates are February 25 - 28, March 4 - 7, March 18 - 21. Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30PM, and Sunday matinees are at 2:30PM. Tickets are $14 for adults, and $12 for seniors and students. Call (409) 727-PALT(7258) for reservations.

CLICK HERE for a map to the Playhouse.

This is a clip from the Red Green Show which aired on PBS a few years ago. I've never seen it, but this seems like something that would keep my Daddy entertained for hours!

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This is Charlie Booker. He makes a show on BBC 4 called Screenwipe and I think he's just hilarious.

There is a tiny bit of NSFW language, so you may want to put your headphones on.

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Um... Yeah.

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Boy, does this bring back memories!

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