We Hear Tom Arnold* May Be Available In Mid-2008, But I’m Really Holding Out For Alf To Make His Triumphal Return To The Spotlight

If there’s one thing we need, it’s more overweight 1980s sitcom stars in the role of Edna Turnblad in Hairspray:

[George] Wendt, who played Norm Peterson . . . on “Cheers” for a decade, fills out a cast that includes such other big names as former *NSYNC boy-band member Lance Bass and former “Hollywood Square” Jim J. Bullock.

Wendt follows in the footsteps of other heavyweights who played Edna, including John Travolta who starred in this year’s movie-musical version and legendary drag actor Divine, who starred in John Water’s original 1988 film.

(Since when did “Jim” J. Bullock start using vowels? Or am I just not a big enough Jim J. Bullock fan?)

*Sorry, dude — I didn’t realize how much weight you lost since the early ’90s — you look good, by the by!