Just Us Nerds

Guess who is back in Hollywood and looking to score a little work? It’s our old friend Molly Ringwald! Molly starred in some of the eighties’ best teen movies, including Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, For Keeps? and Pretty in Pink. Well, if you’ve been dying for a little Molly cuddling, set your Tivo to record that crappy ghost show Medium on May 1st. Until then, here are some miscellaneous Molly details to tide you over.

• Molly released an album at the age of 6 entitled, I Wanna Be Loved By You, Molly Sings.
• Molly speaks fluent French, and even divorced a Frenchman — who now sits in a café smoking cloves, shaking his head and every once in a while shouting “Molly! Va te faire voir!”
• Molly’s father is the blind jazz pianist Bob Ringwald.
• Molly turned down the Julie Roberts part in Pretty Woman. I don’t know if Molly was right for the role, but I do know that without that part Julia Roberts would probably have spent the nineties working at Hooters taken more time to become a star and we would have been spared missed her in Mary Riley.
• Molly made the cover of Time magazine in 1986.
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• In the movie Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Molly managed to pout in 3-D. This was the first and to this date only recorded instance of a 3-D movie pout.
• Molly wants to do a sequel to Sixteen Candles (Why can’t they get this thing made!)
• Molly is ranked #1 in VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Teen Stars. Sorry Claire Danes, you came up short.
• Molly was the inspiration behind the song Molly (Sixteen Candles) by Sponge. Well, I think she was anyway. If not, what the hell were they thinking?
• In Dungeons and Dragons, Molly Ringmail armor comes with 1d10 damage reduction and +1 charisma.
• Molly played Sally Bowles in a Broadway production of Cabaret – old chum.
• In 1996 Molly starred in a TV series called Townies. That train wreck show launched the careers of Jenna Elfman and Lauren Graham. Thanks Molly!