“Beverly Hills, 90210” was running during the decade when I watched almost no television, or if I did, it was mostly sitcoms. I probably thought it was for a younger audience than me. However, I knew who was in the cast, and I once bought a Tori Spelling doll for my late friend Jeff simply because she had a big “marked down” sticker on her, and it made me laugh. (She was returned to my collection before he died.)
I was really bummed to hear that Luke Perry, who played Dylan McKay on “90210” died after a stroke. He is one of those people who you never hear anything bad about. Whenever I saw him give interviews or read articles about him, or read what other people said about him, they were always positive things. He’s way too young to be gone, and in a time when we need all the good guys we can get, he seemed to be one of the best.
I have several Dylan McKay (and for that matter, Brandon Walsh, who was played by Jason Priestley on the show) dolls, and I asked Tom to help me find them in our workroom last night.
People, you do NOT KNOW how challenging Wardrobe is. First, when I opened the door to the workroom (which has exterior doors only, it doesn’t open into any of the residences on our property), a rat ran across the floor. (Tom says it was a small rat. I say it was the size of a raccoon or a Maine Coon cat. Whatever, Tom.)
I kind of wanted to give up until summer, but Tom persevered. He finally found the right bin and brought it inside so I could shoot my Dylan dolls.
Only they were wrapped in tissue nude! And the wardrobe bags are… in that same workroom! I was not going back. Then I remembered I had a lot of boxed dolls in the top of my bedroom closet. I could borrow from their wardrobes!
First up was Harley Ken because his clothes are kinda smokin’. They would be a good Dylan McKay wardrobe. Except freakin’ Mattel and their crap clothes made of crap materials–his pants disintegrated when I removed them!
Even Delta looks distressed.
Seriously, this weird blue powder would be all that’s left of the pants if I tried to put them on Dylan.
NEXT!
Enter Orlando Bloom, willing to strip down to help a fellow actor out.
Between them, Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen and Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen were mostly useless. Their clothes are TOO SMALL for Dylan. Emmett is supposed to be HUGE. How is that possible? I think I ended up using Edward Cullen’s jeans. Maybe.
I guess when all else fails, turn to science fiction. Zachary Quinto will NOT LET YOU DOWN.
So, finally, here is the photo I was able to post to Instagram. But now you know all the angst and drama of Wardrobe that my Insta followers do not. The “90210” writers have nothing on me.
Good guy Luke Perry playing Dylan McKay, Legolas, and Mr. Spock.