The Buzz Lightyear Ride. Tell Us About That, TooWe absolutely knew. I mean, W. MARK FELT.
How could one not know?
She had it written all over - excuse us, what was that? - he had it written all over his face. We would have told you, Dear Reader, but we assumed you knew, and besides, we were occupied with weightier matters.
Such as the party celebrating MARIO CANTONE's one-man show, "Laugh Whore."
The party last Thursday, at the Garden of Ono, was held by KIM CATTRALL and by Pure Romance, a company based in the Midwest that organizes sex-toy parties.
While Ms. Cattrall - the author with her then-husband of "Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm" - preferred the privacy of an enclosed garden nook, CHRIS CICCHINELLI, Pure Romance's vice president, was surrounded by guests as he explained one of the company's classic models, BOB (Battery Operated Boyfriend).
Bob, he said, is also the name of his stepfather.
Later, by the bar, Mr. Cicchinelli talked to us about the hefty order Ms. Cattrall had placed with Pure Romance. He said that they had tried to deliver it to her at the party, but she asked for it to be to delivered instead to her assistant.
Mr. Cicchinelli also said that the company had made a big shipment to JESSICA SIMPSON recently.
We spoke with the short, sassy and seriously gelled Mr. Cantone (who described himself as an OOMPA LOOMPA) about his relationship with Ms. Cattrall. He recalled a rain-soaked trip to Disney World after Ms. Cattrall had separated from her first husband.
"She's like, 'Let's go in the rain,' " he said. "We put on our yellow ponchos. We got soaked. There were no lines. We went on Space Mountain five times, like right in a row."
(Why do we keep giggling?)
"She was going through it a little, but it was a great escapism for us. She did very well with that. Believe me."
ROCCO DISPIRITO and MARISKA HARGITAY also stopped by, as did the blogger ROSIE O'DONNELL, whom we asked about TOM CRUISE. Does she still have a crush on him?
"I do," she said. "Although I did find his behavior startling on 'OPRAH.' Mario and I watched it together at JOY BEHAR's house."
"Yeah, it was startling. A little crazy," Mr. Cantone said.
The Answer, My Friend,
Is Ordering Room Service
The PAX/Real Solutions to Gun Violence organization held a benefit honoring ROSEANNE CASH last week, though Ms. Cash wasn't there. She was in California with her mother, VIVIAN DISTIN, who died later that night.
The benefit went on anyway, as did a performance by LYLE LOVETT, who later spoke with us about his days in journalism school.
"As I went to journalism school, I realized I don't have what it takes to ask the tough questions," Mr. Lovett said, after which we asked how big his bike collection was and what he thought about BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.
RICHARD BELZER, PATTY SMYTH, JOHN MCENROE, MANDY PATINKIN and TONY ROBERTS were in the audience.
G.E. SMITH, who played with Mr. Lovett, shared some memories of his days backing BOB DYLAN.
"He would tell the band before the show, 'Whatever I do, just keep playing'," Mr. Smith recalled. "So he gets down to what's usually the end of the show and he goes down the side of the stage and heads up the side aisle. And the audience is going nuts because he's kind of walking in the audience. Then he pushes out one of the side doors and goes outside.
"And we're all still on stage playing and playing, wondering what's happening. Later we would get word from the stage manager to stop playing. What Bob did was go outside in the street and hail a cab and go back to the hotel. Then he would phone the stage manager to tell us to stop playing. We were amazed when he did this in New York, and amazed that he could get a cab at that time."