# Jen hugs cancer kid on TV! Saintliness bar raised! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962 "2006-12-05T18:46:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/1 "2006-12-05T18:46:33Z")
OK, so first Jen was still the Heartbroken Madonna and Angelina was that Husband-Stealing, Brother-Frenching _Whore_, and _Vanity Fair_ compared Jen’s sufferings to those of Job (I swear I am not making that up). Then Angelina adopts an Ethiopian baby and she and Brad save everyone in Cambodia from starvation and war by the powers of their money and great beauty. Jen, not one to take that lying down, rolls up her sleeves, and now she is [hugging cancer kids on TV](http://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/shop.do?cID=10430&pID=13439). Next up: Angelina saves orphaned kittens from burning building! Jen brings peace to the Mideast! Angelina brings Elvis back from the dead! Jen reunites The Beatles! Angelina brings Ringo and Paul back from the dead! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/2 "2006-12-05T19:08:33Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] …Jen reunites The Beatles! Angelina brings Ringo and Paul back from the dead! [/QUOTE] This might work better if they do it in the other order. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/3 "2006-12-05T19:49:22Z")
Eve is surely referencing their _careers_, Twickster. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/4 "2006-12-05T19:51:33Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] This might work better if they do it in the other order. [/QUOTE] Well, no, Jen has to kill Paul and Ringo before Angelina can bring them back from the dead. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/5 "2006-12-05T19:56:38Z")
Angelina Jolie doesn’t have to be nicer than Anniston - she’s three times as hot and a better actress to boot. Seriously, does anyone take that little sitcom chickie’s side in this? The way I see it, the better woman won. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/6 "2006-12-05T20:02:04Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Well, no, Jen has to kill Paul and Ringo before Angelina can bring them back from the dead. [/QUOTE] :smack: ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/7 "2006-12-05T20:03:37Z")
They oughtta have Katie Holmes do the killing… nobody likes her anyway. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/8 "2006-12-05T20:06:14Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] Angelina Jolie doesn’t have to be nicer than Anniston - she’s three times as hot and a better actress to boot. Seriously, does anyone take that little sitcom chickie’s side in this? The way I see it, the better woman won. [/QUOTE] Eh, you can have Angie. I’ll take Jen any day of the week and twice on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/9 "2006-12-05T20:10:17Z")
I assume you are referring to the ad where Jen describes the little girl developing tumors and Marlo Thomas does a plug at the end? We saw the Jen version yesterday, and all immediately asked, “Isn’t that the same little bald girl who Robin Williams said had leukemia?” Gotta look into that further. And - traveling slightly further off-topic - isn’t something funky going on with Robin’s hair? And isn’t it about time Marlo changed her hairstyle? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/10 "2006-12-05T20:13:29Z")
If you think Angela is a better actor, you clearly haven’t seen [The Good Girl](http://imdb.com/title/tt0279113/). ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/11 "2006-12-05T20:14:12Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] And isn’t it about time Marlo changed her hairstyle? [/QUOTE] …And stopped huffing diesel exhaust fumes? She sounds like a drive thru speaker at Wendys. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/12 "2006-12-05T20:19:03Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] I assume you are referring to the ad where Jen describes the little girl developing tumors and Marlo Thomas does a plug at the end? [/QUOTE] That’s the one. Jen: “Little Cancer Girl here started having headaches, didn’t you, Little Cancer Girl?” Little Cancer Girl: “I hit my head on the trampoline!” Jen: “Shut up, I’m talking, and this isn’t a PSA for trampolines, it’s for _brain tumors_, which is what you have, Little Cancer Girl.” [Little Cancer Girl, terrified, hugs teddy bear] Jen: “C’mere, Little Cancer Girl, gimme a hug.” Marlo Thomas: “Take _that_, Angerlina Jolie!” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/13 "2006-12-05T21:34:40Z")
Jennifer Anniston is a good enough actress, for television. She’s no movie star. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/14 "2006-12-05T21:38:39Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] That’s the one. Jen: “Little Cancer Girl here started having headaches, didn’t you, Little Cancer Girl?” Little Cancer Girl: “I hit my head on the trampoline!” Jen: “Shut up, I’m talking, and this isn’t a PSA for trampolines, it’s for _brain tumors_, which is what you have, Little Cancer Girl.” [Little Cancer Girl, terrified, hugs teddy bear] Jen: “C’mere, Little Cancer Girl, gimme a hug.” Marlo Thomas: “Take _that_, Angerlina Jolie!” [/QUOTE] That was awesome **Eve**. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/15 "2006-12-05T22:09:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, no, Jen has to kill Paul and Ringo before Angelina can bring them back from the dead. In a joint public statement, Angelina Jolie and Mark Chapman denounced Aniston’s recent McCartney/Starr murder as “a cheap publicity stunt” and stated “neither of us will be drawn into a competition by her actions”. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/16 "2006-12-05T23:03:32Z")
Please Aniston is beautiful. Her body is better (she didn’t f-it up with tacky tattoos). She’s more personable. Better sense of humor as far as I can tell… has Jolie ever even laughed off camera? The only thing Jolie has is those c\*\*\*sucking lips. She made out with her brother anyway… Gross! I did hear third hand that Aniston was a shrew of a wife though. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/17 "2006-12-06T00:53:07Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] In a joint public statement, Angelina Jolie and Mark Chapman denounced Aniston’s recent McCartney/Starr murder as “a cheap publicity stunt” and stated “neither of us will be drawn into a competition by her actions”. [/QUOTE] . . . At which, Jennifer Aniston overthrew the US government and replaced the legislative branch with Smurfs, the judicial branch with Care Bears, and the executive branch with Fairy Princesses. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/18 "2006-12-06T01:00:01Z")
I think I’m missing something here. “Hugging cancer kids” and helping collect money for a hospital is a bad thing? She has some kind of big ulterior motivie because…? You lost me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/19 "2006-12-06T01:06:54Z")
I believe Eve was commenting on the timing of Aniston’s public service ads for the cause. As far as I recall, Aniston has never been a major figure in speaking out on causes. Jolie, on the other hand, has an established reputation as a spokeswoman for various causes. So Aniston may have decided she needed to compete with Jolie’s public image as part of their presumed feud. (And in case you missed the root cause of that, Aniston’s husband left her to take up with Jolie.) ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jen-hugs-cancer-kid-on-tv-saintliness-bar-raised/382962/20 "2006-12-06T02:08:14Z")
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