Sara Blakely, the founder of the Spanx empire, was profiled in the New Yorker. She said her “first big idea, in 1998, was to chop the feet off a pair of control-top panty hose so that she could get a svelte, seamless look…” I would have thought her “big idea” came in 1985 when “St. Elmo’s Fire” came out: Rob Lowe undressed Mare Winningham, and it looked like Spanx to me. I guess this is a good time to share my idea for a new cartoon series, “The Adventures of Wonderbra and Spanx.” Maybe Oprah would like it for her new network. She just loooooves Spanx.

Sara Blakely, the founder of the Spanx empire, was profiled in the New Yorker. She said her “first big idea, in 1998, was to chop the feet off a pair of control-top panty hose so that she could get a svelte, seamless look…” I would have thought her “big idea” came in 1985 when “St. Elmo’s Fire” came out: Rob Lowe undressed Mare Winningham, and it looked like Spanx to me.

I guess this is a good time to share my idea for a new cartoon series, “The Adventures of Wonderbra and Spanx.” Maybe Oprah would like it for her new network. She just loooooves Spanx.