Dear Adam, I understand your predicament. You finally made a movie that Roger Ebert liked (Punch Drunk Love) and nobody went to see it. Hell, even the fat man saw it for free. It must be horrible to put your heart and soul into a quality piece of work only to be abandoned by …
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The Supreme Court says that pornography is any act that has no artistic merit and causes sexual thought. That’s their definition essentially … no artistic merit causes sexual thought. Hmm, sounds like every commercial on television doesn’t it?. – Bill Hicks. The new millennium has been quite an adventure so far for the …
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Fun With Barry Manilow I won an argument the other day. This dude I worked with opined that Barry Manilow was really talented after his appearance on American Idol. He wasn’t kidding! Bill Hicks: The fact that we live in a world where John Lennon was murdered yet Barry Manilow continues to put out fucking …
It’s true what they say about the devil weed Ordell Robbie: That shit’ll rob you of your ambitions Melanie: Not if your ambition is to get high and watch TV. Chris Tucker’s last 10 years Rush Hour 3 (2007) …. Detective James Carter Rush Hour 2 (2001) …. Detective James Carter Rush Hour (1998) …. …
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Superman “is probably the most heterosexual character in any movie I’ve ever made,” said Bryan Singer, director of “Superman Returns,” a new movie about the crime-fighting superhero that opens June 28. “I don’t think he’s ever been gay.”
I read a great article in the Sun Times today bemoaning the death of Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Paul Reubens, undeniably genius children’s show, which was taken down by a night in a X-rated movie house because he was staying with his parents and didn’t want them to catch him masturbating. Because we all know that …
The Ox The Who As teens tend to do, I got red faced on any number of occasions when my unthinking brethren insisted that Neil Peart was a better drummer than Keith Moon. Who knows Neil may be brilliant, I was never really able to get past Geddy Lees voice to find out. I …
Man he looks like he’s a 22 year old Rookie. Well, he was a Rookie, but do to racial insanity he was around (no one was quite sure) 42. Paige went 6-1 with a 2.48 ERA, 45 strikeouts, 2 shutouts and 2 base hits. He used to pitch practically every day for decades and people …
I’ve taken great joy in lambasting this show. James Lipton is an almost living example of stuffy, pretentious, high brow nonsense. It’s like he daily tears down the notion of the intellectual through bad example ten times harder than Johnny Rotten ever did by vocally railing in its opposition. Thats enough on its own, but …
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Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blinder, a rejection of the world because we are …
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It’s pretty easy to dig the Beatles or the Stones years after the fact. It’s special though when you hook onto a band on their way up and they never let you down. When I grew up in Cleveland The Plain Dealer boasted proudly of their 60 year old Rock critic, which I suppose there …
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I’m pretty strongly against torture, especially when it’s as stupid as making a bunch of naked men pile up in a pyramid. We should be better than that, and the way you fight says a lot about your cause. I’ve been watching a lot of 24 lately, so I feel I have to equivoquate a …
How would one live the ultimate life? Is it a moral thing (Jesus or at least say Paul Newman or Bono)? An accomplishments thing (Shakespeare)? A fun thing (Hugh Hefner)? A toys thing (Mark Cuban)? Do you tear into it like a party (Motley Crue)? Do you live a tortuous stifling existence of art and …
Butch, Sundance, and Gondorf for good measure ride week after week for your amusement. It bespeaks to the prevalence of television in my life that I’ve seen so much of this show that no one else my age seems to have heard of. This is a show that was so cool you’d literally celebrate the …
A very pretty girl was on once. She didn’t seem like the usual Springer contestant. She seemed even college educated, which I imagine isn’t usually the case. She brings her boyfriend out and the following unwinds Girl: Jerry, my fiancé promised me that he wouldn’t have a bachelor party. I want him to admit that …
