The controversy over the LeBron James-Gisele Bundchen Vogue cover is American lunacy at its best. Apparently the cover is supposed to subliminally recreate King Kong and Fay Wray and reinforce racial stereotypes. I guess I’m unimaginative; to me it just looks like an NBA player in a typical pose, juxtaposed with a typical supermodel looking supermodelish.
If Barack Obama does not become the first black President, I think Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, NJ may claim the honor. I saw him on Bill Moyer’s program the other night and he was very impressive. He’s 38, was an All-Pac 10 Academic basketball player at Stanford, a Rhoades Scholar, earned a JD at Yale. He had a great job at IBM but gave it all up in 1998 to move into the worst, most dangerous public housing complex in Newark where he lived until 2006 when he was elected mayor on his 2nd try. His message and speaking skills are exceptional.
I was reading People over the weekend and was struck by the number of photos in which a celebrity appeared with his or her children. Not only has celebrity become the leading industry in America, it seems that the industry leaders are giving their kids a leg up in the family business. They seem to be emulating the Paris Hilton/Nicole Richie business model.
The five funniest TV characters of all times, in no particular order: Ralph Kramden, Ed Norton, Norm from Cheers, Ted Baxter and Homer Simpson.
If Barack Obama does not become the first black President, I think Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, NJ may claim the honor. I saw him on Bill Moyer’s program the other night and he was very impressive. He’s 38, was an All-Pac 10 Academic basketball player at Stanford, a Rhoades Scholar, earned a JD at Yale. He had a great job at IBM but gave it all up in 1998 to move into the worst, most dangerous public housing complex in Newark where he lived until 2006 when he was elected mayor on his 2nd try. His message and speaking skills are exceptional.
I was reading People over the weekend and was struck by the number of photos in which a celebrity appeared with his or her children. Not only has celebrity become the leading industry in America, it seems that the industry leaders are giving their kids a leg up in the family business. They seem to be emulating the Paris Hilton/Nicole Richie business model.
The five funniest TV characters of all times, in no particular order: Ralph Kramden, Ed Norton, Norm from Cheers, Ted Baxter and Homer Simpson.
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Ted Baxter: "I have just been handed an important news bulletin: 'You have something stuck between your 2 front teeth...'"
well, you were reading PEOPLE mag.
Real people dont read PEOPLE mag unless we are in the dentist office.
Everyone should read People magazine because that's what America reads -- otherwise you only know what the people who read the NY Times think -- and that is a narrow view. Besides -- it's the most successful magazine in the history of publishing, and a major contributor to my retirement fund.
1.) Ridiculous -- I can't even comment on it.
2.)Seven murders so far this year (vs. 22 in 2007), and each one a knife in Booker's heart. Here's a hero no one's cheering for except the scared and hopeful residents of Newark.
3.) The BEST line-up on TV was every member of Sid Caesar's "Show of Shows." Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, Imogene Coca and Nanette Fabray doing 90 mins. live every week!
Houlihan & Big Chuck
(The Pizza Eating Contest of the Century, featuring Mush mouth Mariano Pichetti)
Ghoulardi
Mayor Perk
Dorothy Fuldheim
Tim Conway and Ernie Anderson (ghoulardie). Dorothy Fuldlheim? Talk about old school. A rather esoteric list from DMJ.
what did you expect from DMJ? Mary Tyler Moore?
nice list from AY -- too bad the rest of us are too young to remember them ;-)
i was going for characters rather than actors with the list, so Sid Ceasar can't make it but Ghoulardi can.
Sorry, DB, they do count. Everyone of those guys played a slew of characters rotated every week. I'm just too old to remember their names :(
I agree that they count. Especially Howard Morris who went on to play estimable Ernest T. Bass on the Andy Griffith show.
There is also Ernie Kovacs.
Ernie Kovacs...the best...the routine with the chimps was onre of the top 5 moments on TV.
Steve Allen wasnt to shabby either
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