Dude, You’re Going Off-Off-Broadway!
The “Dude, you’re getting a Dell” guy is preparing a one-man autobiographical show.
Biographies
Is This the Best TV Commercial Ever?
It is according to classy filmmaker Errol Morris, his tongue somewhere between 8% and 92% in cheek.
So let’s go to the video: Robert Lee (not that Robert Lee)
for Cullman Liquidation.
Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents Dinner: TRANSCRIPT
President Barack Obama did the usual presidential joking last night at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner — though his jokes were maybe better than most. The Chicago Sun-Times has the full transcript, god bless ’em. A few zingers:
Unknown Dude Wins $900,000 on Kentucky Derby
Super Saver won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday afternoon, but the real winner was Glen Fullerton, a Texan who was at the track and won $900,000 courtesy of the DreamBet sweepstakes.
The Quaids Go Free
Catching up on a loose end from this week: Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have settled the fraud, burglary and conspiracy charges against them.
Interview with Michael Caine
English film star Michael Caine talks about politics, and about his 2009 role in Harry Brown in this nice Q&A from The Onion’s A.V. Club.
Leslie Buck, Designer of New York’s ‘Greek’ Coffee Cup
Leslie Buck, who designed the ‘Anthora’ — the iconic Greek paper coffee cup that’s been a Manhattan favorite for 45 years — has died at age 87.
The Magic Moment happened in the mid-1960s, when Buck was the sales manager for the paper company Sherri:
Mt. Airy: Where Mayberry Gets Mugged
Come to beautiful Mt. Airy, North Carolina, where Barney Fife’s girlfriend gets robbed on the street!
Birthday Twins: Double Bonus Edition
Actor Uma Thurman and tennis ace Andre Agassi were both born on this day in 1970. They turn 40 today.Actor Daniel Day-Lewis and ill-fated “Grizzly Man” Timothy Treadwell were both born on this day in 1957.
“Heckuva Job, Brownie!”
Five things Gordon Brown might have muttered instead: “That ought to hold the little voters.” “Didn’t she remind you of the Queen? Except not as ugly.”