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.
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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.”
Laura Bush Talks About Her Car Crash
According to this story in the New York Times, former First Lady Laura Bush finally “opens up” about the 1963 automobile crash she caused that killed a classmate.
‘Just a Sort of Bigoted Woman’
“A car crash” for British PM Gordon Brown and the Labour Party.
Sandra Bullock Divorces Husband, Adds Baby
Sandra Bullock has filed for divorce from her wandering husband, Jesse James.As a lagniappe, she’s adopting a three-month old baby boy from New Orleans. People says the adoption started before her break with James, and she’s now continuing it as a single parent.
Randy Quaid Seems Intent on Reliving ‘The Last Detail’
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, were arrested yet again yesterday, this time in Santa Barbara.
Malcolm X’s Killer Paroled
New York prisoner Thomas Hagan has been paroled, four decades after taking part in the assassination of Malcolm X. Hagan, convicted in 1966, is the only man to have admitted his role in the 1965 shooting of the charismatic leader.
Chelsea Clinton Engagement Ring Photo
Chelsea Clinton has been at the top of our popularity list all day, apparently because she flashed her engagement ring on Broadway last night.Here’s the photo of Chelsea Clinton’s engagement ring, courtesy of the New York Daily News and Sykes/AP:
The George W. Bush Memoir: Alternate Covers
Gawker offers some options.
Happy 45th Deathday, Edward R. Murrow!
Edward R. Murrow, journalist extraordinaire, died 45 years ago today.We offered a two-word salute to Murrow on his centennial in 2008.(Edward R. Murrow seen through an office window at CBS News in 1957.)
Who Will Be the Greatest Horse-Beater of All?
The Onion gears up for The Kentucky Derby.
Garth Brooks’s Oozing Breakfast
What does a country power couple have for breakfast? Apparently, an oozing mass called Garth’s Breakfast Bowl, which involves Tater Tots, pork sausage, bacon, cheddar cheese, tortellini and a dash of Elvis. Brooks is “the first person I ever met who puts pasta with eggs an bacon, but it works,” Yearwood writes, adding, “Don’t worry if you can’t finish it; Garth will come along later and ‘clean up’!”The NY Times
“Don’t Mess With Grant!”
Ohio fans of President Ulysses S. Grant are fighting back against the proposal to put Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill.