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May 22, 2008

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My Jeopardy! Dream Board

With credit to the VTT for the idea, here are my all-time categories, taking on all comers! Round One Pope or e.e.? Tom Lehrer Songbook Hold 'em Dictionary 80's Standup Comedians Airport Food Advertising Logic 101 Round Two Famous Trebek Impersonations Olympic 800m Runners 70's Playground Games Jewish Sports Legends San Francisco Burrito Stands Nerdspeak Final Jeopardy "Well..."

Jesus is just all right. Anything more than that is your issue, not mine.

So a group called The Miracle Theater got upset after Kathy Griffin apparently mocked and/or blasphemed God during an awards presentation. They took out a full page ad in USA Today, to the tune of $90k, to express their displeasure and promote a petition against Griffin's comments on their own website. I have been around the theater world, loosely, most of my life; my mother has worked in stage theater her entire adult life. My younger sister lives in New York, has landed a few touring gigs in musical theater and is working hard for that break on Broadway (go Jen!). So I say this with some authority on the subject: a theater company that has $90k to spend on one ad, that's a miracle theater. You are indeed well-named. But now let's look at all this hubbub from a celebrity's point of view. With exceptions for those who prefer notoriety, most people and institutions for whom celebrity is part of their business naturally want the spotlight to be a glowing, positive one...

Enough for One Day: Rant# 04272007

Today it's all about what I will call the FKAs -- the Formerly Known As's. Not talking about The AFKA Prince , not talking about John Mellencamp , or Hammer . Not even talking about Lew Alcindor or Cassius Clay , or any number of people who have chosen new names or not-names or numbers or names with silent 3's in them or any of that, however silly or serious or motivated by changes in faith, vanity, or rap music branding. I'm talking about assholes, like the Raiders who left Oakland for LA , and came back when it didn't pan out. Al Davis , you have to know just how much I love it when I see your neck veins pop in frustration. I love it like Bill Hicks loves porn . I can't get enough of it, you money-grubbing, heartless, suck-ass wannabe Napoleon. When I am ready to die and my life is flashing before my eyes, I hope among the images I see is Marcus Allen outrunning the Raiders secondary in a Kansas City uniform, over and over. Only this time, your reaction from...

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