Sunday, January 23, 2005

Star Quality

Here’s, Johnny..

Johnny Carson has died.

Did you notice that this most famous of teevee men didn’t go out hawking any particular political philosophy, denture cleanser, or other feel good issue of the day?

Johnny Carson stepped away from the Tonight Show and lived the remainder of his life the way he saw fit.

“Johnny Carson, King of Late Night, Dies"

"I have an ego like anybody else,” Carson told The Washington Post, “but I don’t need to be stoked by going before the public all the time."

The “King of Late Night,” indeed.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/23 at 11:55 AM
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Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned

Never too late to the party, evidently…

Some woman, formerly employed by Temple University, is alleging that

”...she recalls Mr. Cosby touching her breast and placing her hand on his genitals."
Though she also states
”...that her memory of that night is poor,..."

The alleged incident took place, allegedly, about one year ago, and the woman is just now coming forward.  The police term this a

”...historical sex assault..."

Why did the woman wait so long to report this alleged incident, you ask?  Here’s why.

"The woman reportedly told police she did not immediately come forward because of Mr. Cosby’s fame and her position at the university at the time."

Right.  And now that I’m out of a job, and need a few bucks, and Bill doesn’t call, and he doesn’t write, well, damn him, I’ll sick the cops on his ass.

“Police remain mum about Cosby allegations"

I wonder if the woman has been speaking with Naomi Wolfe?

Posted by John Venlet on 01/23 at 06:34 AM
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Your Sunday Morning Appeal to Feelings

“I’m a loser, baby, so why don’t you kill me?”... (line stolen from Beck Hansen)

In an unsigned op-ed, this morning, The New York Times sets it sights on American Idol and their “viscious encounters” with talentless losers.  NYT bemoans,

”...they send a truly dreadful message to millions of young viewers about the proper way to treat fellow human beings."

and then ends the op-ed this way,

"But there is a very wide gap between demonstrating that life is full of hard knocks and embarrassment, and glorying in the abasement of the utterly defenseless."

This op-ed is nothing but rubbish.  Each and every one of those contestants is fully aware of how that show plays on teevee.  They realize that the show, and the individuals who tune in to it, revel in the awfulness displayed by some of the contestants.  They also realize, no matter how terrible they are, that there is a possibility they could be swept up into the glories of their fifteen minutes of fame, complete with strip mall appearances, like that one loser.

“American Awful"

Posted by John Venlet on 01/23 at 06:01 AM
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Double, or Nothin'?

Peek, a boo…

"With the trail of Osama bin Laden gone cold, the U.S. State Department is revving up a new publicity blitz to remind Afghans and Pakistanis of the $25 million bounty for al-Qaeda’s chief. Bin Laden is still thought to be hiding somewhere along the 1,640-mile, mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border, but intelligence officials in Kabul and Islamabad say there has been no trace of him for the past 20 months. By the end of February, the White House is expected to double the sum on bin Laden’s head, to $50 million, acting on legislation passed in November by Congress."

Yep, that’s going to do a lot of good.  I’d plumb forgot that there was a $25 million dollar bounty on Bin Laden’s gourd-lee-oh, as, evidently, have so many of the Afghanis, and Pakastanis, and other of our Muslim friends. The publicity blitz, and extra $25 mil, ought to stir the natives to action.

“A New Osama Push."

Posted by John Venlet on 01/23 at 05:46 AM
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