Friday 28 January 2005
pots and name calling and kettles
The Beast 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2004
(funny... but with a jab to the city I call home, by a publication from Buffalo)
Glad someone else recognizes that Jim Lehrer isn't liberal just because PBS is not hysterically conservative.
But I only ever heard of about a quarter of the people on that list. There were only 20 I knew something about. And only 10 I would recognize in a line-up. (Though I couldn't be sure I'd recognize Michael Jackson in a line-up if he's been under the knife yet again in the past year.)
At least I wouldn't recognize myself in a line-up apparently... Because I actually don't buy a lot of useless crap, I'm not in any debt, I don't have a big tv, I really am trying to cut processed foods out of my diet, and I've never been much interested in any awards shows of any type, much less in what anybody wears to them.
"If Degeneres were a straight man, she�d be getting booed off the stage at a tiny club in Scranton right about now."
I live in Scranton, and I don't think she'd even make it onto a stage in any club in Scranton if she were a straight man. Though I will admit, she'd probably be warmly welcomed as herself, a lesbian, in a gay club in Scranton, naturally.
But don't make assumptions about Scranton, please. We have some damn funny people in the area.
I happen to have recently met a local comedian who lives in Scranton, and who performs in Manhattan clubs. And the young man is funny, I must say. And I haven't even seen him do stand-up in a club - I saw him when he wasn't getting paid, and wasn't necessarily trying to be funny. So I imagine he must be even more funny when he actually performs as a comedian. For what it's worth, I think his name is Joe Van something or other & apparently he's done stand-up at Farley's in Scranton. I believe he's straight, though he didn't specify, and I wouldn't know from personal experience.
But then I should consider the source... The BEAST shows an address in Buffalo, New York, a place lampooned in the hilarious movie, Buffalo 66, so I don't know where they get off poking fun at Scranton.
(link via scrubbles.net)
posted by Chloe | Friday 28 January 2005 6:34 AM
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