The Countdown

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

The difference between class and crass is only one letter.  And for those from East Asia there's no difference at all.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

If you're too subtle, Dan, someone else will spell it out and get all the laffs.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

I thought he was holding a condom.

I think you're right.

[Doctor Rock]

If you're too subtle, Dan, someone else will spell it out and get all the laffs.

My word, it's pearls to swine!

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

You're giving fat chicks pearl necklaces?

[Doctor Rock]

You're giving fat chicks pearl necklaces?

That is an inappropriate way of referring to my wife!  

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Comedy scriptwriter Irving Brecher has died at the age of 94.

He passed away on Monday in Los Angeles after a series of heart attacks last week (beg10Nov08).

His most notable work included the vaudeville sketches he penned for Milton Berle and comedies he wrote for the Marx Brothers - including a solo credit on 1940 film Go West.

Early in his career, Brecher was an uncredited script doctor on The Wizard of Oz, leading Groucho Marx to call him The Wicked Wit of the West - the title of his autobiography, which is scheduled to hit shelves in January.

His film credits came to include Shadow of the Thin Man in 1941, 1943's Du Barry Was a Lady, starring Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly and Red Skelton, Yolanda and the Thief in 1945, starring Fred Astaire, and 1963 classic Bye Bye Birdie.

Brecher was also nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland.

In addition to the silver screen, Brecher also turned his talents to radio, creating long-running series The Life of Riley - later adapted into a feature film and TV series in 1949.

He is survived by his wife, Norma, and three stepchildren.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

[Bizarro]

That one's a candidate for suicide foods.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Yeah, he's totally asking for it.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Actually I think that hot dog wants to eat himself.

[Bizarro]

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[captqitn]

(chilled to the bone)   

[Bizarro]

The new Guns N Roses album has leaked. Just got it from What.CD and am about to spin it now...

[Bizarro]

From Chuck Klosterman's review of Chinese Democracy:

Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It's more like reviewing a unicorn. Should I primarily be blown away that it exists at all? Am I supposed to compare it to conventional horses? To a rhinoceros? Does its pre-existing mythology impact its actual value, or must it be examined inside a cultural vacuum, as if this creature is no more (or less) special than the remainder of the animal kingdom? I've been thinking about this record for 15 years; during that span, I've thought about this record more than I've thought about China, and maybe as much as I've thought about the principles of democracy. This is a little like when that grizzly bear finally ate Timothy Treadwell: Intellectually, he always knew it was coming. He had to. His very existence was built around that conclusion. But you still can't psychologically prepare for the bear who eats you alive, particularly if the bear wears cornrows.