Paul Krugman: Party of Denial (nytimes.com)
Barack Obama is doing more harm to the Democratic cause by echoing Republican attack lines on issues such as insurance mandates and Social Security.
Keeping a cool Head (guardian.co.uk)
Typecast as a coffee-drinking yuppie, Anthony Head left the UK for America, where a role in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" revived his career. Then came that role as the PM in "Little Britain" and a newfound cult status in his native country. He talks to Patrick Barkham.
Garrison Keillor: Planes and purgatory: A day at the airport (chicagotribune.com)
A cabdriver picked me up outside the Waffle House in Little Rock last Sunday and said so sweetly, "I hope you enjoyed your breakfast" and I said yes, but honestly, I don't really associate breakfast with enjoyment. It's a standardized meal meant to fortify you for the day's maneuvers.
Only 2 Saturday Night Live's have never been rerun. One was hosted by Louise Lasser.
Who hosted the other?
A: Ed Asner
B: Milton Berle
C: Andrew 'Dice' Clay
D: Rudy Guiliani
E: O.J. Simpson
Source
The shows that were hosted by
Louise Lasser and
Milton Berle have never been seen in reruns since their original air date, at
Lorne Michaels' insistence. Lasser refused to do all skits, and locked herself in her dressing room just before airtime, coming out just in time to do the opening monologue. Berle called everyone "Booby" and impressed no one but
John Belushi with his mugging, racist jokes, and egomania.
Charlie was first, and correct, with:
It was the April 14, 1979 episode hosted by
B: Milton Berle
IMDB explains:
Milton Berle did not get along with the cast and crew except John Belushi. He refused to perform in sketches and insisted on doing a stand-up routine instead. He was eventually convinced to perform. During the live broadcast, however, Berle delivered an 11 minute monologue with no end in sight. Bill Murray dropped a pipe loudly backstage to distract Berle and give the director an opening to go to commercial. The "applause" sign was flashed for the audience and Berle's mic was cut off. Berle can be seen yelling to someone off-stage "What the hell is this?" as the show cuts to commercial. Lorne Michaels banned this episode from reruns.
ducks answered:
Again, it's early in the a.m. and I'm just guessing because I'm too tired to look it up but the only SNL I would hate to see again is the one with Simpson. Not a big fan of Clay, but for me, he's hardly as high on the "repugnant" scale as Simpson.
And, Sally said:
Only 2 Saturday Night Live's have never been rerun. One was hosted by Louise Lasser. Milton Berle (B) hosted the other.
According to my SNL Bible, "Saturday Night Live: The First 20 Years" (Houghton Mifflin)
The Louise Lasser episode was controversial AND, she refused to appear in the sketches. The book reports that in the Milton Berle episode (which wouldn't be until the 4th season) "Uncle Miltie" apparently clashed with Lorne Michaels and some cast members to the point where Michaels pulled it from all possible reruns out of spite. I remember that episode, and it was BAD!
PS It sure was good to read that Vic has finally come down from his cabin in the wilderness! (Okay, it's a trailer, but cabin sounds more picturesk...) I was worried about you dude!
But, you're sounding frisky enough, so I am guessing that you're full of venison and beans AKA "piss and vinegar!" Hang tough, kiddo :)
CBS throws away the night with a RERUN'CSI: The 2nd One', '48 Hours', and another '48 Hours'.
NBC throws away the night with a RERUN'Medium', followed by a (R) 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', then a RERUN'Law & Order'.
'SNL' is a RERUN with Jonah Hill hosting, music by the newly married (?) Mariah Carey.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe'.
The CW throws away the night with old episodes of 'Friends' and 'Sex & The City'.
Faux has LIVE'NASCAR Racing', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Coyote Ugly'.
A&E has the movie 'The Outsiders', followed by the movie 'Under Siege'
AMC offers the movie 'Jurassic Park', followed by the movie 'U.S. Marshals'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 4
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 5
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Morgan's
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 La Riviera
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 1 Bonapartes
[4:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 10
[5:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 9
[6:00 PM] Doctor Who - Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion (2005)
[7:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 1 New Earth
[8:00 PM] Robin Hood - Ep 1 Sister Hood
[9:00 PM] Robin Hood - Ep 2 The Booby and The Beast
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Episode 2
[11:00 PM] Robin Hood - Ep 1 Sister Hood
[12:00 AM] Robin Hood - Ep 2 The Booby and The Beast
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Episode 2
[2:00 AM] Robin Hood - Ep 1 Sister Hood
[3:00 AM] Robin Hood - Ep 2 The Booby and The Beast
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Episode 2
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 7
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 8
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Top Chef', another 'Top Chef', still another 'Top Chef', and the movie 'Major League'.
Comedy Central has 'Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker', 'Cedric The Entertainer: Taking You Higher', 'Chris Rock: Never Scared', and 'Katt Williams: American Hustle'.
FX has the movie 'Darkness Fall', followed by the movie 'Constantine', then the movie 'The Mask Of Zorro'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Alaska: Dangerous Territory', and 'Alaska: Big America'.
IFC -
[07:00 AM] IFC Short Film Showcase
[08:00 AM] Kill!
[09:55 AM] IFC News Reports From the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
[10:00 AM] Bright Young Things
[11:50 AM] Mansfield Park
[01:45 PM] Seven And a Match
[03:30 PM] Bright Young Things
[05:20 PM] IFC News Reports From the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
[05:25 PM] Mansfield Park
[07:20 PM] About Adam
[09:00 PM] A Love Song For Bobby Long
[11:10 PM] IFC News Reports From the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
[11:15 PM] Sex Is Comedy
[01:00 AM] Sling Blade
[03:20 AM] IFC News Reports From the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
[03:30 AM] A Love Song For Bobby Long
[05:40 AM] IFC News Reports From the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
[05:45 AM] About Adam (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Ghost Voyage', followed by the movie 'Beneath Loch Ness'.
Sundance -
[06:00 AM] Boom!
[08:00 AM] Imagine...The Beatles in Love
[09:00 AM] Samuel Jackson on Bill Russell
[10:00 AM] The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez
[11:30 AM] Summer of the Serpent
[12:00 PM] Boom!
[02:00 PM] Tom Ford on Jeff Koons
[03:00 PM] Episode 2: Vex Not His Ghost
[04:00 PM] Tout Va Bien
[05:45 PM] Gimme Shelter
[07:30 PM] Punishment Park
[09:00 PM] Regular Lovers
[12:00 AM] The Idiots (1998)
[02:00 AM] Female Perversions (1996)
[04:00 AM] Bad Behaviour
[05:45 AM] Little Peace of Mine (ALL TIMES EST)
Stevie Wonder performs during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the New Orleans Fairgrounds Racetrack in New Orleans, Friday, May 2, 2008.
Photo by Dave Martin
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has blamed the media for making gay actors too scared to come out.
The X-Men star insists the press' portrayal of homosexuality as a controversial lifestyle is making many performers hide their sexual orientation - but insists the public don't care.
Cumming - who married his partner Grant Shaffer in a civil ceremony last year - tells the BBC, "I don't think the people that go see films care that much - the media make it more of a deal and it's made into controversy.
"I'm quite outspoken in the media about what I perceive as a civil-rights struggle that gay people in America are still going through. But I don't think that I only play gay characters, or I wouldn't be as convincing if I had a wife or a girlfriend in a movie."
John Prine performs during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the New Orleans Fairgrounds Racetrack in New Orleans, Friday, May 2, 2008.
Photo by Dave Martin
Jack Nicholson has been named best ever Hollywood hellraiser by UK film fans.
The 71-year-old charmer has beat Robert Downey Jr, whose Iron Man film is out this week. Nicholson was put in top place with 24 per cent of votes following a survey of more than 1,300 film fans.
Downey Jr was in second place with 15 per cent, while Mel Gibson came in third with 12 per cent.
Kiefer Sutherland, who spent 48 days in jail earlier this year, came fourth with 11 per cent.
Graffiti impresario Banksy and airbrush-wielding guerrilla artists blanketed the walls of an abandoned London tunnel with offbeat murals as part of a three-day stencil-art street party this weekend.
Banksy marshaled more than three dozen international artists for what he's calling the "Cans Festival" - and is encouraging visitors to contribute their own graffiti starting Saturday.
"I'm hoping we can transform a dark forgotten filth pit into an oasis of beautiful art - in a dark forgotten filth pit," Banksy was quoted as saying in the Times of London, which carried a preview of the exhibition Friday.
Unlike many of Banksy's previous stunts, the exhibition was approved by Eurostar, which manages the site under its old train platform at Waterloo Station.
Now that the identity of "Deep Throat," the secret source in the Watergate case, has been revealed, there is really only one lingering mystery from the 1970s.
Who was songwriter Carly Simon singing about in her 1973 song "You're So Vain?"
Simon, 62, said she has never been interviewed without being asked to identify the mystery person with the big ego.
"When I had the line 'You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you,' that was definitely about one person. The rest of the descriptions basically came from my relationship with that person."
Sean 'Diddy' Combs poses with his girlfriend, model Kim Porter and their children as Combs receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California May 2, 2008. Children shown (L-R) Combs and Porter's son Christian, Porter's son Quincy Jones Brown Jr., Combs and Porter's twin daughters D'Lila Star Combs and Jessie James Combs , as one of them walks away and Combs and Porter's son Justin Dior Combs.
Photo by Fred Prouser
As Oral Roberts University prepares to hand out diplomas to its Class of 2008, Anna Siebring, a junior, will be mailing out applications to transfer to another school. Siebring, a government major, is among many students having second thoughts about staying at Oral Roberts after six months of scandal at the evangelical Christian university.
She and others fear the furor will reduce the value of any degree they earn there. Some graduates worry that they will have to try twice as hard to market themselves to potential employers after Saturday's commencement.
Projected enrollment for the fall semester could be 150 students fewer than the 3,166 who attended last fall, interim President Ralph Fagin said in an interview last week. Two university employees who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation said they have been told a much higher figure: around 400.
That would amount to a startling drop of almost 13 percent.
The estate of Jimi Hendrix says it questions the authenticity of a sex tape released this week allegedly starring the deceased musician.
"We strongly dispute the claimed authenticity and affirmatively state that Experience Hendrix is neither involved in, nor have we authorized the distribution of this film," Experience Hendrix, the company that controls the rights to Hendrix's music and likeness, said in a statement released Thursday.
Experience Hendrix called the distribution of the tape a "callous attempt to trade on the image and reputation of a deceased artist who is unable to defend himself against such an outrageous and baseless assertion. We are highly offended by the disgraceful portrayal."
In response, Vivid Entertainment co-chairman Steven Hirsch released a statement saying Experience Hendrix's statement "is not in any way a refutation of the authenticity of 'Jimi Hendrix the Sex Tape.' Vivid took considerable time and spent a substantial sum of money to authenticate the footage and we are very comfortable that this is the real thing."
In this photo released by Christie's Auction House in New York, Thursday, May 1, 2008, a 1966 work of art by Andy Warhol entitled 'Double Marlon' is shown. The silkscreen ink on unprimed linen showing two images of the late actor Marlon Brando from the film 'The Wild One,' will be offered at auction in New York by Christie's on Tuesday, May 13, during their Post War & Contemporary Art sale.
A U.S. restaurant and liquor group used a mug shot of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan on Friday to launch a national campaign against the use of new technology aimed at keeping drunks off the road.
A full page advertisement in the newspaper USA Today used the police shot of Lohan after her arrest in Los Angeles last year for drunken driving under a caption saying "Ignition interlocks. A good idea for:" (Lohan) "But a bad idea for us:" showing pictures of adults drinking at weddings and restaurants.
The advertisement was paid for by Web site www.interlockfacts.com, which is described as a "special project" of the American Beverage Institute. The ABI is a restaurant trade association with strong links to U.S. wine, beer and spirits suppliers that promotes responsible drinking by adults.
A judge on Friday threw out criminal charges against Rod Stewart's son, Sean, who was accused of punching and throwing bricks at a couple during a 2007 Hollywood Hills melee, his attorney said.
At the prosecution's request, Superior Court Judge Stephen Marcus dismissed felony charges including assault with a deadly weapon, attorney Dana Cole said.
Stewart was accused of attacking Tobalus and Ericka Stein after an April 2007 party in the Hollywood Hills above the Sunset Strip.
The Steins still have a pending assault and battery lawsuit against Stewart but Cole said he was hopeful that it would be resolved.
Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early, digging up rusting bullets and military buttons in the battle-scarred earth of his hometown.
As an adult, he crisscrossed the Virginia countryside in search of wartime relics - weapons, battle flags, even artillery shells buried in the red clay. He sometimes put on diving gear to feel for treasures hidden in the black muck of river bottoms.
But in February, White's hobby cost him his life: A cannonball he was restoring exploded, killing him in his driveway.
White's death shook the close-knit fraternity of relic collectors and raised concerns about the dangers of other Civil War munitions that lay buried beneath old battlefields. Explosives experts said the fatal blast defied extraordinary odds.
The Declaration of Independence looked a bit different before Benjamin Franklin got his hands on it, using a pen to scratch out the words "sacred and undeniable." After all, he thought, it would be better to make these truths "self-evident" that all men are created equal.
Edits such as this are captured in a new exhibit at the Library of Congress that allows visitors to literally zoom in on the specific words and phrases that formed the basis of the American republic. They can see different versions of historic documents and examine them line by line, using interactive, touch-activated computer screens that show the library's first high-definition scanned images of the drafts.
Franklin's hand, along with John Adams', can be seen in the scribbled additions and crossed-out words in Thomas Jefferson's draft of the declaration. One of Franklin's key changes - deleting "sacred and undeniable" - addressed concerns that the declaration would sound too religious.
In the exhibit "Creating the United States," visitors can also take a look at the proposed Bill of Rights and George Washington's copy of the Constitution, which includes the first president's notes on the debate during the Constitutional Convention.
A hot air balloon participating in the South African balloon championships in Bethehem, South Africa, sails in the sunset Monday April 28, 2008. The weeklong event opened Monday. High winds prevented competition Tuesday, but didn't dampen the enthusiasm of pilots from - and who have flown - all over the world. The top two South African finishers qualify for the world championships to be held in Austria in September.
Photo by Jerome Delay
Jim Hager, one of the Hager Twins who satirized country life with cornball one-liners on TV's "Hee Haw," died in Nashville, the show's producer said Friday. He was 66.
Hager was at a coffee shop when he collapsed Thursday, Sam Lovullo said. He said he had been told that by Jon Hager, the surviving twin. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he had been taken, gave no details on the cause of death.
The twins, who were also guitarists and drummers, rose to national fame as original cast members of the TV show in 1969. With its mixture of music and country-flavored humor, the show was a huge hit.
The Hagers had worked with country star Buck Owens and used his connection to join "Hee Haw" when Owens signed as the show's co-host with Roy Clark.
The Hagers left the program in the mid-'80s and continued to perform shows together.
The twins were born in the Chicago area. They said in 1988 that they had been together all their lives except for 3 1/2 years when Jon left Los Angeles and moved to Nashville. Jim remained on the West Coast, but finally followed.
A 'Painted Lady' (Vanessa cardui) butterfly collects nectar from a 'Wooly-White' (Hymenopappas artemisiifolius) wildflower also known as a 'Wild Cauliflower' near Edom, Texas, Thursday, May 1, 2008.
Photo by Dr. Scott M. Lieberman
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