'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Jazz From Hills
TrimmedBush and Hedges
Pull This Finger
Please, go ahead, pull my finger. So you don't want to pull my finger, huh? Well, how about if we point fingers. That's a pansy assed rat thing to do, but you know the type.
You know, the type of guy that if he was the one who emitted the methane that smelled like eggs, he would point and say "He who smelled it dealt it!! (followed by a chortle by the real farter of the group....).
Is the investigative committee on 9/11 just wanting to point or possibly pull and /or point a finger?
I read on Bartcop.com that now there are over seven hundred troops that have died. There was supposedly a "Shock and Awe" campaign that was gonna scare the hell out of Hussein and his murderous regime, to the point where Hussein would either leave with billions of American currency, or, at the last second, he would say: "C'mon, dudes, come on back in and inspect every orifice imaginable..."
Of course that didn't happen. The US of A got cocky, told some lies to the American Republic, and now our military is getting ambushed daily. Are there real comparisons to Viet Nam? Hell yes there are.
We're in a no-win position, we have no legality (legality in war, who in the hell thought that concept up?) being there, and, now, to preserve some sort of civility over the next twenty years for a country that has three religious factions that hate each other to the point of murdering one another seems to me like a Shock and Awe event of diplomatic proportionality.
There will be a civil war in Iraq now. That falls on Bunnypants and Big Dick Cheney's lap. What are we gonna do?
Please vote for the guy that has seen war, not for a man who never even showed at his Air National Guard gig. Jeez, how hilarious when he put flight gear and landed on that battleship to announce the war had been won!! That was as staged of an event as when Britanny Spears does her false and pathetic routine. I hope I didn't bust your aural bubble about Brit and her karoke machine.
The man must go, folks. He's literally letting our troops be slaughtered for military/political/industrial purposes. I wane for the Monica Lewinsky days.
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Selected Saturday Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Bit of fog this morning - 'June Gloom' starting early - yippee!
Wonder why so much fresh Florida orange juice is being dumped here. Since the grocery strike's been over, half gallons are $2 (or less) - and this is for the 'good' stuff, not from concentrate.
Planning on a trip to the Valley for Fred's birthday. Might even be able to swing by Uncle Jimmy's.
Actor Will Ferrell, wearing a pilots flight suit, parodies U.S. resident George Bush's speech one year ago stating the end of major fighting in Iraq, during 'Earth to L.A. The Greatest Show on Earth,' a benefit for the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group in Los Angeles, May 6, 2004.
Photo by Fred Prouser
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Tribute Set for May 16
Andy Kaufman
Andy Kaufman died of lung cancer on May 16, 1984, but according to legend, the eccentric comedian said if he were faking, he'd resurface 20 years later to the day.
So, just in case, a party is being planned by Bob Zmuda, Kaufman's best friend and partner, at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on May 16.
"Over 100 personal ads will be taken out across the country and abroad, reminding him of his words. Will he show?" Zmuda asked on the Web site for Comic Relief, a series of shows that raise money for health care for the homeless. Zmuda founded Comic Relief after Kaufman's death.
Andy Kaufman
www.comicrelief.org
Attends Stepdaughter's Wedding
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland, in a tartan kilt and knee-socks, attended the wedding of his former stepdaughter in the Scottish capital.
Michelle Kath, the 27-year-old daughter of Sutherland's first wife, Camelia, married actor Adam Sinclair, also 27.
The 37-year-old actor, wearing a green-and-blue Douglas tartan, told reporters his grandparents had come from Glasgow. His father is actor Donald Sutherland.
Kiefer Sutherland
Actor David Duchovny, left, and Actor Robin Williams arrive for the world premiere of the movie 'House of D' in which David directed and stars along with Robin at the 3rd Annual Tribeca Film Festival, Friday, May 7, 2004, in New York.
Photo by Louis Lanzano
The New Inspector Clouseau
Steve Martin
Comic actor Steve Martin will star as a new Inspector Clouseau in a fresh "Pink Panther" movie due out next summer, the film's makers said on Friday.
Martin, who will be starring alongside Beyonce and Oscar-winner Kevin Kline, said he was intimidated at first by the thought of following in actor Peter Sellers' stumbling footsteps as the hapless Clouseau, but he got over it.
"They have different James Bonds," he quipped at a news conference on Friday.
Steve Martin
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Scavenger Hunt Unlike Others
Chicago
Bring in a "McDonald's Sad Meal," find a graduate thesis written on napkins or build a log cabin blindfolded.
Welcome to what's billed as the world's largest scavenger hunt, under way on Friday at the University of Chicago.
The hunt's targets are not old sets of keys or stray clothespins on the wanted list when children play the game going door-to-door. These items are food for the twisted student imagination on a campus known more for Nobel Prizes than spring foolishness.
Now in its 18th year, "Scav Hunt" began at midnight on Thursday with the unveiling of a 282-item list, each one worth a number of points, which teams of students seek to complete by Sunday when the game ends.
Some of this year's challenges: Build a "Calvin Kleinometer"; produce "a McDonald's Sad Meal"; construct a diorama tribute to dioramas with no infinite regressions; replicate Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" using only lip prints made with cosmetics that haven't been tested on animals; and "demonstrate conclusively that there really is a wrong way to eat a Reese's (candy)."
Chicago
Tom Hanks, left, and Jack Black perform at the Natural Resources Defense Council fundraiser on Thursday, May 6, 2004 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Chris Urso
To Recieve Achievement Award
Ed Harris
Ed Harris will return to Maine this summer to collect the Maine International Film Festival's Mid-Life Achievement Award.
The actor spent most of last fall in Maine starring as Miles Roby in HBO's adaptation of Richard Russo's "Empire Falls."
While filming "Empire Falls" in Skowhegan in mid-November, Harris surprised moviegoers by appearing at the Strand Cinema to introduce and discuss "Pollock," the story of artist Jackson Pollock, which he starred in and directed.
The 53-year-old also signed movie posters that were auctioned to benefit the Family Violence Project in Somerset and Kennebec counties.
Ed Harris
Crash Debris Fetches $1,075
Billy Joel
Busted-up pieces of the grill from the car Billy Joel was driving when he skidded into a house on Long Island last month have sold at a charity auction for $1,075.
WBLI morning show co-host Steve Harper said Friday that an unidentified bidder from Lindenhurst was the winner of the online auction sponsored by his radio station. He said the bidder has two weeks to come forward.
Harper said the money will be donated to the Maurer Foundation, a Long Island-based group that helps in the fight against breast cancer.
Billy Joel
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Angry Resident Cuts Down Art Exhibit
Milan
An angry Milan resident put an abrupt end to a shock art exhibition in one of Milan's busiest squares by climbing up a tree to cut down two large plastic dolls hanged by a noose before himself tumbling from the tree.
The man was rushed to hospital late on Thursday, police said, while firemen cut down a third sculpture of a barefoot boy also hanging from the tree.
That put an end to the outdoor art exhibit just a day after it had opened to consternation from passers-by, praise from avant-garde art critics and front-page newspaper stories.
Milan
Music producer Phil Spector gestures as he looks at deputy district attorney Douglas Sortina address Alhambra Superior Court judge Carlos Uranga during a hearing Friday, May 7, 2004, in Alhambra, Calif.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian
Helps Queen Elizabeth
Roger Moore
It didn't require much 007 derring-do, but former James Bond actor Roger Moore came to Queen Elizabeth II's rescue Friday, helping out when technical trouble prevented the monarch from unveiling a plaque.
The queen pressed a button that was supposed to open a set of red curtains in front of a Heathrow airport plaque honoring a charity fund-raising program, but nothing happened.
Moore got up from his seat and crouched down to tug at the drapes, which opened on the second try.
"I wasn't meant to be up there but James Bond has got to do something," Moore said later.
Roger Moore
A model presents an intricate silver mask during a catwalk show in Beirut, May 7, 2004. Lebanese fashion designer Najwa Sinno presented her lavish collection of traditional Lebanese gowns and accessories at the Movenpick Hotel on Friday.
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Back on Broadway at 90
'Professor' Irwin Corey
It's five minutes to curtain, and the cast of Sly Fox is buzzing backstage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
Eric Stoltz rambles downstairs, adjusting his shirt cuffs. Richard Dreyfuss emerges from a back room in his opening costume, a billowing white nightshirt. Elizabeth Berkley dashes past in sweat pants and stocking cap. But their co-star, Professor Irwin Corey, is ready for his nap.
Known as "professor" from his days in stand-up comedy, the wild-haired Corey can be forgiven a little shut-eye - at almost 90, he is surely the oldest actor working on Broadway. Since he doesn't appear in Sly Fox until the second act, a cot was brought into his dressing room, and a do-not-disturb "sleeping fox" sign was made for his doorknob.
Known for improvisational riffs full of double-talk on matters scholarly and not-so, Corey will be recognized to viewers of the old Johnny Carson, Steve Allen or Merv Griffin shows as "The World's Foremost Authority."
For a lot more, 'Professor' Irwin Corey
In Memory
Gilbert 'Zulu' Lani Kauhi
Gilbert Lani Kauhi, a member of the original cast of the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, died Monday. He was 66.
His mother, Emma Kauhi, said the actor died in Hilo Medical Center of complications from diabetes.
Kauhi, nicknamed Zulu, was a popular Waikiki beachboy when he joined the CBS police drama for its first season. He was cast as Detective Kono Kalakaua, the burly Hawaiian sidekick to the show's star, Jack Lord.
He stayed with the show for four seasons but was fired after an altercation with the show's publicist.
The show helped launch a successful entertainment career for Kauhi, who sang and joked to packed houses in and around Waikiki.
Actor James MacArthur, who played Danny "Danno" Williams on the show, wept when he learned of the death.
"I have many happy memories of Zulu," he said. "On 'Five-0,' he helped us understand how to say those Hawaiian words. I'll miss him."
Gilbert 'Zulu' Lani Kauhi
Aila, a 10-year-old capuchin monkey, reacts to the applause of the crowd during the opening ceremonies of the 'Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled' organization's 'monkey college' facility in the Brighton section of Boston May 7, 2004. The organization, which has already trained more than 93 monkeys to live with and assist severely disabled or paralyzed people, hopes to enroll hundreds of new student monkeys in its 2-3 year 'monkey college' training program.
Photo by Jim Bourg
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