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Cartoon News
The Trudeau To-Do
I'm somewhat surprised that no has caught on to Garry Trudeau's sense of humor
in the presidential IQ internet 'hoax'...
First off, he " acknowledged that the ranking was an Internet hoax
and said that citing it was ``a regrettable error, although perhaps inevitable,
given that his feature uses the same fact-checking house as `Saturday Night
Live' and The Drudge Report.''
(Yea, both of those sources are know for their accuracy, fact
checking, and serious credentials...[sarcasm alert])
Followed by " ``Trudeau takes full responsibility, acknowledging the use of fictional material
from an outside source instead of simply making it up as he usually does,'' the
site says.
(See, good writing does count!)
Finally, he neatly wraps it & ties the bow, ``The creator deeply apologizes for
unsettling anyone who was under the impression that the president is, in fact,
quite intelligent.' "
Kind of reminds me of a quote by G.B. Shaw---people were always trying to foist their
manuscripts on him, and rather than seem ungrateful, or unappreciative, or rude, he would
say "I will lose no time in reading it".
Sounds good on the surface, but...
In the same vein, TV commercials that state "Nothing works better"...well, if
'nothing' works better, wouldn't I be ahead of the game to use 'nothing'?
Music News
Michael Jackson #1
With all the pomp and circumstance one would expect from the self-proclaimed
King of Pop (and a star-studded guest list matched only by the Oscars), Jackson
launched his long-awaited comeback Friday night as his 30th anniversary
celebration took over New York's Madison Square Garden.
As promised, Jackson wowed the fans--both with a long-awaited Jackson 5/Jacksons
reunion with his brothers, and with his own set of past hits. A who's who of
Michael's pals and big-name celebs showed up to see it for themselves,
including 'N Sync, Macaulay Culkin, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony,
Aaron Carter, Nelly, Donald Trump, Teddy Riley, Jill Scott, Dionne Warwick,
Gladys Knight, Kenny Rogers, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Chris Tucker, Naomi Campbell
and Samuel L. Jackson.
For a whole lot more, mj #1
Fun Link
Shatner Rocks!
Shatner Rocks
Music News
Michael Jackson #2
Michael Jackson's 30-year career as solo artist has encompassed everything from
the truly brilliant to the utterly bizarre. The same could be said about his
star-studded anniversary concert - a surreal, yet undeniably captivating evening.
Friday's concert - the first of two shows at Madison Square Garden - marked
Jackson's first performance on U.S. soil in more than a decade, during which
time he's seen his once-dominant presence on the American music scene decline.
But if there was any doubt about Jackson's star power, it was erased as a
capacity crowd - some of whom had paid up to $2,500 per ticket - waited
anxiously for a glimpse of the King of Pop. Though the night's lineup included
the likes of Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Ray Charles and Liza Minnelli, it
was Jackson who created the most frenzy, even before uttering a single note.
For much more, mj #2
A Couple Of Pictures...
Al Jarreau (Tinman) & Jill Scott (Scarecrow) Perform At The Michael Jackson Love-Fest
In looking at this picture, and I realized it was a tribute to 'The Wiz'.
Guess Jill Scott can hit Michael's high notes?
(For more information on 'The Wiz', IMDB)
Dianna Ross as Dorothy,
Nipsey Russell as the Tinman,
Lena Horne as Glinda,
and
Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow.
But the very best part was the Wiz, himself,
Richard Pryor.
Fun Link
Grimacing Shatner Clock(tm)
Shatner Clock
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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Don't worry about the HTML, just send text, or rich text, or a Word document, photos, video, whatever you have, and Michele will take care of the rest. Don't hesitate to write with any questions you may have and bring on the recipes!
To check out 'Train Station Chicken', and more, In The Kitchen With BartCop
In The Tabs
OJ In Star Magazine
Six years after he was acquitted of his ex-wife's murder, O.J. Simpson is
beginning to collapse under the weight of guilty feelings and financial
problems, sources say.
"The Juice is losing his mind," one insider claims. "Quite frankly, the few
friends he has left fear that he's as crazy as a bedbug now.
"They believe that there are times when he's just weighed down by guilt and it's
destroying him."
A longtime pal of Simpson, 54, adds, "O.J. is really going nuts. Believe me,
he's way out there. He's cutting himself off from some of his oldest and closest
friends, even his long-suffering personal assistant Cathy Randa.
"O.J.'s private life is getting stranger and stranger," says the insider. "At
times, he's viciously rude to his girlfriend Christie Prody, even though she's
been loyal to him. And he has become involved in a bizarre sex situation, where
he's having regular threesomes with two Miami women.
"O.J. is trying to control their lives completely and also lure Christie into
it." Adds the longtime friend, "Everybody is worried about what O.J. is going to
do next. Right now, he's very unpredictable."
To read the whole Star Magazine article, by way of iwon.com, oj
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Sim Shatner
Sim Shatner
BartCop TV Is Here!
Visit the site at BC TV
The 'Vidiot', has updated, again!
There is even more to check!
The Vidiot.
You'll find an amazing amount of information, on an amazing variety of TV shows,
thanks to our Vidiot.
In The News
Shatner Speaks
William Shatner spared die-hard ``Star Trek'' fans his famous admonishment to
``get a life'' and instead recalled his days as Capt. James T. Kirk, commander
of the starship Enterprise.
Shatner was one of 57 people associated with ``Star Trek'' and its spinoffs
taking part in a four-day convention in Las Vegas.
Grace Lee Whitney, now 70, portrayed Capt. Kirk's love interest, Yeoman Janice
Rand, in the first year of the original series, which ran from 1966 to 1969.
Her autograph table drew a sizable crowd on Thursday.
``I come here and the fans tell me how great I am,'' she told the Las Vegas
Review-Journal. ``What a life.''
For a bit more, Shatner Speaks
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The William Shatner Experience!
The William Shatner Experience
Interesting Link
'Who Are The Other Bush Men?'
Who Are The Other Bush Men?
Check it out at BC Astrology.
Have you ever checked out Eric Clapton or Chet Atkins' horoscope?
Pretty cool stuff!
In The News
Peter Fonda, The Beatles & '60's Memories
John Lennon may not have liked him, but Peter Fonda was there in the Sixties
when the Beatles got so high on LSD George Harrison thought he was going to die.
And it was Fonda, the cult hero who rode a Harley Davidson across America with
Dennis Hopper in the 1969 classic ``Easy Rider,'' who inspired the lyrics to the
Beatles song ``She Said, She Said.''
``It was one afternoon in 1965, I remember it clearly,'' the tall, cowboy-booted
Fonda, 62, told Reuters in an interview on Saturday.
``...He (John Lennon) never liked me. In fact, John hated my ass. He couldn't
stand to have anyone intelligent or intellectual around him,'' recalled Fonda,
lounging on the terrace of Venice's Excelsior Hotel in jeans, a black biker's
jacket and Ray Ban shades.
But the aging counter-culture king, who for an entire generation not just
represented but lived the free-spirited life 60s America dreamed of, reckons
modern-day anti-establishment types have got it all wrong.
``Anti-globalization people and the like don't know what they're going on
about,'' said the go-your-own-way guy.
``Forget global, they need to get smart. The first thing we need to save is
oxygen, we're not going to have enough of it soon. That's what we really need
to worry about -- oxygen and water,'' he said, going off on his own acid-style
riff.
For lots more quotes, and the acid story, Save The Oxygen
Think it's time for Peter to look up Owlsley...
Fun Link
First Church Of Shatnerology
First Church Of Shatnerology
In Memory
The MetLife Blimp
A MetLife Blimp in town for a professional football game broke away from its
mooring during a thunderstorm and landed about 75 miles away in rural northern
Missouri.
Startled Kansas City residents called police and local television stations
after seeing the massive object sailing through dark skies lit up periodically
by lightning.
The deflated blimp came to rest on top of a truck. Its passenger compartment
was banged up and a wire fence dangled from it, said witness Paul Sturm.
For more details, MetLife Blimp
Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
