Breakfast at Tiffany's – Because I Do Not Know

Things You Read While On An Airplane

1. The guy who brought both Jagermeister and Grey Goose to America is an 80-something-year-old billionaire. When he sold Grey Goose to Barcardi for $2 BILLION, he gave his longtime secretary at $200,000 bonus.

2. The new show on UPN, yes UPN, called "Everybody Hates Chris" -- based on the childhood of comedian Chris Rock -- is being hailed as the "best new show of the fall." Yes, UPN. Yes, best new show of the fall. If these two lines are any indication, I will have to watch:

a. When gunshots erupt at the junior high in Chris' neighborhood, Rock (who who narrates the show) says, "Much like rock 'n' roll, school shootings were invented by blacks and stolen by the white man."

b. Young Chris, now bused to an almost all-white school, befriends another outcast -- a nerd -- Rock says of the relationship, "Mutual ass kickings seem to bring people together."

That's funny, people.

3. "The Iliad" is considered the best war book of all time. Personally, I prefer "Red Badge of Courage" -- No. 4 on this list.

4. Newt Gingrich has no idea who Sam Waterston is. I guess he's too busy to watch one of the 14 blue-billion "Law and Order" series on TV. By the way, I loved "I'll Fly Away," although less for Sam Waterston and more for Jeremy London.

5. Esther Wong, the godmother of punk as owner of famous L.A. band incubator Madame Wong's, died at age 88. Known for her strictness, she once stopped the Ramones in middle of their set until band members cleaned off graffiti on a bathroom wall. She outlived three of the original four Ramones: Johnny, Joey and Dee Dee. Tommy is still alive at last word.

5 comments Jake McCafferty last posted at 8:22 PM
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5 Comments:

The Chris Rock show does look funny-I like the promo where his mom goes into the many ways she will whip his butt. You just don't get parenting like that anymore(not advocating abuse but alot of these bratty kids running around today could use a smack upside the head once in awhile,IMO)!

Read The Red Badge of Courage for school and it was pretty dry for my taste. My favorite war books would be From Here to Eternity and The Caine Mutiny-Queeg and the strawberries,a perfect example of limited thinking.

By lady t, at 7:55 AM

I love Chris Rock, so I'll tune in, UPN or no. And I can never remember which London Twin is which.

By Jay Six, at 12:29 PM

FB can read? Wow.

;-)

Thanks for the welcome back.

And Jay, Jeremy was on "Party of Five," "Gods and Generals," and "I'll Fly Away." Jason was in "Dazed and Confused," "Carrie 2" and "To Wong Foo."

Lady T, in some cases you should be advocating abuse.

By Jake McCafferty, at 6:37 PM

More confusingly, wasn't Jeremy unavailable for the "I'll Fly Away" finale that PBS produced, so they had Jason fill in? At least, that's what I remember.

And which one got caught in the thresher in Man in the Moon?

By Jay Six, at 9:51 PM

I actually went on a personal ads date to see "To Wong Foo" and the movie was the best part of the whole experience.

My date would've made the 40-Year-old Virgin look like a stud,not to mention he showed me his family album in the car-yep,a big book of family photos on the first date. Any wonder why it was the only date we had?

By lady t, at 8:15 AM