Issue 124
News: George Carlin, RIP.
As the title implied, George Carlin, famed comedian died two days ago of a heart attack. I must say that I've been more or less a lifelong fan of his work, from knowing him only as Mr. Conductor to only recently watching his last HBO Special, which included, in what TVTropes calls A Funny Aneurysm Moment, a point where he did a routine about the unusual things people say in certain situation, which has become a staple of his specials. This time, however, the routine was about what happened after people died (in a more "Friends immmediately before, during, and after a funeral", as opposed to "Meeting St. Peter at the Pearly Gates", neither of which he believed in). With this in mind, when I learned that he finally died, which would have happened eventually, I was, in the end, not too surprised, but I must share two coincidences that happened after this. The First, was printed in the Tribune yesterday: In a political cartoon, George was telling Americans "seven words no Americans want to hear": "You. Are. Using. Too. Damn. Much. Oil." The second coincidence: on CNN, they ran an obituary of George Carlin, showcasing his comedy with an excerpt from his 1992 special Jammin in New York where he was making fun of a CNN reporter talking about a "rain event" in Louisiana, and in what may or may not be a coincidence, the next thing that the CNN reporters talked about after showing that clip, was a "rain event" somewhere else, possibly as a segue to that report, but possibly unrelated, despite the obvious coincidence.
Band Name of the Day: You know what, The Rain Event sounds like a pretty good idea.
Film Idea of the Day: Untitled so far. It will be a story very loosely based on the story of Aimee Semple McPherson, but transplanted to the present (with names clearly changed), and made into a Jukebox Musical with songs by many different artists (including, so far, Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" and Devo's "Jocko Homo", lampooning in both the song and film creationism, the pseudoscience that will not die) covered, with the film effectively being written around McPherson's life story, and the songs.
Film Review of the Day: Dressed to Kill. This movie is probably one of the best movies I've seen in a long time, and most likely one of DePalma's best films, period. I can very much see shades of Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs in Bobbi, the transsexual serial killer, and even though I'm sure that the display of transsexuality is quite inaccurate, I can truly say that the movie's final twist was shocking, especially with what it revealed about Michael Caine's psychiatrist character, although it may be revealing too much.
Quote of the Day: "If a man smiles all the time, he's probably selling something that doesn't work."
_____________George Carlin
Link of the Day: This is the skit about death George Carlin performed in his last special that I was talking about.
As the title implied, George Carlin, famed comedian died two days ago of a heart attack. I must say that I've been more or less a lifelong fan of his work, from knowing him only as Mr. Conductor to only recently watching his last HBO Special, which included, in what TVTropes calls A Funny Aneurysm Moment, a point where he did a routine about the unusual things people say in certain situation, which has become a staple of his specials. This time, however, the routine was about what happened after people died (in a more "Friends immmediately before, during, and after a funeral", as opposed to "Meeting St. Peter at the Pearly Gates", neither of which he believed in). With this in mind, when I learned that he finally died, which would have happened eventually, I was, in the end, not too surprised, but I must share two coincidences that happened after this. The First, was printed in the Tribune yesterday: In a political cartoon, George was telling Americans "seven words no Americans want to hear": "You. Are. Using. Too. Damn. Much. Oil." The second coincidence: on CNN, they ran an obituary of George Carlin, showcasing his comedy with an excerpt from his 1992 special Jammin in New York where he was making fun of a CNN reporter talking about a "rain event" in Louisiana, and in what may or may not be a coincidence, the next thing that the CNN reporters talked about after showing that clip, was a "rain event" somewhere else, possibly as a segue to that report, but possibly unrelated, despite the obvious coincidence.
Band Name of the Day: You know what, The Rain Event sounds like a pretty good idea.
Film Idea of the Day: Untitled so far. It will be a story very loosely based on the story of Aimee Semple McPherson, but transplanted to the present (with names clearly changed), and made into a Jukebox Musical with songs by many different artists (including, so far, Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" and Devo's "Jocko Homo", lampooning in both the song and film creationism, the pseudoscience that will not die) covered, with the film effectively being written around McPherson's life story, and the songs.
Film Review of the Day: Dressed to Kill. This movie is probably one of the best movies I've seen in a long time, and most likely one of DePalma's best films, period. I can very much see shades of Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs in Bobbi, the transsexual serial killer, and even though I'm sure that the display of transsexuality is quite inaccurate, I can truly say that the movie's final twist was shocking, especially with what it revealed about Michael Caine's psychiatrist character, although it may be revealing too much.
Quote of the Day: "If a man smiles all the time, he's probably selling something that doesn't work."
_____________George Carlin
Link of the Day: This is the skit about death George Carlin performed in his last special that I was talking about.
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