Carroll O’Connor’s son died from an overdose, and he publicly blamed the dealer. The dealer sued for lible, and O’Connor retained an attorney who was the wife of Billy Flake, a newspaper music columnist and former lead singer of The Floating Children. Judgment went to O’Connor. Flake was good friends with my roommate at the time. So, I’m 3 degrees removed from Carroll O’Connor.
All this is true. I just couldn’t resist after seeing O’Connor’s name come up. Carry on.
My tale: I’ve met Michael Wildes, the former mayor of Englewood, NJ, several times. His father Leon Wildes successfully defended John Lennon in getting his green card so he could remain in the United States.
In play: I used to go club hopping with Carroll O’Connor, Billy Flake, John Lennon and Leon Wildes.
Less well known is the fad of “club tossing”- seeing how many nightclubs you can get consecutively tossed out of on a single night. To qualify the bouncer must physically pick you up off the ground and throw you out the door (or window). The current record holder is Chevy Chase who achieved 17 tossings on the night of April 12-13 2016.
I used to go club tossing with Laraine Newman, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, and Chevy Chase
I used to take the post before mine and just copy most of the details, instead of coming up with something original.
I use to come up with something original until I realized it’s easier to take the post before mine and just copy most of the details.
There is no such thing as true originality, merely creative variations and arrangements on previous variations and arrangements, which are themselves based on even more previous variations and arrangements.
“No Such Thing As…,” premieres tomorrow night on the Hallmark Channel, starring Amy Smart and Chris Bearstick. If you miss it, no problem, it’ll be on every 2 hours Christmas Day and three dozen times next Christmas, in between the other 77 Xmas movies on the HC. See you there! 'Tis the season!
“No Such Thing As” tells the heartwarming story of a boy who, after accidentally killing the family dog earlier that year, is terrified that the horrible Krampus is coming for him this Christmas. His parents hire a professional Santa Claus to visit the boy and reassure him that he hasn’t been abandoned to the forces of Hell. And his Christmas present is a new dog.
Ladies: Having your monthlies around the holiday season? Feeling bloated? Achey? Abdominal pain? New, this year, from Pfizer–it’s Crampus. Guaranteed to send your physical woes straight to Hell. Whether you’re naughty or nice.
Ask your doctor about Crampus.
According to a recent study there has not been a single radio or television commercial that has not exaggerated or lied about the product. An honest advertisement exists only in theory.
Other things that exist only in theory are honest politicians, sensible religious fanatics, and cute, fuzzy pit bulls.
The Pitapoo was a failed attempt to breed a cute fuzzy pit bull. Fortunately for mankind the US Air Force was able to sterilize the breeding site with thermobaric, napalm and nerve gas bombs before they could escape into the wild.
Meanwhile, packs of feral, hypoallergenic Pitadoodles roam the streets of post-apocalyptic urban centers.
PETA has started a campaign “PETA Pitadoodles doodles.” Nobody knows what it means, but it’s a cute, fuzzy slogan.
Cute Fuzzy Slogan is the first band to capitalize on the “band name” meme. It comprises 76-year old Lydia Morganstern and her three grandchildren covering Metallica songs on accordions. Most notable was Lydia’s ability to make her normally high-pitched heavily Bronx-accented voice sound exactly like James Hetfield’s, growls and all. She had been struggling to think of a suitable name for her group for years until she saw the iconic comment on a usenet forum devoted to ceramic crafting. Somebody had posted “Help me come up with a cute fuzzy slogan for my terracotta dragonflies,” and the first response was “Band name!” with “cute fuzzy slogan” highlighted.
Terracotta dragonflies are the only known animal descended from real dragons, and were popularly used in New Jersey as cigarette lighters until PETA got the practice banned.
A “New Jersey Cigarette Lighter” is a well known mob execution technique and is best remembered as the way famed Mafioso Flatuline “The Mad Bean” Vasculario met his gruesome end.
Other infamous methods of mob execution include the Bronx Birdbath, Chicago Linguine, and the Philly Trenchcoat.
The electric rocking chair has only been used for execution in Florida and Texas.