I didn't see the Bar Mitzvah episode either.
Oh my god. It was just hysterical. Frasier's son was being bar mitzvahed, and so he asked Bulldog (I think) to teach him a prayer in Hebrew that he (Frasier) could say at the ceremony. In the course of the episode, Frasier did something to piss off Bulldog, but Bulldog still taught Frasier the prayer.
At the bar mitzvah, Frasier gets up to the lectern, all solemn and moved that today his son is a man, and delivers the prayer.
In *Klingon.*
I have NO idea how Kelsey Grammer was able to keep a straight face. I'd love to know how many takes that scene required.
Huh. That's the first word I've heard about a Mitch Albom scandal. Then again, I've always thought he was a self-aggrandizing sap on TV (I've never read his column or books). But this:
an April 7 staff meeting, a Free Press reporter, originally a copy editor, said he had been told to keep hands off Albom's columns when he joined the paper. Spell-check them. Make sure there are no glaring errors. But if there were any substantive questions, don't ever approach Albom. Refer them to his editor and then forget it.
Peter Gammons has basically the same deal going on at ESPN.com -- a couple of guys on a sports board I read take his weekly column to bits on grammar, logic, incorrect reference to 70s rock lyrics, and coherence of phrase. Nobody would say Gammo actually invents untruths, just because his shtick is gossip-mongering among baseball decision-makers and outright speculation; but his version of the truth sometimes makes no sense and is comically uncopyedited.
The sad part is, Gammo used to be better. I've read some of his columns from the 80s, when he was in the local press, and he had cracking great prose, and never confused Steppenwolf with The Who.
Editors exist for a reason, people.
Editors exist for a reason, people.
To make the Baby Anne Rice cry?
Kinda' absurd that the penguins have to get out of their carriers to be x-rayed.
When I took a friend's cat along with me on a business trip from SF to Chicago, they made me take her out of the carrier and carry her through the metal detector while they put the carrier through the machine separately. I wouldn't be too surprised if they were concerned about exposure levels in the machine causing damage to small critters. Not to mention complete darkness possibly sparking a bad reaction in the animal.
Isn't he doing Spamalot?
Yep. As Sir Robin (not sure if he's doing multiple roles or not).
not sure if he's doing multiple roles or not
He is. But for the life of me, I can't remember them all. I know he's a commoner in the crowd scene for burning the witch. And other stuff, too.
Tim Curry (King Arthur) is the only one who doesn't play multiple roles.
eta: Ah! I have the program right here! Handy, yes?
DHP: Sir Robin, Villager 1, Guard 1, Brother Maynard
Awww, fuck. We're getting software update and they're reimaging my hard drive.
And they always assure me that I won't lose anything, and they
always
fucking lose stuff. "Oh, gee, it should have picked up all those subfolders in My Documents. I wonder why it didn't do that?"
So now I have to hide all my stuff on various network drives if I want to keep it.
Hec, can't you save it to disc(s)?
t edit
Or e-mail files to yourself? Gmail has 2 GB of storage.
Peter Gammons has basically the same deal going on at ESPN.com -- a couple of guys on a sports board I read take his weekly column to bits on grammar, logic, incorrect reference to 70s rock lyrics, and coherence of phrase. Nobody would say Gammo actually invents untruths, just because his shtick is gossip-mongering among baseball decision-makers and outright speculation; but his version of the truth sometimes makes no sense and is comically uncopyedited.
Gammons just had to issue an apology for a sidebar he included with a column he did on the Dodgers for ESPN.com. The sidebar was lifted pretty much verbatim from an LA Times column about Milton Bradley, and was published without any attribution. Gammons called it and "inexplicable oversight," and ESPN removed the sidebar.
