Archive for March 22nd, 2007
And the “King Dumbass Award” Goes To…….
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Wow, our “Idiots” section is getting pretty full.
I came across this article during my internet travels today. Will these people never learn?
Wisconsin Teen Busted After Website Pix Of Homegrown Pot
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A teen accused of posting pictures of his potted marijuana plants and drug paraphernalia on MySpace.com faces charges after police monitoring for gang activity traced the information to him. Authorities said a label on the picture of potted pot plants read: “My Mary Jane thats growin in my closet right now.”
“People think that Web sites are more private than they are,” Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco said. “This is just another tool for us to use.” - from Startribune.com
Hello…….Dave?
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007A lot of you may think this is insignificant, but I wanted to express my opinion on the death of Larry “Bud” Melman. Here’s his obit from CNN.com:
NEW YORK (AP) — The balding, bespectacled nebbish who gained cult status as the oddball Larry “Bud” Melman on David Letterman’s late-night television shows has died after a long illness.
Brooklyn-born Calvert DeForest, who was 85, died Monday at a hospital on Long Island, the Letterman show announced Wednesday.
He made dozens of appearances on Letterman’s shows from 1982 through 2002, handling a variety of twisted duties: singing a duet with Sonny Bono on “I Got You, Babe”; doing a Mary Tyler Moore impression during a visit to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where her 1970s show was set; handing out hot towels to arrivals at New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Cue cards were often DeForest’s television kryptonite, and his character invariably appeared in an ill-fitting black suit behind thick, black-rimmed glasses.
“Everyone always wondered if Calvert was an actor playing a character, but in reality he was just himself — a genuine, modest and nice man,” Letterman said in a statement. “To our staff and to our viewers, he was a beloved and valued part of our show, and we will miss him.”
DeForest’s gnomish face was the first to greet viewers when Letterman’s NBC show debuted on Feb. 1, 1982, offering a parody of the prologue to the Boris Karloff film “Frankenstein.”
“It was the greatest thing that had happened in my life,” he once said of his first Letterman appearance.
DeForest, given the nom de tube of Larry “Bud” Melman, became a program regular. The collaboration continued when the talk show host moved to CBS to launch “Late Show with David Letterman” in 1994.
The Melman character opened Letterman’s first CBS show, too — but used his real name because of a dispute with NBC over “intellectual property.” DeForest, positioned inside the network’s familiar eye logo, announced, “This is CBS!”
DeForest often drew laughs by his bizarre juxtaposition as a “Late Show” correspondent at events such as the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway and the Woodstock anniversary concert that year.
His last appearance on “Late Show” came in 2002, celebrating his 81st birthday.
DeForest also appeared in an assortment of other television shows and films, including “Nothing Lasts Forever” with Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.
There will be no funeral service for DeForest, who left no survivors.
I want to point out the last sentence of the article which states that there will be no funeral.
Mr. Letterman, this gentleman was probably the funniest thing about your show. Show a little respect and give the man a funeral. I’m sure he had friends who would attend. You employed him to further your career, now do the right thing and pay your respects to him.
Quote of the Day
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007“Raising the minimum wage is not improving people’s lives.” (From CNN)
-Rush Limbaugh
I really don’t need to say anything else. With that statement he made himself out to be nothing but a huge idiot. I didn’t even have to work for this one, he went ahead and did my job for me.
