Things I Was Going To Write About
It is a really slow day gossip wise. When it is like that it can be a struggle to find something interesting to talk about that is longer than four or five lines long. So, I thought I would use one post to talk about more than one thing. Novel and exciting isn't it?
Siegfried & Roy
The ambiguously gay duo known as Siegfried and Roy will be coming back to the stage and performing for at least one show. The show will take place in Las Vegas sometime within the next year. It has been almost five years since Roy Horn almost died on stage. I have seen their show three or four times and I always thought it was good, but they have never been my favorite magicians in Vegas. I am glad though that Roy is doing better. I mean it is bad enough you have a heart attack on stage during a show, but then the tiger sensing you are down for the count, moves in, and drags you by your neck off the stage. I wonder if the fact that he had a heart attack and was probably more calm is what saved him from dying when the tiger got him.
Jerry Springer is 64
Jerry Springer is 64 today and when his show started in 1991, I don't think anyone thought it would be quite the icon it has become. I seem to recall when he came on the air there was already Sally and Jenny Jones, and Oprah was still doing the same kind of shows, but just starting to wean off of the shock, and moving to her holier than thou persona. With the exception of Oprah, Jerry made the most and did the best by showing people that no matter how miserable your life was or had become, Jerry could find someone you could look down on and make fun of. And the thing is it took him a long time to get all the way down to the bottom. There really was nothing better than just sitting back and relaxing by watching an hour of Jerry. If you have 40 minutes today, you can watch a best of Jerry below. If you have only a few minutes you can watch my favorite "guess what I'm a man episode," which is the second one.
These slow news days almost make me wish for a post about the bad weaved one that we're not talking about anymore.
ReplyDeleteSigh, y'all.
'Gender is between your ears and sexuality is between your legs.'
ReplyDeletecalif - don't wish for what we truly don't need or want.
ReplyDeleteToo bad most of Jerry's memorable episodes were teenagers/college kids who were faking it. A friend in college was on several episodes (as different people, with different stories each time).
I'm always surprised when I think of him as the mayor of Cincinnati. I mean, Cincinnati! That's not a small place!!
ReplyDelete"When I woke up, I looked down and there was your wife's face" (as he looks to his crotch.
ReplyDeleteClassic. Forgot how much I love that shit.
OMG I think I lost brain cells watching these clips
ReplyDeleteI once had a client, a famous female athlete, who said to me with a completely straight face, "I watch Jerry Springer all the time. You can learn a lot from that show."
ReplyDeleteI learned not to listen to famous female athletes.