Seattle’s new professional ice hockey franchise
After two years of lobbying, wrangling, polling, contests and whatnot, the Seattle NHL franchise owners unveiled the name they’ve chosen for their puck-slapping posse.
Waltz Dizzily’s newest character: Sickie Mouse
Walt Disney World reopens even as new cases of coronavirus spike in Florida. Remember: it’s a people trap run by a mouse.
Eyes Wide Shut: The Sitcom
Wondered why this movie was so extravagantly praised when it was released. Stanley Kubrick’s dying four days after finishing the five-year ordeal of making it probably had a lot to do with that. Reviewers ascribed all manner of important themes and depth and seriousness to the picture that is nowhere in evidence in this overwrought exploration of, uh, the marriage of Nicole Kidman and Li’l Tommy Cruise (staring at Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from the cover of Entertainment Weeklywith their dead eyes) or Kubrick’s impressions of an obscure 1926 novel, possibly. But maybe a two-hour-and-forty minute movie just wasn’t the right form for the material. Maybe it could’ve worked better as a half-hour sitcom. You make the call.
Hail to the chump
What was supposed to be a triumphant return to campaigning in Tulsa, OK was an embarrassment as only 6,200 people showed up to a venue with a capacity of 19,000. After the “event,” President* Short-Fingered Vulgarian returned to the White House, video of which demanded suitable musical accompaniment.
The administration’s pandemic management continues.
Tone deafness is a terrible affliction
Please give generously, won’t you? Without your support, irretrievably stupid, talentless people will make videos of their hideous, inexcusably expensive McMansions featuring their hired friends while not giving a nickel or any assistance to anybody fighting or affected by covid-19.
Counterfeit fake
“Hey, hey, counterfeit fake — history wants you, they made a mistake.”
—They Might Be Giants
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A better covid-19 briefing
The daily White House coronavirus briefings would be a lot more useful if only the adults in the room who know what they’re talking about did the talking without interruptions from President* Short-Fingered Vulgarian and his mealy-mouthed minion, Marshmallow Mikey.
“Joker” — a laugh a minute...if you’re an imbecile
Beastly Beastie Bricolage