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Ghosts of Halloween past

Posted on by Eric Brooks

An entire orchestra in KISS makeup????
Sounds wild, Batgrl!

So far, my October has been QUIET and UNEVENTFUL… just the way I like it. (for anyone that recalls, my war with this State began a year ago last week.) If anything, we’ve been given some promising news in January… but I’m still waiting for the other shoe to drop.

So let’s drift back to…
Halloween 1986 – Like most of the 80’s, it was a great time to be alive. My buddies and I did our usual tradition, and hit Greenwich Village (N.Y.C.) for the annual parade…

  • On the M Train heading to the Village from Brooklyn
  • Me with Mike and Tony causing mayhem on the streets of N.Y.C.

    • It was a fun night. The parade rocked… The Village People were on a float, they were playing the Palladium that night for (yet another) comeback. Cars were trying to get through the streets and the crowd was smashing thier windshields in. Don’t bother calling the cops, cuz they couldn’t get through either.

    We also crashed a party where I met a hot looking spanish woman in a tiger costume… mrrrrrowr! It all had the makings of the movie “Bachelor Party”. Remember the one guy who was getting a divorce and was trying to kill himself all night…? That role was played by one of my friends (not in the pics), who was just dumped by a girlfriend, and he just kept drinking himself into a stupor (he can’t drink, btw). He spent the night over a toilet praying for the sweet release of death.

    Lotsa fun!
    (And like the movie, Tom Hanks didn’t get laid that night either… other than that, a great night!)

    I’m not Luther

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    Not I’m not.
    Nobody is Luther.
    Sometimes *Luther* isn’t even Luther.

    But I can sing, and sing I will.
    For the first time in Lord knows how long I will be Karaoke-ing tonite.

    Of course there will be anything on the list done by George Michael or a Brothers Gibb… maybe some Earth, Wind and Fire (the last time I did “Boogie Wonderland” I swear that damn song went on for an hour… had three rounds of applause as I kept sitting down, only to find out it was just a musical interlude….

    How long is that damn song anyway??!!??)

    Perhaps I can stick around long enough to do my national-anthem-that-I-have-yet-to sing, “Play That Funky Music White Boy“….

    If I do “One In A Million You” again, I will get laid for sure…
    Hopefully the Mrs. will be there to hear me sing it this time. :0)

    Any requests?

    Nico poses the following theory:
    “people who talk the most about sex is the ones who has less of it. ”

    *blinks. Looks around.*

    Anyway, back to sex talk…

    I do humbly apologize for the previous post. Could have been a great discussion about the Second Step Program… but instead I was sidetracked by the soft, juicy body radiant beauty of the young woman presenting it.

    That was strange, like she was giving off pheremones, or something.

    Probably one of three times in my life where I can actually taste my prey, and thought of nothing but pumping her silly I’ve gotten infatuated like that.

    She did pay me extra attention though. I could ask the other daddies there if they sensed the same thing. I dunno, it was weird, and it seems to be reduced to masturbating over her only two times a day subsiding.

    Siskel and -e-bert rent a movie

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    “SHE’S DANCING ON THE BED IN HER UNDERWEAR!!!”
    *Runs down the stairs watches until Britney’s fully clothed in the next scene.*

    “She’s getting undressed! Hurry!”
    *Nearly break at least one leg while falling down the majority of the stairs. Limp back upstairs while she gets re-dressed.*

    (Repeat several times)

    I have decided with what little a managed to catch of Crossroads, it’s probably one of the greatest movies ever created.

    Of course points had to be subtracted due to the fact that the movie seems to be cluttered with that icky “dialogue” and “plot” stuff.

    … and because I think I should have a doctor look at my leg.

    I’m pretty sure that really hard and sharp thing protruding out of my pant leg is a compound fracture.

    Oh, a wise guy, nyuk, nyuk…

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    I have to remove his link here at work, so I figure I’ll bookmark this here since I can hear internet radio at home.

    All About This with Tony DelVecchio

    Tony DelVecchio is a man who learned long ago to take life with a sense of humor, and to survive it by living by his wits. He grew up in a tough Italian neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey.

    How can you *NOT* love this guy?

    Legend of the Green Hornet

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    Green Hornet 60's seriesI know what you’re thinking, based on all the bull you were fed from Hollywood in the 60’s that The Green Hornet and Kato was a ripoff of Batman and Robin, right???
    … well stop that right now! It’s almost painful to think how 20th Century Fox f**ked both of these characters up!

    The first “Green Hornet” radio program aired in 1936, created by George W. Trendle… a whole three years before The Dark Knight appeared (Actually putting Bob Kane still in high school…). Well, he is sort of a “spin-off”, but of The Lone Ranger, not Batman. John Reid (aka The Lone Ranger) had an older brother, Dan Reid. Dan is grandfather of Britt Reid (aka The Green Hornet)… you following here?

    Green Hornet Radio Show
    Britt Reid is publisher of the Daily Sentinel, filling out the pre-requisite that a superhero *MUST* work in a newspaper (Superman and Spiderman does it, it’s the best way to get information, and breaking news stories… unless you’re a seriously-disturbed billionaire obsessed with bats, or a college professor… then beating the piss out of a crackhead in an alley in the middle of the night will do just fine.).

    His whole schtick involved getting the news of some major drug/weapon/criminal activity going down, The Green Hornet appears as a feared gangland character, comes in, and threatens the mobsters with extortion (which is hilarious irony, when you think about it.), if they don’t cut him in on a “piece of the action”. Nine times out of ten the criminals decline and orders his men to “waste them”… Kato kicks all their asses, they’re all handed to the police… and the money is anonymously dropped off to some charity in town.

    Going over to Britt Reid’s home, he eventually marries his secretary (because sometimes sexual harrassment at the workplace *does* work out.), and you would never suspect that the oriental butler serving you your drink is, in fact, Bruce Lee… and he can probably kill you where you stand in two moves or less.

    What’s *not to love* about these guys???? Like my other idol, Zorro, they pose as criminals, f**k authority every chance they get… and kick bad guy’s asses with style and panache.

    In the 1990’s Now Comics re-introduces a totally revamped Green Hornet (But of course can’t mention The Lone Ranger because of licensing issues.) And Bruce Lee/Hayashi Kato is alive and well in this world (an alcoholic hollywood actor, who blames himself for the death of the third-generation Green Hornet… but alive.).

    If they ever get around to making a new movie about The Green Hornet… it better be good. We’ve already seen Jet Li in the Kato Costume…
    And stop calling them “Batman & Robin” ripoffs dammit.

    Sources:

    WWIII in Memphis…

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    11:25 PM EST – Round one… ding ding.
    (To be updated countinously through the night…)
    I’m keeping up on MSNBC.Com and Associated Press, because I couldn’t get tickets at Fernwood.

    Gawd, I’m pathetic. :0)

    ROUND 1
    Tyson comes out jabbing, and Lewis jabs back. Tyson bulls Lewis into corner and Lewis lands two right uppercuts. Tyson misses wildly with left hook. Lewis holds Tyson. Referee Eddie Cotton separates the fighters. They clinch again. Tyson backs Lewis up with left jab. Lewis holds Tyson. Tyson lands a left hook with 50 seconds left. Lewis holds again and Tyson pushes him into ropes. Lewis lands jab and misses right.

    Lewis’ round. (hee hee… guess who I’m rooting for?)

    ROUND 2

     

    Tyson comes out and they clash heads. Lewis is warned by Cotton for throwing an elbow after Tyson complains. Lewis lands a right uppercut 30 seconds in. Lewis begins jabbing and Tyson misses a wild left hook. Lewis lands another uppercut at 1:46 of the round. Lewis is warned again by Cotton for holding. Tyson rushes in and is caught with a right uppercut. With a minute left, Lewis begins using jab, landing four or five. Lewis lands an uppercut with 15 seconds left.

    Lewis’ round.

    ROUND 3
    Tyson head-butts Lewis as round opens. Lewis towers over Tyson and pushes him off when he comes inside. Again, they clinch and Cotton forces them apart. Lewis is throwing jabs, dancing around with 1:30 left. Lewis is controlling the fight with his jab and Tyson can’t find the range. Tyson hits on Lewis’ ribs while they clinch. Tyson tries to move his head to avoid jab but it still lands. Tyson lands left hook with 47 seconds left, his biggest punch. Tyson is cut on the right eye. Blood is running from the cut. Lewis works on cut. Lewis lands good right as bell sounds.

    Lewis’ round.

    ROUND 4
    Tyson rushes out again but is tied up and Lewis lands two jabs. Lewis lands a big right hand with 2:25 left. Lewis misses a left but lands a right. He is pushing Tyson around. Lewis jabs Tyson, who appears confused and unable to do anything to keep Lewis off of him. Lewis’ confidence is growing. He hits Tyson with two jabs and a right uppercut midway through the round. Lewis lands a big right with 1:14 left as Tyson tries to hold him. Lewis hits Tyson with two big rights. Tyson swings wildly with 40 seconds left. Tyson is desperately trying for a big punch but can’t land it. Lewis jabs him, then hits him with a right hand and Tyson goes down on his back with 10 seconds left. Cotton rules it a slip.

    Lewis’ round (SWEEEEEEEET!!!!!!)

    ROUND 5
    Lewis lands his jab early. Tyson simply standing in center of ring taking it, unable to punch. Lewis lands an uppercut then Cotton stops fight and talks to Lewis again for pushing. Tyson is an easy target for Lewis’ jab. Lewis jabs again late in the round. Tyson is unable to get off a punch and is beaten to the punch.

    Lewis’ round

    ROUND 6
    Tyson’s corner is trying to prevent swelling on both his eyes. Lewis hits Tyson then pushes him across the ring. He seems to have no fear of Tyson’s power. Lewis lands a big left-right with 2:15 left. Tyson tries to throw a right and misses, then misses another and they clinch. Lewis lands a succession of jabs midway through the round, then a right hand that backs Tyson up. Lewis is pushing Tyson off when he clinches. Tyson finally lands a right hand but it doesn’t faze Lewis.

    Lewis’ round.

    ROUND 7
    Lewis has some swelling under his left eye. Tyson is cut over both eyes. Lewis is dominating with his jab. Lewis lands two jabs and a right, then is warned again by Cotton for using elbow. Action slows in this round, but Lewis’ jab is still accurate. Tyson is bleeding from the nose and from cuts on his eyes. With 23 seconds, Lewis left lands good left and right and Tyson hits him below the belt. Lewis buckles Tyson’s knees with a right hook with 8 seconds left.

    Lewis round.

    Lewis KO’s Tyson to Retain Titles
    By TIM DAHLBERG
    AP Boxing Writer
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Lennox Lewis showed the bully who was boss.

    Using a masterful left jab and landing his right hand at will, Lewis battered a befuddled MikeTyson before stopping him with a crashing right hand in the eighth round to keep his heavyweight titles Saturday night.

    Tyson was bleeding from cuts over his eyes and from the nose when Lewis landed a punch that sent him sprawling on his back in Lewis’ corner. Tyson tried to get up at the count of eight, getting to one knee, but was counted out.

    It was a sudden end to a dominating performance in which Lewis overwhelmed the former champion from the opening bell.

    Referee Eddie Cotton counted Tyson out at 2:25 of the eighth round.

    YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Like I predicted in the comments … KO in the 8th round! YES!

     

    Evil Bert is Dead

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    Sometime last night, Web Designer Dino Ignacio pulled the plug on his long-running internet-cult-classic “Bert is Evil” site. It was his own personal decision. No “cease & desists” or threats involved.

    Seeing his work on a pro-Taliban protest was apparently too much for him. The Children’s Television Workshop, is also panicking at the site of one of their creations, broadcast around the world next to the most dangerous man alive.

    I think these people need to reach deep down inside, and see the hilarious irony of it all… Osama’s own supporters made an ASSHOLE out of him. And Bert helped. Whether it was our Special Forces slipping it into the printing plates, or the “official story” of an honest mistake by the printer… it was effective and humiliating nonetheless.

    The story below about “Sesame Street being bombed” was a fabrication. Elmo, Big Bird, Zoe and the gang are all alive & well. It was propaganda. I took that day’s events, like any good American, and rolled with it…..

    <The sound of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” blaring in the background>

    I want the memory of that protest in Bangladesh embedded in the world’s mind forever. The world needs to talk about it, and laugh at Ass-ama forever. Let the world know that The Taliban and Al-Qaeda’s contempt for our culture will be the means to their demise… you were humiliated by a muppet, Assama!

    Thank you to…

    • Dino Ignacio – Who has a great-looking site with lots of other fun stuff… check it out.
    • The Children’s Television Workshop, for 31 years of great entertainment, and shaping many of us into the grown-ups we are today…
      (They have a great section called “Tragic Times, healing words”, offering help to parents in explaining 9/11…)

    And most of all….

    Flag courtesy of Comstock Images, Bert Courtesy of CTW….

    Metallica continues…

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    …to be a pack of assholes…but that’s not what irks me…

    Derek Whatsizname said tonite: “And drummers, well, let’s just say that drummers aren’t usually the brightest bulb in the pack.”[About Lars Ulrich of Metallica]
    Your CyberPal said in Metafilter on May 2nd: “A friend of mine met Metallica in Germany, a few years back. He described them as ‘not exactly the sharpest crayons in the box’.”

    hmmmmm….COINCIDENCE???? Hey Webmistress! I got a fan too!
    He seems like a nice kid. No lawsuit planned…THIS TIME.

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