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What, Is He Funny Or Something?

By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (81)

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Greetings and salutations, Pajibans. Do you remember how I said you guys are clever and lovely? It’s absolutely true and sometimes you spin comments of gossamer and wit that stop me in my tracks, and sometimes you spend over 150 comments using those impressive brain stems of yours to devise filmic euphemisms for poop. And I love you all and wouldn’t have it any other way.


I think I’ve proven that I’m not a comics person, never have been never shall be, but I did see Mallrats, so I cheer for Stan Lee getting a star on Hollywood Blvd. Yaaay! I’m sort of fascinated by how folks handle this photo op. Do you remember that Emma Thompson brought a pig and a pint to hers? Anyway, I thought for a brief second that Lee was doing devil horns in this photo and then I shuddenly remember my Shpiderman. (The Washington Post)


It’s done, it’s over, kill it with fire. Leonard Cohen, NPR and I all agree that there needs to be a moratorium on the song “Hallelujah.” In film, on television, piping out of dorm rooms, plucked plaintively on acoustic guitars. Done. Stop. Listen to Jeff Buckley’s “Lover You Should Have Come Over” instead. Double the mournful, half “The OC” associations. (NPR)


When my folks text me, as they do, I’m not sure which discomfits me more, the wild stabs at modern texting slang, or the over-lengthy, unsuitable for a text content. This awesome mom nailed both. (When Parents Text)


JENNY MCCARTHY LIED TO ME ABOUT AUTISM? That’s it, Chris Hardwick, the “Singled Out” legacy of scientific authority and unimpeachable veracity rests solely on your shoulders now. Don’t let me down. (NY Times)


“Or, you know what, maybe I’m just gay.” Oh, James Franco, marry me. Unless you’re actually gay. Nope, even if you’re gay. (Entertainment Weekly)


In which Helen Mirren speaks about her fondness for stripper heels and somehow comes off sounding classier than ever. (Celebitchy)


Okay, this link is for the gays, the musical nerds, and me. Everyone else, carry on. Barbra Streisand is rumored to direct, produce and star in a new production of “Gypsy.” Don’t worry, folks, she’s slated to play “Mama Rose” and so will get nowhere near any of the bumping or grinding. And you’re welcome for that image. (The Film Experience)


Okay, you say Don DeLillo I think not so fondly of a particularly tough Post-Modern Fiction class I took as an undergrad. You say David Cronenberg plus Don DeLillo I think about metaphorical stair sex, flapping mandibles and ennui. You say David Cronenberg plus Don DeLillo plus Robert Pattinson, I wait for the punchline. I’m still waiting. (The AV Club)


Honestly, sometimes I think the folks advocating and enforcing censorship have the dirtiest minds. (Jalopnik)


Okay, someone angrily defend and hotly explain the purported sexiness that is Daniel Craig because I just don’t see it. I think he’s a good actor and a very cool Bond, but I’m not certain what Rachel Weisz is all mooney about. (Celebitchy)


Everytime one of you lovely commenters complained about Inception being left off the Pajiba Best Films of 2010, I clicked this button and giggled. Because, sometimes, most of the time, almost always, I’m twelve. (BWWUUUAAAAAAMMMMMM)


This is where I’m supposed to tell you that Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp (I miss that “Cougar” sometimes) are dating and in love and maybe she broke up his marriage and oh my gosh. You know what? I don’t care. Enjoy each other. I’m going to reflect on a time when I enjoyed you too. Here are some clips of when John was still a Cougar and Meg had a face that I could stand to look at.



Let it rock, let it roll.



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Comments

Oh God yes, please. Leave Hallelujah alone. It's not even close to the best thing Cohen has ever written. Get out of your emo-ridden duvets of self-absorption and listen to his full oeuvre.

Also, I've never understood the Daniel Craig = sexy thing either.

Plus, don't get me started on the Andrew Wakefild thing. Dude should be in prison.

Posted by: PaddyDog at January 6, 2011 1:15 PM

That text message makes me so happy that my mother doesn't understand technology in any way whatsoever.

Posted by: Paultera at January 6, 2011 1:23 PM

Re: The Daniel Craig Factor. I get it if you don't "get it" if all you are doing is watching Bond. He's OKaaaayyy as Bond (she said tepidly). But watch Layer Cake. I cannot put my finger on it (o but I'd like to), but he is slowly, inexorably, smokin-ly hot in that one. It's the cool crossed with the befuddled. Very Steve McQueen.

Love when he pulls his hand back when Colm Meany (best name evah) hands him a gin: "O God no, I hate guns."

Sssso hot.

Posted by: klingonfree at January 6, 2011 1:27 PM

I want to hate James Franco for being such a hipster douchebag, but he keeps saying smart and insightful things, and he's talented as hell, so I can't. Also, I'm pretty sure he knows he's a hipster douchebag and that it's just a phase.

In re: Daniel Craig - this: http://tinyurl.com/2dlst8q
I could look into those eyes and at that interesting face daily. Also, he's pretty naked, but in an almost-approachable way.

Lastly, people who are desperate to explain why their kid has a neurological disorder are shitty, shitty people. I know it's hard - trust me, I do know - but your child is your child and making up a reason "why" they have a neurological disorder will do fuck all to change things.

Posted by: Reba at January 6, 2011 1:30 PM

I can't get angry about hte Leonard Cohen thing, because they do that with all artists. You know when you really want to hear Justin Bieber's "One Less Lonely Girl" and all the stupid radio station will let you request is "Baby". And not even the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice live version that RAWKS!! but the stupid studio version. Sucks, right?*


*(mrcreosote currently being held hostage by crazed Bieber fan. Send negotiator and earplugs, for the love of God!)

Posted by: Mrcreosote at January 6, 2011 1:35 PM

CAN'T... STOP... HITTING... THE... INCEPTION BUTTON!!

GAAAAAAAH!

Posted by: The Other Agent Johnson at January 6, 2011 1:38 PM

and then I shuddenly remember my Shpiderman.

May my army be the spiders, the webs, and the rooftops themselves?

Posted by: L4NkYb at January 6, 2011 1:39 PM

The first time I heard Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah (or any version of it, for that matter) was in Shrek. I promptly fell in love with it, and imagine my surprise when I found out it was old and covered again and again, most eloquently by Jeff Buckley, another artist with whom I had only a mild familiarity. I've only heard it a few times spontaneously since then, so I haven't experienced the overkill yet. I still love the song.

Posted by: Whorish Mouth at January 6, 2011 1:39 PM

Daniel Craig isn't pretty, but he is sexy. Piercing eyes, rockin' bod, the accent certainly doesn't hurt, either. I guess if you're going to shag outside your marriage, Daniel Craig is the dude to do it with.

Posted by: Slash at January 6, 2011 1:42 PM

I think you might be my favorite Pajiba Lover.

Posted by: elgarcon at January 6, 2011 1:44 PM

PaddyDog is correct. Hallelujah enough already. Big no to self-absorption. A huge irk of mine actually. Stop cryin' aleady.

Big Yes to James Franco!

D Craig...oh I wish Mads MIkkelsen really finished him in Casino Royale. I dont get it either. Not at all. Saw Layer Cake and still dont get it. Trust me, I've been trying, but still come up nada.

Posted by: JaneSpotting at January 6, 2011 1:45 PM

**Theater Nerd Alert**

For Christ's sake, people, Gypsy is a fine show, but do we really need yet ANOTHER revival? This would be the third revival in less than 10 years. First Bernadette, then Patti, now Barbra. It's a tired excuse for a vanity project at this point.

There are amazing NEW shows on Broadway all the time that close way too soon (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Brief Encounter, Scottsboro Boys, to name just three in the last month that have closed or are closing). People bitch and moan about nothing original happening and yet celebrities still have all the resources they want to rehash the same script over and over and over. GIVE IT A REST.

/end theater nerd rant.

Posted by: Tammy at January 6, 2011 1:45 PM

Um. If you don't 'get' why Daniel Craig is hot, I cannot explain it to you, and I am okay with that. You know why? Because, HA!, More for ME! You know, when he's done with that other girl.
It's kinda the same thing with James Marsters as Spike; yum, but hard to quantify. Mmmm, Spike.

Posted by: Jami at January 6, 2011 1:46 PM

A handsome dreadlocked guy on American Idol did a beautiful rendition of Hallelujah a few years back that Simon said would make him a star. It was like angels singi---nothing! I'm not doing anyth---

*sounds of fighting*

*fists repeatedly hitting flesh*

*heavy breathing* Gotta . . . catch . . . my breath . . .

There! Whshewwww! Now what was that little fucker doing on my computer?

Oh god, no, don't post tha---

Posted by: Kballs at January 6, 2011 1:48 PM

Also, the worst version of Hallelujah I've heard was what they did to it at the Vancouver Olympics. They had good voices (KD Lang and such) but they just murdered the song. There was a point where I started to miss John Tesh...that should tell you how bad it was.

Posted by: PaddyDog at January 6, 2011 1:49 PM

Damnit.

Posted by: Kballs at January 6, 2011 1:49 PM

I cannot put my finger on it (o but I'd like to)

Oh, me too, klingonfree.

Posted by: fenchurch at January 6, 2011 1:57 PM

Look, it's a fine song, weepy and all, but since the idiot merchandisers can't tell the difference, my "Halleluja (Chrous)" doesn't get any play any more.

Christmas is the one shot I have outside of.the Mormons. So, back off Cohen-boy. I need the residuals.

Posted by: Handel at January 6, 2011 2:03 PM

Preach it, Handel-boy. Praise me! And thanks for that mass, it's one of my favorites.

Posted by: Jr. at January 6, 2011 2:06 PM

Back off, Jr.

Posted by: Big Daddy at January 6, 2011 2:07 PM

What's interesting to me about Hallelujah (beautiful song) is that Jeff Buckley's cover is actually quite different from the original. All these other covers seem to be covers of Jeff's version. Like, the Rufus Wainwright one in Shrek... why is that necessary? It's the exact same except his voice isn't half as good (I like Rufus, but it isn't).

General Hospital has used Jeff's version for the past couple days. That's what this obsession with Hallelujah has come to. Yes, i watch General Hospital and I BLAME FRANCO!!

Posted by: Melissa at January 6, 2011 2:07 PM

Not another family fight. Oh, god ... um ... er ... I'll just be over here, like, inspiring and stuff.

Posted by: The Spook at January 6, 2011 2:08 PM

I'm putting that Inception link into my phone for during work meetings when everyone gets all melodramatic and up in arms about the stupidest fucking shit possible (read: every single meeting) so that I can dramatically punctuate their meltdowns about the abuse of office supplies.

Mid-level boss: It has come to our attention that people are using the copy machine for personal mail and paperwork.

BWWWWWWWAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!

Mid-level boss: The paper and ink we use is very expensive.

BWWWWWWWAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!

Mid-level boss: By abusing supplies you are inadvertently diminishing overhead for the company, which will come back to affect you come bonus time.

BWWWWWWWAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!

Mid-level boss: Because we don't want everyone's pay influenced by the actions of a few, please note that we will be closely monitoring all copier use from here on out.

BWWWWWWWAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!

Mid-level boss: Including a sign-in sheet where you should indicate why you are using the copier and how many sheets your actions will require.

BWWWWWWWAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!

Mid-level boss: Any further abuse will be reported and dealt with accordingly.


BWWWWWWWAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!

Posted by: Lindsay at January 6, 2011 2:15 PM

Actually Handel (and you know this is going to be an annoying corrective comment when it starts with "actually"). Your Messiah was first written and performed for Easter. It's first performance was a benefit for the Rotunda Hospital in Fishamble Street in Dublin at Eastertime, April 13th to be precise. It is still regularly performed at Eastertime in Dublin and many other places. And in case you're counting, 2011 will be the 259th anniversary of the first performance.

Posted by: PaddyDog at January 6, 2011 2:16 PM

Did you guys hear? There is a secret chord that David played and it pleased YOUR FICTIONAL GOD. But I know you don't really care for music because you hadn't even heard of Vampire Weekend before I introduced them to you. It goes like this; the forth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift. Oh, you don't understand those references? Yeah, well I know all kinds of awesome stuff about music, so that's cool.

Posted by: Hipster Douche Composing Hallelujah at January 6, 2011 2:23 PM

I think we need to check the water, because there's been an excess of intentionally fake handles recently. Unless, this is just one of the levels...

BWWWWWWWAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!


Posted by: branded at January 6, 2011 2:35 PM

The Jeff Buckley version of that song is the only one worth anything anyway. Totes agree.

I was wondering when that autism fraud thing was going to be a major news story. I heard about the trial last year, and I assumed that since no one was talking about it I got my information wrong. Now I'm just pissed it took this long for us to hear about it.

Posted by: ChristianH at January 6, 2011 2:42 PM

It's a tired excuse for a vanity project at this point.

THANK YOU

and you know this is going to be an annoying corrective comment when it starts with "actually"

And ends with "Posted by: PaddyDog"

Posted by: raspberries at January 6, 2011 2:46 PM

I friggin' love that license plate.

Posted by: Patty O'Green at January 6, 2011 2:48 PM

Also, after that comment diversion, I have decided all future bowel movements will be called "taking an M. Night."

Posted by: Patty O'Green at January 6, 2011 2:49 PM

Hey, if I'm having a bad toilet experience from now on it's a Bay-splosion.

Posted by: Mrcreosote at January 6, 2011 3:00 PM

Piss off raspberries. PaddyDog is wonderful. She keeps us on the straight and narrow here and I love her continuous interjections with trivia from the 1700s.

Posted by: TotallyNotPaddyDogPostingAsSomeoneElse at January 6, 2011 3:10 PM

Hey! raspberries! You will be corrected by PaddyDog and you will LIKE IT!!!

Posted by: Trouble at January 6, 2011 3:11 PM

"Don't worry, folks, she's slated to play 'Mama Rose' and so will get nowhere near any of the bumping or grinding."

Two things:

(1) Barbra doesn't have the voice for Mama Rose.

(2) Mama Rose does pllllllenty of bumping and grinding.

Posted by: Mike B. at January 6, 2011 3:14 PM

"and you know this is going to be an annoying corrective comment when it starts with "actually"

And ends with "Posted by: PaddyDog"

I really do appreciate and maybe even love/like PaddyDog but this is a funny comment, you have to admit.

No?

OK. Piss off, raspberries.

Posted by: klingonfree at January 6, 2011 3:34 PM

When Parents Text has abso-fucking-lutely made my day. Ah, hilarity, will you never cease?

Posted by: MM at January 6, 2011 3:35 PM

Thanks, klingonfree. It wasn't meant as an insult as much as an observation. I figured after that list of bitchiest commenters this would just be... I don't know... obvious.

Posted by: raspberries at January 6, 2011 3:49 PM

Johnny Cougar when he was still with an actual woman! Before he dumped her for a model and then dumped the model for this has-been actress. To his credit, he didn't dump the model simply for a younger model.

Posted by: Max at January 6, 2011 3:57 PM

Actually, I don't know if I agree with PaddyDog's "actually." Handel wrote the music; Charles Jennens wrote the libretto.

Also, if the first performance was on 13 April 1742 (and not for the hospital; that was 1754), then this year will be the 269th anniversary, if 2011-1742=269.

Posted by: Mike B. at January 6, 2011 3:57 PM

As somebody who thinks Buckley's version is the only version that's really needed, K.D. Lang can sing that live as good as anybody.

/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE">Link

Posted by: Matt at January 6, 2011 3:59 PM

Bah. I swore I had the code for the tag done correctly. The preview looked fine.

Posted by: Matt at January 6, 2011 4:01 PM

Speaking of fake handles...

I must say that "L4NkYb" looks like a *headdesk where the keyboard got in the way.

Posted by: No Pithy at January 6, 2011 4:04 PM

Gawd, did I really just type "I must say"...?

*headdesk

Posted by: No Pithy Name at January 6, 2011 4:07 PM

Mike B.

You got me on the math (never my strong point), but I'm not sure I really credit any known person with the libretto as such since it's really just repeated quotes from the bible.

Raspberries:

I thought your post was hilarious: hence my response.

Posted by: PaddyDog at January 6, 2011 4:07 PM

John Cale, motherfucker.

Posted by: Jay at January 6, 2011 4:08 PM

Okay: Libretto by God.

Posted by: Mike B. at January 6, 2011 4:11 PM

Is it my eyes or did everything just go blue?

Posted by: PaddyDog at January 6, 2011 4:12 PM

Okay, now I'm having dirty dirty dirty dreams of group sexing with Daniel Craig, Kevin McKidd, and Ewan McGregor.

*drool*

Posted by: Jerry at January 6, 2011 4:15 PM

Mama Rose is supposed to be the mother of a 6 year old and 13 year old. Isn't Babs old enough to be someone's grandmother or great grandma by now?

The first time I saw Daniel Craig was in the movie "Mother." He screws Anne Reid. We're talking actual sex scenes. Anne Reid was the alien who killed people by sucking their life out of them through a straw in the Doctor Who episode that introduced Martha. So we're talking young, bearded Daniel Craig having butt sex with your granny. Not sexy.

Posted by: BWeaves at January 6, 2011 4:24 PM

you're right, Melissa, about the Hallelujah covers being covers of Jeff Buckley's cover. this makes the irony in these covers that much more palpable to me because it means that everybody is singing this song all emotional-like because they haven't actually taken the time to understand the lyrics and are lumbering under the misconception that it's a love song. and even Buckley's version, although slow and touching, isn't song as a love song either. so when it comes down to it, they haven't misinterpreted the lyrics but rather skipped understanding the lyrics all together and gone directly to misinterpreting the emotion.

and now the song, when done by anyone other than Cohen or Buckley just makes me giggle.

Posted by: causaubon at January 6, 2011 4:30 PM

I know she's 65 and all...but, I'd smut Helen Mirren like she was a 22 year old, phatbootied Brazilian chick given half a chance. Krishna, that woman is sexy!

Posted by: psy at January 6, 2011 4:31 PM

Look guys, whatever the dates and performances (We're a little casual about time here in the afterlife.) stole-my-title-boy and his whiny-mc-emoting hangers-on never glorified anything, except maybe another a night of not quite weeping into their vanilla latte.

The Big Guy does not like it when deposits to heavenly bank account drop off. So, let me do my music do its job - mmmm-kay? This is what he pays me for. Let me show you how it's done.

(I wrote Messiah, bitches.)

Posted by: Handel at January 6, 2011 4:33 PM

Well you guys can all argue over Daniel Craig whilst I will be sneaking off to get crazy with Helen Mirren.

Posted by: Alex at January 6, 2011 4:39 PM

Handel, darling, the words messiah and hallelujah were around before you, so back off the copyright snark, you big baby. I will grant that you did it better than anyone (Cohen's gut-wrenching tragedy notwithstanding), but that's like Apple trying to copyright the letter 'i'. Wait... they did? Carry on, then.

Posted by: Reba at January 6, 2011 4:42 PM

For the absolute worst cover of "Hallelujah" ever, may I present to you: Creepy Bono Hallelujah!

Posted by: 2HB at January 6, 2011 5:12 PM

Yeah Handel. What the fuck. The homies and I were issuing hallelujahs all over the place before you were even a twinkle in Ma Handel's eye

Posted by: The Angel Gabriel at January 6, 2011 5:50 PM

I hope Quentin reads the quote from Helen Mirren. How awesome would she be in a Tarentino movie?

Posted by: Dave at January 6, 2011 5:56 PM

Lindsay's comment made me snort my soda.

The "BRAAAAAUUUMMMM" button is going into rotation with the Darth Vader "Noooooooo!"
button. These things never get old.

I'm going to have to watch Layer Cake now to see if Daniel Craig is, indeed, sexy. Because he ain't cuttin' it at Bond.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at January 6, 2011 5:56 PM

Over.Rated.

Posted by: Bach at January 6, 2011 6:09 PM

The comments on that James Franco article are hysterical. Someone named "Amy" posted, "I don't like gays, and that's okay." Someone else responded, "We don’t like you either Amy. That’s why you will be wearing bell bottoms this summer. We’re already making you wear Hammer pants again. Piss us off and we will destroy your wedding dress choices."

Posted by: Craig at January 6, 2011 6:28 PM

Cohen's version has a TON of verses that have not been used in covers, and that is a shame. It is the never ending song, but man, there is some good shit in there. It is on my list of songs I will sing when I decide to sing again.
Handel was a fun Hallelujah too, but you really need about 100 of your closest finely trained choristers with you to pull that shit off. Y'all see this?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE

And thanks Paddydog and raspberries
*the more you know.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at January 6, 2011 6:45 PM

You´re all on Craigs list.
Laminated.
Deal with it.
That´s all I got...I´m exhausted now.
Can I hang with the big boys anytime soon?
Pls don´t bully me K-balls.

//Sweden

Posted by: UncleKaiser at January 6, 2011 6:54 PM

Daniel Craig looks like a man, which is kind of rare for male leads, and that's why I think he's so crazy sexy. I'm just really not into androgynous youth.

Posted by: king at January 6, 2011 7:05 PM

james franco. sigh.

Posted by: splinter at January 6, 2011 8:46 PM

Silence, knaves!

How dare you interrupt my nightly Strudel and English Avoidence Hour? Or do you think those 'Kick the Roman in the Catholic' tournaments organize themselves? Maybe I should just start throwing heirs at your second-best spinnets in a vigourous attack performed both well and schnell, would that get you to plug you in the sprechtstimme? If you give me a reason a break my child, I'll do it.

WARNED!

And Handel, you panty-waisted, nanny-goat deserter: you left work for an opium break YEARS ago, did you think I wouldn't notice? And don't you dare try to pin this on Ivan the Peaceable again, if it weren't for him, your home would still be at the mercy of the Halle's Angels, you cur! Ever had a Thames enema? Well, I'll see to it you receive the full treatment, nice and langsam--oh, and by the way, Bach says your counterpoint licks sweaty French duke testes, so a happy July to you, sir. I'd like to summon the Terrors of Thuringia to wipe those lips clean of such slander, but, your recictativo secco is exactly that, and truly, Mozart's going to be three years old when you die so posterity and I don't want to hear any shit about the dangers of performing continuo while on a barge. Figure it out, boy, you've already lost opera to the common touch, do you want to be superceded by an infant from the future?

Well swines, you've all done very well, don't touch my stuff.

Contemptuously,
King George I of All of Your Arses.

P.S. Due to prevalence of puerperal fever, any females aged fifteen to blue wig power is free to apply for the position of second painted whore-in-waiting. Must not be conversant in English and be fester-friendly. Sootikins need not apply.

Posted by: Jo 'Mama' Besser at January 6, 2011 8:47 PM

I think I like the John Cougar Mellencamp version of "Hallelujah" best, except for the end, where you hear Meg Ryan cackling in the background while Elaine Irwin - lovely, sweet Elaine Irwin - sniffles away a tear. It really isn't a honky-tonk kind of song, but except for that ending - where you really hate the cocksucker - he slams it.

Posted by: Lance at January 6, 2011 9:09 PM

Arggh!...I don´t get that W.O.T-stuff.
Are there alot of hidden hipster memes I should know about there?
I´m really trying here.
Can someone give me the "cliffnotes" or a link to the "urban dictionary".
Holy crap,do YOU guys try TOO hard.
Relax already, it´s not a pissing contest.
Coherency is good for you...mmkay?
Simplify!
It´s good for you...mmkay

//Sweden

Posted by: UncleKaiser at January 6, 2011 9:44 PM

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHM!

First off, what was with the blue text?

Secondly, that's got to be the best text from a parent I've seen. My mom is 50 or thereabouts and texts very well. so does my dad. and most of my older aunts and uncles.

Thirdly: Leonard Cohen's Hallejuah is OVER FRAKING RATED. ::in the style of it:: I heard the song and it made me smile, I really liked it a lot, now Leonard you're annoying me, why don't you just go drop dead in a grave and let us all live in peace? ::

Fourth: The vaccine for Autism? Seriously? we're now learning about this, I knew about that a long time ago. A vaccine for AUTISM!? IT"S NOT A FRAKING communicable disease. Now i really know that politcal people are screwed up.

Posted by: Lordninja at January 6, 2011 10:50 PM

Coupla things:

You NEED to see Layer Cake. Easily one of my top five films, but Craig in particular (who's in practically every scene), manages to get the perfect mix between ultra-competent and ultra-bewildered (you'll see what I mean). I can't imagine Craig playing a sexually unconfident character to save his life.

Posted by: seed at January 6, 2011 11:01 PM

It's the body. On Craig, I mean. The guy's face is kind of wooden, but hot damn that man can wear a tiny tiny tiny bathing suit and look hotter than anyone else on the planet. Rawr.

Posted by: Figgy in Honduras at January 6, 2011 11:39 PM

Handel's Messiah gets performed every year just before Christmas here in Toronto at Massey Hall by the Tafelmusik baroque orchestra, choir and selected soloists. the fun part is that it's a sing-a-long performance where the audience sings all the choral parts.

it's a family tradition of ours. you show up with your copies of the music and are seated according to your voice (there is also a section for non-singers). the conductor comes out dressed as Handel, complete with overly powdered wig, and does a little light banter (in character as Handel) with the audience and then starts the performance. when it's time for the chorus to join in he turns to the audience, everybody stands up, and he conducts the audience.

after the intermission Handel usually comes out on to stage munching on a drumstick and a servant trailing him with a glass of claret on a tray. the orchestra and choir all come out with some festive accoutrement to their attire (someone in the violin section has reindeer horns, someone else has a Santa hat etc.)

of course everyone is waiting for the Hallelujah chorus at the end. it's pretty impressive and shit-tons of fun when your're in a crowd of 2,000 in a concert hall singing Haaa-lle-lu-jah! Haaa-lle-lu-jah! Ha-lle-lu-jah! Ha-lle-lu-jah! Ha-lle-e-lu-jaah!

it's sad now that my whole family lives in Europe - i have no one to go to the concert with. boo.

Posted by: causaubon at January 7, 2011 2:17 AM

also, Lordninja, i think the faked study was not about a vaccine to prevent autism, as if were a disease, but rather that the standard infant measles, mumps and rubella vaccine was potentially a cause of autism, ie: the vaccine fucks kids brains up and makes them autistic.

Posted by: causaubon at January 7, 2011 2:21 AM

Joanna, I love that your byline blurb is different and smiley-making everyday. I hope you can keep it up. PL forever!

BWWWWWWWAAANNNNGGGGG!!

Posted by: Uriah Creep at January 7, 2011 4:38 AM

BWWWWWWWAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!

Posted by: Lindsay at January 6, 2011 2:15 PM

-----------------------

Love it.

Posted by: zeke the pig at January 7, 2011 4:50 AM

I had to tell my mother that 'cum' isn't a text-speak abbreviation of the verb 'come' but something completely different, and that it was therefore inappropriate in text messages between the two of us.

Posted by: Caspar at January 7, 2011 7:17 AM

Caspar, that's fucking hilarious. Parents, gotta love 'em.

Posted by: Jadine at January 7, 2011 10:06 AM

And Lordninja, in addition to what causubon said, vaccines can be developed for non-communicable diseases. Any disease that stimulates the immune system to react will in principle respond to the right vaccine. With autism this would not be so but with any autoimmune diseases or some cancers, despite being non-communicable a vaccine would be an appropriate approach.

Posted by: PaddyDog at January 7, 2011 10:25 AM

Could you all not tell that his comment was wrong when he wished that Leonard Cohen would drop dead?

Posted by: Ender at January 7, 2011 11:40 AM

Helen Mirren in a Taratino movie - um, holy blue balls. Somebody in the industry get this to Q's people stat and get the bloody pre-production rolling.

My problem with Daniel Craig goes back to when they casted him as blonde, old man Bond. Doesn't matter how much you exercise the age away on your body, when your neck looks like a saggy vagina it just can't lie.

Posted by: TVConnoisseur at January 7, 2011 3:41 PM

The problem's not with Leonard Cohen, it's with everyone else. No one needs another interpretation of Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice, but

Posted by: Jo 'Mama' Besser at January 7, 2011 6:53 PM

oh, that was weird. '...but they keep popping up without the approval of Bronte or Austen.' was how that was suppposed to end.

Posted by: Jo 'Mama' Besser at January 7, 2011 6:57 PM