Bartcop Entertainment - Saturday, 27 October, 2001

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Saturday

27 October, 2001

big hammer - bigger hammer

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Winningest Coach In Division 1 Football - EVER!

Joe Paterno

Today, the Penn State Nittany Lions put the Ohio State Buckeyes to bed, and provided Joe Paterno with his 324th Career Win.

Sorry about Oklahoma State, though.

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Reader Review

'From Hell'

Chris B.

I went to see FROM HELL on October 25th. I haven't read Alan Moore's original graphic novel, but I really think it's better to see the movie first. I don't know that we'll ever get a movie that's 100% faithful to the source material it was adapted from, so it's easier for me to see movie adaptations as different stories than the original book. Often times I'll read the book after a movie or miniseries and find that I don't enjoy the book as much. Later, the book version will become the version I favor because it contains more nuggets of information and more characterization. I first noticed this when I saw the ABC TV version of Stephen King's IT (TV Guide's review said that the movie was faithful, "? to the letter of the book, if not it's eerie spirit." The reviewer had juxtaposed his words, meaning to say that the miniseries was faithful to the spirit, but not the letter of the book. When I read the book afterward, I was annoyed that it didn't hew more closely to the TV version. I've read the book again since then and find that I prefer the book.

FROM HELL tells the story of Jack the Ripper from the point of view of Police Inspector Abberline, a widower who has turned opium in his grief. He also possesses a kind of second sight that allows him to see important aspects of the Whitechapel murders before actually visiting the crime scenes. He is assisted by Detective Sergeant Peter Godley, played by Robbie Coltrane, a fiercely loyal policeman with a penchant for quoting Shakespeare to patrolmen who don't recognize the words. Heather Graham plays Mary Kelly, a prostitute whose friends are the specific targets of Jack the Ripper.

Unlike previous portrayals, this Ripper has an agenda far beyond the killing. He's up to his neck in a royal scandal, and the murder/mutilations have a very specific meaning for him. The Ripper believes he is above the laws of man, and he is almost correct in this. I'd say more, but that would spoil the story.

Detective Abberline needs assistance from well above his station in life, and obtaining that assistance in a class-conscious 1888 London is nearly impossible. Only Dr. William Gull, played by Ian Holm, is willing to give Abberline the time of day.

The movie is well-paced and scary. Even when you know what's supposed to happen, the murders just jump out at you. The Hughes Brothers did a great job of showing that 1888 London was a very brutal place if you were born in the wrong caste, but even by those standards, Jack the Ripper was something beyond what Whitechapel residents had ever experienced.

In an interview in the Onion, Alan Moore said that the book takes 5 hours to read, and for a movie to come in at 2 hours, a lot of the stuff he found interesting in the story would have to be cut out. He was convinced though, that this cast and these directors were up to the task of making a movie that was great in it's own right. As I understand it, FROM HELL is one of the best researched treatments of the Ripper's story (Neil Gaiman helped with the research, to drop yet another comic book name). A lot of that detail and atmosphere comes through in the film. If you can stomach the violence, but enjoy the sort of thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat, then I would recommend this movie very highly.

~~ Chris B.


Thanks, Chris - good review!

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In The Chaos Household

Friday Night's TV

Started out watching ''Halloweentown'', and 'Halloweentown II' on the Disney Channel - today was the kid's birthday, so he had first dibs on the remote.

Followed that with 'Young Frankenstein' on AMC. Gene Hackman gets me everytime. Peter Boyle as the 'Monster', and 'Puttin' On The Ritz'...Yep, put me in a good mood.

Tonight, AMC is showing 'The Bride of Frankenstein (which, for film fiends - it's one of the best horror movies (ever), yet a gentle mockery of the genre. The dialogue is full of wry wit, and the photography is black & white at it's finest. The lighting is stunning. [Digressing even further, Orson Welles once said none of the truly great films were made in color - comments?] It was directed by James Whale, has Boris Karloff conveying more with his eyes [and no dialogue] than an army of Bruce Willis' in a string of Jerry Bruckheimer 'block busters'. Last, but not least, is the always entertaining Elsa Lanchester as both the 'Bride' and Mary Shelley, the spinner of the tale. If you've never seen it, it's worth the effort).

And, don't forget college football! Gotta get up early to see if Joe Paterno takes the title from Bear Bryant. The Nittany Lions have been sucking a lot more than ever, but trying to keep a good thought....



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Or reviews?



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'Emeril' Heading To The Back Burner

And More...

With his ratings sinking like a bad soufflé, superstar chef-turned-sitcom actor Emeril Lagasse is being replaced next month by sitcom repeats, an hourlong edition of Three Sisters and a Jennifer Lopez concert special--one of several changes the networks have made to prep for the all-important sweeps period.

It's not surprising NBC would decide to drop Emeril for the month. But for those who picked the critically flambéed show as first to go in their fall TV dead pool, the fact that Emeril is even still around is surprising enough.

Since its September 25 debut, the series has averaged less than 8 million viewers in its Tuesday 8 p.m. timeslot--not good, mind you, but not as horrible as what NBC scored in the timeslot last fall. According to Daily Variety, NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker is also sticking up for the series--which means for now (Bam!) the cooking sitcom is scheduled to return in December.

Over at CBS, another fall underachiever, Wolf Lake, is getting yanked next Wednesday at 10 p.m. in favor of an edited, hourlong edition of last weekend's Concert for New York. The six-hour concert, featuring performances from Paul McCartney, the Who and John Mellencamp, among others, originally aired last Saturday on Viacom sister station VH1.

Meanwhile, not all of the maneuvering is happening on the networks' schedules. For example, the two creators of Richard Dreyfuss' CBS series The Education of Max Bickford have stepped down amid sinking ratings and creative differences.

According to Hollywood trade reports, Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin are still working on the production. But day-to-day control has been assumed by co-executive producer Joe Cacaci, after CBS reportedly called for a change in the creative direction of the show. The series, starring Dreyfuss as a college professor going through a mid-life crisis, debuted strong in its Sunday 8 p.m. timeslot, but has since slipped, despite a powerful lead-in from 60 Minutes.

Finally, however, we present some good news: The WB has announced it's picking up its young Superman series Smallville for a full season. The decision was a no-brainer, seeing that the series debuted to 8.4 million viewers last Tuesday--the largest audience ever for a WB premiere. The series, starring Tom Welling as the Adolescent of Steel, has averaged a healthy 7.8 million viewers after two episodes.

'Emeril' Heads To The Back Burner, And More...

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Miss America Dissed?

Katie Harmon

The organizers of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade have invited Miss Universe to participate instead of Miss America, who traditionally has had the honor.

Miss America Katie Harman of Oregon had planned to ride in the Nov. 22 parade, but organizers told her this week that they'd already invited Miss Universe Denise Quinones.

Miss America Pageant winners have appeared in the parade since the 1960s, although some have missed it because of scheduling conflicts. Three of the last five before Harman participated.

According to the New York Post, Donald Trump, co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, pulled strings to get Quinones into the parade.

Not so, said Macy's spokeswoman Ronnie Taffet. No one with the Macy's parade ever talked to Trump about it, she said.

In the meantime, Macy's officials - who last year opened a store in San Juan, Puerto Rico - learned that Quinones was from Puerto Rico and liked the idea of including her, Taffet said.

``Our intention was not to disappoint or upset Miss America. The intention, as always, is to put on the most exciting parade the world's ever seen. We apologize for what seems to be slighting her,'' Taffet said.

She said there have been talks about including both Miss America and Miss Universe in the parade.

Is The Short-Fingered Vulgarian At It Again?

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New! Updated!

BartCop Astrology


Check it out at BC Astrology.

This week, the official BartCop Astrologer has provided two charts.
One who's talent (and hearing, as well), is on loan from his god, and for contrast, an American visionary, national treasure, and real-life role model, Helen Keller.

Very interesting reading!

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Where's Bill Clinton?

Madrid, Spain

Bill Clinton In Madrid

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, shares a joke with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar before their meeting in the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Oct. 26, 2001.

Clinton is in the Spanish capital with other heads and former heads of government attending the Democratic Transition and Consolidation conference. At center is an unidentified interpreter.
Photo by EFE, Bernardo Rodriguez

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Good Grammar

Baby News

Kelsey Grammer, 46, and his wife, Camille, 33, have welcomed their first child together. The newborn, a girl named Mason Olivia Grammer, was delivered by a surrogate mother Wednesday in Los Angeles and weighed in at 8 pounds, 5 ounces.

The identity of the surrogate was not disclosed.

Kelsey married Camille, a model and former Club MTV dancer, in August 1997, after meeting on a blind date a year earlier. When he's not acting and she's not modeling, they spend quality time together speaking out on irritable bowel syndrome, which she suffers from.

Like his TV alter ego, Dr. Frasier Crane, Grammer is twice divorced. Like Camille, his previous wives were also hoofers: Wife number two, Leigh-Anne Cushany, was an exotic dancer and first wife Doreen Alderman was a dance instructor.

And while Mason is the first bambino for Kelsey and Camille, the Frasier star does have two other daughters: Spencer, 16, from his marriage to Alderman; and Greer, 9, from his relationship with makeup artist Barrie Buckner.

Grammer, who could add a fourth Frasier Emmy to his expansive trophy case next weekend, has just signed a lucrative contract to keep playing his signature role through the 2004 season--a deal valued at more than $75 million.

The Grammar's Baby

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Every show on TV must be listed--days worth of reading there.

For an amazing variety of information on an awesome array of tv programs check out BC TV!

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Coming To Madison, WI

Tribute To Chris Farley

Comedians Tom Arnold and Tim Meadows are among the celebrities expected at a fund-raiser in memory of Chris Farley, the ``Saturday Night Live'' cast member who died in 1997.

``Comics Come Home'' is set for Dec. 1 at the Orpheum Theatre in Madison, said Farley's brothers, Kevin and Tom Farley, in announcing plans for the event.

``SNL'' alum Jim Breuer is to host the show, sponsored by Comedy Central and Charter Communications, which is the largest fund-raiser for the Chris Farley Foundation.

The foundation was formed shortly after Farley died at age 33 of an accidental overdose of morphine and cocaine. It's dedicated to educating the public, and especially teen-agers, about the dangers of substance abuse.

Tom Farley, the foundation's managing director and trustee, said it has sponsored educational newspaper advertisements, distributed posters to local schools and is shooting public service announcements with comedians, plus working with research centers in New York City and Madison to deliver the most current information on its Web site.

The foundation also receives a portion of the sales of the video, ``The Best of Chris Farley.''

Chris Farley Tribute

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Out Scalping The Scalpers?

'The Producers'

Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick

Here's the deal: choice seats for a record price.

``The Producers'' the town's toughest theater ticket, has rocked Broadway by planning to sell 50 of the best seats in the house for a record $480 each, nearly five times the show's current top ticket price.

The move was designed to thwart excess profits made by scalpers who buy tickets and then resell them at a huge profit.

``What we're trying to do here is strike a blow at the heart of the scalping operation,'' producer Rocco Landesman, told The New York Times. ``The scalpers and their profits serve no one but the scalpers. Those moneys belong to the people who created the show, pure and simple.''

Under the deluxe ticket plan - expected to start early next month - seats in the 11th and 12th rows of the orchestra and the first three rows of the mezzanine at the St. James Theatre will be sold at the premium price.

According to the Times, the ticket increase was to have been announced last month, but was delayed by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. For several months, $150 of each $480 ticket sold will be donated to the Twin Towers Fund.

Theatergoers have at least until mid-March to see its stars, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. That's when their contracts expire, and there has been no word whether the two performers will stay with the show, which won a record 12 Tony Awards. Lane received a Tony Award for his portrayal of the charlatan producer Max Bialystock, who wants to produce a flop musical about Adolf Hitler.

Scalpers selling ``Producers'' tickets regularly advertise their wares on the Internet, and the prices have varied - usually upward of $300 a ticket - for what are, in most case, less-than-choice seats in the mezzanine and balcony.

Other producers were cautious about ``The Producers'' price hike, and none would criticize the increase on the record.

'The Producers' To Out Scalp Scalpers

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A 'Few' Curse Words

Britney Spears

Britney & Pal

Britney Spears' third studio album comes out next month, and it contains a few curse words that she knows some parents may not want their children to hear.

``I guess they just shouldn't buy the album,'' Spears responded when asked about the language on ``Britney'' during a conference call on Wednesday.

``When I say 'hell' and 'damn,' I say it out of frustration in my songs. It's not, like, a normal term of endearment that I use all the time.''

The 19-year-old said it's flattering that girls look up to her, but they shouldn't necessarily try to copy the sexy way she dresses on stage.

``It's honestly up to their parents to explain to them that I'm a performer, and that when I'm on stage, that's my time to perform and express myself, that I don't wear those clothes to the supermarket or to a ball game,'' she said.

``Britney'' is due in stores on Nov. 6.

Britney's Cursing

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New!

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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To check out 'Train Station Chicken', and more (like 'Cranberry Autumn Tea'),
In The Kitchen With BartCop

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More Friar's Roast

Aaron Spelling

Among Aaron Spelling's upcoming projects: an HBO series about a Jersey mob of Mafia eunuchs, ``The Falsettos''; a network series, ``Make Room for Puff Daddy''; a prison-set sitcom, ``Oz and Harriet''; a MOW, ``John Bobbitt in 'Bye Bye Birdie'''; a game show, ``Who Wants to Be A Mohel?''; another series, ``Sabrina, The Teenage Yenta.''

It was, of course, Red Buttons headlining the (Beverly Hills) Friars' Lifetime Achievement Award gala at the Beverly Hilton Wednesday. Buttons had just returned from Toronto guest starring in the very dramatic ``Street Time'' for Showtime.

Nothing could be more drama-filled than the rest of the Friars evening (which raised more than $500,000 for its various charities). Spelling himself frail, admitted on his acceptance speech, ``I did not know Norm (Crosby) had the same thing I have.''

Crosby, who had preceded at the microphone, has completed his chemotherapy and other treatments for cancer. The Friars had delayed the Spelling dinner from its original Sept. 14 date to give Spelling time to regain strength.

Crosby admitted to me, ``I shouldn't be here -- I won't do another thing for a month.''

Although he was worried about his voice, Crosby was brilliant, his voice strong in a strictly serious tribute to Spelling via a parodied Gettysburg address: ``Three score and some odd years ago the Spelling family brought forth upon this continent a new person, conceived in genius and dedicated to the proposition that all television shows are not created equal.''

And ``The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what he has done here. It is for us rather to be dedicated to a greater appreciation for all that Aaron Spelling represents. It is for us rather to be here dedicated to a new birth of gratitude for all that Aaron Spelling has given to our industry -- and that Aaron Spelling television, television of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the Earth.''

Crosby delivered sans prompter, notes, cue cards.

Unscripted dramatic moments started in the VIP pre-show Versailles room of the Beverly Hilton when Jack Carter had to be rushed to the hospital by wife Roxanne when he noted bleeding. When I spoke to him (at the hospital) he said he was awaiting tests Friday to ascertain the cause. Carter's confident he'll be OK -- he's to be honored by the Friars Nov. 9 with the Friars' Freddie Roman winging out from the N.Y. Club to head the tribute.

A short while after the Spelling tribute dinner started, Jolene Schlatter fainted and husband George Schlatter, producer of the show, rushed her to the emergency room of the Century City Hospital where she underwent tests. George, of course, remained with her -- never saw the show he produced.

It included the above-mentioned Buttons and Crosby appearances plus a generous program by Diahann Carroll, a toasting (roasting) by Don Rickles, Monty Hall as auctioneer, Robbie Britt who sang ``Proud To be an American,'' presentation of the award to Spelling by dinner chairman Sumner Redstone, remarks by dinner co-chairman Steve Wynn, welcome by Friars president/dean Irwin Schaeffer. Larry King m.c'd and led all in the Pledge of Allegiance and singing ``God Bless America,'' opening-closing the evening respectively.

The Ever-Fabulous Army Archerd On The Aaron Spelling Roast

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More Concert Tours Cancelled/Postponed

Now, Dave Matthews

First it was Janet Jackson. Then Destiny's Child. Now the Dave Matthews Band has joined a chorus of American pop acts who have canceled or postponed overseas tours since last month's terrorist attacks.

It's another setback to the industry, which already was experiencing an off year before Sept. 11.

``The economy is down, ticket prices are up,'' Barbieri said. ``Ticket grosses were OK for the third quarter, but attendance was down.''

Jackson canceled her European tour two weeks after the World Trade Center and Pentagon assaults, citing concern for her fans.

Since then, Weezer has canceled its European tour; Destiny's Child has pushed back its fall European tour until May; Slipknot postponed its ``Pledge of Allegiance'' European tour until sometime in 2002; and this week, Dave Matthews Band canceled its tour of Mexico, Germany and the United Kingdom, citing the attacks and the need to stay close to family. Several other tours have been delayed or canceled as well.

'N Sync had no overseas concerts planned, but even member Lance Bass acknowledged he was reluctant to travel.

``Yeah, I'm a little hesitant going to other countries,'' Bass said. ``Going to a whole different place, you don't know how it's run.''

The only exception to the international and domestic downturn is U2. The group has sold out its fall tour dates, which went on sale shortly after the attacks.

At this point it's unclear when the concert industry will begin to rebound.

Not A Good Time For Concert Tours

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Her First Interview

Niki Taylor

Niki Taylor says the body that made her one of the world's most-photographed models is forever scarred, but somehow that doesn't matter much anymore.

In her first interview since surviving a near-fatal car wreck six months ago, Taylor gives Us Weekly a first-hand account of her brush with death, painful recovery and joyful reunion with her kids.

The 26-year-old model says she still has lingering nightmares after her April 29 accident in Atlanta and also faces the prospect of more surgery to fix a curvature of the spine that resulted from her being bed-ridden for two and a half months while she recovered in a hospital.

Taylor sustained severe internal injuries when the car she was riding in struck a utility pole. The driver, Taylor's friend James Renegar, lost control of his 1993 Nissan Maxima on an off-ramp when he looked down to answer his cell phone.

Taylor, who was wearing her seatbelt and initially seemed unhurt, later began having intense stomach pains and was rushed to Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition where she remained until July, when doctors finally gave her the okay to go home.

Recalling her first moments after the crash, the runway star said she stumbled out of the car and laid down on a patch of grass holding her stomach where it "hurt so bad" that she began to cry, then passed out just as the ambulances arrived.

At the hospital, surgeons worked overtime to save her life, performing more than 40 operations. As Taylor says, "I now have scars all over my stomach--it looks like I have a 16 pack."

In those first critical days, doctors told her manager Lou Taylor (no relation), to prepare her family for the possibility that she might not make it. But, despite a few setbacks, Taylor rallied and became stronger.

"When I woke up from surgery, I thought I was a vegetable. I couldn't move or talk because of the breathing tube and the ventilator," says Taylor. "It was very uncomfortable, and it was hard to swallow, but that machine kept me alive."

She also said her body ballooned to four times her normal size because of fluid build up.

What seemed like a few days was really a two-month hospital stay, a drowsy Taylor later learned. For much of that period, the model was under heavy sedation and could only communicate with her family by mouthing words (the first word she whispered was "Coke" because she says she was really thirsty).

Taylor was very weak from having been bed-ridden for nearly two and a half months and was forced to relearn everything, even how to write. But what kept her going, she says, was her boys.

"All I wanted was to live to see my boys again. They gave me the strength to fight," says Taylor, who could only see them through video since they were too young to be allowed into the intensive care ward of the hospital.

Her six-year-old twins, Jake and Hunter, were being cared for by their father, Taylor's ex-husband, Matt Martinez, at home in Florida. When she finally did see them by the end of June, she said she cried for hours and they spent the whole night with her.

The former Sports Illustrated swimsuit star said she was also touched by the thousands of get-well cards sent to her by fans and the kindness of strangers, one of whom, an Atlanta man, even offered to donate his liver.

And in those painful days, the last thing Taylor said she was thinking about was her career as one of the fashion industry's most photographed faces.

"A job is a job," she says. "I am much more interest in life. I am just so grateful right now that I can move my arms and legs, that I can breathe, that I came out of this nightmare alive, that I'm with my boys."

In addition to her crooked spine, Taylor says her legs are numb from nerve damage, some of her hair has fallen out from the antibiotics (don't worry guys, it'll grow back), and the scars on her stomach "will never fade."

But, if there's any good that's come out of this difficult period of her life, she says she's learned to have a sense of humor and not worry so much about the future of her modeling career as much as appreciate the fact that she's alive.

Says Taylor: "I definitely think the big man upstairs is saying, 'You've gotta live. It's not your time yet.' "

Niki Taylor Talks About Recovery

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As Promised

Bonus Page Link

Here are a couple of MP3 files from BC

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Liberal Radio !

Erin Hart



Who cares about the World Series (ok we MIGHT sneak a peek). Gooooo ???????

Plus the latest from our CBS correspondent in Pakistan; life after anthrax & other bioterrors.

And Lockheed wins over Boeing, will the home team ever get a break?

Join us from 9 pm to 1 am (pdt) Saturday and 9 pm to 1 am (pst) at www.710kiro.com

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In Memory

Pat Ast

Pat Ast, a model and actress who appeared in Andy Warhol films, died Oct. 2. She was 59.

Born in New York, Ast worked as a receptionist and clerk in a box factory when she met Warhol and starred in his 1972 movie, "Heat," with Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles.

After meeting fashion designer Roy Halston, Ast worked as a model in his Madison Avenue store, although she weighed 210 pounds.

Ast moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s and appeared in several films, including "Reform School Girls," "The Incredible Shrinking Woman" and the Chevy Chase-Goldie Hawn comedy, "Foul Play."

Pat Ast

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The Best Comic Strip In America

"Boondocks" (27 Oct 01)

Boondocks: The <u>BEST</u> Comic Strip In America Today

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Ooooooh -- Really Like This One....

"Boondocks" (22 Oct 01)

Boondocks: The Best Effing Comic Strip Today

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Still Really Like This One....

"Boondocks" (9 Oct 01)

Boondocks: The Best Comic Strip Today

Gonna let it ride for awhile.

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Still MISSING


Over Vitebsk

Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"

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Does This Look Like Tom Ridge To Anyone Else?

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