Dennis Miller Raises Cash for Rudy

Conservative SNL and MNF guy Dennis Miller will be the special guest at a Rudy Giuliani fund-raiser in Manhattan this Wednesday, March 14.

According a copy of the invite, the fund-raiser will be at the Sheraton Hotel Towers starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are going for $2,300, $4,600, or “other.”

Which prompts Read More

The YouTube Devolution

Once upon a time, it would have meant something to have watched the Zidane head-butt in the World Cup final live on TV. I did see it. I missed the first 85 minutes or so of the match, then tuned in for the critical juncture. Pow! Right there.

But who cared? The blow was right Read More

Snark: The First 2,000 Years

As you may have been able to tell from The New York Times‘ diabetes series (following its series on gold), it’s Pulitzer season and everyone’s trying to jump on the multi-part bandwagon. Even MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman is bringing out the big guns with a three-parter on one of today’s most pressing media issues: Read More

Dennis Miller’s Bad Air Day: “I Lapsed Into Rude”

WED. March 24

1 On Wednesday, March 17, CNBC talk-show host Dennis Miller tried out a bewildering new trick on his audience: He stopped hosting the show while on the air.

Others have done it. Usually it follows long years on the air, after great tension and exhaustion, as when Jack Paar walked off, Read More

Pataki’s Job Program: $220,000 for a Pal

What is George Pataki thinking? At a time when many New Yorkers are feeling an acute economic pinch, and with his own approval rating at its lowest level-37 percent-since he took office, the Governor is engaging in some unsavory cronyism which is both bad politics and terrible public relations. It’s one thing for the Governor Read More

I Go Ga-Ga for Synagogues! Dahling, the Décor Is Divine

Stiffen the sinews, summon the blood and, whatever you do, make sure you tart up your bunker! Yes, interior decoration is vital to your morale-especially during an Orange Alert. When government officials made those panic-inducing recommendations about duct tape and drinking water, they recklessly forgot to emphasize the importance of interior design. I think we Read More

Why I Buy His Story

Last week on HBO, Dennis Miller quipped that it was quite a brave and selfless act for a white superstar like Michael Jackson to speak up for the injustices against black people in the recording industry. Mr. Miller went on to say that Mr. Jackson should stop bitching about racism at the top of the Read More

The Two-Week Relationship … Clean It Up, Dan Fouts

The Two-Week Relationship

Are you lonely, busy 20-something, looking for intimacy and a few laughs without the hassle of an unwieldy relationship?

Sure, you’ve considered the traditional options. One-night stands? Gross. Marriage? Please.

Nothing works quite like an honest-to-God, bona fide, two-week relationship. The TWR is the PowerBar of dating, and folks, anyone Read More