Kinda hit me that Barbara Walters annual special to honor famous people for being especially famous over the last 365 days was one of the predecessors to those stupid “most e-mailed” or “most popular” lists on news sites. Except these lists are much more pervasive. It’s fitting Walters critique of the Kardashians as being talentless [...]
In her official capacity to tell commoners which people were the most fascinating in the last calendar year, Barbara Walters released a commercial letting us know that Betty White made the list. In the ad, Walters asks White “at 88 and three quarters… does one still have sex?” I just found my self thinking: shouldn’t you [...]
During the election of 2008 much of the commentariat was convinced candidate Obama just couldn’t relate to the average American. Obama was too aloof and arrogant. He needed to get his bowling score above 200. He needed to chug more beer or at least make people want to do a keg stand while he held their feet. Whites didn’t love [...]