Distributors are charging more and more for the movies that theater owners show, so that ticket sales barely make a profit, if at all. Concessions pay for everything— salaries, cleaning, rent, insurance, the works.

And that brings in the united nations, and I mean, where to start? well, an obvious one, the birthplace of spaghetti and pasta, all that oily stuff— Italy! Now you go.

Couldn't disagree more. I really enjoy what VDW has brought to the table as a commenter, and he's starting to get up there with Noel "Noel Bitchass Murphy" Murray as an all time favorite.

never mind, figured it out— raiders of the lost ark.

what movie was the putin coathanger gag from?
it's driving me crazy

another vote for more blog posts. or just more noel.

here's hoping
we get some sort of big john hughes tribute next week. I don't think I'm alone in saying the guy deserves more than just a newswire entry.

I actually feeel kind of bad posting a joke at a time like this
but I can't stop wondering whether he's at the coughlin brothers mortuary, and whether they ever answer their phone, or just let the machine take it and get back to you as soon as humanly possible.

aliONE

I saw these
yesterday while driving through the city; I thought it was really cool that somebody had been pasting Obey Giant all over.

Where's my todd snider
"You Got Away With It"— that's a damn good tune

Ah, how shall I do it? Oh, I know. I'll turn him into a flea, a harmless, little flea, and then I'll put that flea in a box, and
then I'll put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives…

hear, hear

the secret of my success
day bow bow

Andy Kaufman
I know that almost by definition of what he does he's not for everyone, but god damn. In my estimation, not only was he heads and shoulders above anything else SNL was doing back then (or has done since), but he was always playing in another league from anyone else in comedy.