• Speaking of Clint Eastwood, I'm reminded of a story I once heard Burt Reynolds tell. Clint and Burt were both under contract to the same studio early in their careers. One day, they were both called to the boss’ office, where the studio head informed them they were both fired. He told Burt, "You can't act", and he told Clint, "You’re going nowhere with that adam's apple". As they were leaving the studio lot, Burt said to Clint, "At least I can take acting lessons".
• New York Post gossip columnist Richard Johnson reports that "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's" Kyan Douglas is letting his sudden fame go to his head. At a recent party, Douglas was reported to have yelled, "get the bleepin' press out of here". I’ve seen it a thousand times and it won’t be long before he’ll be begging the press to hang around. I give him about six months before his fifteen minutes are up.
• Page Six also reports Rodney Dangerfield met with the Raelian Cult to learn how to have himself cloned. Scary thought, but should it happen, I can see the Post headline now, "Clown Gets Cloned".
• Have you seen Britney Spears naked butt on the cover of this months Esquire? Not too long ago, her handlers ripped into me for asking if it were true she had breast augmentation. How dare I ask such a thing of this innocent, all-American girl? Just look at her now. In this month’s Esquire, you'll find the innocent one wearing nothing but panties and pearls. Can Playboy be far behind?
• Rush Limbaugh is having his share of problems lately, but I'm reminded of a more innocent time. When Rush was a young disc jockey in Pittsburgh, going by the name Jeff Christy, he and I worked at the same stations in the same markets. When “Jeff Christy” was at WIXZ in the Pittsburgh-McKeesport Pa. market, I was "Paul Cleveland". When Jeff was at KQV in the Steel City, I was "Bill Williams". If you’d like to hear Rush as a time-and-temp jock, go to The Jay Marks Collection at reelradio.com (scroll down near bottom), and check out the Jeff Christy clip. None of my stuff survived. Go figure.
Posted by Tush at October 15, 2003 02:47 PM