Late Night Drift

Doctor Daughter introduced me to Ricky Gervais for the joint celebration of youngest daughter’s birthday and another one of mine that I really tried to ignore back in November.  Both daughters were exhausted and spent the evening after sushi at Wasabi determining what was watchable On Demand.  The movie that won the  twenty something vote was called “The Invention of Lying”. Doctor Daughter told me that that the religious right was ticked off about it which immediately got me interested.  I actually sat, then watched for a change.  It was watchable.  That’s a big compliment coming from me.

Whenever some one is accused of crashing some big Hollywood self love celebration or  having a  prime time meltdown, my interest is completely piqued. It’s the same sorta thing that gets me up and about when some one pisses off the supremely ultra-religiously sanctimonious. Some of the snooty set were into Ricky’s muse and some took themselves completely TOO seriously.  It’s always fun to see the nerds and outkasts take revenge on the kool kids.  If it wasn’t for the big pay checks, the plastic surgery and the multiple retakes, they wouldn’t be so cool.  I know. I’ve sat in mix stations before and heard raw results.

The Daily Mail called him “saucy“.  Hugh Hefner faced his own mortality by tweeting “age is just a number”. (That isn’t what most of us thought when Ronald Reagan could push the detonator button on the ‘football’.)  I will say that the word self-destructive came to my mind as I read and watched the many snippy folks accessing his performance.  As long as he has a nice paid for cottage some where near Scotland, he should never worry.  The UK has national health, after all.

You can chant along with me … “you’ll never work in this town again …”

It’s an open thread.   Other blogs behave badly.  Here, we just embrace the snark.  Have fun!!

Oh, and in the word’s of The Bard:   “Well, God give them wisdom that have it, and those that are fools, let them use their talents.”