Happy 100th to Genius and American Icon Mel Brooks

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Happy 99th Birthday to American Icon Mel Brooks

 Today is Mel Brooks' 99th birthday. A reminder of what a genius he is:

- Mel Brooks discusses working with Orson Wells.

- Nice appreciation of Mel Brooks.

Here's wishing you many more!

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- The money was too good to pass up.

- Is this true or satire?

- Mel Brooks is the best.

- Will Aaron Rodgers be back next year for the Jets?

Mel Brooks

Happy 98th birthday to funnyman and American icon Mel Brooks.

Be sure to re-watch his moves before they are all cancelled by people with zero sense of humor.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- British Columbia in Canada recriminalizes drugs. Leftist mistakes were made.

-  Friedrich Hayek on the use of knowledge. It would have been Hayek's birthday this week.

- CO2 fertilizer is greening the Earth. Listen to the science.

- Mel Brooks

Blazing Saddles

Opened in 1974 but they only want to cancel it now. Funny if you think on it. (Via)

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Great men are not born great, they grow great." - Mario Puzo

"First you have to catch the goddamn ball, second, get open." - Bill Belichick

"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers." - Carl Sagan

"I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit." - Mel Brooks

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"I've been accused of vulgarity, I say that's bullshit." - Mel Brooks

"Liberty is traditional and conservative; it remembers its legends, and its heroes. But tytrannt is always young and seemingly innocent, and asks us to forget the past." - G.K. Chesterton

"We got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom - freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare. It's fragile, it needs protection." - Ronald Reagan

"I'm glad Donald Trump likes me... I want to bring people together." - Robert Kennedy Jr.

Happy 97th to Genius Mel Brooks

Today is Mel Brooks' 97th birthday. A reminder of what a genius he is.

- Mel Brooks discusses working with Orson Wells.

- Nice appreciation of Mel Brooks from last year.

- Mel Brooks on Jiminy Glick

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Thailand becomes first country to make Pfizer contract null and void.  The decision reportedly comes shortly after the daughter of the Thai king got a booster and fell into a coma. If true - I like how they use the word "first" as if many more are to follow.

- What the hell? Is this video of Hitler real?

- Nice appreciation of Mel Brooks. Not sure I hope much hope out for History of the World Part II though.

- Yesterday would have been Jack Lemmon's birthday. We should all have as good a friend like Walter Matthau.

Mel Brooks

Happy 96th birthday to funnyman and American icon Mel Brooks.

Be sure to re-watch his moves before they are all cancelled by people with zero sense of humor.

Carl Reiner

Entertainment and comedy giant Rob Reiner has passed aged 98.

Alan Sepinwall - Carl Reiner: Exit Laughing

Ken Levine on Carl Reiner

The Hollywood Reporter on a life of accomplishment lived with humor and humility

Mel Brooks

Happy 94th birthday to funnyman and American icon Mel Brooks.

Be sure to rewatch his moves before they are all cancelled by people with zero sense of humor.

Buck Henry

Hollywood and comedy legend Buck Henry has passed away aged 89.

He is probably best known as the writer of the screenplay for The Graduate and for his comedic appearances on the first few seasons of Saturday Night Live. Younger folks probably know him for playing the father of Tina Fey's Liz Lemon character on 30 Rock.

Henry also wrote the screenplay for the movie Catch-22 based upon the Joseph Heller novel of the same name. Henry also had a memorable role in the movie as Colonel Korn.

Along with Mel Brooks - Henry created the TV show Get Smart starring Don Adams who passed away in 2005 (as an aside it is little known but Don Adams was a US Marine who served on Guadalcanal).

Buck Henry was one of a kind. He will be missed.

This Week in Musk World

Oh my God! Elon Musk smoked weed with Joe Rogan! Yes the Tesla stock took an immediate dive from people who overreacted but almost as quickly rebounded to where it belongs.

Lefsetz has his take on the Rogan interview.  My take is Joe Rogan did the best he could to engage Musk on a series of topics and that Elon's genius was obvious to anyone paying attention. The problem was that Musk lies somewhere on the communication spectrum between Nobel Prize physicists Paul Dirac (infamously reticent) and Richard Feynman (famously outgoing and humorous). No wonder it's the 15 seconds of pot smoking that gets the attention. I for one wish the Spaceballs story of why Musk sells flamethrowers got more attention (shout out to another genius - Mel Brooks).

Likewise this week when his side, side project The Boring Company announced that the space-age bricks made from displaced earth would be given away free to low cost housing projects - the media chose to instead focus on Musk using those same bricks to create a medieval watchtower for the HQ of the company. (OK I can kind of see the point being more interested in the Watchtower but now I'm curious if Musk gets sued by the Jehovah's Witnesses.)

But the real news of the week in Musk World was when Musk announced SpaceX has signed up their first private passenger for an around the moon voyage. Who is this mysterious private passenger? You'll have to tune into the next episode of Musk World to find out!

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Happy 90th birthday to comedy genius Mel Brooks... Heh heh... Watched a Dennis Miller comedy special from 2003 called The Raw Feed last night. Let me just say Miller's comedy doesn't stand up very well... Heh heh... Just a reminder - live every week like it's Shark Week!... Is this a subtle swipe at Baseball Prospectus or Baseball America?...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The Simpsons first aired 25-years ago today. Here are 17 facts you might not have known about the first episode.

- Footage of the extent of the damage Greenpeace did to the Nazca Lines. Fuck Greenpeace!

- Heh heh - don't ever change Slick Willy - don't ever change.

- Nice remembrance of Christopher Hitchens who died three-years ago yesterday.

- 40-years ago Young Frankenstein was released to the world. Here's 15 fun facts about the classic comedy.

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