Eric Scheske

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The Early Moviegoing Experience

From David Thomson's The Whole Equation (2004), p. 62. > Nickelodeons got their product from local exchanges, and there was a ravenous demand for fresh material. Louis B. Mayer knew the risk in having nothing new to show. The business was chronically unstable, vulnerable locally to gangsterism. The

Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo

Eric Cox reviews the movie. Link [http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleID.18691/article_detail.asp]. Excerpts: > The Farrelly Brothers' There's Something About Mary (1998) gained notoriety for pushing the envelope of risquÃ© bodily humor. > If the original Deuce Bigelow (1999) pushed it a little

Gospel Idol

The Gospel Music Channel is starting its own American Idol show. It's called Gospel Idol 2005. We're not making this up, and we're not making up this interview with the host: > How will the show compare with "American Idol"? > I

Tokens and Ennui Prevention

These folks are putting up pictures of game tokens. Don't ask us why. It strikes us as a colossal waste of time (maybe it's how Trekkies spend their free moments). It is, however, a pretty neat-looking page. Link [http://www.flickr.com/photos/petromyzon/sets/587315/

Tough Suit

On the one hand, we figure you take your chances when you hang out at such places. On the other hand, the guy was at least trying to be discrete about his sin and this was a bogue thing to do. We won't shed tears for any of

Double Deaths

Two music legends died this week: > 1938, the legendary Robert Johnson dies in Greenwood, Mississippi ... Johnson's moonshine had been poisoned days earlier ... known for his womanizing, the murderer was presumed to be the angered spouse of one of his paramours ... it was rumored that Johnson's

NCAA Supports Fictional People

The NCAA is making the University of Illinois change their nickname from the "Fighting Illini," even though there isn't and never has been a tribe named "Illini." Head-shaking stuff. Link [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/billmcclellan/story/49C64A1BA1ADE32986256EE90038B6B0?OpenDocument] . The writer

Beautiful Woman Will Save the World, Issue 945,021

> Dukes of Hazzard star Jessica Simpson says she wants to do missionary work in a bid to save the world. > The actress also wants to visit Third World countries with hubby Nick Lachey and adopt children from that region. > "We'd still like to do

Fun in the Hood

This is one of the funniest things we've seen in the past couple of weeks: An application for a board game about fighting crack cocaine. Hours of fun for the entire family! http://www.thesmokinggun.com/patent/crackgame1.html We're not intellectual law attorneys, but we&

Edgy Recruits

The Catholic Church is turning to Hollywood-marketing to recruit priests, and it just may be working. Link [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050811-121555-3335r.htm]. Excerpts: > "If we can get high-school youth to hang a picture of a priest in their room, that's huge in helping young