Real reason revealed for why Stephen Colbert was invited...

[Crankie Avalon]

...it was all mix-up. From his photo, they mistook him for the always edgy Mark Russell!!!


Aspiring Beltway-Insider Comic Stephen Colbert


Edgy, "truth-to-Power" comic Mark Russell


"Oh, La la la...how much D.C. ass do I have to kiss to get invited for martinis in the morning? LA, la, la, la, la..."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. Great ! You do bring up an interesting question

exactly who picked him? sounds like someone was out to embarrass Assclown, huh.

[bunkerbuster1]

2. Anyone remember "Mark Russel"'s appearance on the Simpsons?

That was, frankly, the last time I thought about him--when he was being mercilessly lampooned.

[blonndee]

3. OT but...the pic in your siggy line. What is that?

[Dora]

4. I believe it's a movie still of Dennis Hopper

in the amazing movie, "Blue Velvet."

:scared:

(where's the PBR smiley when I need one?)

[blonndee]

6. Thanks. My eyes aren't what they used to be.

:blush: What's PBR, by the way?

[Dora]

11. Pabst Blue Ribbon.

It's part of the movie. If you haven't seen Blue Velvet, I do recommend it. It's creepy and slow, yet not as slow as Eraserhead or Lost Highway. I think it was released in the mid-late '80s.

[RufusEarl]

13. It's not Hopper,

but it is from Blue Velvet. It's the guy that lip synced the song in the film, i can't think of his name but it is from Blue Velvet.

[Dora]

14. Thanks. It's been so many years since I've seen it.

Hopper, Dern, and McLachlan are all I can remember about the movie. Them, and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Oh, and "mommy."

[Crankie Avalon]

8. Dean Stockwell as Ben in "Blue Velvet" lip synching "In Dreams"...

..."In dreams...I walk...with you..."

Very memorable scene if you saw the film.

[ComerPerro]

5. LMAO

[DavidDvorkin]

7. Was Mark Russell ever funny?

I've watched him occasionally, and he's awful.

[leeroysphitz]

9. Mark Russell?

Is he still alive? Can he still talk?

[Chiyo-chichi]

10. Apparently.

He just updated his web site with these zingers:

The new White House press secretary, Tony Snow, has said some unkind stuff about President Bush in the past, but obviously, no more. Snow is operating under the influence of John McCain.

Karl Rove's workload at the White House has been lightened to allow him more time with the grand jury - known in the Bush administration as Spring Break.

Bush says he has no magic wand to lower gas prices. How about a big stick? Teddy Roosevelt did not say, "Speak softly and carry a magic wand."

Bush lays guilt on the American people by saying we are addicted to oil. What we are addicted to is driving to work, the grocery store, church, soccer practice, etc. But mostly, to the gas station.

(The Rove one is not bad.)

[ContraBass Black]

12. Yawn

:thumbsdown:

[noonwitch]

15. My high school government teacher thought he was very funny

Great teacher, but she was older in the 70s and 80s. People in that generation don't find the same things funny that we do.