The Brad & Britt Show

oldloves: Bill Murray on Gilda Radner: “Gilda got married and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:06:26 -0400

Bill Murray on Gilda Radner:

“Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a great party at her house. And I ended up being the disk jockey. She just had forty-fives, and not that many, so you really had to work the music end of it. There was a collection of like the funniest people in the world at this party. Somehow Sam Kinison sticks in my brain. The whole Monty Python group was there, most of us from the show, a lot of other funny people, and Gilda. Gilda showed up and she’d already had cancer and gone into remission and then had it again, I guess. Anyway she was slim. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. And she started doing, “I’ve got to go,” and she was just going to leave, and I was like, “Going to leave?” It felt like she was going to really leave forever.

So we started carrying her around, in a way that we could only do with her. We carried her up and down the stairs, around the house, repeatedly, for a long time, until I was exhausted. Then Danny did it for a while. Then I did it again. We just kept carrying her; we did it in teams. We kept carrying her around, but like upside down, every which way—over your shoulder and under your arm, carrying her like luggage. And that went on for more than an hour—maybe an hour and a half—just carrying her around and saying, “She’s leaving! This could be it! Now come on, this could be the last time we see her. Gilda’s leaving, and remember that she was very sick—hello?”

We worked all aspects of it, but it started with just, “She’s leaving, I don’t know if you’ve said good-bye to her.” And we said good-bye to the same people ten, twenty times, you know.

And because these people were really funny, every person we’d drag her up to would just do like five minutes on her, with Gilda upside down in this sort of tortured position, which she absolutely loved. She was laughing so hard we could have lost her right then and there.

It was just one of the best parties I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll always remember it. It was the last time I saw her.”

- from Live from New York: an Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

Strom Thurmond Congratulates Mark Sanford

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:43:47 -0400

Strom Thurmond Congratulates Mark Sanford

whitehouse: Getting ready for the Correspondents’ Dinner. Watch...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:34:33 -0400

whitehouse:

Getting ready for the Correspondents’ Dinner.

Watch it live tonight at 10 p.m. ET on http://wh.gov/live

Britt's 80's "Cold War Angst" Playlist

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:34:00 -0400

Since the National Geographic Channel has decided to make such a big stinking deal of the 80s, I thought it would be a great time to review some of the best tunes of the decade that illustrated the angst of the dreaded “Cold War”

By the time the 1980s rolled around, a lot of people had gotten really sick of the whole “cold war thing”. Sure, in the 50s and 60s, the whole “duck and cover” drill was fresh and pretty scary (not to mention the extra juice that the Cuban Missile Crisis gave to the idea of nuclear annihilation)

After a while, the examination turned to the ever-popular “madman with his hand on the button” (Reagan) and a new generation blamed their parents for putting them in a world where “Mutually Assured Destruction” was a thing

To wit:

The Fixx “Stand or Fall”

You know they weren’t always cute and ironic. Sometimes they were HEAVY. What kind of a world have we inherited here?

Genesis “Land of Confusion”

“I won’t be coming home tonight. My generation will put it right”. Right, Phil. But, before we do that, let’s make a a really shitty movie then do the Broadway thing

Nena “99 Luftballons”

Really. It’s about some innocent kids releasing ballons and then many nations freak out. I wish they’d bombed her

U2 “New Year’s Day”

Nations can wage war, but they’ll never separate us. Sure. It’s Rick and Ilsa all over again

Elton John “Nikita

Would you believe that those commies were so mean that they separated Elton John from a lady? Thus, communism drove Elton John to dudes

Sting “Russians

Mr. Sumner abandoned The Police and all subtlety

Mike + The Mechanics “Silent Running”

Not content to let “Land of Confusion” be the only Genesis statement on the cold war, Mike Rutherford had to freak us out a little more

Iron Maiden “Two Minutes to Midnight”

I like to rock out and contemplate the end of the world

Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Two Tribes

After Frankie relaxed he got pretty freaking uptight about the US-USSR tug-of-war

Escape Club “Wild Wild West

Sure, we’re waiting for the “big boom”, but why can’t we party until we see the flash?

After all, wasn’t that what the 80s were all about?

matthewkeys: How the United States stacks against North Korea....

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:15:23 -0400

matthewkeys:

How the United States stacks against North Korea. [Sky News]

ESPN “Nemo Cam” shows snow blanketing Bristol campus

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:56:39 -0500

ESPN “Nemo Cam” shows snow blanketing Bristol campus

azspot: Jimmy Margulies: Obama drone killing

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:52:47 -0500

azspot:

Jimmy Margulies: Obama drone killing

NASCAR fans remember the 1979 Daytona 500 was the first time...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:45:09 -0500

NASCAR fans remember the 1979 Daytona 500 was the first time “The Great American Race” had been covered flag-to-flag on network television (in this case, CBS). Ratings were very good for the race, due to a huge snowstorm that blanketed much of the east coast

Pepper On Sports: Te’o Teammate: “He lied, but the media blew it up.”

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:44:04 -0500

Pepper On Sports: Te’o Teammate: “He lied, but the media blew it up.” :

pepperonsports:

The sports world suffered a twitter-breaking case of shock and awe today with Deadspin’s piece detailing what appears to be the phony story concocted about the late girlfriend of Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Te’o. While the American public and the media sure felt duped, one…

nbctv: Reason #489 we’re convinced Amy and Tina are our best...

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:16:25 -0500

nbctv:

Reason #489 we’re convinced Amy and Tina are our best friends.

Lessig Blog, v2: Prosecutor as bully

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:26:46 -0500

Lessig Blog, v2: Prosecutor as bully:

lessig:

(Some will say this is not the time. I disagree. This is the time when every mixed emotion needs to find voice.)

Since his arrest in January, 2011, I have known more about the events that began this spiral than I have wanted to know. Aaron consulted me as a friend and lawyer. He…

azspot: Clay Bennett

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:42:41 -0400

azspot:

Clay Bennett

thedailywhat: McMansion of the Day: This McDonald’s in New Hyde...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:22:32 -0400

thedailywhat:

McMansion of the Day: This McDonald’s in New Hyde Park, Long Island, housed in a 200-year-old Georgian mansion, is by far the most elegant Mickey D’s you’ll ever see.

[neatorama]

Ok so...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:19:12 -0400

mullingargod:

I was home alone and someone rang my doorbell and i looked through my window and saw some people wearing Mitt Romney shirts and i thought they would try to tell me why i should vote for him

So I opened the door like this

Hey, look who decided to poke his head out of his hole and whack...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:06:32 -0400

Hey, look who decided to poke his head out of his hole and whack the President: It’s the guy who booked Clint Eastwood

From DNC 2012, the famous traffic cops from Clayton County, GA

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:50:04 -0400

From DNC 2012, the famous traffic cops from Clayton County, GA

Pit Bull dreaming

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:12:15 -0400

Pit Bull dreaming

the-absolute-funniest-posts: lulz-time: French track star...

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:57:24 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

lulz-time:

French track star attacks 14-year-old girl in mascot costume after winning his race

Follow this blog, it cured polio. Ok not really, but it could have…

Photo

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:17:12 -0400

futurejournalismproject: Unfortunate Sign Placement or...

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:03:05 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

Unfortunate Sign Placement or Acknowledgement?

Via