And Homer does an excellent Mrs. Burns.
I love that he thinks Burns' name is Montel.
And Homer does an excellent Mrs. Burns.
It's pitch-perfect for the character's obsession with TV.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2020, 4:56pmAnd Homer does an excellent Mrs. Burns.
I love that he thinks Burns' name is Montel.
Unfortunately one of those minor gags lost to anyone born, say, in the last 30 years.Kory wrote: ↑08 Jul 2020, 6:02pmIt's pitch-perfect for the character's obsession with TV.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Jul 2020, 4:56pmAnd Homer does an excellent Mrs. Burns.
I love that he thinks Burns' name is Montel.
"I know that you wonder whether or not I am going to stay on the Republican ticket or resign. Let me say this: I don't believe that I ought to quit, because I am not a quitter. And, incidentally, Pat is not a quitter. After all, her name was Patricia Ryan and she was born on Saint Patrick's Day — and you know the Irish never quit."*
* Actually she was born on March 16, 1912, the day before Saint Patrick's Day, and christened Thelma Catherine Ryan. Her father gave her the nickname Pat. Her mother was a native of Germany.
He got worse after he was beaten in 1960, but it's worth remembering he was always a self centered lying little piece of shit.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑23 Jan 2022, 10:22amWilliam Manchester casually makes reference to Nixon's pliable perspective on the truth while relating the Checkers speech:
"I know that you wonder whether or not I am going to stay on the Republican ticket or resign. Let me say this: I don't believe that I ought to quit, because I am not a quitter. And, incidentally, Pat is not a quitter. After all, her name was Patricia Ryan and she was born on Saint Patrick's Day — and you know the Irish never quit."*
* Actually she was born on March 16, 1912, the day before Saint Patrick's Day, and christened Thelma Catherine Ryan. Her father gave her the nickname Pat. Her mother was a native of Germany.
I can’t recall which Washington pol said it, but when Nixon arrived he was soon described as “a man in a hurry”—that is, nakedly ambitious and uninterested in decorum or honour.Silent Majority wrote: ↑23 Jan 2022, 10:38amHe got worse after he was beaten in 1960, but it's worth remembering he was always a self centered lying little piece of shit.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑23 Jan 2022, 10:22amWilliam Manchester casually makes reference to Nixon's pliable perspective on the truth while relating the Checkers speech:
"I know that you wonder whether or not I am going to stay on the Republican ticket or resign. Let me say this: I don't believe that I ought to quit, because I am not a quitter. And, incidentally, Pat is not a quitter. After all, her name was Patricia Ryan and she was born on Saint Patrick's Day — and you know the Irish never quit."*
* Actually she was born on March 16, 1912, the day before Saint Patrick's Day, and christened Thelma Catherine Ryan. Her father gave her the nickname Pat. Her mother was a native of Germany.
This is the kind of shit that keeps me returning to Watergate books: the combination of cynical skullduggery and insane scripting. That Nixon was also a really skilled figure makes it all the more intoxicating.Meanwhile, Colson revived Jack Caulfield’s plan to break into the Brookings Institution, giving Hunt and Liddy the go-ahead to formulate a plan. The problem, Liddy decided, wasn’t that the previous scheme was a bad idea—it just wasn’t ambitious enough. He and Hunt worked up a plan to purchase a used fire engine, outfit it with D.C. fire department logos, and staff it with the Cuban burglars disguised in uniforms and trained in basic firefighting. The fake engine would respond after a time-delayed firebomb exploded inside the think tank late at night; first on the scene, before the real D.C. firefighters arrived, the burglars would have time to enter the building, access the vault, and escape amid the confusion. The proposal was denied quickly—not because it was an insane, breathtakingly risky, and complicated illegal plot to be connected directly to the President of the United States. “ Too expensive,” Liddy recalled. “The White House wouldn’t spring for a fire engine.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manolo_Sa ... ff_member)In the 1995 film Nixon, Sanchez is portrayed by Tony Plana. During one scene in the film, Nixon asks Sanchez what he thinks of John F. Kennedy, to which Sanchez replies "he made me see the stars". In a subsequent interview, Oliver Stone explained that the quote was actually attributed to Robert McNamara and that he assigned it to Sanchez in the film as a joke; Sanchez was known to have intensely disliked Kennedy.
More or less, his only friend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Apr 2022, 3:40pmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manolo_Sa ... ff_member)In the 1995 film Nixon, Sanchez is portrayed by Tony Plana. During one scene in the film, Nixon asks Sanchez what he thinks of John F. Kennedy, to which Sanchez replies "he made me see the stars". In a subsequent interview, Oliver Stone explained that the quote was actually attributed to Robert McNamara and that he assigned it to Sanchez in the film as a joke; Sanchez was known to have intensely disliked Kennedy.
A weird species of politician, a person who genuinely doesn't like people, in the abstract or in the flesh. Stephen Harper is cut from the same cloth.Silent Majority wrote: ↑03 Apr 2022, 12:36amMore or less, his only friend.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Apr 2022, 3:40pmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manolo_Sa ... ff_member)In the 1995 film Nixon, Sanchez is portrayed by Tony Plana. During one scene in the film, Nixon asks Sanchez what he thinks of John F. Kennedy, to which Sanchez replies "he made me see the stars". In a subsequent interview, Oliver Stone explained that the quote was actually attributed to Robert McNamara and that he assigned it to Sanchez in the film as a joke; Sanchez was known to have intensely disliked Kennedy.
Did this start as a podcast?? I remember listening to a podcast that told the story through the eyes of MM (at least I think I remember something like that).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 Jul 2022, 4:06pmMore Nixon! The Boss and I have started watching Gaslit, a darkly humourous account that emphasizes the sinister lunatics and general batshittery around the story, with special attention to Martha Mitchell (her story is more horror story than black comedy). In particular, I think SM would eat this up, but most people here would enjoy it.