Is it wrong that everytime I see this man's name I want to rhythmically chant "Kush, Kush, in the bush?"
Yes?
Okay.
I never thought I'd utter this sentence, but I'd fuck Finkenbinder.
This is so, so fucking disturbing to me. I held "The Simpsons" in the sort of high regard generally reserved for black presidents and their adorable families. Is it weird that I kind of hate Nancy Cartwright for this?
Oh, Richard. That wasn't POST-RACIAL TRANSCENDENCE!
@DennyCrane: Whoops! You got there first. My comment below is hack! HACK!
Your baby could also grow up to be the mechanical death-eater Cheney. Just saying.
This is changing my life. Changing. My. Life.
Not to queer out on you guys, but I feel like all the women mentioned in this article are such fucking foxes. About the boys, I have no opinion. I just wanted to take a brief moment to objectify ladies as sex objects. Thank you and goodnight.
This is so good. So, so good. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Alex Pareene.
Huh. That's too bad--or maybe it's not. I will say that when I freelanced for 23/6 this fall, I had an excellent experience, they paid well and on time, and they were cool. I hope that continues with their new absorption into the land of HuffPo. They've got cool staff; they should do well.
@whatawonderful: Hooray! Everyone loves it, BTW. Can you please make more LOLGGs?
@whatawonderful: I am putting this as my Facebook profile photo, and crediting you in the caption. Thank you for this bounty.
Richard, you're a fucking genius. I just finished writing a show recap, and then I read yours, and I felt like a tiny humble acolyte in the temple of the Lord.
You are up so, so early writing about teh poopz. And for this, I thank you.
Uh, that's "pestering PEOPLE." Thank you and good night.
And I got my check today! Ryan, if ever I run into you, I owe you a drink. A big, big drink. Maybe a Scorpion bowl.
I also appreciate JohnDoe's comment refuting what the other staffer said. The other staffer conveniently forgot that our weekly stories often involved hours of travel, e-mailing, making phone calls, pestering peole, and knocking on doors to get interviews, and shooting several hours of footage--all before the hours-long editing process even began. And of course, if our submissions didn't pass muster, we had to revise them, and that took time, as well. We all worked really hard--some definitely worked harder than I did, and the quality of their work (particularly Carl Brown of California and Erica Anderson of D.C.) showed it.
And look, I don't think the work in and of itself was grueling. But it was hard work, and it was professionally and emotionally rewarding. I think most, if not all of us were glad to do it. But minimizing our work is ridiculous. Remember, too, that many of us were juggling full-time day jobs along with our MTV gigs (and some also had to deal with child care, classes, etc.)
I'm pleased with how it turned out. Ian Rowe is a class act, that's for sure.
@SkidooNevada: I was the New York member of the team, and I think I can respond to your question, at least personally. I kept working after the first late check because I loved doing the work. It was interesting and fun and exciting, and I was lucky in that I had a day job and another freelance gig bringing money in. And many of the folks we worked with were very cool, interesting people.
I also knew that many folks at MTV News were working their asses off to try and get us paid. And I knew they weren't the ones holding the purse strings, and I respected and appreciated their efforts. It really was out of their control.
Having lived here, and seen the protests that happened in December '07, I can't say that I was surprised by this situation. But that doesn't mean it doesn't frustrate and disappoint me, too.
@Elizabitch: I have yet to write one, mostly because I still think I'm recovering from the shock of meeting Dorota and Cecily von Z in the same night. But mayhaps eventually...or maybe Richard will write one!
@Social Crimer: WHAAAAAAAAAAAA? How? Where? WHY?
Bart, a.k.a. RoboCop 3, is my silver fox sex dream. Much like his son, he's a bastard with a heart of platinum, deep down inside where the money and the prestige and the power never salted the earth of his true good intentions. It's buried down deeper in Bart than it is in Chuckles, but then, Chuckles has that hot J.Crew model-looking dead mommy's blood flowing through his veins.
Meeting Zuzanna "Dorota" Szadkowski this weekend, and Cecily von Ziegesar, at the same time, nearly made my head explode. And Richard's deliciously wine-soaked analysis of why Leighton Meester has no right to be rude to people at parties was probably my favorite part of the entire evening.
