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    Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day

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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    "G.T., with your nose so bright,
    Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
    Oh how the big hacks loved him,
    As they shouted out with glee:
    G.T. the Red-Nose Drunkard
    You'll Go Down in His-tooooo-reeee!"
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    He looks surprised to be alive. I caught the tail end of that era of when I started out in the seventies. People still had bars in their offices or, if they didn't have offices, bottles in their desks. There was one massive party at a large venue in Manhattan to celebrate my company's anniversary. The party began at 9:30 in the morning and so did the drinking; both went on till after midnight. To give you something of the flavor, the VP of Ad Sales made his entrance riding an elephant. Oh, and there were hot dogs!
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    this is true
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    The Smith/McCullough [sp?] story was sweet.

    Twice the opportunity to spin outsize sports metaphors!
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    Image of once once
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    I used to imagine something appealing about the 'drink & smoke' days, but after watching Mad Men, all I can think is, yuck.
     Reply
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    I would pay to read The Drunk New York Times online.
     Reply
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    Image of VedetteBabalicious VedetteBabalicious
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    not many men could get away with wearing pink aqua yellow and red at once!
     Reply
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    09/29/09

    @VedetteBabalicious:
    None and counting.
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    "Untreated depression was rampant, no doubt. "

    Since when is self-medicating not a treatment? j
     Reply
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    Back in Talese's day I know that the cafeteria at the Daily News sold beer, in very large cans. I suppose at the Times they had G&T's or Martinis?
     Reply
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    What's with men named Gay and Fay?
     Reply
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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    Glad to see Gay has recovered from the brutal literary beating he sustained at the hands of Kurt Andersen in the NY Times Book Review a few years back.
     Reply
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    Image of smithhimself smithhimself
    09/29/09

    @RonMwangaguhunga:

    Ouch. I forgot about that.

    Nan is a charming, powerful woman and that has a lot to do with the way Gay is regarded around town.

    What I don't understand is why everyone "loves" Fran Lebowitz -- another writer famous for not writing.
     Reply
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/29/09

    @RonMwangaguhunga:

    This New York Magazine piece
    was interesting, too.
     Reply
    Edited by Seeräuber Jenny at 09/29/09 1:55 PM Seeräuber Jenny was starred Seeräuber Jenny was unstarred
    Image of heartbreakturnip heartbreakturnip
    09/29/09

    In reply to Everybody at the New York Times Used to Be So Wasted Every Day
    Awesome gin burp, Gay!
     Reply
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    06/09/09

    In reply to Keep Your Baby Fresh, In Cellophane
    Harvey and Bob Weinstein are still into cellophane from what I've heard on the street.
     Reply
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    Image of Greasy Thumb Guzik Greasy Thumb Guzik
    06/09/09

    In reply to Keep Your Baby Fresh, In Cellophane
    Reminds me of the episode of the late & lamented "Eerie Indiana" where the mom kept her twin sons the same age by putting them in a giant Tupperware every night to sleep!
     Reply
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    Image of SweetIo SweetIo
    06/09/09

    @Greasy Thumb Guzik: Man, I loved that show.
     Reply
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    Image of ChillbearLatrigue ChillbearLatrigue
    06/09/09

    In reply to Keep Your Baby Fresh, In Cellophane
    Am I underestimating the least common denominator when my first thought was that maybe there should have a been a "Do Not Try This At Home" warning along with Hamilton's article?
     Reply
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    06/09/09

    @ChillbearLatrigue: Well, my snow-blower has a "do not use on a slanted roof" warning, so I think your estimation is spot on.
     Reply
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