Ones own "spin" on our national anthem has been done only once without inciting a near seismic reaction of the gnashing of my teeth. And that was by Marvin Gaye at the Los Angeles Forum on February 13, 1983 before the NBA All-Star game.
I hope this link works as planned....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A
BILL
On Twitter at @BillBekkala
Friday, January 31, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
My Shanghai Surprise
On a recent trip to China I found myself in my hotel room watching reruns of Batman. Every time the Caped Crusader punched The Joker a graphic flashed across the screen reading: “Kung PAO!!!”
BILL
BILL
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
It's Now Official!!
A team of Beverly Hills plastic surgeons has confirmed that actress Mary Steenburgen and I are the only two people on the face of the earth who are getting better looking with age.
BILL
BILL
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
What Can I Say? Even In My Dreams I'm a Smart Ass
So last night I’m dreaming away and I find myself next to a young lady who is about to sing the National Anthem at an NFL game. Perhaps the upcoming Super Bowl? Who knows. I say to her: “Try to remember the lyrics. And the melody. Which together comprise the actual song.”
BILL
BILL
Monday, January 27, 2014
Why I'm Rooting for Bruce Dern To Win The Oscar
(WARNING: 42 Year Old Plot Spoiler Ahead)
Before filming the scene in the “The Cowboys,” where Dern shoots John Wayne in the back, killing him, “The Duke” said to the young actor: “You know, they’re gonna hate you for this,” to which Dern replied: “Yeah, but at Berkeley I’ll be a fucking hero.”
BILL
Before filming the scene in the “The Cowboys,” where Dern shoots John Wayne in the back, killing him, “The Duke” said to the young actor: “You know, they’re gonna hate you for this,” to which Dern replied: “Yeah, but at Berkeley I’ll be a fucking hero.”
BILL
Friday, January 24, 2014
Talk About Packers
While bragging in an email that my Dad once endured the fifteen below weather of The Ice Bowl, the December 31, 1967 Championship game played at frozen Lambeau Field between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys, I later realized that I had mistyped the text, unwittingly informing a wide audience that my father had once endured the “ice bowel.”
Certainly a painful memory, and one that would most assuredly trump in discomfort the mere chill of an outdoor sporting event.
BILL
Twitter: @BillBekkala
Certainly a painful memory, and one that would most assuredly trump in discomfort the mere chill of an outdoor sporting event.
BILL
Twitter: @BillBekkala
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Guess the number of times people have asked the star of “12 Years a Slave” how his name is pronounced.
Oh! And I have dibs on “millions and millions.”
BILL
PS: On Twitter: @BillBekkala (There goes my Supreme Court seat…) Hey! And what say we plug my novel "City of Seven Rivers"again so that – as per usual – people say how can someone that funny and that good looking write that well?
http://www.cityofsevenrivers.com/
Oh! And I have dibs on “millions and millions.”
BILL
PS: On Twitter: @BillBekkala (There goes my Supreme Court seat…) Hey! And what say we plug my novel "City of Seven Rivers"again so that – as per usual – people say how can someone that funny and that good looking write that well?
http://www.cityofsevenrivers.com/
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