A Call For Help
For the next three days we should be able to mingle with the stars a bit at parties and events. Given the collective wit you guys display, I am casting out for suggestions on possible questions to celebrities.
Undoubtedly, I will concoct a few snide queries myself - some at least tangentially related to football - and figured you guys had some thoughts as well. We're supposed to have access to J. Lo, Carmen Electra, Jenny McCarthy, David Spade, Chris Rock, P Diddy (maybe), Mark Wahlberg, the huge dude from The Green Mile, Snoop Dogg, Daisy Fuentes, and pretty much every current or former NFL player (you can't go to Starbucks without running into some 1980s QB).
So lets exercise our brain muscles people. And, of course, let's tiptoe right up to the velvet rope of poor taste, but not leap over it if you catch my drift (bangbros - that means you).
Other Stuff: Went to dinner with a two friends I made during my stint at the Detroit Freer Press back in the day, and we kept it lowkey. Trying to save myself for the weekend. Nothing crazy happened,. Stayed out of South Beach and near the hotel, which, by the way, never ceased to amaze me ...
Yesterday evening I tried to do a little work out by the pool and get some writing down in the breeze. Bad idea. A flock of large birds has taken over the area; no one has bothered to clean the pool in years, or clean one of the six broken-down lounge chairs out there. The birds were circling above in their nest, swooping into the pool and, as best as we could figure out, screaming at my and my friend. They kept making this shrieking sound - I think they were trying to intimidate us/mark their turf (probably hasn't been a human back there in years, so I can't say I blame them) - and we gave up after a while. My buddy Don tried to get in a lounge at one point, and it promptly snapped completely in half as he hit the cement. Thanks again, NFL. Hope whoever set this up got a massive kick back ...
You kind of know sometimes when you should be home. Chloe is sick again running a fever and has some kind of rash, so Lauren had to cancel a trip up to see her parents at their home hear Cooperstown. We'll see what the doctor has to say. She got over the stomach flu thing in like 4 days and had been doing well, but last night it came back. I just hope Lauren doesn't get it. Bad timing all around ... Someone dropped their bag in my IPOD, which I had finally completely downloading my entire CD collection onto, and broke it at Media Day. I feel so lost without it. Supposed to send it back to Apple and get a replacement, but will have to add all the photos and music back to it. Oh well. Okay, heading to the beach now for this celebrity flag football game. Will try to post something on that before the Prince press conference starts, but might not be able to get stuff up until like 3, when Prince is done. I have a feeling he might not actually speak, but hopefully his clothing will cover up the entirety of his backside.
By Jason La Canfora |
February 1, 2007; 10:50 AM ET
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Posted by: 15 yardline nosebleed | February 1, 2007 11:04 AM
give her some duck butter that will cure her when you get home
Posted by: bangbros | February 1, 2007 11:08 AM
So, Ms. Electra, do you spit or........nevermind. Perhaps, Do you let guests in the backdoor?
Posted by: Bangbros | February 1, 2007 11:12 AM
FYI.....the first "bangbros" post is a fraud impersonator.
Posted by: The Real Bangbros | February 1, 2007 11:15 AM
I would like to know how Carmen Electra plans to bowl in that dress? WOOOOOOO
Posted by: Anonymous | February 1, 2007 11:17 AM
For David Spade: "If someone said you weren't funny, would that be calling a Spade a Spade?"
Posted by: LH | February 1, 2007 11:25 AM
Bangbros IP has been traced to Shantytown
Posted by: Anonymous | February 1, 2007 11:25 AM
Chloe is sick again...
really sorry to hear jason...i have a feeling all will be well by the time you get home monday(?).
question for david spade:
David Spade Jr. Vs. Sean Salisbury Jr. Who wins? [in case you don't know there's a rumor that spade is well...how shall we put this...very well compensated in that dept.]
another question:
David, do you show/keep your "kids pictures" on your phone to your female colleagues at work?
Posted by: dealer | February 1, 2007 11:26 AM
another question to david spade:
* with a dumbfounded stupified look, eyebrows scrunched pointing to his very HOT female companion* HOW???????????????????
Posted by: dealer | February 1, 2007 11:29 AM
His name is Michael Clark Duncan....
Cload and Dagger - You cruched me woth that reply. I actually take my tax work serious. Too serious sometimes....
Posted by: 4th | February 1, 2007 11:40 AM
I read this morning that Warner is working on a Departed sequel centering on Wahlberg's character. If it goes through, it'd be the first sequel Scorsese has ever done. You could ask Marky Mark about that...and whether he rips on his bro for peaking with the NKOTB.
Posted by: Jeff Hayes | February 1, 2007 11:40 AM
Before asking J.Lo a question, introduce yourself as "Jason La Chinchilla from the PETA Daily news..."
See if she shields her face, expecting a wave of red paint.
Oh, and watch out for the inevitable slap across your face when you giggle and tell her it was a joke...
Posted by: Bucktown Skins Fan | February 1, 2007 11:45 AM
for J-Lo:
'were you upset when Ben Affleck left you for Cartman's hand?'
Posted by: Jeff Hayes | February 1, 2007 11:49 AM
NAte - Ivan made a correction to Mark's story within the same blog post.
RE: Taligubue to HOF - There is growing setiment amongst the writers that Tags shouldn't be voted in the 1st time around since Rozell didn't get in until his 8th year. That's why I didn't mention his name as a possible person getting voted in this year. We need to wait at least 5 years so we can reflect before we crown his a**.....
But hey, if you wanna crown him, then crown his a** then. Tags is who I thought he was. A Commish, that's it...
Posted by: 4th | February 1, 2007 11:56 AM
to snoop:
NoCal grass vs. from Compton, Mexican, Asian?
Posted by: dealer | February 1, 2007 11:57 AM
Question for Joe Nameth... have you had an interview with Mrs. TV Azteca yet?
Posted by: Dorf | February 1, 2007 11:58 AM
Go up to Mark Whalberg and say
"I loved you in Dream Catcher"
Posted by: Anonymous | February 1, 2007 12:00 PM
marky mark, who's in your ipod? M&M by any chance?
to green mile dude, i think we found your long lost twin named JM of this blog?
also jason, re: the religious thing from two days ago...do you know if any of them went over to Mouhsin Mohammad?
Posted by: dealer | February 1, 2007 12:02 PM
jason, go to a bookstore, buy your wife a copy of "Belly laughs" by Jenny McCarthy. Hunt down Jenny McCarthy, tell her your story and get her to sign it for you for Lauren.
Posted by: dealer | February 1, 2007 12:05 PM
Jason,
Sorry to hear about Chloe...and you ipod. If it makes you feel any better, a writer for the Washington Times cell phone died right after he arrived in Miami.
Posted by: Lisa | February 1, 2007 12:07 PM
Ask the stars-can you buy me a new ipod?ha!
Posted by: Pink C.C.- | February 1, 2007 12:08 PM
You might want to ask j-lo if she will stand next to mrs. tv Azteca (backside facing you, JLaC) and write a blog entry discussing who has the better a$$. Please include pics, thanks.
Posted by: Ron | February 1, 2007 12:20 PM
Ron, JLC doesn't have a lens to fit both of them on frame at the same time.
4th - sorry, but when the seven-year-old is whining about his homework after I've been through a long day at the office, my only reply is "oh, that's tough -- you have to do both pluses and minuses"... I'll try to come up with something regarding MACRS vs. DDB depreciation on a 1992 Honda Prelude used for my furniture delivery service...
dammn, sorry about that, couldn't keep it from getting silly anyway...
Posted by: cload and daggar | February 1, 2007 12:45 PM
I would ask Britney Spears how it feels to be upstaged by her no-talent ex-husband. I would also ask Jessica Simpson why she is such a lousy actress (just saw "Employee of the Month") and how it feels to be dumped for Carrie Underwood.
Posted by: BT | February 1, 2007 12:49 PM
"Carmen, will you please sign my, uh, press credential?"
Posted by: Anonymous | February 1, 2007 1:00 PM
"Things are extremely quiet at Redskins Park right now. The players are resting, recovering and, in some cases, rehabbing after the long season (well, not as long as some expected it to be). Joe Gibbs and company finished their after-season review and are vacationing and recharging their batteries. The beat writers are among the media throng in Miami trying to get anyone associated with either team to say anything interesting. So far, no luck.
In short, things are pretty slow. That's about to change, however.
The word is that Monk has a better chance this year at least in part because Peter King of Sports Illustrated has gone from being one of the main Monk detractors on the board to being a Monk supporter. He could well pull some other past "no" votes along with him. This, along with the fact that there are no obvious, slam-dunk candidates on the ballot this year (other than Monk, of course, but evidently not everyone sees it that way) could help him get enshrined next summer.
Working against Monk's chances is the fact that there will be one less representative from Washington in the room this year. For the past two selection meetings Michael Wilbon was an at large member of the board, Len Shapiro was the designated Washington representative and David Elfin of the Washington Times was on the board representing the Pro Football Writers Association. Now Wilbon is gone, Shapiro is in an at large role and Elfin is the DC writer on the board.
None of this should matter since the man who once simultaneously held the records for most receptions in a career and the most receptions in a single season, the man was a critical component of a team that made five NFC title games, won four of those games and won three Super Bowls, the man who epitomized everything that coaches, fans, and teammates would want in a football player should be the ultimate no-brainer selection. But it does matter as the it appears that the stars will have to be aligned just right for Monk to get his visage cast in bronze to be unveiled this August.
If I had to bet I'd say that things will fall into place and he'll get in this time, but I wouldn't be shocked to see him miss out on the final cut to seven possibilities either.
Russ Grimm also is on the Hall's short list. Had he gotten the nod for a head coaching job the increased visibility might have boosted his dark horse candidacy. As it is we'll probably have to wait at least another year for the first Hog to make it to the Hall."
Posted by: 4th via UnNamed Redskin Insider not named JLaC/Wash Post | February 1, 2007 1:02 PM
Walk around to all of the celebrities and simply ask them, "Have you seen my baseball?"
Dismiss those who (a) look at you like you are strange, (b) smile and chuckle nervously, but obviously have no idea what you are talking about or (c) answer you straight, "no... sorry."
Those that laugh and get the joke, are cool, and deserve to be interviewed.
Posted by: Bucktown Skins Fan | February 1, 2007 1:03 PM
Im on the frontline
Dodgin cameras like the one time
Cant even chill in this california sunshine
But its okay, i got somethin for ya
Im handin out a$$ kickins like diplomas
Who the first to get it?
Ya know K Feds wit it
All that shti rappers talk about, I already did it
Im committed - to the game
The fames why I hustle
Lyrical exercise, workin every muscle on the double
Chief and commanda
Hand ya
A$$ to ya in a basket wrapped in plastic
Im looney
All these model chicks wanna do me
Tabloids tried to screw me
Magazines try to kill me
But im nasty
Too fukcin slick and sly
So high
I could prolly drop a shti and fly
You gonna need a big army
If you comin for me
K. Federline - I hit like tsunamis
Kevin Federline - Americas Most Hated (what!)
Posted by: K-Fed | February 1, 2007 1:04 PM
"Redskins' 2007 Salary Cap Situation
Last updated: January 9, 2007
$2.891m over the 2007 NFL cap number of $109.000m.
After re-signing of LS Ethan Albright.
Note: Contract details for Rocky McIntosh are estimates based on other draft picks"
Posted by: 4th via PC Cap Cruncher | February 1, 2007 1:06 PM
"I could prolly drop a shti and fly"
LMAO!!!
That's exactly how I feel afterwards too. I can relate to this K-Fed guy. That and were both commited to the game. Holla.
Posted by: Dorf on K-Fed | February 1, 2007 1:21 PM
OK,OK
warning - long post - JLaC asked for some celeb questions .... and without firther adoo ... OH,wait - let me get my hugs in early since
*HUGS*
Ask Britney Spears or Michael Jackson who won last year's "Artist of the Millennium" award. At one point during the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (broadcast live from New York's Radio City Music Hall), Britney Spears invited 44-year-old Michael Jackson onto the stage to present him with a birthday cake. In her estimation, Britney declared, Michael was the artist of the millennium. Unfortunately, Michael mistook Britney's informal introduction for something rather more official: "When I was a little boy growing up in Indiana," he told the star-studded audience and millions of viewers around the globe, "if someone told me I'd be getting the Artist of the Millennium award, I'd never have believed it!" "There is no such award as the Artist of the Millennium," an MTV spokeswoman later explained. "I think some wires got crossed." Among those whom Michael thanked before being ushered from the stage? God, his parents - and street magician David Blaine.
Ask xxx if he remembers this: On the set of Pearl Harbor (2001), Kate Beckinsale, James King, Catherine Kellner, Jennifer Garner, and Sara Rue (all playing nurses) were known as "the gaggle." One day, director Michael Bay arranged the gaggle on the deck of a battleship for a sweeping panoramic shot. As he trained his camera upon the girls, a helicopter flew by for an aerial shot, creating a powerful gust which, to the delight of hundreds of observers (including the crew of neighboring military vessels), blew the girls' skirts up into their faces. "Nobody was wearing underwear," Catherine recalled, "so they all got a good view of our [butts] and garter belts." After the incident, Kate turned to Catherine. "I shall always remember this," she dryly intoned, "as the day I lost my mystery." there must be pics or videos of this slip somewhere...
Ask Hally Barry if she has had any further wardrobe malfunctions. Halle Berry reportedly got a $500,000 bonus for her much-ballyhooed, first-ever topless nude scene in Dominic Sena's Swordfish (2001).She denied that, so we may never know for certain... But we do know Jay Leno got an unscripted sneak peek when she was a guest on "The Tonight Show" shortly before the film's release. Thanks to her plunging neckline, Halle revealed more to her host than she had planned in an unplanned celebrity slip up. "My problem is, I've never sat down in this dress," she said, attempting to cover herself. Leno's impromptu reply? "My problem is, I can't stand up!" This was only one of Halle Berry's accidental flashing slip bloopers. In high school she jumped out of the pool after a dive, not realizing until everyone was staring at her that her bikini top had fallen off. And during catwoman, the costume had several wardrobe malfunction accidents....
Ask Arnold if he supports the Latino community. While campaigning in 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger - who supported 1994's notorious Proposition 187 (a ballot initiative which, before its rejection by the courts, cut off social benefits to undocumented aliens and barred their children from public schools) - was asked to clarify his views on immigration and Latinos (who comprised ten per cent of the electorate but a third of the state's population). In particular, Arnold was asked why he had denounced a bill (passed by the California legislature) making undocumented aliens eligible for driver's licenses. "Everyone knows what I stand for," Arnie replied. "I want to reach out to Latinos, and not just because of the vote. It's not all about votes. It's like, you know, that I feel sad by this situation, that someone is trying to make me look like I am anti-Latino, when I've done four movies in Mexico..."
Posted by: SallieMae | February 1, 2007 1:22 PM
"I could prolly drop a shti and fly"
LMAO!!!
That's exactly how I feel afterwards too! I can relate to this K-Fed guy. That and were both commited to the game. Holla!
Posted by: Dorf on K-Fed | February 1, 2007 1:24 PM
OK,OK
sorry, xxx equalis ben Aflack :)
in the above post.
Posted by: SallieMae | February 1, 2007 1:24 PM
Question #1
Would you like to see a picture of Sean Salisbury's child?
Question #2
Are you here for the Super Bowl or the NAMBLA convention? Wait, wait, i've guessed everyone right so far. (Stare him up and down) then say "definately NAMBLA"
Question #3 (This is only if you run into Jessica Alba or Sienna Miller)
Can I have your number? It's not for me. It's for a blogger of mine named,well forget the name, taken out of context it could be miscontrued.
Question #4 (Specifically for Peter King)
Mr. King, is it possible you are as big a self aggrandizing, named dropping D(*& as you come off in your column and television?
Posted by: Skinz | February 1, 2007 1:24 PM
SallieMae bogged up the blog with that one. Nice work.
Posted by: Dorf | February 1, 2007 1:27 PM
OK,OK
Tool - Aenema is playing now
"Learn to Swim"
Posted by: SallieMae | February 1, 2007 1:28 PM
"Sometime in the week or so after the Super Bowl the coaches will reconvene in Ashburn and will make decisions that will have considerably more long-term impact on the Redskins than the HOF selectors will. Last year some very strange thoughts came out of these meetings, disastrously strange. Notions like, "We will do whatever it takes to land Adam Archuleta," and, "A third and a fourth for Brandon Lloyd? What a steal!" Hopefully whatever was in the water in Ashburn last March has cleared up and they will go back to making more rational decisions like bringing in Marcus Washington and Cornelius Griffin and making deals for Clinton Portis and Santana Moss.
They need to get a cornerback and Redskins One is already plotting a course for Buffalo or wherever Nate Clements will be at the stroke of midnight on March 1. It says here that they won't be able to get him. Sure, the Skins could clear out enough cap space to sign him to a standard, big money free agent deal. But most NFL teams have in excess of $10 million of free cap space, some have over $30 million free. It seems that everyone needs a corner and it would be very easy for a rival suitor--say, the Dallas Cowboys who are in need of a quality cornerback--to front load a deal to the point where the Skins would be extremely strapped to match it.
Before free agency starts on March 1 the scouting combine will be held in Indianapolis. The Redskins have draft picks in the first, fifth, sixth, and seventh rounds. The top pick is the sixth overall and that is where the focus of the speculation will be. Assuming that nothing unexpected transpires at the combine and/or at the University of Michigan's Pro Day, the speculation here is that the pick will the Wolverine defensive tackle Alan Branch. Teamed with end Andre Carter he will give the Redskins a solid pass rushing duo on the line, one inside and one outside."
Posted by: 4th via same unnamed Redskin Insider not named JLaC | February 1, 2007 1:36 PM
Jason,
It doesn't really matter what questions you ask. Just be sure to conduct all of your interviews straight-faced while wearing a Groundhog costume.
Posted by: Natali Marmot | February 1, 2007 1:57 PM
The albino student I mentioned long ago... well today he has a shirt on that says:
"A cool cat stays in the shade in the middle of the day. You should too."
Priceless.
Posted by: Dorf | February 1, 2007 2:08 PM
who broke the blog?
Posted by: Dorf | February 1, 2007 2:08 PM
Jason,
Go up to the celebrity and just before you ask them a question, slip on a BK King mask.
Posted by: charlie | February 1, 2007 2:09 PM
4th,
There is a response to one of your entries that I just posted at the bottom of "Partypalooza."
Posted by: charlie | February 1, 2007 2:10 PM
Question for all celebrities -
Who do you like better: Kornheiser or Wilbon?
Posted by: Tony R. | February 1, 2007 2:23 PM
Word to ya motha
Posted by: K-Fed | February 1, 2007 2:32 PM
for Jessica Simpson:
How do you butcher a song as simple as 9 to 5? It's not like it was King Crimson or Yes or ELP or some s**t...it's freakin 9 to 5!!
for Britney:
Is not wearing panties a political statement?...will your children end up strong examples as an argument for family planning?
Posted by: Jeff Hayes | February 1, 2007 2:35 PM
There doesn't seem to be much love for David Spade on this blog!
Frankly, I can't see why he keeps popping up everywhere.
"So lets exercise our brain muscles people."
Methinks that when talking with most of these people it would be easier NOT to use brain muscles.
Posted by: charlie | February 1, 2007 2:47 PM
K-Fed you just violated copyright infringement. Word to ya motha. You and ya motha will be hearing from my attorney you no talent jacka$$
Posted by: Vanilla Ice | February 1, 2007 3:09 PM
And I'm coming afta you Vanella Ice. You stole that shti from me.
Posted by: Big Daddy Kane | February 1, 2007 9:27 PM
The comments to this entry are closed.
I don't care what you follow it up with, but I think any question to David Spade should be prefaced by "So, Mr. Spade, as a former star, what's your take on..."
I bet it'd go over huge.