DeVito

[Bruce]

Devito on "The View" (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_en_tv/people_danny_devito)

An especially colorful appearance on "The View" by Danny DeVito has eyebrows raised and tongues wagging that the veteran actor may not have been himself Wednesday morning.

DeVito said he'd been drinking with George Clooney the night before...

Wouldn't it be cool if DeVito, Clooney, Moore, O'Donnell, Gibson, Richards, and all the loony-tuny lefties in Hollywood all got together for an all-weekend bender? They could trash the government, make asses of themselves, make a movie, write a book, and apologize on all the talk show circuits, blaming the whole thing on the alcohol, all in a single weekend! :D

[daenku32]

Well, he is doing NPR today as we speak (at least on EST). Sounds like a reasonable guy to me.

[Bruce]

Clearly, DeVito blames Bush for his s****y movie. :rolleyes:

[HarryKeogh]

Wouldn't it be cool if DeVito, Clooney, Moore, O'Donnell, Gibson, Richards, and all the loony-tuny lefties in Hollywood all got together for an all-weekend bender?

Mel Gibson is a lefty?

[Bruce]

Mel Gibson is a lefty?

I didn't say that.

If I said we should put apples, oranges, and other fruits into a fruit basket, would I be saying that apples are oranges?

All Hollywood celebrities are fruity IMHO, regardless of political position. :rolleyes:

[skeptifem]

Clearly, DeVito blames Bush for his s****y movie. :rolleyes:


death to smoochy was good though, he should get credit for that much!

[shemp]

Devito on "The View" (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_en_tv/people_danny_devito)



Wouldn't it be cool if DeVito, Clooney, Moore, O'Donnell, Gibson, Richards, and all the loony-tuny lefties in Hollywood all got together for an all-weekend bender? They could trash the government, make asses of themselves, make a movie, write a book, and apologize on all the talk show circuits, blaming the whole thing on the alcohol, all in a single weekend! :D

Available on pay-per-view of course.

[HarryKeogh]

to be fair to Danny, it only takes two thimblefuls of Scotch to get him drunk.

[Gurdur]

I didn't say that.

If I said we should put apples, oranges, and other fruits into a fruit basket, would I be saying that apples are oranges?

All Hollywood celebrities are fruity IMHO, regardless of political position. :rolleyes:
Thank-you for your deep and enlightening analysis, which has so helpfully pinpointed and helped solve so many of our pressing social problems.

[Number Six]

The strangest thing for me about this is that 60 year old guys still get a kick out of going out and getting blitzed. I thought the novelty wore off by that age.

[Wheezebucket]

Uh, Mr. Penguin...don't you think killing little kids is a little...

BAM!

No, it's a lot!

I will always love you, you crazy little drunk.

And Death to Smoochy is good, too.

[Darth Rotor]

The strangest thing for me about this is that 60 year old guys still get a kick out of going out and getting blitzed. I thought the novelty wore off by that age. Limoncello, the liqueur cum intoxicant in question, can sneak up on you. It is easy to quaffe seven limoncellos, as Mr DeVito reports he did, when you are engrossed in convivial conversation with a comrade. As a digestivo, limoncello surpasses Amaretto, Zambucco, and Gran Marnier. It is so easy to sip, and so easy to keep refilling, when served in an iced cordial glass.

All of a sudden, you start to see Flying Farfalla Monsters everywhere. ;)

DR

[steverino]

Originally Posted by Bruce
"I didn't say that.

If I said we should put apples, oranges, and other fruits into a fruit basket, would I be saying that apples are oranges?

All Hollywood celebrities are fruity IMHO, regardless of political position."



Thank-you for your deep and enlightening analysis, which has so helpfully pinpointed and helped solve so many of our pressing social problems.


Well well well if it isn't "Get-a-grasp-on-reality-Gurdur."
Your third personal attack (at least) in under a week. Just what pressing problems do YOUR posts solve? What exactly makes your posts so enlightened?

In fact, Bruce makes an interesting point here. Many Hollywood celebrities have opinions and egos flying all over the place, it can be hard to know which views belong to which celebrity. Mel Gibson is a perfect example. And when you ad booze to the mix...

[Darth Rotor]

Thank-you for your deep and enlightening analysis, which has so helpfully pinpointed and helped solve so many of our pressing social problems.
Well, I thought it was funny.


If I said we should put apples, oranges, and other fruits into a fruit basket, would I be saying that apples are oranges?

All Hollywood celebrities are fruity IMHO, regardless of political position.
Howls of derisive laughter, Bruce.

"Australia, Australia, Australia, we love you!"

Crack a tube!

"Smart Arse 1 this is Smart Arse 2: gotcher back. Out" ;)



DR

[BPSCG]

Oh great. It's not bad enough we have to see stupid actors (redundant term, I know) spewing their silly opinions on how the world should be; now we get drunk stupid actors spewing.

Just when you think you've reached the bottom...:(

[HeyLeroy]

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[steverino]

My 60 year-old sister got sloppy drunk Thanksgiving weekend. She is slightly taller than DeVito, but the scene was just as disturbing. Absolutely nothing cute about it at all.

[fishbob]

Oh great. It's not bad enough we have to see stupid actors (redundant term, I know) spewing their silly opinions on how the world should be; now we get drunk stupid actors spewing.

Just when you think you've reached the bottom...:(

The movie Jackass had a sequel. A successful sequel.
This is nowhere near the bottom.

[Mephisto]

Limoncello, the liqueur cum intoxicant in question, can sneak up on you. It is easy to quaffe seven limoncellos, as Mr DeVito reports he did, when you are engrossed in convivial conversation with a comrade. As a digestivo, limoncello surpasses Amaretto, Zambucco, and Gran Marnier. It is so easy to sip, and so easy to keep refilling, when served in an iced cordial glass.

All of a sudden, you start to see Flying Farfalla Monsters everywhere. ;)

DR

DANG, DR! I thought I was probably the only person in the whole U.S. who knew about Limoncello! My wife and I became addicted to it on our first trip around the Almafi Coast. Ah, warm Sorrento nights a cool Limoncello and a hot Italian lady!

My hat is off to DeVito - I LOVE limoncello and I dislike Baba Waawaa.

[HarryKeogh]

I knew Danny DeVito was cool before. This just confirmed it. Partying like a rock star then realizing "crap, I got to do a stupid talk show...later, George Clooney!".

[HeyLeroy]

He appears to be a happy drunk. I don't see what the problem is. He's not a commercial pilot, ferchrissakes.

[steverino]

Cool? In the '60's cool was getting high or tripping and playing the guitar on Dick Cavett or something. Anyway, he probably has a spec of a penis.

[rdaneel]

Well personally, I think he handled himself fairly well. He was pretty up front about it and least seemed mostly under control if a bit goofy. It's not like he went on and started shooting his mouth off or acting like a jerk.

Heck, he had better control of himself drunk than Tom Cruise did sober.

[Bruce]

He's just lucky he didn't stumble, fall over, and impale himself on what's-her-baggy-face's stilletos! :eye-poppi

[steverino]

Well personally, I think he handled himself fairly well. He was pretty up front about it and least seemed mostly under control if a bit goofy. It's not like he went on and started shooting his mouth off or acting like a jerk.

Heck, he had better control of himself drunk than Tom Cruise did sober.

We know for a fact Tom Cruise was sober?

[Tricky]

DANG, DR! I thought I was probably the only person in the whole U.S. who knew about Limoncello! My wife and I became addicted to it on our first trip around the Almafi Coast. Ah, warm Sorrento nights a cool Limoncello and a hot Italian lady!
No, it's fairly common here in Houston. You can get it at any good Italian restaurant. Ms. Tricky loves it. I'd rather gargle broken glass.

[Mephisto]

No, it's fairly common here in Houston. You can get it at any good Italian restaurant. Ms. Tricky loves it. I'd rather gargle broken glass.

It's probably a lot more common than I would have thought. Mrs. Mephisto (being Italian - she was born just outside Venezia) has introduced me to Italian oddities like Limoncello and Anisette.

I'm sure it has more to do with living in "the sticks" than anything else. Around here people think a connoisseur is someone who drinks Heineken from a glass. ;)

[steverino]

It's probably a lot more common than I would have thought. Mrs. Mephisto (being Italian - she was born just outside Venezia) has introduced me to Italian oddities like Limoncello and Anisette.

I'm sure it has more to do with living in "the sticks" than anything else. Around here people think a connoisseur is someone who drinks Heineken from a glass. ;)

Gosh. Poor Mrs. Mephisto. From Venezia to Southern NM. Git-er-dun!:D

[NoZed Avenger]

The movie Jackass had a sequel. A successful sequel.
This is nowhere near the bottom.

Nominated.

[PogoPedant]

Oh great. It's not bad enough we have to see stupid actors (redundant term, I know) ...
If only we could say the same about stupid engineers, policemen, nurses, gardeners ....

[Darth Rotor]

Just when you think you've reached the bottom...:( . . . your date tells you things would work better if she could take off her panty hose!

ba dump, tschh!

I'll be here till Tuesday, tip your waitress. :)

DR

[skeptifem]

We know for a fact Tom Cruise was sober?


What would he get buzzed from, a multivitamin?

[daenku32]

What would he get buzzed from, a multivitamin?
Over-extended stay in a sauna? Fried his brain it seems like.

[daenku32]

Oh great. It's not bad enough we have to see stupid actors (redundant term, I know) spewing their silly opinions on how the world should be; now we get drunk stupid actors spewing.

Just when you think you've reached the bottom...:(
It's The View! Not exactly Face the Nation or something.

[BPSCG]

It's The View! Not exactly Face the Nation or something.True. But talk about content-free programming. Here's the sum and substance of that video:

"Here's Danny DeVito!"

(DeVito come on, announces he's been drinking all night, makes stupid faces, calls Bush a moron, says he and - probably - his wife had sex in the Lincoln bedroom.)

"Danny has a wonderful movie..."

DeVito sits on Rosie O'Donnell's lap.*

Funny thing is, DeVito had been on FoxNews earlier in the day, and appeared utterly sober. :confused:

Was he faking being drunk?

We now have fake drunk stupid actors spewing? Hmmm... did the Limoncello people pay DeVito to do this?

* I've been trying to purge my brain of this image, but can't do it, so I figured I'd share it. Misery loves company.

[steverino]

Funny thing is, DeVito had been on FoxNews earlier in the day, and appeared utterly sober. :confused:

Was he faking being drunk?

Really? Wow. What a creep. Did you or others here see him sober earlier that morning?

The obvious joke is: Well wouldn't YOU get drunk knowing you'd end up in Rosie's lap? (tip yer waitresses. try the veal.)

[marksman]

DeVito sits on Rosie O'Donnell's lap.*
* * *
* I've been trying to purge my brain of this image, but can't do it, so I figured I'd share it. Misery loves company.

I know. It was like a bizarre ventriloquist show with the horizontal on my television all screwy.

[firecoins]

We know for a fact Tom Cruise was sober?
He is a Scientologist. His brain was filled with alien beings.

[BPSCG]

Really? Wow. What a creep. Did you or others here see him sober earlier that morning? Fox and Friends First Edition (their version of 6:00 am fluffnews) the next day said they'd had him on the morning of the day he was on The View, and ran a clip of him being interviewed. He appeared sharp and focused - not at all like the gibbering, foul-mouthed buffoon on The View. The Fox people were wondering how he could have spent the night getting drunk with George Clooney, been sober at 6:00 am, then drunk all over again later that morning.

I smell payola. Desperate housewives all over America are probably racing to liquor stores to empty the shelves of Limoncello as we speak.

[steverino]

Fox and Friends First Edition (their version of 6:00 am fluffnews) the next day said they'd had him on the morning of the day he was on The View, and ran a clip of him being interviewed. He appeared sharp and focused - not at all like the gibbering, foul-mouthed buffoon on The View. The Fox people were wondering how he could have spent the night getting drunk with George Clooney, been sober at 6:00 am, then drunk all over again later that morning.

I smell payola. Desperate housewives all over America are probably racing to liquor stores to empty the shelves of Limoncello as we speak.

Geeze. MY head is spinning and all I've had is my morning coffee.

[daenku32]

Fox and Friends First Edition (their version of 6:00 am fluffnews) the next day said they'd had him on the morning of the day he was on The View, and ran a clip of him being interviewed. He appeared sharp and focused - not at all like the gibbering, foul-mouthed buffoon on The View. The Fox people were wondering how he could have spent the night getting drunk with George Clooney, been sober at 6:00 am, then drunk all over again later that morning.

I smell payola. Desperate housewives all over America are probably racing to liquor stores to empty the shelves of Limoncello as we speak.
Before crashing in my bed in drunken stupor I've been able to sober up and drive home....oh wait, strike that last part from the record.

[luchog]

Limoncello, the liqueur cum intoxicant in question, can sneak up on you. It is easy to quaffe seven limoncellos, as Mr DeVito reports he did, when you are engrossed in convivial conversation with a comrade. As a digestivo, limoncello surpasses Amaretto, Zambucco, and Gran Marnier. It is so easy to sip, and so easy to keep refilling, when served in an iced cordial glass.

Eh. The stuff is far too sugary for me. I'd get sick before I got anywhere near being drunk. Anything too sweet tends to be very self-limiting for me.

And for generally sticky-sweet drinks, I prefer Barenjager anyway. For a digestif, you cannot beat absinthe (real absinthe, not the Czech and Spanish pseudo-absinthe garbage), green Chartreuse, or good ouzo (very hard to find in the US). Anise and fennel are by far the better digestifs than anything else I've found.

[fuelair]

Limoncello, the liqueur cum intoxicant in question, can sneak up on you. It is easy to quaffe seven limoncellos, as Mr DeVito reports he did, when you are engrossed in convivial conversation with a comrade. As a digestivo, limoncello surpasses Amaretto, Zambucco, and Gran Marnier. It is so easy to sip, and so easy to keep refilling, when served in an iced cordial glass.

All of a sudden, you start to see Flying Farfalla Monsters everywhere. ;)

DR
Ah, but as a digestiv/e Fernet-Branca beats them all - and its' taste makes it very difficult to drink enough to get way out! Really good for overstuffed/queasy/disturbed stomachs - reportedly in common use in the past by French waiters/staff with little time to eat properly (reporter thereof was M.F.K. Fisher and,as it was not about particular aspects of her love life, I trust her on it)!!

[Kopji]

That's a good look for him, he's funnier that way.
I enjoyed him in 'Mars Attacks' though.

[CFLarsen]

What kind of 60-year old man drinks fruit liqueur?

[Learning Phase]

If you took all the comments from the Hollywood crowd, and combined them with the statements from the music crowd, You'd have a dictionary of idiocy.

I think Heinlein summed it up well years ago:

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
Robert A. Heinlein

[Darth Rotor]

Ah, but as a digestiv/e Fernet-Branca beats them all - and its' taste makes it very difficult to drink enough to get way out! Really good for overstuffed/queasy/disturbed stomachs - reportedly in common use in the past by French waiters/staff with little time to eat properly (reporter thereof was M.F.K. Fisher and,as it was not about particular aspects of her love life, I trust her on it)!!
Most of the Limoncello I have had in the US is a bit more sugary than what I had in Italy, a lot of which was locally produced, rather than the export brands. That might account for my positive experiences.

Tastes differ.

Mark your calendar, I find myself agreeing with Claus: getting drunk on Limoncello? What's up with that?

DR

[steverino]

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
Robert A. Heinlein

The United States as a whole, perhaps, but we here on the jref forum are not suckered in.;)

[Learning Phase]

The United States as a whole, perhaps, but we here on the jref forum are not suckered in.;)
We can only hope.

[daredelvis]

Funny thing is, DeVito had been on FoxNews earlier in the day, and appeared utterly sober. :confused:


Did you see him on FoxNews, or are you just going on what Bill'O told you to think? I have to ask the question because he does not appear utterly sober on this video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oQ0YVst8TWk

Man, first the AP, and now I find out that you are full of it too (though the jury is out on the AP).
:confused:

Daredelvis

[CFLarsen]

If you took all the comments from the Hollywood crowd, and combined them with the statements from the music crowd, You'd have a dictionary of idiocy.

I think Heinlein summed it up well years ago:

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
Robert A. Heinlein


Gwyneth Paltrow agrees. (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&ObjectID=10413889)

According to Portuguese daily newspaper, Diario de Noticias, the 34-year-old actress said: "I love the English lifestyle, it's not as capitalistic as America.

"People don't talk about work and money, they talk about interesting things at dinner.

"I like living here because I don't fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilised than the Americans."

No, wait. She doesn't:

However, Paltrow has denied the ever making the comments, telling People magazine she gave a press conference in Spanish to reporters and had been misquoted.

"I felt so upset to be completely misconstrued and I never, ever would have said that," the Oscar-winner told People.

"I definitely did not say that I think the British are more intelligent and civilised than Americans. I am a New York girl, that's how I always think of myself and see myself."

The mother of two went on to explain: "This is what I said. I said that Europe is a much older culture and there's a difference. I always say in America, people live to work and in Europe, people work to live. There are positives in both.

"Obviously I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish!"

The incident is not the first time Paltrow has landed herself in hot water over unpatriotic comments.

In 2004, she came under fire from the British public after complaining at length to US magazine Marie Claire about London's dirty streets, terrible customer service and depressing weather.

We are still confused. But, on a higher level.

However, the Twin Kings of Right-Wing Blabberheads, Hannity & Colmes, were quick on the trigger:

Hannity acknowledged that Paltrow told People that she had been misquoted and claimed to have never said anything against the US. “I felt so upset to be completely misconstrued and I never, ever would have said that,” Paltrow reportedly said.

“I suspect that she said it,” Hannity said, as though it made a difference. The "fair and balanced" banner on the screen read, "GOOD GRIEF, GWYNETH."
Source (http://www.newshounds.us/2006/12/05/fox_news_pundit_celebrities_who_criticize_america_ while_abroad_should_reapply_for_visa_to_come_back. php)

Their guest, Greg Gutfeld, had this to say:

Gutfeld admitted, “I was using hyperbole there,” but, he said, “I will say this. I think whenever somebody, a celebrity who is abroad, says something bad about America, whenever they need to go back to America, they should actually re-apply for a visa. We could call it the famous idiot visa.” Gutfeld paused, evidently so that the audience could admire his cleverness. But, in fact, his “suggestion” was not just ludicrous – no American applies, much less re-applies, for a visa into the US – it was downright menacing to suggest that an American should be barred from this country because of “bad” remarks.

Why is it that right-wingers are only unintentionally funny?

[skeptifem]

the kathy griffin special has a great bit on paltrow on one of her comedy specials. Paltrow seems like a humorless twit. ugh. apple? wtf?

[Bruce]

Why does Galadriel hate America?

[Bruce]

The United States as a whole, perhaps, but we here on the jref forum are not suckered in.;)

Absolutely! Here at JREF, we recognize the people of REAL importance.

Strangers with fervent political opinions. :rolleyes:

[CFLarsen]

Why does Galadriel hate America?

That was Cate Blanchett, not Gwyneth Paltrow. :p

[CFLarsen]

Absolutely! Here at JREF, we recognize the people of REAL importance.

Strangers with fervent political opinions. :rolleyes:

Evidence? ;)

[Bruce]

That was Cate Blanchett, not Gwyneth Paltrow. :p

Drat! I'm always confusing the two! :mad:

[CFLarsen]

Drat! I'm always confusing the two! :mad:

You obviously also need a new guide dog!

Shame on you. Shame.

[Darth Rotor]

I will say this. I think whenever somebody, a celebrity who is abroad, says something bad about America, whenever they need to go back to America, they should actually re-apply for a visa.
Gwynneth is a broad, as is Natalie Main. I think this rule makes a certain sense, but is sexist. :p

DR

[firecoins]

California thinks actors are very important. Elected Ronald Reagan governor and the Terminator. Clint Eastwood was evan elected as mayor of some town he lived in.

Was Jerry Springer an elected mayor?

[Darth Rotor]

California thinks actors are very important. Elected Ronald Reagan governor and the Terminator. Clint Eastwood was evan elected as mayor of some town he lived in.

Was Jerry Springer an elected mayor?
Clint Eastwood was mayor of Carmel, CA.

Jerry Springer was, IIRC, a representative in Ohio.

DR

[LawnOven]

Jerry Springer was, IIRC, a representative in Ohio.

DR

Mayor of Cincinnatti before he was a famous tv personality.

[Darth Rotor]

Mayor of Cincinnatti before he was a famous tv personality.
Thanks for the correction. :)

DR

[BPSCG]

Did you see him on FoxNews, or are you just going on what Bill'O told you to think? I have to ask the question because he does not appear utterly sober on this video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oQ0YVst8TWk

Man, first the AP, and now I find out that you are full of it too (though the jury is out on the AP).
:confused:

DaredelvisGratuitous insult noted. Maybe you need to go back to the post you were responding to and read it again. Here (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=2140318#post2140318). Fox and Friends First Edition (their version of 6:00 am fluffnews) the next day said they'd had him on the morning of the day he was on The View, and ran a clip of him being interviewed. He appeared sharp and focused - not at all like the gibbering, foul-mouthed buffoon on The View.

Did I mention Bill O'Reilly there? I didn't claim I saw the original Fox and Friends interview; I said I saw a clip of it (maybe about 15 seconds). He was clear-eyed, focused on the interviewer, had good control of his body language, and wasn't making faces like a baboon.

[LawnOven]

Thanks for the correction. :)

DR

No prob :)

Though I do think he was or is considering running again for something, maybe representative. Maybe that's were you got the idea.

Also he's British, kinda.