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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyJune 13th, 2011
TODAY’S AGENDA:
Prop 8 Appeals Hearing: San Francisco, CA. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California will hold oral arguments on a motion filed by Prop 8 proponents seeking to overturn Judge Walker’s ruling striking down Prop 8 as unconstitutional because he has been in a relationship with another man for ten years. Supporters counter that since courts have held in similar cases involving race and sex descrimination that the race or gender of the judge has no bearing on that judge’s ability to render a fair verdict, the same principle should apply to LGBT judges as well. That hearing will take place today beginning at 9:00 a.m. PDT.
Webby Awards: New York. The 15th annual Webby Awards will take place on this evening at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. It’s not a gay event per se, but Dan Savage will likely gay it up a bit as he accepts a Webby Special Achievement Award for his “It Gets Better” online-video project aimed at stopping bullying against LGBT youth. Lisa Kudrow will host the awards, which will you can watch live, appropriately enough, on YouTube and Facebook.
GOP Presidential Debate: Manchester, NH. Much of the GOP Presidential line-up will take the stage at Saint Anselm College for the first New Hampshire presidential debate. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are all expected to participate. The debate will air live from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. EDT on CNN. It should be very entertaining.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY:
Paul Lynde: 1926. He studied drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with fellow students Cloris Leachman, Charlotte Rae, Patricia Neal, Jeffrey Hunter and Claude Akins. Imagine what that class must have been like. After graduating in 1948, he moved to New York and became a stand-up comic and a Broadway actor. In 1960, he appeared in Broadway’s Bye Bye Birdie, as well as in its film adaptation in 1963. But most of his work would be on television, where he appeared in numerous sitcoms (he was Uncle Arthur in Bewitched) and lent his voice to animated cartoons. He is probably best known as the “center square” for the game show Hollywood Squares, where he became famous for his one-liners and double entendres. They say his sexual orientation was an open secret in Hollywood. It’s hard to imagine any secret being more open than his. Especially considering Hollywood Squares “answers” like these:
Peter Marshall: In the “Wizard of Oz,” the lion wanted courage and the tin man wanted a heart. What did the scarecrow want?
Paul Lynde: He wanted the tin man to notice him.
Peter Marshall: What do you call a man who gives you diamonds and pearls?
Paul Lynde: I’d call him “darling”!
Peter Marshall: Paul, in what famous book will you read about a talking ass who wonders why it’s being beaten?
Paul Lynde: I read it, “The Joy of Sex.”
Peter Marshall: Paul, why do Hell’s Angels wear leather?
Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.
Peter Marshall: According to legend, who looks better, a pixie or a fairy?
Paul Lynde (in deeper voice): Well, looks aren’t everything! (laughter) Well, I guess I would say…I would have to go with the fairy. (more laughter)
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Amicus
June 13th, 2011
OMG, Paul Lynde. That just made my day.
“How’s the rat race?”
“The rats are winning.”
“What’s the #1 form of birth control in Mexico?”
“Leave the lights on.”
Chris McCoy
June 13th, 2011
Peter Marshall: A recent hearing in New Jersey, opponents of fluorinated water argue that too much fluorine in a persons system can cause an uncontrollable desire for sex?
Paul Lynde: HEY CULLIGAN MAN!
Timothy Kincaid
June 13th, 2011
Interestingly enough, Freg Karger won the straw poll of St. Anselm’s College Republicans. He won’t be allowed to debate when the candidates meet on that campus.
Jerry
June 13th, 2011
We lost a real treasure when Lynde died.
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