The Princess Bride

'Hey Nineteen': I Can Relate

Hank Bordowitz | Posted 04.27.2012

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Hank Bordowitz

This morning's edition reminded me of the great Steely Dan tune "Hey Nineteen": "Hey Nineteen, that's 'Retha Franklin/She don't remember the queen of soul ...." Every cultural reference I made fell on uncomprehending ears.

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10 Movies That Were Better Than The Book

flavorwire.com | Jason Bailey | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of several slight disappointments at the box office last week was The Lincoln Lawyer, an adaptation of a Michael Connelly novel with Matthew McCon...

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WATCH: 15 Movies That Are Better Than The Book

The Huffington Post | Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011

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The book is so much better than the movie. We've all said it, we've all heard it. And we all think it's always true, that the book is better than the ...

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Michael Steele Plagarizes The Princess Bride

Erik Sean Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erik Sean Nelson

Michael Steele must have just watched The Princess Bride when he said "that's the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan."

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In Iraq: Forget Michael Goldfarb, Remember Inigo Montoya

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Quigg

As Andrew Sullivan noted in the earliest hours of the Obama presidency, It only took Michael Goldfarb twenty-two minutes to start blaming Obama for Iraq.

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