God, that gravy! The window! The window!

[thehefner]

So you all know about Patton Oswalt's rant on KFC's Famous Bowls, right?

In case you don't Patton Oswalt's now-famous rant can be seen here. And if you have no idea what a KFC Famous Bowl is, consider yourself lucky and just read the description, so you'll know it isn't something Patton was just making up. Unfortunately.

Well, in truth, it turns out that Patton has never actually tried a--as he calls the it--"failure pile in a sadness bowl." So the geniuses at the A.V. Club decided to rectify this.

A.V. Club Taste Test Special: The Bowl At The Howling Rim Of Famous-Ity, by Patton Oswalt. Or, "Patton Oswalt Describes His Heroic Experience Eating a KFC Famous Bowl So We Don't Have To. The Funeral Will Be Monday."

In case you were wondering, it was the "sad ham" line that made me realize I must post this here.



Oh, and while we're being funny (and if dormsquirrel doesn't mind) I simply have to post these excerpts from BEST NONREQUIRED READING. This is part is nonfiction, right? Please God let it be.

Best American Names of Horses Expected to Have Undistinguished Careers:

Average at Best
Ayn Rand's Condescending Sigh
Buyer's Remorse
Cloud of Suspicion
Colic the Wonder Horse
Daddy Drinks Because I'm Slow
Exit Strategy
Fond of Long Naps
For the Love of God Run Faster
Glued Lightning
Hell Is Other Horses
I Have No Son*
Limp to Victory
Low Expectations
Luck O' the Amish
Pride of Two Guys with No Business Owning a Horse
Shoulda Bought a Monkey
Slim to None
Some Budding Young Actress's Fit of Pique
Squeak of Defiance
Stupid Gypsy Curse
This is Your Horse on Drugs
Torpor Unbound
Tripsy McStumble
Undisguised Contempt for All Things French
War Criminal


*I like to imagine it said ala Laurence Olivier in THE JAZZ SINGER: "I HAFF NO SON!"


And finally... (Three of the) Best American Beginnings of Ten Stories about Ponies.

1. I saw the pony there, just standing there, just standing in the rain. And that's when I knew that I was going to leave my wife.

8. No one saw the pony rebellion coming. No one but Brent Steel.

10. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. And there was this fucking pony, too.

Comments

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh good lord, you poor girl! Of course, me, I'd be drunkenly raving about Sinestro Corps and forcing you to watch horror movies and Sondheim.

Ooh! By the way, I read the new issue of GLC which comes out tomorrow. Once you do, hit me up and tell me if I'm totally crazy or is that some really solid dialogue. The scene with Guy and Kyle in space alone... I really like Tomasi's work so far! I was kinda ambivalent on GLC before SINESTRO CORPS kicked in, but now I'm totally digging it.

So... you do know the Willie scene I mean in particular, right?

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

As requested, here is the hit up to tell you what I thought. Please bear in mind I'm cranky because I've got toothache.

But yup, you're right. Damn solid dialogue. You really get the feeling that these are two guys who've been through a helluva lot together and are pretty comfortable with each other. The conversation had a nice back-and-forth flow to it.

Plus, Warriors Bar on Oa = Infinite Possibilities For Wacky Hijinks.

The only thing is that I'm afraid GLC might become the Kyle & Guy Show. And while I *heart* them to bits, I also *heart* the cast of GLC that Gibbons put together. I especially love Soranik Natu, so if she gets pushed to the side I'll be disappointed.

But between this and the issue of Nightwing Tomasi just wrote, I'm feeling very positive. (Seriously, he managed to write a recognisable, charming and intelligent Dick Grayson, which is apparently very hard if the last 3 years of DC comics are anything to go by)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Ah, huzzah!

I really hope he can indeed balance the rich ensemble cast that GLC has set up, giving rich character moments to all. GL is such an ensemble comic that it needed a companion book, and even THEN you fear some characters are going to get short-changed. Kinda the problem with your cast goes into the thousands (and that's just the good guys!)