Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Mr Clean's fall - bonanza for late night comedy


Or for any such show.

The moment I saw Eliot Spitzer's press conference Monday, my thoughts turned to late night comics. Windfall!

Why, even the print media seemed to get a head start, by featuring this Spitzer expression - the one with the upturned mouth - in every related article.

I recall Spitzer from his 1998 run for NY Attorney General - the ads he ran, and the ads from the nasty D'Amato vs. Schumer Senate race.

This week - if the strike was on, the writers would have shown up for the same or no pay. How could they let this event pass?

Btw, the strike itself sure feels like long ago, what?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

D'Amato's putzhead comment, or the ad about Schumer being Mongolia's man - in '98?

Eliot is plain amazing - he held that expression for an entire day. Hey, the next guv guy too had some hanky-panky!

I luv NY.