A week after I posted my own, the Chicago Tribune today had their own list of smart-alec ideas to replace the Marilyn Monroe statue on Michigan Avenue. Mine were much better, more creative, and more interesting. So there. Here are theirs. Followed by my reaction. Macaulay Culkin – Jesus Christ. Betty White – Give me a feckin’ break already with her. Enough. Bjork – Totally out of the blue. My favorite choice from their lame list. Rod Blagojevich – too easy. No creative thought put into this whatever. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake – Is anyone still talking about that? Sorry Chicago Tribune, mine was first – and better. So Neh. The headline sounds assery of me, but I’m feeling assery. Enough of that.…
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Mick Jagger is hosting the season finale of Saturday Night Live. Doesn’t exactly make me want to buy a round for the bar. A few weeks ago Collider.com posted the news that Will Ferrell would be returning to host the episode prior to Mick’s. At the time the finale host was unknown, and the poster posed a question. Who could top Ferrell? Easy, I replied. Sacha Baron Cohen. Not only is it convenient because his “The Dictator” is coming out this month but he would incredibly awesome and perhaps even a little risque for SNL – but that’s what they need. No thank you, Channing Tatum. I would love to see Sacha bring his Dictator character to a sketch, maybe even the opening monologue.…
That statue of Marilyn Monroe on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue will be gone next week. From the Trib article: “The arrival of Forever Marilyn caused a stir among local critics, with some arguing that groups of onlookers taking pictures with her exposed legs was a throwback to sexist times.” Oh my! Pictures with exposed legs! Is that not normal? I do that with the waitresses at Tilted Kilt every time I’m there. Anyway. Like some others, I thought it was odd to have her statue there in the first place. Didn’t get the Chicago connection. So I’ve come up with some replacement statues to stand in her soon-to-be former spot in Pioneer Square. Some have Chicago ties, some don’t (hey if they can do it…
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