Shalit’s producer recalled seeing him “late in his career, entering a theater for a screening with a look of glee on his face.
“My God, how could you?” he said. “You’ve seen two million movies.”
“Yeah,” Mr. Shalit replied, “but I’ve never seen this one!” 🙏🏼
#RIP
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Carl Quintanilla
Star Trek Minus Context
New: I wrote about everyone intently watching the long process of removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center and how it revealed our insatiable thirst for accountability — and for his humiliation.
Think about the character of Cliff from Cheers.
Cliff would bullshit, flamboyantly and incessantly, he'd confidently tell you that hot dogs were invented in 1944 in the Manhattan Project, etc.
He was an archetype of guy you'd meet at bars.
A marathon livestream of Trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center was a rare moment of monoculture.
