By Dan Dunn
Man, this heat is making me crazy. It isn’t merely, as they say, Africa-hot, it’s Halle Berry frolicking in cocoa butter with Jessica Biel in Africa hot. It’s so hot around these parts that most New Yorkers have spent the past few days sweating harder than beleaguered Mets manager Willie Randolph. When it’s this sweltering, we’ve got little choice but to remain indoors watching TV with the AC on full blast. Problem with that is, this summer’s network offerings have the potential to fry most viewers’ brains faster than the sun ever could.
Sure, I'll admit to being mildly intrigued by MTV’s “Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew 2,” if for no other reason than it portends a day when my own reality show idea, “Naked Baking with Philip Seymour Hoffman,” might be considered commercially viable. But I’d rather spend a steamy afternoon locked inside a sealed glass box on the roof of the Empire State Building than endure a single minute of “Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods” or, worse, “Survivor” creator Mark Burnett’s latest effort, “Jingles,” in which amateur songsmiths compete to dream up melodies on behalf of real products. And you thought “Viva Viagra” was the nadir of televised shilling!To read the rest click here...
An Imbiber’s Whiskey Primer
Over
the holiday weekend a friend dragged me to one of
those trendy nightclubs where pastel-colored
cocktails cost a small fortune and everyone on the
staff looks like they were plucked from the cast of
"The Hills." It's the sort of place where one might
order bourbon and be served Jack Daniel's instead. In
fact, that's exactly what happened to the Imbiber
and, frankly, I was nearly as disappointed as I was
when Heidi and Spencer broke up for the sixth time.
I mean, really, shouldn't the Pretty People have to
pass some sort of quiz before they let them behind
the bar? As a service to those of you who don't
understand why Jack-for-bourbon is a major
bartender-ial faux pas, presenting an easy-to-use
guide to the most popular types of
whiskies...
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