Peter Murmann

Older men and younger women – an age-old story. But an 89-year-old rolling into a strip club on a wheelchair and later marrying the stripper takes this idea to a whole new level. The Economist reports on what happened next. THE words “probate exception” do not titillate. And yet a saucy, decade-long legal battle over a [Read More]

As far as I am concerned Mark Singer won this pairing hands down. The story gets particularly funny at the end. Singer writes: Never having met Timothy O’Brien, the Times reporter who finds himself on the receiving end of a five-billion-dollar libel-and-defamation suit from Donald Trump, I don’t presume to know whether he’s having fun yet. [Read More]

The shooting was fertile ground for Jon Stewart, the host of “The Daily Show,” the popular fake news program on Comedy Central. On Monday night one of the show’s correspondents, Rob Corddry, introduced as a “vice-presidential firearms mishap analyst,” said that “according to the best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush,” and [Read More]

“The doctor then told me that I should not do any events for three days and also said to me I should not speak for three days. My wife said, ‘Make it seven.’” Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor, after cutting his lip in a motorcycle crash in Los Angeles. Postscript: July 7, 2006 Schwarzenegger Finally Gets a License By [Read More]

I personally think that heaven will be like being at the comedy club all day long.  But I seem to be alone in that belief. Barbara Walters interviewed big and small people about what they think is going to happen after death. Here is what they said: By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN (NYT) ‘Heaven Yes – to cut to the [Read More]

1 Moon Unit – Frank Zappa 2 Apple – Chris Martin/Gwyneth Paltrow 3 Misty Kyd – Sharleen Spiteri 4 Geronimo – Alex James 5 Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily – Michael Hutchence/Paula Yates 6 Dandelion – Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) 7 Dweezil – Frank Zappa 8 Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q – Bono (U2) 9 Zowie Bowie – David Bowie 10 Rufus Tiger – Roger [Read More]