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The hour is near. Season Four of Mad Men premieres this Sun., July 25 at 10 p.m. on AMC, and like most people with any taste, we're as psyched as tween girl in the general vicinity of Justin Bieber. Whet your appetites with this clip from last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, during which sex bomb actor Jon Hamm stopped by to plug the show. Watch the rest of the interview on Hulu: Part 1, Part 2 h/t Gawker
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We're not exactly sure why, but Shaquille O'Neal's reality show Shaq Vs. — in which Ben Stein's BFF goes up against pros in their field — is back for a second season this summer. Apparently, getting his ass whooped by every athlete he went up against in season one wasn't quite enough.
This season, Shaq will battle athletes both traditional and not so much. Eagles' wide receiver DeSean Jackson clearly fits into the former. Jackson will team up with Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, Chris Johnson of the Tennessee Titans and Shaq to try and defeat Jason Gay in a 200-meter relay race (or they could just giggle about this for hours). But the real battle to see is the Big Aristotle versus 2007 Wing Bowl champ Joey Chestnut. No word on what they'll scarf down yet but we're putting in our bid for Jake's 5-lb. Philly Challenge.
Either way, we're not watching. That is, unless all of the three following episodes come into fruition:
- Shaq vs. Jet Li in a Shaq-Fu style fight to the death.
- Kazaam vs. Robin Williams in a Rappin'-Genie-with-Attitude slam dunk contest.
- Iron Chef America. Secret ingredient: Shaquille O'Neal
Shaq Vs. season two premieres Tue., Aug. 3 at 9 p.m. on ABC
I went down the shore this weekend, which I really see as an excuse to read for an inordinate amount of time while I bake in the sun. It was, of course, glorious (as the Jersey shore always is) but I finished my book (Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad — I thought it was OK, not great. Rodney Anonymous agreed with me in last week's Book Quarterly) earlier than expected and was in need of new reading material so I hopped into the Atlantic Books to pick up something else. My purchase? Club Dead, the third in Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse novels, aka the inspiration behind HBO's True Blood. I've talked about my unabashed love of the Harris' series before — strong female lead, the mixture of dimestore genres sans the purple prose — but I've also discussed how I'm embarrassed by my choice of literature. As enjoyable as her books are, Harris is a pretty terrible writer, her characters (other than Sookie) are thin, her mysteries are basic and certain scenes are straight-up softcore. Even after I bought Club Dead and the next book in the series, Dead to the World, I spent the next 20 or so minutes justifying my love of this comparatively trashy fiction to my beach companions who didn't get why I needed to spend so much time reassuring them that I also read smart people books.
After that last sentence, you may be thinking that I'm some pretentious twat who only deals in the height of pop culture elitism, but I'm really not. I live for television of the ridiculous — I'll defend Cougartown to the death and I'm currently engrossed in ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars and Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva. I abhor close-minded music snobbery and, while I have the education to back myself up in a hardcore discussion of film, I can honestly say I'd rather watch a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie than some highbrow piece of cinema (clearly).
So why do I fold the cover over every time I read one of Sookie's stories in public, even though I insist on dropping my hard-earned cash on them? My gut says that I just think of books as high culture, while a medium like TV basks in low culturalism. Television was created as low culture, so it's alright that I have a standing date to watch Gossip Girl every Monday. Same goes for movies: Blockbusters have just as much currency as arthouse fare because of their sheer popularity, and if you haven't have gotten down to whatever is the song-of-the-moment on Q102, then you need to quit lying to yourself and admit that you too love Drake. (For the record, I'm halfway through Club Dead and it's my fave of the series so far.)
But I pose the question to you, dear Crit Mass readers: What piece of pop culture are you embarrassed that you love? What movies do you mumble are "for a friend" when you hit the video store counter? What pieces of music do you wish weren't on your iPod? Let's talk about 'em in the comments.
(Also, if you wanna talk Sookie, I'm down for that too!)
Billy Zane movies and Isaac Mizrahi Live on QVC!!!
coldplay. there, i said it.
I guess by these standards I should be embarrassed about everything I watch, but I'm really not. I was the biggest 98 Degrees fan there was for about 4 years of my life, and once I owned up to that later in life I pretty much stopped being embarrassed about things I like (I have since moved past boybands and have excellent taste in music, if I may say so myself). I will pretty much love anything the CW (yes, I like the Vampire Diaries) or ABC Family airs (except you, secret life of the american teenager). I know most of what I watch is trash and I'm totally okay with that. If you enjoy it, then why be embarrassed? Pretty Little Liars is a sweet fucking show.
vampires generally: trueblood, twilight also chick rock like the runaways. three power chords and a bad attitude is all it takes to get me on board. and boyband nostalgia from 5th grade i cant shake like hanson (they play their own god damn instruments and write their own songs get off my back!)
smallville and shia le beauf
See! This is totally my point: I would never think to be embarrassed by a love of the Runaways, but Cristina is. Cristina, if I promise to show everyone on the bus that I'm reading Club Dead, you have to shout all the lyrics out to "Cherry Bomb" next time you hear it.
I love the Sookie series and I read the most ridiculous things. I read Harry Potter (which is NOT ridiculous) and I even read the Percy Jackson series... I refuse to be embarrassed by what I like to read. Its about the writing for me. I get made fun of, sure, but who cares. At least I have a healthy hobby. Same goes for movies & music. You can't help what you like... why be ashamed?
Dan Gross tipped us off to this performance but its so mind-blowingly good we couldn't resist a repost. Wynnewood denizen Patti LaBelle simply murders "Purple Rain" during a Prince tribute at last night's BET awards. I love the Purple One's reaction shots in the crowd, which can essentially be translated into "Daaaaaaaamn, girl."
was she in labor on stage? at her age?
Honestly all that lady can do is yell. She doesnt sing anymore. There's no range, nuance or skill ...
LOL - in labor! Prince really looked like he was trying not to look embarrassed. So *NOT* "mind-blowingly good" my dear.
Simply the best! At 66 still going strong as ever! Haters, fall back.
CAN YOU SING???? IF NOT SHUT THE HELL UP
all of you are crazy, she's on of the best unlike these none singing stars that are out today..And fyi Prince and Pattie are close as hell and his expression was love not embarrassment
for your info Patti Labelle is an Icon and legend and at this point in her career she doesnt have ANYTHING TO PROVE!!!! in your career can you say that? there's not a voice out there that can compare and now she can sing or not when she chooses and its apparent that she is star quality you whoever you are were not inviting to perform on that stage so your in no way an authority to judge your some young thing who doesnt know or appreciate a voice !!
Patti was simply the best. Not oonly did she out perform her younger counterparts with style, but did the same with her outstanding range...
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Um, so, at what age are short inappropriate in 99 degree heat? Moron.
Wow really shorts not appropriate for age? Seriously dude get a life! Obviously u don`t have one if the only comment u have is negative oh and wrong! People with lives don't make money heckling others! This is y society going into crapper no one can be nice anymore, lighten up get a life and stop the hate!
steve you show them sexy legs wherever, whenever you want! heck you could even wear em during the winter!lol now that would really give them something to complain about! lolol
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Last night, I went to the opening of Mac's Tavern (226 Market St., 267-324-5507), the new bar owned by It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia cast members Rob McElehnney (Mac), very prego wife Kaitlin Olson (Sweet Dee) and some of Mac's high school buddies. I got a chance to talk to Olson, Mac and Glenn Howerton, aka Dennis, so click after the jump to read our convos.
Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayerGlenn Howerton
City Paper: Do you guys draw on any Philadelphia stereotypes or attitudes?
Glenn Howerton: I think there's always a bit of an edge to the Philadelphia attitude so we try to bring a little bit of that to it. But that's not hard. I don't know, it just kind of comes to us. Naturally, I guess.
CP: Do you have any preparations before a scene or anything is there a ritual you guys do or anything?
GH: Just a big ass cup of coffee, man. A lot of caffeine. Our show does take a lot of energy cuz we're always yelling and screaming and running around, jumping out of cars and crazy shit. Usually, just a hearty breakfast and a big tall cup of coffee a couple times a day usually does it for me.
Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney
CP: Sweet Dee, congratulations on your pregnancy. How are you going to keep your child sane?
Kaitlin Olson: Monday night, as soon as it comes out were going to hand it off to a set of nannies and...
Rob McElhenney: And an agent.
KO: And an agent. And then we will get it back somewhere around like 18...
RM: Or 17.
KO: Well, when it's an adult like when we can have like a real conversation with it.
CP: I know in the one episode Paddy's Pub makes a rule not to have any rules. What would happen here if you didn't have any rules?
RM: I think you're looking at it right now.
KO: Something like this.
RM: Yeah, something a little bit like this. I like that PECO showed up to do some construction right outside this evening.
KO: It's a good day for construction on the sidewalk.
RM: And the weather kept up, what is it? 105 degrees. It's really hot. I'm going to pass out in like five seconds so I would really hurry this up.
CP: Rob, what is your favorite Philadelphia beer?
KO: Yuengling.
RM: Yuengling.
KO: I'm pregnant, but I can still have my favorite lager.
CP: One little glass a day won't hurt.
KO: Yeah, I hear it's good for you.
CP: And Kaitlin since you're not originally form Philly, do you do anything to get in to the mindset of a Philadelphian? Do you chug some Yards beforehand? Do you guys throw cheesesteaks at each other, or anything?
KO: I have a 5 a.m. flip cup session every morning while I'm in hair and makeup.
RM: Just to get geared up...
KO: Yeah, just to get ready.
CP: Any bar around here that you would challenge to a flip cup competition?
KO: Ohhh good questions. Yes!
RM: Yes, Brownies or Plough & the Stars around the corner. I think we could take them they are too old and Irish.
KO: Yeah screw you.
I'm soo excited that you got an inner glimpse into the minds of the cast of Always Sunny!!!! I'm excited to have my first drink at Mac's Tavern!
Jealous I would love to meet them!
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Love 'em or hate 'em, Philadelphia natives Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have been responsible for the most subversive comedy on television for a while, and Check it Out! with Dr. Steve Brule is their bastard baby. More focused than Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (as if that holds much weight), Check it Out! is a spinoff that follows the talk show escapades of Dr. Steve Brule (John C. Reilly), a man of ambiguous, yet palpable, mental and social deficiencies.
Check it Out!, which aired the final episode of its first season (watch the promo above) last night, is the premonitory imagining of a communicative apocalypse — a complete breakdown of progress in thought, communication, style and taste. It's so viscerally bombastic that it provokes alarm almost as much as it does laughter, as if something so outrageous is actually happening might mean there's a chance that it's real.
Who knows? Maybe we're already there, and Check it Out! is just the ugly painting we've locked inside our attics all these years. What I can tell you is that these guys are smarter and more creative than you'd want to believe, and they're completely unencumbered by any sense of artistic restraint. While the 12-minutes episodes are finished for the foreseeable future, Adult Swim has vids up online, including the fourth episode, "Health."
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As the longest-tenured correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, actress/comedian Samantha Bee's the alpha female of a pretty dude-heavy cast. Since 2003, she's regularly fake-reported, sometimes alongside husband/fellow correspondent Jason Jones, on topics from politics to religion to pornography to pop culture. But Bee's no slave to the topical. Her first book, I Know I Am, But What Are You? (Gallery), is a collection of autobiographical essays detailing her fairly ridiculous Canadian childhood, the result of being raised on one side of the family by a regimented stepmom and, on the other by a free-spirted wiccan mother.
In "Man-witch," Bee recounts her early infatuation with Jesus and her horror when her mother took her to a Wiccan ceremony: "What if I accidentally said Satan's name three times in my head? Does just thinking about Satan really invite him into your heart, or do you have to personally invite him the way you have to do with vampires?" In "May December Never Come," after an older couple mistakes her and her mother for lesbians, Bee writes: "[A]n old man had just spent three seconds imagining my mom and me doing the scissors together, and when he revealed that to us, I then spent at least three of the longest seconds of my life imagining my mom and me doing the scissors together. If you've ever had an aquarium, you know that fish can die from a disease known as 'ick,' and that's precisely how I was starting to feel." In "Gurr-Bulls," after Jones discovers an embarrassing photo from Bee's not-so-distant past, "He was looking around the room like a caged animal. I thought he might try to claw his way out through the screen door like a raccoon that gets down your chimney and ends up trapped in your house by accident. I've always suspected that one day the jig would be up. Here we have Jason, so handsome and photogenic, and his wife, by all photographic accounts homely, and, in this case, of indecipherable gender." The dozen essays reveal that the mother of two is as funny writing about herself as she is about oil spills or political impropriety. I caught up with her on the phone from her New York office in advance of her appearance at the Free Library (June 19, 2 p.m., free) and ended up talking about Patrick Stewart, Cougartown and how she and Jason totally need recommendations for their upcoming weekend in Philly. City Paper: So on a show where everyone's a senior correspondent, and that's part of the joke, you are actually the senior senior correspondent. Samantha Bee: I'm the most senior, of all the seniors. I'm like the AARP of correspondents. Although I'm not physically the oldest. I thought that I was but I'm not. Aasif [Mandvi] is actually older than me. So in your face, Aasif! CP: Does that come with any special perks? A tiara? A scepter? Do you get to sit next to Jon at staff meetings? SB: I am actually holding a scepter in one hand and having interns attend to my undercarriage as we speak. CP: Do you get more freedom with your work than, say, Wyatt [Cenac] does? SB: Nope, not at all. Does not come with any of that. I don't want it. I'm happy with the amount of freedom that I have. CP: Reading your book, it's hard not to imagine hearing these essays in your voice, with your facial expressions and your comedic quirks. SB: Well, you know, there's an audiobook, which is just the weirdest thing. I recorded the audiobook and I thought, "Who in the world would want to hear this with my voice?" I would rather I had Patrick Stewart read my book. I thought that would have been a good fit. But he's expensive. Y'know, I didn't even check. I'm sure he's way more than I can afford to pay. CP: So do you write with that intention, that these be things that could be read aloud? SB: I do. That was kind of my plan with the book. I did try to make it as casual and colloquial as possible. I did try to hear my own voice — but like a smoother sexier version of my own voice, but still, my inner voice. I tried to hear it while I wrote it. I didn't read it out loud until I recorded the audio book. So that was kind of weird, but I actually think that I achieved my goal, because when I read the audio book, none of it seemed too writey. CP: This is essentially a collection of memoirs ... SB: Y'know, I know it's technically a memoir, but I feel like I don't deserve the moniker, to be honest with you. I'm thinking more in terms of vignettes, essays from my life. Henry Kissinger writes memoirs. People who do things that are scary or valuable — they write their memoirs. I just wrote a bunch of essays, don't you think? I mean, like the book only goes up to my mid-20s. I don't really address anything I'm doing now of any value. There is no value to my book. CP: Well, it's part one. Part two will be housed in your historical library. SB: Hah, it'll be a trilogy. CP: Was there a point where you had to make a decision, basically, I'm writing a book and it's going to be about me. Because a lot of the writing you do for TV is, on some level or another, issue oriented. SB: I only wanted to write a book because I'm a narcissist, pure and simple. No, it was just the only book I wanted to write. Because I don't ... I can't even articulate why. It wasn't like I wanted to make myself look great — I obviously look like an idiot. You don't come away from the book with like a great impression of my past or anything like that. But I wanted to make it candid. And I wanted it to be funny. Hopefully, I think I achieved the candid part and we'll have to wait and see how people feel about the other part. CP: Has writing a book been on the to-do list for a while? SB: Well, yeah, it has. It's a little surreal actually. When I was growing up I always thought, "Y'know, I'm gonna write a book." And I thought, "I'm gonna live in New York." And then I forgot about both of those dreams, and really never did any work toward either of those goals. I just sort of knew it somehow. I can't really explain this. I remember definitely knowing I would do both of those things, and then never ever doing anything to make those goals happen. And it just sort of occurred. I don't like to say that I'm not in control of my own life, but some ways I wasn't, and I ended up here. And when I moved here, I went, "Heeeey, I knew I was going to live here one day." And then I wrote a book and I went, "I kneeeeew I was going to write a book." CP: Well, It's cool you were able to accomplish them both. SB: Despite my own efforts. I feel very lucky. CP: It fits with the life of leisure you say you're after in the "Sailor Moon" essay. SB: I know! I work very hard for a person who wants to lead a life of leisure. One day I'll get back there. One day I'm just going to putter around in the garden. I swear to God. CP: Are there more books in you? SB: I don't know. I definitely don't have a book in me right now — I'm about to give birth again to another child. When I wrote the book, it really hit the sweet spot. I had just given birth to my second child. It hit a sweet spot creatively and time-wise. So I think I'll wait and see how this book is received. I certainly loved the process — much more than I expected to. I didn't find it tortuous at all. I found it very enjoyable. I would love to have the opportunity to do it again. Whether anyone would give me the opportunity remains to be seen. I wouldn't do one just for my own personal pleasure, and photocopy it for my friends. CP: No vanity publishing for Samantha Bee. SB: No! CP: You've got that great essay ("Man-witch") about growing up wanting to make out with Jesus. SB: We all did. Are you a lapsed Catholic by any chance? CP: I'm a very lapsed Catholic. SB: I think that was the function of all those sexy pictures of him, wasn't it, to make all the young girls want to make out with Jesus so that we would be better Catholics? And give us a terrible secret to feel guilty about? Catholic forever. CP: He's definitely portrayed as a beefcake in a lot of those church pictures. SB: Seriously, those eyes. They just look right through you. CP: So now that you've got kids of your own, how are you planning to handle the religion question? SB: Well, that's an interesting question ... because we're choosing to pursue the path of negligence. We're just not really dealing with it at all. I'm not religious anymore. I have my own "spirituality," I suppose, but it's not really something that I could articulate for a 4-year-old. And Jason is not religious at all. So we're just not doing anything. We considered having our children baptized so that they could go to a parochial school, and get a really good education for cheaper than a private school. But that just seems dishonest. So we're not going to go down that road at all. We get questions like, "Am I going to die one day? Then what happens?" and we're just dealing with it very irresponsibly by saying things like, "I don't know" and "We're all gonna die one day," which is terrible. We're doing a terrible job, but our daughter seems to accept it right now. CP: How will you and Jason deal if your kids aren't funny? If they grow up with this, like, different religion or if they grow up and love Larry the Cable Guy? Will you have some sort of intervention like your Wiccan mother had with you? SB: I think there's no question that they're not going to be funny. They'll probably be actually very naturally funny, just because. But they'll hate it, they'll hate comedy or something, because that will be the thing that drives us the most crazy. They'll go into money management. They'll want to become accountants and not do anything creative. We have such creative hopes and expectations for them. We just want them to live and do what they love in life. And we just know they're going to pick something so square and it's just going to totally kill us. But at least they'll be able to afford to take care of us in the manner to which we have grown accustomed when we get old. So there's a plus side to it. CP: Do you have a favorite essay of the ones in the book? SB: I do have a favorite, actually. It's the one about trying to impress my sexy [college] roommate. It's called "Gurr-Bulls" because he thought that gerbils were called gurr-bulls. He was not a smart cookie, not the sharpest knife in the drawer. And I spent so long trying to impress him with my [other] roommate. Remembering all of that was just so fun for me. If he read the story, there's no way that he would make the connection between the person that I am now and the person I was then. It seems like he would be a fan of the show, but honestly I have no idea where he is now. I don't even remember his last name. I bet that he watches the show and doesn't know that he lived with me. I hope he reads the book. I don't even know that he would... no, he would recognize himself from the book, of course, but I think it would really weird him out to read it, like, "Who is this person, how did she know?" It's going to be surreal for him if he reads the book. I hope he does. He's probably doing something amazing, I'm sure he's very successful, because everything he touched turned to gold, despite himself. Everyone loved him. He was just one of those people with a golden horseshoe right up his ass. CP: The Daily Show's become a fairly formidable comedy juggernaut. It might even be starting to rival Saturday Night Live in terms of longevity and cultural significance. SB: Nice. CP: Would you agree with that? SB: I don't know, maybe. I was talking about that with Jason the other day, like what shows are history making. We were having an argument about whether or not Friends was a blip on the history of television or whether it was a monolithic show like Seinfeld. And he was saying it was a blip and I was saying no, it was very culturally significant. Love it or hate it, it was on forever, the people who were on it still get tons of work from it. Everybody knows them as those characters. And everybody got their hair cut just like Jennifer Aniston. That's not a blip. CP: And how can you talk down the show that's responsible for Cougartown? SB: The show that's responsible for the continued success of Cougartown. I don't know that any show in the history of television is anything more than a blip. Because television changes all the time. But I don't know, [The Daily Show]'s such a different show than SNL. I've loved SNL over the years, I always watch it. I can't not watch it. Because I want to be amused. ... I've always loved it. It seemed so illicit when you were a kid and your parents let you stay up to watch it, it was like a real treat. Now I think parents just let their kids watch The Daily Show, like "We're going to learn about the oil spill. Watch this." CP: The big difference is that you guys are doing it every day, or four days a week anyway. SB: I do feel there's a huge sense of pride and achievement in doing the show every day in such a quality way. And I loved The Daily Show before I came to work here, so I already had a great admiration for the show. It's surreal to be working in a place that I loved so much, and I continue to love it. And it continues to impress me in a fresh way. I think it's a great show, I'm so proud to work here. CP: Are there ever any get-togethers of the current and former correspondents? Maybe a club? SB: Ha, no, there's no clubhouse. But we do, we stay in touch a little bit. Stephen [Colbert]'s kind of off doing his own thing, but there's kinship there. I'm so happy when people go on to great success and people run into each other. Sometime we see the Corddrys when we're in L.A. and it's really nice. Actually it's so funny, Ed [Helms] is really just a lovely, lovely person, and someone here at work got caught in one of those scams, where his mailbox sent [fraudulent] e-mail that said something like, "Help, I am in distress. I am stuck here and I need money." And Ed was so adorable, he was like, "What do you need, man? Do you need me to help you?" He's so helpful and lovely. And obviously very funny. CP: How is your family reacting to their characterizations in your book? SB: They seem to really like it, they seem to be embracing it wholeheartedly, though they did not read the book before it came out. In fact, I'm so merciless, I've actually made them buy it. Isn't that awful? I have free copies, too! I have all these free copies. But it's actually kind of hard to send a book across the border, because the border guards think its pornography, so they tear it all apart. And it's good for me if people go to the book store and buy the book, of course. So my mother and father just bought copies of the book, and they're just reading it now. My step mother read it, and she really liked it. My mother, I read all the parts that pertain to my mother to her, I just wanted to get her blessing. CP: I was reading the scissoring story earlier ... SB: She doesn't shy away from these things, she's very quirky but she's also very true to herself. It is what it is. I love her. I love her. She's my mother. She's a freak. But I love her. CP: It definitely comes through. SB: And I don't think that she would ever deny that she's a bit of a freak. CP: What should we expect from the Free Library appearance? SB: I'm going to read. I like public readings. I'm starting to get into that energy. So I'm going to read and then I guess if people have questions ... they may not. I probably would field a few questions. And then I would just like to meet people and if people have something they want signed or whatever, that's fine too. But I like to meet people at these events. It's very nice. When people come to see your reading, it's kind of like a love-in. People who hate you don't come to your readings. So it's very nice to be bathed in that warmth. I'm gong to roll around on everybody. I'm going to crowd surf. Pregnant. And then somebody's going to deliver the baby. It's going to be spectacular. CP: Is Jason doing the appearances with you? SB: He's not going to any of the other cities but he is coming to Philly because neither of us know Philly very well. We've certainly been here for work a lot, but when you're working, you don't get to really explore. So we're bringing the children and we're going to spend the weekend in Philly, learning about Philly and doing fun Philly things. CP: Do you need recommendations? SB: I need a lot of recommendations. I don't know the first thing about how to have fun in Philadelphia. But I assume there is a lot of fun to be had. Samantha Bee will read from and discuss her book on Sat., June 19, 2 p.m., free, Central Library, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org. |
| Scot Robinson and hometown hero Kate Flannery make up the Lampshades. |
The Lampshades, Wed., June 16, 7 p.m., $20-$25, Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St., 215-496-9001, heliumcomedy.com.
great interview, glad i took the time to read. what's up with that picture, though?!
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