"What happened to Shain Gandee isn't a human tragedy-
it's a story from the goddamn Darwin Awards."
it's a story from the goddamn Darwin Awards."
I love it when I make a joke that I know is friggin' hysterical, but rather than laughter it's met with crickets - as people are too politically correct to acknowledge that something's funny. I wasn't a fan of Buckwild - I haven't watched MTV since the 80s - and the only reason I even know the show existed was because the reality star's passing made the Drudge Report (just below the news from Pyonyang that Kim Jung Ugh was reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally going to launch his missiles this time).
But once I read of Gandee's death, not only did I spit out my coffee, I couldn't help but think of the Darwin Awards books: stupid people die in stupid ways, removing themselves from the gene pool. I mean, muddin' after last call...and then accidentally axfixiating three people including yourself. How is that not complete and total stupidity...and how is that not funny?
But once I read of Gandee's death, not only did I spit out my coffee, I couldn't help but think of the Darwin Awards books: stupid people die in stupid ways, removing themselves from the gene pool. I mean, muddin' after last call...and then accidentally axfixiating three people including yourself. How is that not complete and total stupidity...and how is that not funny?
In fact, the story of how Buckwild came to be reminds me of David Sedaris's "Based on a True Story," from the essay collection, Holidays on Ice. In the essay, Sedaris describes a sleazy Hollywood producer who commandeers a backwoods church service (after a horrible local tragedy) to pitch a made-for-TV movie based on events. I'd like to see Sedaris rewrite Based on a True Story For the Buckwild survivors, only this time, not hold so much back.
Speaking of Sedaris, I was reminded of him yesterday when I read a story involving Justin Beiber and the late Anne Frank. I don't have the quote handy, but after signing the guest book at Anne Frank's house, Beiber said something like, "If she were alive today, I think Anne Frank would be a Beiber girl." ( Sedaris once wrote an essay about buying/redecorating the Anne Frank house). Though not a Darwin Awards moment, I still smiled at how the singers casual remark became bigger news than North Korea. I didn't spit out my coffee this time, but I have high hopes that Beiber himself will go muddin' someday...at three in the morning after last call, with Kim Jung Yuck in the passenger seat.
If Anne Frank were alive, she'd totally LOL.
Speaking of Sedaris, I was reminded of him yesterday when I read a story involving Justin Beiber and the late Anne Frank. I don't have the quote handy, but after signing the guest book at Anne Frank's house, Beiber said something like, "If she were alive today, I think Anne Frank would be a Beiber girl." ( Sedaris once wrote an essay about buying/redecorating the Anne Frank house). Though not a Darwin Awards moment, I still smiled at how the singers casual remark became bigger news than North Korea. I didn't spit out my coffee this time, but I have high hopes that Beiber himself will go muddin' someday...at three in the morning after last call, with Kim Jung Yuck in the passenger seat.
If Anne Frank were alive, she'd totally LOL.