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GERTRUDE'S FOLLIES

Gertrude's Follies #64
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FEGGORAMA

Visit the wild kingdom of Mexico's master of the mirthful menagerie. Ecce Feggorama.


IGOR TRIPS

Cinch up your helmet to protect the old gray matter for sortie number three of Igor Trips.




FAVORITE SITES

2012 Doomsday Planner
Martin Kozlowski
Ant Farmers Almanac
Celebrity Death Haiku
PK in the Terrarium


CINEMA

Man of Steel –– Steel wooly.
This Is The End –– You suck on.
The Bling Ring –– Don’t Bling me down.
Between Us –– Twixt and shout.s
Vehicle 19 –– Rental breakdown.
Pandora’s Promise –– Dick in a box.
Berberian Sound Studio –– Post-sinking.
More Than Honey –– Oh, bee-hive!
Hatchet III –– Bury it.
In the Fog –– Haze tacks.
Storm Surfers 3D –– Wave bye-bye.
20 Feet From Stardom –– Backup doodah.
The Guillotines –– Necks to nothing.
The Stroller Strategy –– Pram tough.
Aliyah –– Blah-blah.
Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story –– The Ungerer Games.
My Best Day –– Is behind me.
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls –– Horse and buggy.
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TELEVISION

The Hero (TNT) –– Crock around The Rock.
Beverly Hills Pawn (Reelz) –– Pawn little rich girl.
Graceland (USA) –– Narc narc joke.
Family SOS (TLC) –– SOSO.
The Fosters (ABC Family) –– Bananas Fosters.
Mistresses (ABC) –– Bimboozled.
Princesses: Long Island (Bravo) –– JAP shtick.
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THEATRE

Reasons to Be Happy –– It's a limited run.
Far From Heaven
–– Hell, in fact.
Nikolai and the Others
–– Ballet ruse.
Pippin
–– Not the sharpest naif.
I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers
–– Sue--ey!
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MUSIC

…Like Clockwork / Queens of the Stone Age –– Tick-toxic.
13/ Black Sabbath –– Queens of the Stone Age.
Super Collider / Megadeth –– Can’t get out of its own way.
Spitfire / LeAnn Rimes –– Leann over. Backwards.
Stars Dance / Selena Gomez –– Wannabes sing.
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LITERATURE
Fiction

The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls –– Doesn’t rate bronze.
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes –– Sweaty, really.
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki –– It’ll doo doo.
A Thousand Pardons by Jonathan Dee –– OK, but just don’t write a book this bad again.
The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver –– Never got the point.

Nonfiction

Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson –– Hoops!… I did it again.
The Way of the Knife
by Mark Mazzetti –– Cut rate.
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
by Michael Pollan –– Locovore.
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
by George Packer –– The last wound-up.
The Art of Controversy by Victor Navasky –– Doodle bugs.
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Gertrude's Follies: CIG HEIL

The green-eyed monster rears its ugly head as Gertrude is drilled by Alice (and not in a pleasurable sense) about a suspicious shopping trip. It's the first of a smoking-hot three-part adventure. Check back regularly for the latest installment of Gertrude's Follies.

 


Now What Books: GO THE F**K TO AMAZON

L.K. Peterson's hilarious new spoof Go the F••k Back to Work! is available to order with the Amazon widget to the right or from barnesandnoble.com. Enjoy pithy rhymes about our dysfunctional Congress illustrated with malice aforethought by the inimitable Tom Hachtman.

 


INXart: EARS LOOKING AT YOU, KID

INXart.com is the place for editors and art directors to download the best in political illustration. This week's selection: Immigration Reform On Track?, Obama's 2nd-term Scandal Trail, NSA Surveillance Program, and Can DC Plug Leaks? at INXart 06/12/13.

 


What Not: VANITY PRESS RELEASES

Desperate book publishers starved for sales are increasingly turning to anguished celebrities starved for attention. Especially ones that might have name recognition for the sector of an aging population that still bothers to invest in reading glasses. More What Not

 


Headliners: BOOSTER SHOTS

(Special from Farsi News Service) –– We are announcing with much fanfare what is out of this world (WANK WANK!) triumph of the Iranian Space Agencies who have with successfulness launched a chimpanzees into outer spaces … More Headliners

 


Deadlines: BEWARENESS RIBBONS

October was Breast Cancer and AIDS Awareness Month so one saw innumerable red and pink ribbons pinned to untold sympathetic lapels. View our unique ribbon designs for some less-deadly, but still pretty darn icky maladies in the new Deadlines.

 


Kozmic Pictures: NORQUIST

In a heated election season, even Hollywood's escapist movies are vetted for partisan content. So it's our pleasure to present a simple family comedy that can't possibly be misinterpreted in the new Kozmic Pictures Proudly Presents.

 


Bad Adss: CHOKING THE CHICKEN

The recent rush of customer support for a certain fast-food chicken chain in the wake of COO Dan Cathy's condemnation of gay marriage has inspired the restaurants to extend their store hours and engage in some fiercely hetero rebranding. As you can see in the newest Bad Adss.