Awesome, two of the funniest guys I know are appearing together for your metablogging delight–DRUM ROLL–I give you Frank Paynter interviewing David Weinberger!
Paynter and Weinberger, together at last! If I were religious, I’d hope for a heaven where all kinds of team-ups happen that we missed on earth:
- Shakespeare teams up with Mozart to create the world’s funniest and yet most meaningful opera.
- Brendan Fraser swings through the jungle with Vivien Leigh dressed as Scarlett tucked under one arm.
- Babe Ruth rounds the bases after a homer but gets tackled by William “Refrigerator” Perry.
None of the above will happen anytime soon, but Paynter meets Weinberger is a good substitute! Check out this free (as in I just stole it, so why should I charge you?) excerpt:
Frank: Whom would you rather be seated next to at a dinner party: Martin Heidegger, Howard Dean, or Woody Allen? And why? What would you want to talk about?
David: I’d rather sit next to Howard Dean because he may well be in a position to actually change the world. Also, he’s not a Nazi or a pedophile, which are pretty much my minimum requirements for dinner companions.
Be there or be square.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Brother-in-law Bill // Dec 17, 2003 at 4:27 pm
It would be funnier if Yogi
Berra were rounding the bases and got tackled by the wrestling legend—Gorgeous George!
2 fp // Dec 18, 2003 at 12:01 pm
I think the fat guy gets to be the household appliance.
Of course Nick Bostrom says that contemporary cosmological theories give probability one to every possible human observation being made. So David could be the Reefer man too.
But I think it’s most likely that Groucho Marx was moseying around the bases only to be waylaid by Burl Ives, tripped up by his banjo actually.
Thanks for the nice words Betsy.