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Devin Gordon and Emily Flynn claim in Newsweek that the best car commercial ever isn’t airing in the US because of British disdain for our intelligence. That disdain may be correct, but Gordon and Flynn’s reasoning wasn’t. You see, Honda isn’t airing a commercial for the Accord Wagon in the States because it isn’t selling it in the States! Where would one look to find this info? The aforementioned article that claims the British are wrong for thinking Americans are stupid.

Tucker Carlson, noted conservative commentator on CNN’s “Crossfire,” will eat a pair of shoes if Hillary Clinton’s book “Living History” sells more than a million copies. Carlson has made the claim (and added that he’d eat his tie, as well) multiple times on CNN’s show “Crossfire.” This was a bad move for two reasons: 1) Obviously a Clinton book (good or bad) would be a best-seller, and 2) Tucker should know better than to repeatedly claim he’ll do something stupid if something else occurs, especially when he has no control over the outcome. (Come to think of it, if anything, Carlson’s wild claim and repeated mentioning of the book probably helped sales; quite a few people surely bought the book hoping to watch Tucker have to back up his boast.)

While it would be funny to see Tucker imitate Charlie Chaplin’s boot-eating scene in “The Gold Rush,” I’d settle for Tucker agreeing to cut his hair, which is currently challenging Steve Nash for the title of worst ‘do in the hemisphere.

Joe Morgan sticks his foot in his mouth again. From today’s chat:
Stevie Ridzik (D.C.): Dig your work Joe…But one bone to pick, how can you say “the Blue Jays rely mainly on home runs.” when they lead the league in BA-SLG-OBP-OPS-RUNS-RBI and are only 3rd in taters?

Joe Morgan: Listen to what I say and do not put somebody else’s words in my mouth. I said they have a chance of winning because they have a great offense. I’m not sure where you got that. It seems that people want to put words in my mouth.

And at the end of the chat…

“I guess once a year I have to remind people to listen to what I say and not hear what you want to hear. I never said the A’s were “struggling”. I never said the “Blue Jays rely on HRs.” All I ask is you listen to what I say and don’t put words in my mouth!”

I bet you all know what’s coming next. That’s right. From Joe’s column, which was published the day before the chat:

Strong starting pitching, an excellent bullpen and great defense will take you a long way. Starters Jamie Moyer, Joel Pineiro and Gil Meche have led the way. On offense, the Mariners are getting hits in clutch situations while featuring the hit-and-run, the sacrifice bunt and the sacrifice fly. This is in contrast to the Toronto Blue Jays, who rely mainly on home runs.

How can anyone take this guy seriously?

Garfield is 25 today. From what I understand, the strip was funny at one point, but I’ve certainly never laughed at it.

According to IMDB, a Garfield Movie is coming out next year, featuring Breckin Meyer as Jon and Bill Murray as the voice of a CGI Garfield. The CGI Scooby-Doo was creepy enough; I think Garfield and Odie will give people nightmares.

The voice of Garfield in his animated cartoon show was the late Lorenzo Music.
Lorenzo Music also provided the voice of Peter Venkman in “The Real Ghostbusters” (as well as Tummi Gummi in “The Gummi Bears“).
Bill Murray played Peter Venkman in the “Ghostbusters” movies.
And now, Murray plays Garfield in the live-action film.
Coincidence? Probably.

Miami DJs Joe Ferrero and Enrique Santos claim to have duped Fidel Castro with a prank phone call. Ronald Reagan tried to do this for years, but he couldn’t keep from snickering while asking Fidel if his revolution was running.

You call the cops on a 6-year-old for running a lemonade stand without a permit. I feel bad for poor copy editors around the country who have to determine whether “Avigayil Wardein” is the correct spelling of the girl’s name.

James Lileks wanted people to photoshop a picture of him. The good people of Fark obliged him.

What would you do with this?

Lileks takes Bill O’Reilly to task for bitching about the Internet. Ironically, the recently-fired dean of the school where O’Reilly did his grad work was one of the biggest Internet/media technology supporters out there. How do I know this? I wasted 15 weeks of my life listening to him repeat his mantra every Tuesday and Thursday morning.

A Small Victory has a longer list of recent anti-O’Reilly posts.

Jimmy Kimmel’s wife has filed for divorce, according to this article.

How would you like this as your publicity photo?

55-year-old George Foreman is “very serious” about making another comeback to the ring.

If only boxing had a senior tour…