His Domain Is Pretty Impressive, By George
Some pearls of wisdom from college commencement speeches:
Boston U. dropout Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld”), to the Class of ‘95: “Success and fame and all of its rewards, that is what you want. … In short, you want what I got.”
Berklee College of Music alum James Taylor, to new grads: “I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play every day. …”
Bill Cosby, at Southern Methodist University: “People will frighten you about a graduation … because they use words you don’t hear often. … ‘And we wish you Godspeed.’ It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.”
Dan Rather, at Texas/Austin: “Good luck and Godspeed.”
Loose talk
Walter Cronkite, on being named the most trusted man in television news in a recent poll: “I’m very pleased, but I don’t understand why Maria Shriver ranked as the most attractive.”
Interesting thing is, he just keeps maturing
Gary U.S. Bonds turns 56 today.
Connie got the worm, and it looked like Dan
ABC’s Barbara Walters and Cokie Roberts, NBC’s Katie Couric and Jane Pauley, and CNN’s Judy Woodruff were among the guests at a chin-up luncheon Lesley Stahl organized for former CBS colleague Connie Chung. ABC’s Diane Sawyer was out of town on assignment but sent a round of tequila for everyone.
But they sure seem like a couple of dim bulbs
Sawyer, preparing for her live June 14 interview with Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson, said the couple was affectionate and relaxed at a recent photo shoot. As she told TV Guide: “They share things that only children of megawatt celebrity could know.”
Well, odds are that it won’t be ‘Billy’ or ‘Joel’
Christie Brinkley gave birth Friday to an 8-pound, 6-ounce boy, her first child with new real estate developer husband Richard Taubman. No name was immediately announced.
And that’s certainly the New York we all know
Speaking of Bill Cosby, the comedian is none too amused that Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, a recent David Letterman guest, has adopted the talk host’s tongue-in-cheek slogan for New York City: “We Can Kick Your City’s Ass.” Complained Cosby: “(It) doesn’t mean, ‘Hello, how are you?’ … It doesn’t mean having good manners.”
It’s about the closest to home he’ll ever get
And speaking of rude, former O.J. Simpson sidekick Kato Kaelin was booed in Baltimore on Sunday when he took in an Orioles game at Camden Yards. Kaelin, in town for a radio appearance, sat in the front row behind home plate, guarded by police.
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