(The Undisputed King of Obscene, Bob Saget. See: The Aristocrats) It’s not what you say but how and when you say it. Nevermore has this been truer than when examining the timeless art of dropping verbal dirty bombs. The few who mastered the craft of being cleverly crude have etched their names in comedy like … Continue reading The Art of Dirty Words
The best Christmas present I ever received was the season 2 boxset of King of the Hill from my youngest brother, Ryder. His newly acquired wealth from his first ever job allowed him a chance to demonstrate who he would ultimately become as a human being. His initial instinct was to buy Christmas presents for … Continue reading The King is Hill. Long live the King.
Come, gather round and listen to the holiday tale of the east german rose that grew during a coldwar and would one day stop traffic in a small Michigan town. Long before Spiranac, Sharpova or Alex Morgan, the undisputed reigning world champion of smokeshows when discussing female athletes was Katarina Witt. Even now at 57 … Continue reading Random Anecdotes of Insomnia: Vol. #2 – “Casualty of Witt”
Vol. #1 “The Westside Connection” Our subconscious is a bizarre thing. What we absorb and retain then unwittingly regurgitate not realizing the influence of those thoughts and actions until sometimes years later, fascinates me. One of my few gifts is the ability to immediately recognize the reference or source of where I probably heard that … Continue reading Random Anecdotes of Insomnia
When Jon Stewart stopped reading the “fake” news seven years ago, the country notably regressed in every possible fashion. Typically, the envious punchline of geo-political opinion the United States has now become the joke itself. The 2016 election of a dishonest, egotistical child for president immediately following his exit was not a coincidence at all. … Continue reading Help Us Jon Stewart, You’re Our Only Hope
On the days it rained in the summer my brothers and I would turn to the VCR and the few movies we had on VHS, all watched countless times but still entertaining to us and annoying as hell to our parents. The saga of Hook was one of these films that is still even now … Continue reading Hook: A Sturt-Brother Summer Classic
“Soon I hope to take you on a Caribbean cruise, where we can hold hands on a soft summers evening and watch that old Jamaican moon. Why that old Jamaican will be mooning us, I have no idea.”- -John Turturro, Brain Donors These were the movies that had my brothers and I clicking rewind constantly, … Continue reading Fool’s Gems
The majority of comets are never bright enough to be seen by the naked eye. However, occasionally a comet may brighten to naked eye visibility, and even more rarely it may become as bright as or brighter than the brightest stars. It is literally impossible not to laugh at Chris Farley. He is the one … Continue reading Farley’s Comet
A joke should catch someone by surprise, it should never pander. –Norm Macdonald Norm Macdonald turned awkwardness into a comedic art form. He was the master of making light of horrible scenarios with a brilliantly dry, ridiculously direct but silly, uncompromised style of comedy that was truly special. His innate ability to tell endless “Dad” … Continue reading Norm Macdonald’s Incomparable Life of Dirty Work
The Modern Renaissance Man 