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01-05-2007, 10:05 AM

Bill Sornson wrote:
> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> > Bill Sornson wrote:
> >> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> >>> GeeDubb wrote:
> >>
> >>>> somehow me thinks Mark Hickey or Sorni should be played by Mel
> >>>> Gibson
> >>
> >>> No no no. Michael Richards!
> >>
> >> Why don't you explain that, Mitch. Please produce anything I or
> >> Mark has written or implied that was racist in nature. Or are you
> >> asserting that every person with some conservative views must use
> >> the 'N Word' because it makes you feel superior somehow?
> >>
> >> You're an ass for writing that.
> >>
> >> Bill S.
> >>
> >> PS: And Gary, Mel Gibson apparently has some overtly anti-Semitic
> >> feelings. Pretty sure Mark and I know I don't share those. HTH
> >>
> >>
> >
> > NO. It has nothing to do with that, Bill. I am sorry if you took it
> > that way. It was to imply the "Deer in the Headlights" theme.
> >
> > I really did not mean to offend you and I apologize.
>
> I re-read the thread, and the only reason I can see that Gary picked out me
> and Mark was that we're conservatives (and not nearly the right wing zealots
> that's often portrayed, either). So the Mel Gibson remark wasn't really
> offensive because at least he's known as a rare righty in an overwhelmingly
> lefty land. (His drunken anti-Semitic remarks notwithstanding.) Plus of
> course both Mark and I share Gibson's devastating good looks and magnetic
> appeal to women.
>
> But for you to then suggest, "No no no. Michael Richards!" sure seems to
> /strongly/ imply that we're racists like he apparently is. I just think it
> was a cheap shot, and a dishonest one at that.
>
> I'd suggest Dennis Miller for Mark. Someone else suggested (privately) Jeff
> Bridges for me. I guess Robert Redford was taken.
>
> Bill S.
>
> I don't get the "deer in headlights" thing at all.

I'm glad CC is casting this thing and not everyone else. I'm starting
to understand why agents and producers make so much coin.

/s

MR. PINK
Why am I Mr. Pink?

JOE
Cause you're a ***got.

Everybody laughs.

MR. PINK
Why can't we pick out our own colors?

JOE
I tried that once, it don't work. You get four guys fighting over who's
gonna be Mr. Black. Since nobody knows anybody else, nobody wants to
back down. So forget it, I pick. Be thankful you're not Mr. Yellow.

01-05-2007, 10:05 AM	#29 (permalink)
Scott Gordo Posts: n/a	Re: special invite to Ride-A-Lot Bill Sornson wrote: > Ride-A-Lot wrote: > > Bill Sornson wrote: > >> Ride-A-Lot wrote: > >>> GeeDubb wrote: > >> > >>>> somehow me thinks Mark Hickey or Sorni should be played by Mel > >>>> Gibson > >> > >>> No no no. Michael Richards! > >> > >> Why don't you explain that, Mitch. Please produce anything I or > >> Mark has written or implied that was racist in nature. Or are you > >> asserting that every person with some conservative views must use > >> the 'N Word' because it makes you feel superior somehow? > >> > >> You're an ass for writing that. > >> > >> Bill S. > >> > >> PS: And Gary, Mel Gibson apparently has some overtly anti-Semitic > >> feelings. Pretty sure Mark and I know I don't share those. HTH > >> > >> > > > > NO. It has nothing to do with that, Bill. I am sorry if you took it > > that way. It was to imply the "Deer in the Headlights" theme. > > > > I really did not mean to offend you and I apologize. > > I re-read the thread, and the only reason I can see that Gary picked out me > and Mark was that we're conservatives (and not nearly the right wing zealots > that's often portrayed, either). So the Mel Gibson remark wasn't really > offensive because at least he's known as a rare righty in an overwhelmingly > lefty land. (His drunken anti-Semitic remarks notwithstanding.) Plus of > course both Mark and I share Gibson's devastating good looks and magnetic > appeal to women. > > But for you to then suggest, "No no no. Michael Richards!" sure seems to > /strongly/ imply that we're racists like he apparently is. I just think it > was a cheap shot, and a dishonest one at that. > > I'd suggest Dennis Miller for Mark. Someone else suggested (privately) Jeff > Bridges for me. I guess Robert Redford was taken. > > Bill S. > > I don't get the "deer in headlights" thing at all. I'm glad CC is casting this thing and not everyone else. I'm starting to understand why agents and producers make so much coin. /s MR. PINK Why am I Mr. Pink? JOE Cause you're a ***got. Everybody laughs. MR. PINK Why can't we pick out our own colors? JOE I tried that once, it don't work. You get four guys fighting over who's gonna be Mr. Black. Since nobody knows anybody else, nobody wants to back down. So forget it, I pick. Be thankful you're not Mr. Yellow.