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Furious Cool
That's the title of a new book about the great Richard Pryor by Joe Henry and David Henry. Here's a Q&A with the author's over at the Atlantic. And a review of the book at the A.V. Club....
Rick Carlisle Does His Best Gregg Popovich Impression
Nobody will ever be as contemptuous and dismissive during sideline interviews as Gregg Popovich, but that didn't stop Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle from paying homage to the master during last night's Rockets-Mavericks game....
Mom's Mabley": The First Female Stand-Up
Next Monday HBO will air Whoopi Goldberg's documentary on Mom's Mabley....
The Sporting Life Of Elliott Gould
James Hughes has a fun piece over on Elliott Gould over at Grantland:...
Bill Cosby Is (Still) A Very Funny Fellow
My man Jon Weisman interviews Cos over at Variety:...
Fred Allen: The Great Sourpuss
Dig this Library of America Story of the Week selection by Fred Allen, a great American wit whose popularity didn't translate from radio to television—man, did he ever hate TV....
Baseball's Clown Prince
That'd be Max Patkin, who was profiled by Steve Wulf for SI back in 1988:...
Christopher Guest And Bill Murray Make Funny
In addition to our regular mix of sports and pop culture posts this week we're going to highlight comedians and other funny people. This is something I want to do periodically because there are a bunch of wonderful magazine profiles on comics that are worth sharing. ...
Candy
Here's Gary Cartwright's classic 1976 Texas Monthly story on Candy Barr:...
All The Right Moves--And A Few Wrong Ones--With Pat Jordan
In 1996, Pat Jordan wrote a story on Joe Torre for the New York Times magazine. It wasn't a long profile or a particularly memorable one. By Pat's own admission, it is a minor piece. The story did not make the cut for a collection of Pat's sports writing that I edited; in fact, it didn't make the B-...
The Curious Childhood Of An 11-Year Old Beauty Queen
Pat Jordan's 1994 story for LIFE magazine. ...
Keef Riffhard
Here's a good piece on Keith Richards' memoir by Rich Cohen:...
