Hero firefighter was famous before the cat
Once made news -- anonymously -- on divorce lawyer's billboard
Remember the story from earlier this month about the Chicago firefighters who saved a woman from a blaze in Back of the Yards? Remember the firefighter who also saved the woman's cat and said, "A life is a life, no matter whether it's a person or an animal"?
Remember the "Life's Short. Get a Divorce." billboards that caused such a stir a while back?
Well. I just learned that the male torso in those ads belongs to the firefighter who saved the cat. His name is Chuck Sanow, and in addition to being a fireman, he runs USA Gym in Bridgeview and is in better shape than just about any other 47-year-old on the planet. I'm surprised he didn't just pick up that building at 47th and Laflin and twirl it around until the blaze went out.
Did Bobby Jindal think he was addressing a class of fourth-graders?
Some commentators thought the Louisiana governor sounded like Mister Rogers with that amateurish, borderline-condescending delivery in giving the GOP rebuttal to President Obama's speech on Tuesday night. ("I said, 'Sheriff, what's got you so mad?' ") Others said he was more like Kenneth from "30 Rock." Either way, these are not the comparisons you're looking for if you're thinking about running for president in 2012.
Or 2016. Or 2036.
Jindal compounded the problem by bringing up the government response to Hurricane Katrina. Probably not the best reference to make.
To be fair, Jindal slowed down his delivery and gained momentum as he outlined the differences between Dems and GOPers and did some good old-fashioned flag-waving. But then he closed with, "My fellow citizens, never forget, we ARE Americans, and like my Dad said years ago, we can do anything."
Yes we can.
Oh wait, that's already taken.
You probably didn't notice it during the actual Oscar telecast, but during the big musical number, Hugh Jackman dipped Beyonce -- and her right nipple emerged.
Alert the FCC!
No matter that probably fewer than 1 percent of viewers realized it happened at the moment. No matter that it was an even quicker glimpse than the infamous Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime moment. The point is, there was an actual famous nipple on display during prime time television, and it's the FCC's job to issue sanctions against such blatant disregard for public decency.
Alert the FCC!
This is what happens when the Democrats are in charge. All of a sudden the gays are celebrating Oscar wins, and nipples are slipping out all over the place.
The topless waitress/hostess/whatever always sounds like something out of a 1970s B-movie, yet every once in a while, we hear of a topless car wash or a topless doughnut shop. This time it's a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro, Maine, of all places.
It gets cold in Maine. Every time the door to the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop opens, one imagines a waitress shrieking from the chill.
In a town with a population of 4,500, did the coffee shop owners have a hard time filling the 10 waitress positions? Hardly. A local paper in Maine quotes the owner as saying there were 150 candidates. Economic stimulus package indeed.
A sign in the coffee shop says, "No cameras, no touching, cash only."
I have that same sign hanging over the entrance to my office at the Sun-Times.
Speaking of topless, what's with these guys who take their shirts off for their Facebook profile pics?
Shirtless? Really? Unless you're auditioning to be a Chippendale's dancer or somebody's pool boy, I'm not sure it's the right move.
Re: my column on the Nixon tapes and "All in the Family," Joe Pellettiere writes, "Here's some trivia for you. Norm MacDonald mentioned Nixon and Ehrlichman speaking about how a friend of Archie's 'came out' to Archie on Feb. 9. The actor who played the gay friend of Archie's, Philip Carey, died on Feb. 6. The gay theme of the episode is triggered by an 'artistic' friend of Mike's. He's played by Tony Geary of 'General Hospital' fame."
Correct on all counts. Mr. Carey died Feb. 6 at the age of 83. He was best known for playing Asa Buchanan on "One Life to Live" for nearly 20 years. Clint Richie, who played Asa's son on the soap, had passed away just a week earlier.