716...Elmo Is Now A Panhandler In New York City

PBS cutbacks have forced Sesame Street star Elmo to work the streets outside Planet Hollywood in the Big Apple.

Cut and paste from the New York Daily News:

Elmo no like tourists, tightwads - or photographers.

At least a rogue version of the lovable "Sesame Street" character hassling passersby outside Planet Hollywood in Times Square Friday night didn't.

The dirty and creepy character demanded money from people and, when he didn't get it, swore and jostled them.

"No picture. No picture. You have to tip Elmo. You have to tip Elmo or Elmo gets angry," the imposter shouted as he stuck a filthy red paw over a Texas tourist's camera lens.

"What the hell, Elmo? Keep your hands to yourself," shouted Victoria Vought, 47, pulling away.

Wide-eyed at the loud to-do, Vought's son, Dylan, 4, asked, "What's wrong with Elmo, Mommy?"

"That's not the real Elmo. That's a bad Elmo," she quickly explained.

The explanation stuck because any kid will tell you the real Elmo, a furry red monster with large white eyes and an orange nose, is very upbeat and giggles a lot. And he's clearly not grungy.

Friday night's cut-rate imitation nearly got his orange nose bloodied by Ken Ross, a 32-year-old insurance agent from New Mexico, after he grabbed at Ross' camera.

"It's just a picture. Don't be rude, and don't touch me," Ross warned, adding, "Somebody should rap you."

The phony's temper finally got the best of him when a Daily News reporter and photographer tried to find out who he was.

He angrily lunged at the photographer but came up empty and then apologized.

"Look man, Elmo needs to make a living, too," he said.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/08/22/2009-08-22_what_the_helmo_man_surly_man_dressed_as_sesame_street_character_hassles_times_sq.html#ixzz0Ovxw4fMc

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399...Billy Mays Passes

Even if you don't know the name, you know who Billy Mays is.

Big white boy, blue dress shirt, khaki pants, black beard, and so very excited about everything.

New York Daily News reports "...he...was found dead at his Tampa home on Sunday morning... just hours after suffering a blow to the head during a rough plane landing on a US Airways flight.
It was unclear whether the bumpy landing contributed to Mays' death, but he complained about not feeling well before going to bed. "All of a sudden as we hit, you know, it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping," Mays told Fox 13 in Tampa. "It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."

Or not.

Lawyers have been consulted.

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263......Hotties In The News, III = Sarah Palin

Not only can Alaska Governor Sarah Palin see Russia from her house but she also can breathe fire.

And her breath is directed at CBS' late night talk show host David Letterman.

The Governor is piss'd that Mr. Letterman made "sexually perverted comments" about one of her teenage daughters Monday night when he remarked that when Governor Palin and family were at a New York Yankee's game "during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriquez."

Today's New York Daily News goes on to report that in a prepared statement the former Vice Presidential candidate said that "Laughter incited by sexually perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl [her 14 year old daughter, Willow, was the only Palin offspring at the game with her mom] is ... disgusting,". Mr. Letterman covered by saying the joke was about her 18 year old daughter, Bristol.

That is so much better.

A 62 year old former comedian making a joke about a 14 year girl having sex with a 33 year old athlete is disgusting but a 62 year old former comedian making a joke about a 18 year girl having sex with a 33 year old athlete is okay.

Or not.

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