by shap on April 23, 2008. [Overheard]
Overheard Onstage: Bill Maher
“Apparently, negative is the new positive. Now the media is trying to goad Barack Obama into taking the gloves off. And I’m not so sure this strategy is a good idea, you know, having a young black man attack a 60-year-old white lady? She loves to play the victim. She’s already got a new slogan, ‘Hillary Clinton: Please, just take my purse and leave me alone.’”
–Bill Maher, Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on the NFL’s postponement of Monday night’s Eagles/Vikings game because of snow:
“We’ve become a nation of wusses. The Chinese are kicking our butt in everything. If this was in China…
This series of prank calls placed to a pizza shop is not the kind of thing you should listen to if you work at a pizza shop. It may make you question the meaning of life, the universe and everything.
Shap Sweeney is Editor-in-Chief of ComedySmack and a rumored 2012 Presidential candidate. He is the veteran of two wars, and was decorated by former President George Washington (I-VA) for distinguished service in the Continential Army. As a comedy writer, he has worked with top producers and talent including Buster Keaton, Shakespeare and Don Johnson. His first book, Gone With The Wind, has been sold to Hollywood for three figures.
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