The number
0: Number of dollars collected for the sale of the Los Angeles crypt above Marilyn Monroe’s, auctioned last month on eBay. The winning bidder, from Japan, pledged $4.6 million but backed out within hours “because of the paying problem.” Eleven other bidders offering $4.5 million or more also withdrew. In fact, no one has since delivered on even the minimum asking price of $500,000. “They were all phony balonies,” said Elsie Poncher, who was selling the crypt holding her husband Richard’s remains.
Desperately seeking
Five hot Internet searches Wednesday, as tracked by Google Trends:
* “Mackenzie Phillips”
* “Gadhafi”
* “Obama U.N. speech”
* “Kelly Osbourne Dancing With the Stars”
* “Beason murders”
Blago-a-go-go
The Rod Blagojevich Book Promotion and Jury Pool Tainting Tour rolls on Thursday night with a scheduled stop at Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” And if you thought Bonnie Hunt fricasseed the ex-governor two weeks ago, imagine what Stewart will do to him. We’re thinking minced-meat lies … er … pies.
Just sayin’
“Clearly this man has nothing to hide, except perhaps whatever is written on his forehead. My guess is it’s something like ‘bribe me.'”
— Stewart, speaking of Blagojevich on the Dec. 8 show, the night before the then-Illinois governor’s arrest on federal corruption charges
What day is it?
Happy Punctuation Day! Happy Punctuation Day? Yes, Happy Punctuation Day.
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