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The Comedian's-eye View of 03/22/99


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Excerpted-from: 03/22/99 -- ShopTalk

                        Monday March 20, 1999
                  <http://www.tvspy.com/shoptalk.htm>

     "Tom Brokaw, appearing on the Today show this week, upset viewers and
      homeless advocates when he said he envied the extra sleep homeless
      people get.  Brokaw later apologized for the insensitive comment,
      saying he was just bitter because they get all the good shopping
      carts."
                                  - Colin Quinn on SNL

                               &&&&&&&&&&

On foreign policy, President Clinton ranks No. 1 among recent presidents,
according to a survey.  "Of course, the survey was conducted in Beijing."
(Daily Scoop)

Clinton's Agency for International Development gave money to a group that
sometimes spreads its family planning message at voodoo rituals.  "Clinton's
actually into voodoo.  In fact, he named a zombie vice president." (Daily
Scoop)

"The judge who scored a win for Evander Holyfield over Lennox Lewis may not
have much of a future in boxing, but her future as an NFL referee is looking
bright." (Jerry Perisho)

"Over the weekend another tourist got robbed in New York: Lennox Lewis."
(Leno)

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held this week at the
Waldorf-Astoria in New York.  "That's where many of the aging rockers spent
the night.  But the closest they came to trashing their rooms was
accidentally ripping the safety bar out of the wall after slipping in the
tub." (Jon Stewart)


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