TailSlate remembers Jerry Lewis
“I’ve had great success being a total idiot” – Jerry Lewis “I don’t want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them” – Jerry Lewis Sorry Jerry, but we cannot not remember you now that … Read more
“I’ve had great success being a total idiot” – Jerry Lewis “I don’t want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them” – Jerry Lewis Sorry Jerry, but we cannot not remember you now that … Read more
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was my 8th day of Air Force Basic Training. I returned to the dormitory with some other trainees and we saw several of the members … Read more
Today, when you look at social media, you see that the narrative can be overtaken by people just from Twitter and Instagram. I know when Ferguson was going down those first few nights, I was watching feeds on the ground … Read more
“Things are seldom as they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream” – Gilbert and Sullivan lyric from H.M.S. Pinafore Introducing the four members of the “Flossy Posse” “Ryan Pierce” (Regina Hall – Think Like a Man) is a very successful … Read more
Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is “Ich bin ein Berliner!”… All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words “Ich bin ein … Read more
We must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations – Winston Churchill in a speech delivered to the House of Commons on June 4, 1940 “I was … Read more
Four decades ago, a movie hit theaters that soared past the $100 million box office mark. It spawned sequels in 1980 and 1983 that did well at the box office between them. No, not Star Wars: Episode IV – A … Read more
“It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man” – H. L. Mencken “The Chinese have a saying; “Before setting off on revenge, you first dig *two* graves”” – Roger Moore as “James Bond” in For Your … Read more
A Ghost Story is a meditative look on the experience of death. Well, meditative is an understatement. A Ghost Story almost never strays from its sloth-like pace and overall vibe of pretentiousness, making the entire hour and a half investment … Read more