He’s often accused of being strange, but he’s never been called a liar.Yesterday, press around the world condemned Billy Bob Thornton for his uncooperative behaviour during an interview with the CBC. He was labeled with every insult in the dicktionary, while interviewer Ghomeshi was nominated for a medal for bravery and politeness.But at the heart […]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Billy Bob Twits 1.0
April 9, 2009 – 10:27 pm
Down into the cess-laden twit-pit we go! Hopefully Twitter can provide some much needed context on the whole Billy Bob / Jian flap that has taken the world by storm … As Don, Peter and Shelagh always used to say, “happy Thursday!” Wow. Brave twittering, Franca. I heard Jian beat the shit out of the […]
1 out of 3, Den(n)is
April 9, 2009 – 8:51 pm
I’m merely dyspeptic. Keeps the weight down. And Tea Makers does not have common policy on anything; writers speak for themselves, an unfamiliar concept when one pays obeisance to the Room.
1 out of 3, Den(n)is
April 9, 2009 – 8:51 pm
I’m merely dyspeptic. Keeps the weight down. And Tea Makers does not have common policy on anything; writers speak for themselves, an unfamiliar concept when one pays obeisance to the Room.
Howard Stern on Billy Bob
April 9, 2009 – 8:46 pm
Image links to Howard Stern Radio Show clipApril 9, 2009using a few words you won’t hear onCBC Radio 1, 2 or 3
“autograph my gravy?”
April 9, 2009 – 6:50 pm
Caption: http://houndstv.caTORONTO (HoundsTV) Apr 9, 2009 – Billy Bob enters Massey Hall in Toronto the day after his weird CBC interview as fans and media await. Billy says it’s NOT Canadian audiences that are like “mashed potatoes without gravy.” – IT’S THE INTERVIEWER JIAN Parody Caption: Bite TV host Jason Agnew and special guest star […]
Single-sided, journalistically reprehensible transcription of nothing but Billy Bob Thornton’s utterances on ‘Q’
April 9, 2009 – 6:02 pm
[Mumbled greeting] — That’s the ones that have been released. We’ve recorded about five. — I don’t know what you’re talking about. — Uh, I don’t know what you mean by that. [Clears throat] — I’m not sure what that means. — Hmpf. — Uh. Never met him. — I don’t really know him. — […]
Gracious N/A
April 9, 2009 – 4:50 pm
Q TV and CBC Staff write tags for Thornton video: billy bob thornton blow up cbc tv qtv jian ghomeshi radio vs ass of himself crazy joaquin phoenix boxmasters perez hilton willie nelson actor music oscars And neither of the “C’s” in CBC stand for “class”.
Priorities
April 9, 2009 – 3:44 pm
Arts coverage, as defined by the CBC:Ghomeshi admits that he’d sooner put an unaccomplished American band on his show than a Canadian band.Because, you see, the American band has … “Quite frankly it took Arcade Fire three or four years to get a lot of attention. They are not going to be in the national […]
“I’m cool with that” (at least to your face)
April 9, 2009 – 12:20 pm
Speaking by phone later, Ghomeshi said: “To not answer questions because I made the apparently egregious mistake of calling him an actor as well as a musician, it just seemed a little absurd.” He added: “It does raise questions about the expectations of parameters that people ostensibly think that they put on us as arts, […]
CBC Digs A Deeper Hole
April 9, 2009 – 11:53 am
Whatever Sarah Liss does at the CBC, surely it can’t be journalism or reporting.Labeling BBT’s behaviour as a “breakdown”, and a TV show clip as “behind-the-scenes” is more than misleading. No honour at the CBC.
Conceit & Control
April 8, 2009 – 9:59 pm
His introductions are unfailingly flattering, and filled with facts. Yet it must be demeaning to have one’s life and accomplishments encapsulated the way he does with each guest. Wrapped up neatly like a subjective Wikipedia entry, written by Jian Ghomeshi. He tries hard to immediately put everyone on notice that he’s smart. As if that […]
“I think it’s odd that you have to smoke inside a white stripe outside.”
April 8, 2009 – 10:14 am
If it’s good enough for Rex Murphy, it should be good enough for Billy Bob Thornton. Or Tom Petty, for that matter.
