November 8th, 2001
NOTE FROM ERIC:
It’s the Great American Smokeout this week,
and given Hollywood’s love/hate relationship with
Tobacco, we thought this would be an appropriate list…
and given Hollywood’s love/hate relationship with
Tobacco, we thought this would be an appropriate list…
The Top 9 Repercussions if Everyone
in Hollywood Quit Smoking All at Once
in Hollywood Quit Smoking All at Once
9> All of a sudden, guys who eat Tootsie Rolls are considered dangerous and sexy.
8> Calista Flockhart frequently mistaken for Rosie O’Donnell.
7> Studio executives suddenly realize that Adam Sandler isn’t funny at all. (Oh, did you mean tobacco?)
6> Rhett feels so great, he carries Scarlett up the stairs five more times.
5> Yul Brenner and John Wayne suddenly pop back to life.
4> Entire cast of “Alien” actively seeks out face-sucking spider — why should just John Hurt get put out of his misery?
3> Film-noir style curling smoke replaced with the Nicorette patch suspended by string.
2> “You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in Paris?” “Who the @$%# cares — give me a goddamn cigarette.”
and the Number 1 Repercussion if Everyone in Hollywood Quit
Smoking All at Once…
Smoking All at Once…
1> Luke quickly killed by healthy, clean-breathing Darth Vader.
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Credits:
Selected from 69 submissions from 14 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
Eric M. Wakeford, Niagara Falls, ON — 1, 2
Jude Benlab, Swarthmore, PA — 1
Zachary Brewster-Geisz, Greenbelt, MD — 3, 4
Michael Cunningham, Woodridge, IL — 3, 5
Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 6
Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA — 7
Bill Strider, Gaithersburg, MD — 8
Greg Preece, Toronto, ON — 9
Clifton J. Gray, Tucson, AZ — RU Name
Eric F. Lipton, Washington, DC — Script Doctor